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‘I Dreamed Of This’: An Interview With Beirut

"I feel like I've found a musical home," Beirut's Zach Condon tells Hazel Sheffield, as he discusses new LP The Rip Tide, finding peace and overcoming anxiety

Going South: An Interview With Wu-Lu

Wu-Lu's music is a ferocious, genre-defying articulation of the realities of modern South London, but as Miles Romans-Hopcraft tells Patrick Clarke, it speaks a universal truth. Plus, the exclusive premiere of new single 'Being Me'

FESTIVAL REPORT: Open’er Festival

Chris Roberts heads to a former military airfield in Poland for four days of music, art, fashion, and overly enthused crowds. Photo by Michał Murawski

Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews For July With Tristan Bath

A collage of field recordings before an empty dancefloor, minimal song structures from Glasgow, tape squished swarmandal improvisations, and heavy acid techno. It can only be Tristan Bath with this month’s roundup of cassette releases. Graham Dunning portrait by Daniel Kordik

The Quietus Goes To Wysing

Richard Dawson and Evan Parker for July festival

(Fish &) Chips On My Shoulder: Soft Cell Beside The Sea

In an exclusive extract from his new book, Bedsit Land, Patrick Clarke explores Soft Cell’s roots in English seaside tradition

WATCH: New Kemper Norton Video

Front & Follow's Kemper Norton continue to explore the oddity of place in new video

Interested In The Magic: Audiobooks Interviewed

We’ve already reported on their astonishing live shows. Today their first EP is out and so is their first interview, right here.

Crushed Beats & Anaesthetic Charm: Den Haag’s Rewire Festival

Joe Snape heads to the REWIRE Festival in The Netherlands' Den Haag, and encounters smart, well-conceived collaborations and a club full of bassy delights

White. Loud. Angry: Sleaford Mods Live By Kev Kharas

12 Bar Club, Friday 25th April. The British geezer is under threat, his pleasures denied, mocked and ignored by the media, and apparently prey to the temptations of the EDL. In Sleaford Mods, asks Kev Kharas, has he found a voice?

Struggles With Space: An Interview With Mayssa Jallad

Mayssa Jallad speaks to Richard Foster about her new album inspired by Lebanon’s hotels, their repurposing as instruments of war, and the ever-changing realities of Beirut

Stir My Teenage Soul: Karl ‘Regis’ O’Connor’s Favourite LPs

Karl O'Connor guides Luke Turner through the 13 teenage hits that made him Regis, with tales of smelling like a badger on the mail train to Brum and what happens when you get a member of Einstürzende Neubauten the wrong gravel on the way

Mogwai On: Rave Tapes & Mogwai Whiskey

Bob Mould Interviewed: From Husker Du To Trance And Beyond

In an in-depth interview, Bob Mould talks to Petra Davis about Sugar, Husker Du, being a trance DJ and his sexuality

David Byrne Responds To Lack Of Female Collaborators

David Byrne has issued a statement after it was pointed out that he worked with no female collaborators on his upcoming album

A Guide To Le Guess Who? 2022 By Richard Foster

For those of you lucky enough to be heading to this year's edition of Le Guess Who? in Utrecht next week, tQ's man in The Netherlands Richard Foster selects the ten must-see acts he's most looking forward to