Manish Agarwal

Luke Haines Interview: Middle Age Is No Time To Sing About Maddy

In a wide-ranging chat, Luke Haines spills the beans on The Libertines, staying smart, why being a middle aged parent means songs about disappearing children are out of the window, and the follow-up to _Bad Vibes_

Things I Have Learned: Adam Richardson Of Ramesses On Jake & Dinos Chapman

When Ramesses’ bassist and singer Adam Richardson asked the enfants terrible, Jake and Dinos Chapman, if he could use their art to adorn his band’s new album _Take The Curse_, he had no idea that they’d say yes. He explains his love for their disturbing vision…

Diagonal Marks 13 Years With New Box Set

'13' takes in cuts by Russell Haswell, Jim O'Rourke, label co-founder Powell and more

30 Years On: Remembering The Sundays’ Reading, Writing and Arithmetic

Iain Moffat looks at The Sundays' 'Reading, Writing and Arithmetic', originally released in 1990

Thirteen Albums I Currently Like, From A To M. By Stephin Merritt

As he releases new Magnetic Fields album 50 Song Memoir, Stephin Merritt doesn't delve into the past for his Baker's Dozen list but instead gives tQ an A-Z of some contemporary favourites, from Japan to Marc Almond, bawdy cockney songs and the BBC Radiophonic Workship. Pic by Marcelo Krasilcic

WATCH: Melting Hand At Woodland Gathering

The IMPATV crew capture Melting Hand's full live performance at July's Woodland Gathering festival

Langston Hughes

Harlem In Vogue: The Poetry and Jazz of Langston Hughes

LISTEN: Flamingods – Hyperborea

First taste of second album from percussion-heavy Bahrainian ex-pats

LISTEN: New (Final) Stara Rzeka Album

Polish guitarist and composer shares his last album as Stara Rzeka; listen to it in full below

LISTEN: Amateur Best & Chilly Gonzales

Gonzales leads his pianistic mastery to a new recording of Amateur Best's album opener

Other Colours: Rob Chapman On Psychedelia And LSD

Ben Graham talks to author Rob Chapman about his new book which looks at the psychedelic era though a fresh third eye

Earth Ball

Actual Earth Music – Volume 1 & 2

Pulling recordings from a Wolf Eyes support slot and a recent Cafe Oto resident, Earth Ball's latest tests the rule that live rock albums suck

LISTEN: Frisk Frugt LP Gets Wider Release

Have a listen to parts 1 and 2 of the title track from the crazily inventive Dane's album, about to get a Europe-wide release

Rutger Hauser

The Swim

Second album by South-East London experimentalists Rutger Hauser feels playful and inquisitive, finds Luke Cartledge

Not Pleading The Fifth: Dizzee Rascal Speaks

Laura Snoad travels to Dirtee Stank Studios in South London to speak to Dizzee Rascal about his new album The Fifth, southern rap and the London riots

Bob Stanley On Saint Etienne’s Reissues And His Love Of Pop

Adrian Lobb talks to Saint Etienne's Bob Stanley about new reissues, old forgotten songs, Britpop's lack of community and listening closely to the pop charts