Paul Smith

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Before he embarks on a summer of touring following his excellent 2015 album The Epic, the saxophonist and bandleader makes some difficult decisions to give Paul Smith 13 albums that affected his musical approach

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Paul Smith finds the National by turns sublime and squalid at their recent Roundhouse show. Photographs courtesy of Valerio Berdini

Track-by-Track

Daft Punk: Random Access Memories Track-By-Track Preview

You may have heard that a pair of French robots are releasing a new album this month - Paul Smith has a first listen

Baker's Dozen

Genius Of Lovers: Tom Tom Club’s Favourite Albums

The former Talking Heads and husband and wife duo Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth whittle their record collection down to 13 all-time favourites

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The American composer and performer, along with her unique vocal ensemble, takes electronic music out of the AI box and into truly new territory, says David Bennun after attending Brighton Digital Festival at the Attenborough Centre For The Creative Arts (ACCA)

Books

An Inexhaustible Realm Of Fascination: David Lynch’s Factory Photographs

With a new book and exhibition in London, Kiran Acharya considers a surprisingly straightforward but characteristically unsettling selection of images from the subversive director

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Sly & The Family Drone's latest LP, Walk It Dry, is a rolling disaster in the very best way, says Bernie Brooks

Baker's Dozen

Music Waits For You: LoneLady’s Favourite Albums

From singing along with Neneh Cherry on her way to school to a lockdown obsession with Durutti Column, Julie Campbell, aka LoneLady, takes Elizabeth Aubrey through the thirteen definitive records of her life

Baker's Dozen

Escape To The Country: Willy Vlautin Of Richmond Fontaine’s Favourite LPs

Following the release of Richmond Fontaine's tenth and final album, You Can't Go Back If There Is Nothing To Go Back To, the singer and author talks to John Freeman about his favourite albums of storytelling escapism

Art

Power & Pain, Love & Madness: Brett Anderson Curates The Collections of Art UK

The Suede frontman curates a selection of ten paintings from the UK's public collections, in a virtual exhibition prepared exclusively for the Quietus

Baker's Dozen

Love Songs And Monster Songs: Jad Fair’s Favourite Albums

As Half Japanese gear up for a brand new album this summer and a UK show in September, frontman Jad Fair takes Sean Kitching through thirteen favourite records from Howlin’ Wolf to Lord Invader

Books

A Walk in Tottenham: Tice Cin’s Keeping The House Playlist

To celebrate the recent publication of her novel Keeping the House by And Other Stories, interdisciplinary artist Tice Cin shares songs from the archives that brought the book together

Baker's Dozen

Oh L’Amour: Vince Clarke Of Erasure’s Favourite Albums

In a festive special Baker's, Vince Clarke follows Erasure's Snow Globe album by picking out the 13 LPs that mean the most to him

Album of the Week

Grief Is Living: The Ultra Vivid Lament by Manic Street Preachers

The Manics' piano-driven fourteenth album is a thing of glacial beauty but clouded by existential doubt, says Simon Price

Baker's Dozen

Thirteen Convulsions: Geordie Greep’s Favourite Albums

Black Midi frontman Geordie Greep takes Cal Cashin through the thirteen albums that have gripped him the most, from the majesty of Bach to the mania of Léo Ferré

Live Reviews

LIVE REPORT: Donau Festival

Dissolving the barrier between musicians and artists at Donau Festival, Vienna, from Yves Tumor to Guttersnipe. Words and pictures by Pat Blashill

Rum Music

A Score For The Listener: June’s Rum Music With Russell Cuzner

Russell Cuzner just listens to music from the outer limits... because that's what he does

Reviews

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For her first album playing cello alone without electronics, the Berlin-based composer-performer pushes the instrument's overtones to a fever pitch, finds Levi Dayan

Anniversary

30 Years On: Iron Maiden’s Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son Revisited

Utterly ridiculous and totally fucking glorious. Harry Sword reflects on a crucial release from the Irons

Black Sky Thinking

Song Of The Digital Flesh: Vocal Manipulation & Our Cyborg Selves

The highly charged vocal manipulations of Holly Herndon, Katie Gately (pictured), Burial and The Knife, writes Alex Borkowski, are powerful expressions of our fast-evolving relationships with technology, space and our own bodies

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Thirteen Prayers: Kamasi Washington’s Favourite Albums

Thirteen Prayers: Kamasi Washington’s Favourite Albums

LIVE REPORT: The National

LIVE REPORT: The National

Daft Punk: Random Access Memories Track-By-Track Preview

Daft Punk: Random Access Memories Track-By-Track Preview

Genius Of Lovers: Tom Tom Club’s Favourite Albums

Genius Of Lovers: Tom Tom Club’s Favourite Albums

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