Ted Gioia

The Realness: Dhanveer Singh Brar On Dean Blunt’s Black Avant-Garde

In a new book for recently launched London-based small publisher The 87 Press, Goldsmiths lecturer Dhanveer Singh Brar analyses Babyfather’s album *“BBF” Hosted by DJ Escrow*

Elton John & Leon Russell

The Union

Reissue of the Week: Nico – Desertshore

The second in a loose trilogy of stark, beautiful records made with John Cale half a century ago, Desertshore is the moment Nico steps out of the shadows to write the “truly unprecedented” songs of her life, writes Matthew Barton

The Abyss Stares Back… Smiling: Amenra Interviewed

As Amenra bring their grace-giving gloom to CTM Festival in 2018, Colin H. van Eeckhout discusses how he found light in the dark.

Sweet Thirteen: Jennifer Herrema’s Favourite Albums

Following their interview about Black Bananas' new LP Electric Brick Wall, Jennifer Herrema talks Nick Hutchings through her Baker's Dozen of seminal records

An English Trip: An Extract From Jolly Lad & Tour With Arabrot

"This time next year everything will be alright.”

John Doran is going on tour by mistake. He hopes this extract from his new book Jolly Lad will explain why. Author photographs courtesy of Al Overdrive & Jonny Mugwump

Freddie Steady Go: Rhys Thomas’s Queen TV Special Previewed

From the least cool kid in school to trusted custodian of the Queen archives, comedian Rhys Thomas has turned his obsession with the band into a labour of love. Terry Staunton talks to him about his new documentary

Short Circuit Preview: LIARS Play Tribute To Mute

As they prepare to play next weekend's Mute Short Circuit Festival, Liars pay tribute to the label, its artists, and founder Daniel Miller

Death Grips

The Money Store

Super Sonics: Lisa Meyer’s Bakers Dozen

From bar room brawls at SXSW to seeing giant legs of ham being smashed onstage in Barcelona, artistic director of Capsule and founder of Britain's best underground music festival Supersonic, Lisa Meyer, takes Stephanie Phillips through the records that have shaped her

Kettled In: Sound Art & Deep Listening At Glasgow’s Sonica Festival

With work by Yuri Suzuki, Navid Navab ,Michael Montanaro, Yulia Kovanova, Demelza Kooij, and others, Glasgow's Sonica festival was an interdisciplinary treat, finds Colm McAuliffe

Quietus Writers’ Top 40 Noise Rock Tracks

It's noise rock week on the Quietus. Here is a primer for those that don't know and a reminder for those that do with contributions from John Calvert, Kate Hennessy, John Doran, Sharon O'Connell, Daniel Dylan Wray, Matt Ridout, Noel Gardner, Kevin McCaighy, Rory Gibb, Dustin Krcatovich, Jeremy Allen, Sean Kitching, Joe Banks, JR Moores, Matt Evans, Kiran Acharya, Nick Hutchings, Julian Marszalek, Tony F Wilson and Dale Sawa Berning

Make Your Transition: Future Shocked At Krakow’s Unsound Festival

Rory Gibb travels to Krakow for the Unsound Festival, and gets lost in a week's worth of forward-thinking music, art and discussion

Turning The Wurm: How I Became A Sculpture (For One Minute)

Craft/Work heads to the Tate Modern to become, just for a moment, a One Minute Sculpture by Austrian artist Erwin Wurm

A Thumbs-Up To The People We Liked: How We Used Saint Etienne To Live

In an exclusive extract from his new book How We Used Saint Etienne To Live, Ramzy Alwakeel looks back to the early tape experiments behind 'So Tough' and Foxbase Alpha

The Right To Fail: Remembering Glasgow Venue The Arches

Authors of a new book about the history of the notable venue, David Bratchpiece and Kirstin Innes talk to Becca Inglis about club culture and arts funding