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Skullflower

The Black Iron That Fell From The Sky To Dwell Within (Bear It or Be It)

In A Free-Form Language: An Interview With Hen Ogledd

When the trio of Richard Dawson, Rhodri Davies and Dawn Bothwell played together as Hen Ogledd at 2016's Tusk festival it was only the second time they had performed together. The first was when they recorded their highly-praised album, Bronze - a future classic bearing a rare combination of unbound experiment with enchanting engagement. Ahead of their second show as a trio we talk to Davies and Bothwell about how their encounters in sound are embedded in time and place

Karl Smith On Mind Over Mirrors’ Undying Color

In the sixth release from Jaime Fennelly's Mind Over Mirrors project, expanding from a solo effort to a collaboration on five fronts, Karl Smith finds a work of folkloric mythology both saturated with history and necessary at our present moment

Coldharbourstores

Wilderness

1 Thing: January & February’s R&B Reviewed By Tara Joshi

Tara Joshi considers the marginalisation of black artists in awards ceremonies, before delving into the best new releases from the past two months

While His Synth Gently Beeps: Benge’s Favourite Electronic LPs

We know you all love a bit of synth porn so here's Benge's Baker's Dozen - a sort of synth erotica reading, if you will, as he guides you through 13 electronic favourites from Morton Subotnick to Else Marie Pade and George Harrison's Moog explorations to Air and Autechre. Benge photo by Ed Fielding

“Melvins saved my life”: An interview with Crystal Fairy’s Teri Gender Bender

Before her alt-rock supergroup release their debut LP, Teri Gender Bender speaks to JR Moores about the magic of collaboration

Duplicitous Pop: Ooooooohhh… On The TLC Tip 25 Years On

Lesley Chow revisits TLC's unique debut album

Noveller

A Pink Sunset For No One

The Necks

Unfold

Eagles of Death Metal: Nos Amis (Our Friends) Reviewed By John Tatlock

Against all the odds, tonight's HBO documentary on the Paris Bataclan terror attack is a joyous and life-affirming thing, says John Tatlock. *Contains mild spoilers*

How Fleetwood Mac Invented Goth, By David Bennun

David Bennun casts his eye back over Rumours, Tusk and Tango In The Night and rediscovers a band who hid their dark, experimental tendencies in plain sight behind a triumvirate of ubiquitous AOR albums

Mia Farrow, Female Erasure & The Vampire Daddies Of Hollywood

In an extract form issue two of Somesuch Stories, through the lens of Mia Farrow Phliipa Snow considers the vampiric effect on and reaction of Hollywood's women of its men – the twisted and plentiful “Daddies”, looking for their daughter binary, to feed from and reshape

After The Revolution: Russian Art At The Royal Academy

Following 2011's ecstatic survey Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915 to 1935, the Royal Academy's new show of Soviet art from 1917 to 1932 strikes a more sombre tone

Uniform

Wake In Fright

Mica Levi

Jackie OST

Sampha

Process

Jeffrey Boakye On Wiley’s Godfather

In Wiley's final full-length offering, Jeffrey Boakye finds an album that both confirms The Godfather's position within the genre and the position of the genre itself – but it still doesn't feel like a career-closer

Lawrence English

Cruel Optimism

Moon Duo

Occult Architecture Vol. 1

A Tower Of Songs: Martha Wainwright’s Favourite Albums

In a revealing Baker's Dozen interview Martha Wainwright discusses family, love, parenthood and music with Elizabeth Aubrey. Portrait by Carl Lessard

Auditory Transcriptions: The Strange World Of… Lawrence English

Over twenty years of creating immersive soundscapes and joining forces with the finest musicians and composers across the globe, Lawrence English shows no signs of slowing down. He speaks to Brendan Telford about the aural ley lines that have led him on this journey

Straight Hedge: Punk & HC For February Reviewed By Noel Gardner

Noel Gardner is back in the punk, hc, crust, oi etc. saddle with reviews of Iron Reagan and Vexx... plus mix! Gutter Knife pic by Ben Hills

Porcine Pre-eminence: An Interview With Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

In the wake of a blistering debut LP and a trio of incendiary live shows, Patrick Clarke speaks to Newcastle's Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

Lift To Experience

The Texas-Jerusalem Crossroads

“Sound Is Expensive”: An Interview With Christine Sun Kim

Ahead of her performance at Cafe Oto's Kammer Klang on Tuesday, Craft/Work speaks to sound artist Christine Sun Kim about music, sign language, and silence

Full Clip: December And January’s Hip Hop Albums Reviewed

In her first monthly column, Tara Joshi considers Run The Jewels’ place as protest artists in the current political climate, as well as rounding-up the most notable releases of the past two months

Rhyme Over Reason: Pavement′s Brighten The Corners 20 Years On

Lesley Chow celebrates what is (arguably) the most lyrically inventive record of the 1990s

Decent Proposals: Peter Liversidge At Kate MacGarry

Peter Liversidge's pareidolia proposal, currently on view at Kate MacGarry, London, is one of the artist's milder suggestions

Pop’s Lingua Franca: La Femme Live At Le Zénith

Jeremy Allen enters the psychotropical live spectale of La Femme, who could be the next Christine and the Queens, if they'd only change

tQ Columnists Recommend Bandcamp Labels You Should Buy From Today

With Bandcamp set to donate 100% of their share from sales made today in response to Donald Trump's Executive Order banning citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the US, tQ's columnists have got together to recommend labels you should be purchasing records from

“I Get Paid And We’re All Going To Die”: John Michael McDonagh Talks War On Everyone

John Michael McDonagh, director of Mexico-set Cop Caper War On Everyone, takes time out to give Ian Schultz a piece of his mind