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Pin Ups: A David Bowie Baker’s Dozen Compilation

In the wake of the great man's passing, we bring together all the times his albums have been featured in our favourite 13 LPs feature, including contributions from Paul Weller, Gary Numan, Brett Anderson and more

The Preservation Of A Nation: Visiting The Tanzania Heritage Project

Robbie Judkins visits Tanzania to witness first hand the attempt to save a quarter of a century of musical history from oblivion. Listen to an exclusive mix of tracks newly digitized by the Tanzania Heritage Project

Alex Smoke

Love Over Will

The Lead Review: Jeremy Allen On David Bowie’s ★

As David Bowie releases his twenty-sixth studio album on his 69th birthday today, Jeremy Allen maps out its case as "the all-singing, all-dancing Second Coming"

Cracked Actor – Hooked To The Silver Screen With Bowie

Lifelong Bowie fan John Tatlock decides to get to the bottom of that age-old pub debate – can David Bowie actually act? – and unearths some priceless clips and details from an alternate but no less chameleonic career

Harry Bertoia

The Complete Sonambient Recordings

Krokofant

Krokofant II

The Fall To Earth: David Bowie, Cocaine And The Occult

Here are two extracts from Peter Doggett's excellent new book The Man Who Sold The World: David Bowie And The 1970s, covering the star's all time low, 1975

David Bowie: The Return Of The Thin White Hope

After a decade of artlessness Bowie is back. So why are so many clowns complaining, asks Chris Roberts

30-Years On: David Bowie’s Lodger Comes In From The Cold

Often seen as the poor third in the Berlin Trilogy, Ben Graham argues that it only shines when examined in isolation

The Hideous Ecstasy Of Fear: Diamond Dogs 40 Years On

It starts with an otherworldly squall, and the decadent dystopia of Diamond Dogs is never over, as Matthew Lindsay explains

Exploring Notions Of Decadence: Bowie’s Station To Station, 45 Years On

Ben Graham takes a detailed look at the decadent path trod by David Bowie during the creation of Station To Station

Bowie And The Occult: Season Of The Witch Extract

Ahead of his appearance at this weekend's Louder Than Words festival in Manchester, we publish an extract from Peter Bebergal's new book on the occult roots of rock & roll and the author talks to John Doran about the magickal obsessions of some of our favourite musicians

V&A Launch David Bowie Is Exhibition

Self-confessed Bowie obsessive Simon Price heads down to the Victoria & Albert museum for the official launch of a mouth watering new exhibition. All images courtesy of the David Bowie archive

Reelin’ in the Year: Things To Look Forward To In 2016

As the January blues drags on, gather up the tears and look ahead to five exciting things the art world has in store for the next twelve months

John Cale

M:FANS/Music For A New Society

Natural Selection: The Strange World Of Animal Collective

Before they release their tenth album, the current AC line-up connect the dots between ice showers in Alabama, Bart Simpson belly-surfing and playing to Spanish conga lines as they look over their career to date

Laura Cannell

Swooping Talons Remixes

Evergreen Thirteen: Will Young’s Favourite Albums

Following the release of his sixth album, 85% Proof, last year the singer-songwriter changes into some comfortable trousers and talks Ian Wade through his 13 all-time favourite records

Disco Infiltrated: An Early LCD Soundsystem Interview

As LCD Soundsystem announce their reunion for Coachella, John Doran delves into his archives for an early interview with James Murphy discussing their debut LP, DFA, and a musical Damascene moment

25 Years After Its Imperial Phase: Who Killed Shoegaze?

With the release of MBV's Loveless, 1991 marked the high water mark for shoegaze before the music press turned its back with a nose-high snort of derision. Ben Cardew looks over the history of the genre and asks if its decline was simply because the music just got boring

Mats Gustafsson

Piano Mating

Watch: Lemmy Interview – Hawkwind To Punk Via Human Crabs

The Quietus hooks up with Loud Pixels to present a revealing interview with Motorhead's Lemmy (first published December 2010)

LISTEN: Russell Cuzner’s Rum Music Best Of 2015 Mix

Listen in to to this year’s celebrations at the borderlands of music and sound with a specially recorded mix. Over the course of an hour we present an overview of 2015’s wide and varied audio interrogations from the stranger end of the sonic spectrum

Straight Hedge: The Best Punk & Hardcore In 2015 With Noel Gardner

Noel Gardner rounds up his favourite underground punk & harcore releases of the year. Contains NSFW imagery

Pusha T

King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude

Homies

Cliff

The Decline Of My Empire: Aidan Moffat On The Force Awakens

Aidan Moffat senses a presence that he's not felt since... (Contains very slight spoilers)

Forbidden Rooms: Director Guy Maddin Interviewed

With his latest film The Forbidden Room out now, Cormac O'Brien sits down with Canadian auteur Guy Maddin to talk cinema, therapy and creative freedom

Rockfort Round Up: David McKenna On The Best French Music Of 2015

David McKenna rounds up French artists not previously covered in this year’s columns but who have still been beacons in a year of turmoil for France

Where’s The KoЯn Rihanna Remix? The Quietus Tracks Of The Year 2015

In the final of our year-end lists, we present to you a Baker's Dozen of our favourite tracks of 2015, as voted for by tQ staff and contributors

Lou Doillon

Lay Low