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Love And Other Tragedies: Roger O’Donnell Interviewed

Ned Raggett talks to multi-instrumentalist and sometime Cure member Roger O'Donnell about his numerous musical projects

Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin & Je T’aime By Sylvie Simmons

Sylvie Simmons' excellent biography, Serge Gainsbourg: A Fistful Of Gitanes is back in print and now available electronically. Here is an extract about the song that made him. Portrait courtesy of Patrick Duval

Grist For The Mill: GNOD Interviewed

Infinity Machines by GNOD is one of tQ's albums of the summer. Ian Fraser meets Salford's finest and finds himself put through the Mill – Islington Mill, that is. Band photos by Sam Huddlestone

Verfreundungseffekt: On Translating Gregor Hens’ Nicotine

Part-way through completing a translation of Gregor Hens’ Nicotine, our resident translation columnist Jen Calleja finds herself asking questions about authenticity and exactitude and whether or not translation is creation. (Illustration by Richard Phœnix)

On Ghostwriting: Drake, Meek Mill & T.S. Eliot Back To Back

By accusing Drake of not writing his own verses Meek Mill put hip-hop on a pedestal in terms of its artistic purity. But — true or not — does it matter? At least one other great work of literary art wasn't put together singlehandedly...

Behold! August’s Quietus Comics Round-Up Column

A bleak, brilliant and beautiful selection of comics — covering everything from post-apocalyptic worlds to the life of Vincent Van Gogh — make it into this month's round-up, the first under a new steward in Pete Redrup

Gore Movie: Best Of Enemies Reviewed

Fred Wagner reviews a new documentary about Gore Vidal and William Buckley's televised debates of the late '60s

Listen Up Philistines: Alex Ross Perry Interviewed

Following his film Listen Up Philip's release via Masters Of Cinema, Neil Fox caught up with director Alex Ross Perry to talk sympathy, film stock and independent film making.

Cruising At Altitude: Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Reviewed

Tom Duggins gets stuck in to the latest in the seemingly-never-ending action franchise

Hip Hop In The Holy Land: Mike Skinner Interviewed

Chris Sanders talks to the former Streets rapper/producer about his involvement in Noisey's series of films on Middle Eastern rap music

Gagarin

Aoticp

Always Organic: Cory Rayborn On 15 Years Of Three Lobed Recordings

By day, Cory Rayborn's a business and environmental lawyer, by night (often five nights in a row, packaging records by hand) he's putting out limited-run releases by the likes of Bardo Pond, Steve Gunn and Sun City Girls. As his label Three Lobed marks 15 years of operations, he talks to JR Moores

A New Dance: Dele Sosimi’s Favourite Albums

Following the release of his new album You No Fit Touch Am earlier this year, the Fela and Femi Kuti collaborator, lecturer and exponent of all things Afrobeat gives Richie Troughton a playback of his all-time top 13 LPs

Omar Souleyman

Bahdeni Nami

C Duncan

Architect

One Take: July’s Grime Reviewed by Tomas Fraser

Tomas Fraser reviews new music from Edgem, Merky Ace, AJ Tracey and Novelist as well as casting some light onto brilliant young DJ Riz La Teef. All photographs courtesy of George Quann Barnett/ Wot Do You Call It

Eleventh Dream Day

Works For Tomorrow

Led Zeppelin

Presence, In Through The Outdoor, Coda (Reissues)

Spool’s Out: July’s Tapes Reviewed By Tristan Bath

Tristan Bath fires up his cassette decks to lead us through some of the most exciting music out there (that just happens to be released on tape)

Sweet Relief: The Jesus and Mary Chain’s Jim Reid Interviewed

With a global tour in support of their 1985 debut bringing houses and an accompanying live album due for release, Jim Reid tells Gary Kaill why the time was right to revisit Psychocandy

Mysterium Tremendum: The Strange World Of Lustmord

Ahead of his upcoming performance at Berlin Atonal festival, Russell Cuzner finds ten points of entry into the back catalogue of former SPK member Brian Williams aka Lustmord. Portrait by Aina O'Kane

Tame Impala

Currents

Burning Pyre

Erotics Of Aesthetics

Jahiliyya Fields

Chance Life

25 Years On: Angus Batey On Liquid Swords By GZA

Angus Batey delves into his own extensive interview archive to reassess Liquid Swords a quarter century on

Haruki Murakami Reviews: The UK’s Top 20 Singles

“Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering.” Well, actually, as it turns out: not so much.

Three Poems By: Emma Wippermann

New writing on tQ this week takes us once more back to Brooklyn — this time via Berlin and biblical references — for three new poems by Emma Wippermann

Digital Løve: Eden Reviewed

Patrick Gamble reviews Daft-Punk-Featuring French house music drama, Eden

Reels Of Steel: Metalheads In The Movies

J.J. Anselmi looks at the way that heavy metal fans have been portrayed in cinema, with particular attention payed to Hesher and Icelandic drama Metalhead

Tongue Of The Dragon: A Look at Welsh Language Outsider Pop

Aug Stone talks to Gwenno & Dr. Sarah Hill, and Rhys Mwyn, to give an introduction to some Cymric musical pioneers

Power And Vodka: An Interview With FEWS

Sweden-based four-piece FEWS have been pricking ears with their debut single, 'Ill'. Singer and guitarist Fred talks to us about their obsession with Zlatan Ibrahimović, why vodka's key and Flux Liquid Ambience