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Erasure

Always: The Very Best Of Erasure

It’s A Livin’ Thing: Jeff Lynne Interviewed By Simon Price

Jeff Lynne, super-producer to the rock aristocracy and the only constant member of the Electric Light Orchestra, is bringing ELO back to life. He tells Simon Price about working magic with old tape machines, Sunday morning football in the Seventies and Dirk Diggler's monster cock

Round Them Up And Shoot Them: Pick Of The Month’s Gallery Shows

From a continuous programme of performances in a ruined church in Bristol to a slow tour through a data centre in Salford, Robert Barry previews some of the month’s more enticing art exhibitions

The Schlock Of The New: Redefining Horror Writing With Hexus

Ahead of the publication of their second issue early next year — and as an aid to your Hallowe'en comedown – Thogdin Ripley, co-editor of new art-literature-hybrid horror journal Hexus, selects three pieces from Issue One

An Electric Storm: Cerith Wyn Evans Interviewed

With a major exhibition currently on display at the White Cube’s Bermondsey gallery, Cerith Wyn Evans talks to tQ’s Robert Barry about music, neon, and the psychedelia of quantum physics

The Lead Review: Josh Gray On Roots Manuva’s Bleeds

With the release of Roots Manuva's sixth full length, Josh Gray examines the lure of its musical messianism, and the role anti-authoritarian faith can play in the modern world

Amplification Point: Unsound Festival 2015 Reviewed By Rory Gibb

Surprise! This year's Unsound Festival in Krakow was a reminder of the importance of physical meeting spaces for a globalising electronic music community, writes Rory Gibb

Remasters Of Horror: Composer And Sound Designer Alan Howarth Interviewed

Ahead of two special Halloween shows in London's Union Chapel this weekend in which he will play some of the best know of his soundtrack collaborations with John Carpenter, Alan Howarth talks to Mat Colegate about his long and distinguished career in soundtracks and sound design

Constructive Listening: An Interview With Rabit

Before he releases his debut album tomorrow, the Texas-based producer talks to Christian Eede about how Communion was informed by teenage beat-nerdery, gender energies and a steadfast refusal of instant gratification

Natural Habitat: Real Lies Interviewed

John Doran talks to Tom Watson and Kev Kharas of Real Lies about finding a house by a lake in the middle of a city to live in and how that changed everything for them

Tape Adapter: October’s Hip Hop Mixtapes Reviewed By Gary Suarez

The United States of trap is in disarray, as Young Thug cosigns falter while one of Chicago’s brightest ascends. Your intrepid mixtape critic Gary Suarez investigates

We Are Coiled: MAKE Interviewed

With their excellent second album The Golden Veil released earlier this year, MAKE's main man Scott Endres talks to Toby Cook about some key topics: political rage, existentialist influence and rose bush upkeep

“Where Was My Mind?” Jenny Hval’s ‘Favourite Albums’

We asked Jenny Hval to pick her 13 favourite LPs, which she didn't, because she thinks that's a "horrible" task. Fair enough, said JR Moores, so here, instead, are 13 underappreciated records she's hoping you'll go out and enjoy

Why Carly Rae Jepsen’s EMOTION Is The Unsung Hero Of 2015

Taking in the work of Drake, Rothko, Olafur Eliason and Psychic Sally, Karl Smith considers what makes Carly Rae Jepsen's newest album one of the greatest pieces of art produced this year

Rabit

Communion

Total Ledge Mate! The Shining’s Jørgen Munkeby Interviewed

Dean Brown talks to Shining (NOR) mainman Jørgen Munkeby about taking risks both physical and musical. Includes video for 'The Last Stand'

Baby, It’s Okay To Be Slutty: Chastity Belt Interviewed

The Seattle-based four-piece's singer and guitarist Julia Shapiro talks to Anna Wood about the underuse of the word labia, calling out mansplaining and taking lyrical inspiration from John Carpenter's 1982 cinematic masterpiece

Neo-Prog 35 Years On: Marillion, IQ, Pendragon Etc. Revisited

With Marillion riding high in the charts, 1985 was the peak year for neo-prog. Joe Banks relives his misplaced childhood, and wonders if any of the music from this scene bears revisiting now

Silver Fox: Bryan Ferry Live In Brighton, By Simon Price

Simon Price admires the attractive artifice of Bryan Ferry, and concludes that it's best to never scratch beneath the surface

Micachu & the Shapes: No Pigs Were Harmed In The Making Of This LP

For their latest, Good Sad Happy Bad, experimental pop group Micachu & The Shapes sank a few then confined themselves to a rehearsal space for a stripped-down, marathon recording session; some metal ensued, as they tell DJ Pangburn

The Scaramanga Six

The Terrifying Dream

Uncanny Flatlands: Wysing Art Centre at the Edge of the Real

Robert Barry examines works by Lawrence Lek, Benedict Drew, Katja Novitskova, Holly Herndon and others at the Wysing Art Centre’s ‘Uncanny Valley’ exhibition

Auto-Constructing Abraham: From Frieze Masters to the Tate Modern

Inspired by a talk at Frieze Masters, Robert Barry ponders Mexican artist Abraham Cruzvillegas’s new commission for the Tate Modern Turbine Hall

The Illusion Of Success: Nicolas Winding Refn On The Act Of Seeing

Mat Colegate talks to the director of Only God Forgives, Drive and Bronson about his newly published collection of exploitation film posters (contains NSFW images)

Flying Saucer, Attack! Mr Bungle’s Disco Volante 25 Years On

Twenty-five years since its release, Matt Evans revisits the purposefully difficult second album that pulverised his young metalhead brain

The Lead Review: Mat Colegate On MY DISCO’s Severe

Mat Colegate examines MY DISCO's experiments with psychedelic minimalism, as exemplified on their first new full length in five years

Boundless Intonations: An Interview With Jessica Pratt

The Californian singer-songwriter talks to Suzie McCracken about following up the excellent On Your Own Love Again, lyrical ambiguities and playing games with language before she plays Hackney's MIRRORS festival

Constellations In The Sky: Jonathan Donahue Of Mercury Rev’s Top LPs

From spooky narrations in the Catskill Mountains to avant-garde masterworks, the New York band's singer and guitarist tells Yousif Nur about the albums and one song that have had a lasting impact on his own music

Sing It Again: Rod Stewart Interviewed

After five decades at the top, Rod Stewart finds himself telling Chris Roberts about stage-fright and swagger, recovery from illness, disco fever, wearing too much make-up and missing his shin pads

Protomartyr

The Agent Intellect

Dave Heumann

Here In The Deep

The Month’s Electronic Music: Something In The Water

Christian Eede continues at the reins for the latest round-up of the month's best electronic music, taking a look at a variety of recent releases from Bristol as well as new records from Kamixlo (pictured), Call Super, DJ Richard, Pearson Sound, Laurel Halo and more