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Getting stuck in to David Stubbs' more-than-just-an-index new book, Future Days: Krautrock and the Building of Modern Germany, Stewart Smith considers the unique egolessness and socio-historical peculiarities that gave rise to the enigmatic genre and Stubbs' effectiveness as guide
Extracted from the recently-published biography, On The Periphery: David Sylvian: The Solo Years and introduced by author Chris Young, we come in on the former Japan lead-vocalist in the early-2000's having just relocated and set up his SamadhiSound studio, the seemingly-idyllic situation shattered by personal crises that would play themselves out on his ground-breaking and critically acclaimed Blemish
With the band bound for the UK next week, Nick Hutchings gets an update from Britt Walford, David Pajo and Todd Brashear, discussing a new generation of fans, the Breadcrumb Trail documentary and revisiting their seminal second album
Ahead of their performance at Supernormal this weekend, Stewart Smith meets mixed-media free jazz trio Death Shanties to discuss their fiery and weird debut album Crabs, "balls to the wall" improvisation, and exploding folk forms
The transportive, ritualistic drones of London's Anji Cheung conjure up portals to uncanny other worlds, heavy with the thrill of the unknown. Ahead of her performance at Supernormal this weekend, she meets Jimmy Martin to discuss a fascination with the occult, and how Throbbing Gristle and Coil have inspired her music's trips into inner space
Ronika's debut album Selectadisc is one of tQ's favourite albums of 2014 so far. Ahead of tonight's London gig, Al Needham speaks to her about coming up through the Nottingham music scene, channeling a fascination with electronic music, and the positives and pitfalls of running her own label
Why exactly should the enjoyment of a great piece of music be marred by guilt? Following last week's Black Sky Thinking about the problems (and positives) of the concept of the 'guilty pleasure', the Quietus writers declare their undying, entirely non-ironic love for their favourite uncool songs. Introduction by Jimmy Martin
In an edited extract from his new book, George Clinton & The Cosmic Odyssey Of The P-Funk Empire, Kris Needs examines the circumstances - social, political, cultural and personal - that lead to Funadelic's under-appreciated Grand Statement America Eats its Young
The conversation that takes place around rock & roll is often so engrossing that there's barely enough space or time to discuss the actual music, as John Doran found out after attending The Fat Whites' Slide In For Palestine gig in Brixton last week. All pictures Lou Smith