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Cracking Stuff: The Quietus Reissues & Compilations Of 2014 So Far

Here is tQ's half year non-studio album list as voted for by Luke Turner, Laurie Tuffrey, Sophie Coletta and John Doran (who compiled and wrote the feature)

Poles Apart: Notes From Łódź And The Polish Underground

John Doran travelled to Łódź recently to try and find out why the Polish music underground has gone through a revolution in production over the last three years and to determine what lessons can be learned

Puppets Are A Funny Thing: The Miniaturist Reviewed

Houman Barekat examines the minutiae of Jessie Burton's debut novel, The Miniaturist, via sugar, seventeenth-century Dutch society and scale models

The Fates

Furia (Reissue)

Fossil Aerosol Mining Project

17 Years In Ektachrome

Bountiful Summer: Quietus Albums Of The Year So Far 2014

Here is tQ's half year studio album list voted for by Luke Turner, Rory Gibb, Laurie Tuffrey, Sophie Coletta and John Doran (who wrote and compiled the feature)

“I’ll Be On Your Side”: Neil Young Live In Istanbul

At Crazy Horse's recent stop in Turkey, Julian Sayarer finds the grizzled veteran's willingness to address politics head-on strikes a pertinent note

National Jazz Trio Of Scotland

Standards Volume III

Monkey Slay, Monkey Do: Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes Reviewed

What do you call a gorilla with a machine gun? Mat Colegate has all the answers

Water On Water: In Praise Of Echo And The Bunnymen’s Ocean Rain

Our man in Orange County Ned Raggett gives us his American take on another classic British indie album...

Funk Soul Brother: Alexis Taylor Of Hot Chip’s Favourite Albums

With his second solo album Await Barbarians released last month and a run of summer festival sets upcoming, the Hot Chip and About Group man gives Dom Smith his favourite album rundown

Parquet Courts

Sunbathing Animal

Fire! Orchestra

Enter

Piss, Porn, Shit, Sex & Sewing: On The Road With Xiu Xiu

Intense in noise and sexuality, Xiu Xiu's Angel Guts: Red Classroom is one of the Quietus' LPs of the year thus far. Here, Jamie Stewart guides Luke Turner through the mundanity, insanity, violence and deviance of years on the road. Warning - may make you ill or aroused

White Power And Black Pop: The Real Problem With 1Xtra’s Power List

Neil Kulkarni dissects the recent BBC 1Xtra Power List which featured three white acts in the top four...

Jungle

Jungle

These Shoes Were Made For Shredding: Chicks On Speed Interviewed

Ed Power meets Melissa Logan of Chicks On Speed for lunch to talk art, image and football. Picture courtesy of Steven Hughes

Ligovskoï

Dilip

Perturbator

Dangerous Days

Wolves In The Throne Room

Celestite

Louis Moholo-Moholo Unit

For The Blue Notes

Various Artists

C86 (Reissue)

Sort Out Your Psyche! Mikey Georgeson Discusses The Civilised Scene

Aug Stone chats to The Civilised Scenester about pop music's relation to the unconscious, mystical moustaches, and Making Blackberry Crumble For Change

No Hidden Agenda: The Return Of Interpol

This September, Interpol release their new album El Pintor. It's both their first in four years and their first without founding bassist Carlos Dengler. In an exclusive interview, Matt Foster meets Paul Banks, Daniel Kessler and Sam Fogarino to find out how they dealt with losing a band member and to talk about a record that fully encases both sides of their personality

Morrissey

World Peace Is None Of Your Business

No More Heroes: How TV Series Utopia Is Right For Now

With its unique mix of black humour and existential paralysis, is Utopia emblematic of the times we live in, asks Phil Harrison. Contains mild spoilers

Remember Remember

Forgetting The Present

Martyrdöd

Elddop

Short Fiction: ‘The Curse’ By LK Shaw

New writing this week comes via short fiction from writer - and founding editor of stalwart online journal Shabby Doll House - LK Shaw

Practical Utopianism: Simon Frith Interviewed

Elena Dolcini speaks to critic, historian and sociologist Simon Frith about the live music experience, critique in the digital age and the place of protest music in a society that thrives on mass consumption

Step Up! Great Cinematic Dance Scenes Chosen By The Quietus

To mark the BFI's current season on cinema's long relationship with dance, The Quietus writers pick their favourite dancing scenes

Edvard Graham Lewis

All Over/All Under