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Soundhead: Robert Hampson Of Loop’s Favourite Albums

Ahead of the first Loop gigs in 22 years, Robert Hampson tells John Doran about the LPs that he feels were neglected at the time but are now finding their audience

Europe Is Our Playground: The Declining Power Of Edith Piaf

Jeremy Allen marks the 50th anniversary of the passing of The Little Sparrow and asks contemporary artists about her significance

Jenny Hval

Innocence Is Kinky

Love’s Secret Ascension: Coil, Coltrane & The 70th Birthday Of LSD

Author and new Quietus writer Peter Bebergal celebrates the original synthesis of LSD with a thoughtful look at acid and transcendent, magickal music

Drum & Haze: An Interview & Mix From Ricardo Tobar

Ricardo Tobar has just released his debut album of melody-soaked, atmospheric techno, Treillis. He speaks to Joe Clay about a love of shoegaze and growing up in Chile, plus has recorded us an exclusive Quietus mix which you can listen to below

Misty Conditions

D'zzzz

Way Through

Clapper Is Still

Post Global Music: David Pajo’s Favourite Albums

Ahead of the reunited Slint playing shows this month and next, the hyper-prolific multi-instrumentalist hones his record collection down to a top 13

School Of Night

School Of Night

A Storm In Heaven: Verve’s Debut Album 25 Years On

Joe Clay laments the 25-year-old version of the Verve who hadn't yet fallen under the spell of Noel Gallagher...

Drone Bomb: An Interview With The KVB

With their new mini-album Minus One released this month, Ben Graham catches up with the London based purveyors of dark, industrially-tinged post-punk and psych

Omar Souleyman

Wenu Wenu

Polica

Shulamith

Strike A Pose? Voguing, Ballroom & Cultural Appropriation

Niall Connolly explores some of the more thorny issues surrounding cultural appropriation of music and culture from strongly localised or marginalised communities - in this case, voguing and ballroom in the US

Shopping

Consumer Complaints

Infuse, Confuse, Provoke: Mats Gustafsson Interviewed

Stewart Smith talks to sax master Mats Gustafsson about a flurry of activity surrounding his bands The Thing and Fire!

30 Years On: Cocteau Twins’ Head Over Heels Revisited

Julian Marszalek looks back three decades at the Cocteau Twins' second album and finds a band transcending their influences

‘My Anger Problem’ By Scott McClanahan

In this excerpt from his just-released, Tyrant-published novel, Hill William, West-Virginia-based author Scott McClanahan shines harsh light on the frustration time and place can breed and the ways it can transform its captive audience

Dreaming Magical Animals: Renaud Dillies Interviewed

Aug Stone talks to the French comics artist about his wondrous anthropomorphic creations

Connan Mockasin

Caramel

Dynamic Range Compression: Are The Loudness Wars Over?

Nick Southall speaks to American mastering engineer Bob Katz and Hookworms about how, with the launch of iTunes Radio, the tide is finally turning against full dynamic range compression

Livity Sound

Livity Sound

Space Is Deep: Gravity Reviewed

Alfonso Cuarón's cosmic breath-taker floats into Jason Ward's orbit

Lady Gaga

Artpop

Radio-Activity: An Interview With Felix Kubin

With his great new album Zemsta Plutona just released, the unique German sci-fi synth-pop explorer and sound artist speaks to David Stubbs about musical deconstruction, radio art, and reconnecting Germany with the culture of Eastern Europe

Horns Up Ya Shitters! The Best Recent Metal Reviewed

Riffs, riffs and more bloody, bludgeoning, groove-laden riffs? That's right, it's that time again - Toby Cook returns to drag you kicking and screaming through the best metal of the last few months

King Crimson

Red (Reissue)

Blood, Bread & Bros: Sam Herlihy On The Dude Burger

Our mighty (white) food writer Sam Herlihy is back! WARNING LACHRYMAL READERS! Contains heartbreaking scene where the Pillsbury Doughboy cradles dying gun shot victim. DON'T SAY WE DIDN'T WARN YOU!

Humble Pie

Performance: Rockin' the Filmore (Box Set)

Bottomless Pit

Shade Perennial

Out There: Flying Saucer Attack’s Debut LP, 20 Years On

Nick Talbot of Gravenhust celebrates the Bristolian lo-fi brilliance of early Flying Saucer Attack

Rorschach Effect: Nate Young Talks Regression & Wolf Eyes

Nate Young has had a busy year, presiding over the return of Wolf Eyes on ferocious form and guiding his Regression solo electronic project into hypnotic zones. He speaks to Ian Maleney about improvisation, manual labour, and how Wolf Eyes are becoming even more unhinged with age