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Peer Review: Rachel Cantor & Jeremy P. Bushnell On Their Debut Novels

In a head-to-head interview, Rachel Cantor and Jeremy P. Bushnell - candidates, even at this early stage, for producing two of the most exciting novels of 2014 - discuss their own, and each other's mind-bending new books

Two Poems By: Stacey Teague

Back from its short, continental jaunt new poetry comes this week - in its now-familiar double-dose - from London's Stacey Teague

ScHoolboy Q

Oxymoron

D. Charles Speer & The Helix

Doubled Exposure

Tracks Of Our Tears: 50 Songs That Make Quietus Writers & Artists Cry

Following this week's Quietus Essay exploring why music makes people cry, the Quietus writers and several artists select and discuss the songs that make them well up

Complete Communion: Jazz Reviews Feat. Ahmad Jamal & More

Jamie Skey returns with the latest Complete Communion jazz column, which features thoughts on Miles Davis' autobiography, a live review of Ahmad Jamal (pictured above), Mehliana, Pat Metheny Unity Group, Go Go Penguin and Iiro Rantala

Drive-By Truckers

English Oceans

Faulty Towers: The Grand Budapest Hotel Reviewed

Yasmeen Khan books a suite at the Grand Budapest Hotel, but is Wes Anderson's latest a room with a view in scenic Venice or a Travelodge in bleakest Nuneaton?

Magic Brutalism: Kuba Ziołek AKA Stara Rzeka Interviewed

Polish guitarist and composer Kuba Ziołek may have authored one of the Quietus' favourite albums of last year as Stara Rzeka, but with three new albums in the pipeline, he's clearly not resting on his laurels. Filip Kalinowski meets him to discuss the creative process from conception to outcome

Suzanne Vega

Tales From The Realm Of The Queen Of Pentacles

Rome Fortune

Beautiful Pimp II

“The Spirit”: Mike Watt Of The Missingmen’s Favourite Albums

Currently in the middle of a European tour, the Minutemen, Dos and Firehose founder pares down his record collection to give John Calvert his thirteen all-time top LPs

Silent Front

Trust

On The Grid: An Interview With Anthony Parasole

With the gritty techno of his label The Corner, New York DJ and producer Anthony Parasole has lately been attracting attention far beyond his home city. He tells Zara Wladawsky about the changing face of New York's dancefloor communities, and the passing down of club music knowledge

Scattered Bodies

Talking Songs

Untold

Black Light Spiral

A Game Of Two Halves: Gang Starr’s Hard To Earn Revisited

Angus Batey looks back at Primo and Guru's harder, stripped back fourth album

Having A Bawl: Why Does Music Make People Cry?

Robert Barry investigates the biology behind music's capacity to make us cry, and explains how emotional responses to music might have influenced our social evolution

Essence Over Style: An Interview With Carla Bozulich

With Carla Bozulich's latest album Boy just released, she speaks to Phil Harrison about her musical history to date, exploring ambiguities and the challenges of confrontation

Neneh Cherry

Blank Project

Bushman’s Revenge

Thou Shalt Boogie!

Progress Versus Destruction: Jupiter-C Interviewed

Jupiter-C make brooding, minimalist pop odes to surveillance, technology and the anxiety of contemporary urban life.

Lust For Music: Irvine Welsh’s Favourite Albums

With Filth recently released on DVD and a new novel due later this year, the Edinburgh author places a long-distance call from Miami to give Joe Clay the rundown of his top albums

Mr Dojo Rising: JJ Burnel Of The Stranglers Interviewed

Julian Marszalek looks beyond the ugliness, violence and 'intellectual thuggery' to find punk's genuine outsiders. Portraits by David Boni

Martin Creed

Mind Trap

Beck

Morning Phase

Pop, Fragility & Dissolution: A Marc Bolan Reappraisal

As he reviews new reissues of A Beard Of Stars, T.Rex, Tanx, Zinc Alloy And The Hidden Riders Of Tomorrow, Neil Kulkarni puts forward a new view of the prime moments of T.Rex and Tyrannosaurus Rex

A Nail In The Coffin: Soundgarden’s Superunknown Revisited

Val Siebert looks back 20 years to a band's attempts to shrug off the grunge tag

Lorelle Meets The Obsolete

The Obsolete Chambers

‘The Gentle Revolutionary’: Peter Tatchell Remembers Derek Jarman

With the BFI's Derek Jarman season currently marking the twentieth anniversary of the artist and filmmaker's death, Joseph Burnett speaks to gay rights activist Peter Tatchell about Jarman's work towards LGBT equality and raising awareness of HIV

Two Poems By: Luna Miguel

In its first trip to Continental Europe, this week's new writing comes from Barcelona via two poems by Luna Miguel - from the unpublished book The Stomachs - translated into English by Kevin Cole