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Whaur The Pig Gaed On The Spree

Alan Lomax's Scottish Recordings 1951–-57

Road Of The King! Trekking The Annapurna Sanctuary, Part 2

In the second half of his account of trekking Nepal's Annapurna Sanctuary (in one pair of trousers), Daniel Ross heads for Annapurna Base Camp, via cloud forest and treacherous, snow-coated plain

If You Only Knew: ‘Little’ Jimmy Scott Interviewed

Nicholas Abrahams talks to "Little" Jimmy Scott about his music, his muse and singing for David Lynch

Milyoo

Archaeology

Before Cease To Exist: Throbbing Gristle’s Reissues Examined

John Doran looks at the recent five Throbbing Gristle reissues on CD and vinyl and wonders who the joke's on...

Fear & Mythologies: An Interview With Total Control

Ahead of their appearance at ATP's Nightmare Before Christmas this weekend, Steph Kretowicz speaks to Total Control's Daniel Stewart about punk and the impending apocalypse

Here Comes The Rennes Again: Trans Musicales Festival Reviewed

The Quietus heads to the boozy streets of Rennes for the annual Trans Musicales music festival. Colin Stetson live pic by Dave Kerr

A Face In The Crowd: Carol Morley Discusses Dreams Of A Life

Val Phoenix speaks to filmmaker Carol Morley about Dreams of a Life, which seeks to piece together the life of Joyce Carol Vincent, found dead in her bedsit in 2006 after seemingly disappearing from society

Between Hard Rock & An Art Space: An Interview With Andrew Liles

Over the course of the two decades he's been operating, Andrew Liles' music has been a volatile, shapeshifting thing, both solo and in his work with Nurse With Wound and Current 93. Russell Cuzner speaks to him about his career so far and new album Schmetaling Monster Of Rock

Smashing Pumpkins

Siamese Dream (reissue)

Dancing About Architecture: Postmodernism At The V&A

Postmodernism has become a dirty word in recent times. The V&A's current exhibition shows it wasn't all bad, writes Lee Arizuno

Vladislav Delay

Vantaa

Hitler Would Have Loved You: Tonetta Interviewed

Earlier in the year Cian Traynor caught up with 63-year-old cross-dressing, YouTube star Tonetta for this illuminating talk on outsider art

New Jersey State Of Mind: An Interview with Real Estate

In advance of their show at London's Scala tonight, John Freeman talks to the New Jersey band about how their childhood memories and “lack of liberal guilt” inspired their new album, Days.

LISTEN: Chris Carter & Cosey Fanni Tutti Discuss Throbbing Gristle Reissues

We're pleased to be able to present the audio of Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti discussing the Throbbing Gristle reissues, recorded at Rough Trade East last month

Boo Williams

Home Town Chicago (Reissue)

Playing House: The Juan MacLean Talks Past, Present & Future

Rory Gibb takes the release of a new compilation of The Juan MacLean rarities as an excuse to sit down with John MacLean to discuss DFA, DJing, the sexlessness of indie and a lifelong love affair with house music

Graham Massey On 808 State’s Blueprint

Graham Massey returns to write us another fantastic piece, this time an overview of tracks from the new 808 State anthology, Blueprint with photos taken from his own archive

Empathy and the Red States: An Interview with EMA and Zola Jesus

Having released two of the year’s most fascinating albums, Erika M Anderson and Nika Danilova talk to John Freeman about how their upbringings shaped their music

Byetone

Symeta

Unmasking Dishonest ‘Big Society’ Logic: Alex Niven & Mark Olden Reviewed

Two new volumes published through Zer0 Books, Alex Niven's Folk Opposition and Mark Olden's Murder In Notting Hill, both push for greater understanding of politics at ground level, and provide examples of what can occur if this does not happen, writes Joe Kennedy

Road Of The King! Trekking The Annapurna Sanctuary In One Pair Of Trousers

In the first part of Daniel Ross' account of his trek through Nepal's Annapurna Sanctuary, he has several run ins with chillies, chaotic roads and altitude sickness, and ends on a breathless high

Chris Watson

El Tren Fantasma

Various Artists

The First Rock and Roll Record (box set)

More Personal Politics: An Interview With Wild Flag

Ahead of Wild Flag's appearance at ATP's Nightmare Before Christmas next weekend, Jenny Stevens spoke to the band's Janet Weiss to talk about how the group came together and why comparisons with members' previous projects are way off the mark

4AD Founder Ivo Watts-Russell On Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares

Thirty-five years on from 4AD's reissue of the first volume of recordings of Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares, label founder Ivo Watts-Russell describes the epiphany that led to his tracking down the mysterious voices of the Bulgarian folk singers to release their music on his label. Interview by Richie Troughton

This Mortal Coil

Box Set

Hubble, Bubble, Toil & Trouble: The Haxan Cloak Interviewed

The Haxan Cloak's self-titled debut is one of our favourite albums of the year. Ahead of his Quietus show with Perc on 16th December, we sat down to chat about how it came together

20 Years On: The Lemonheads’ Its A Shame About Ray Revisited

As Evan Dando and company prepare to tour their much-loved fifth album, John Freeman looks back at how parental divorce and an Ecstasy-fuelled trip to Australia created The Lemonheads’ finest moment

Working With Ken Russell: Actor & Musician James Johnston Remembers

In 2002, James Johnston, Gallon Drunk singer/guitarist, former Bad Seed and member of Lydia Lunch’s Big Sexy Noise, worked as an actor on two projects by Ken Russell. Here, he looks back on working with the late, great British director, who died on Sunday

Regis

Adolescence

Bambara Mystic Soul

The Raw Sound of Burkina Faso 1974-1979 (Various artists)