Alex James

Inflation Hitting UK Nightlife Industry Hard, Says The NTIA

48 percent of the 200 businesses the organisation surveyed are "barely breaking even" amid the cost of living crisis

Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For April Reviewed By Kez Whelan

Kez Whelan is back with the rock down in lockdown - Columnus Metallicus with reviews of Testament, Oranssi Pazuzu, Gnaw Their Tongues and more!

Self-Portrait With Skull: Inside Andy Warhol’s Artist Rooms

Anthony d’Offay's roving exhibition of Artist Rooms comes to Manchester's Whitworth, with a show dedicated to pop artist Andy Warhol

The Business Of Forever: Theo Hutchcraft Of Hurts’ Favourite Albums

The lead singer of classy, continent-conquering synth duo Hurts, about to release their third album, Surrender, goes from Phil Spector to Nine Inch Nails via UK hip-hop and Bulgarian folk songs as he picks his top 13

Courtney Love & Hole Anthology Out Now

eBook collection of essays by Quietus contributor and more available on free download now

Miracle Encounters: Emma Tricca’s Baker’s Dozen

On the release of her Bella Union debut, Emma Tricca takes Jude Rogers through her thirteen favourite albums, from the fringes of the folk revival to the "Italian prog massive"

Cast A Wide Cygnet: Swandown Reviewed

Anna Coatman ponders Andrew Kötting's eccentric feature collaboration with Iain Sinclair, opening in selected UK cinemas this Friday, in which the pair ride a white swan pedalo from Hastings to Hackney

Tailor Made For Worship: Dave Wyndorf Of Monster Magnet’s Favourite Albums

The Monster Magnet frontman turns the clock back 40 years to tell Val Siebert about 13 formative favourite records

LISTEN: Max Tundra’s Prince Cover

'I Wanna Be Your Lover'

Arts Council England Reveals Further Round Of Culture Grants

NTS, Peckham's CLF Art Cafe, Salford's The White Hotel and more are among another 589 organisations to be awarded financial support

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Contact, Want, Love, Have

The Lonely Street: John Cale’s Island Trilogy, 50 Years On

50 years ago, John Cale found himself at Heartbreak Hotel, producing sweet and unhinged music from its rooms. Reassessing Fear, Slow Dazzle and Helen Of Troy, Darran Anderson explores the musician’s remarkable year-long burst of creativity for Island Records, half a century on

Metal Machine Music: A Persher Baker’s Dozen

Electronic producers but longtime punk, hardcore and metal heads, Blawan and Pariah take Patrick Clarke through the thirteen records that shaped their swerve into heavy music as Persher, from Meshuggah and Napalm Death to Converge and The Dillinger Escape Plan

LISTEN: Jerskin Fendrix – Black Hair

Close to Him: Tom Sheehan’s Pictures of The Cure

Pictures of You, a new photo book from Welbeck Publishing, explores the changing faces of Robert Smith and The Cure, as seen by former Melody Maker snapper, Tom Sheehan