Brian Auger's Oblivion Express

tQ Presents: White Hills Tour!

Series of dates this spring... Plus! Jarmusch collaboration

WATCH: Outfit – Thank God I Was Dreaming

Video for new single ahead of UK tour starting today

Forever Watching Love Grow: New Order Live At MIF

New Order play a euphoric home-ground gig at Manchester International Festival. Jude Rogers feels the love, and considers the band's legacy as an integral part of modern Manchester history

Them Crooked Vultures Album Details

Self-titled debut out next month

Electronic Music Ban Cancels Buenos Aires Kraftwerk Show

Ban came into effect following the deaths of six people at an event earlier this year

On Mobile Phones At Gigs & The Tyranny Of The Dopamine Economy

Mobile phones are now such a ubiquitous presence at gigs we've started to not notice them. Is it time we start to resist the tyranny of the "dopamine economy", asks Jazz Monroe

Manic Street Preachers’ ‘Journal For Plague Lovers’ Artwork Revealed

Steve Albini is producing a Manics album based around Richey Edwards' lyrics. Could this be their best album in a dozen years?

Metallica To Play Black Album @ Download ’12

Life On Earth Is Evil: Cinema And The Collective Longing For Annihilation

In an extract from his recently-released book, U.ESS.AY: Politics and Humanity in American Film, Stephen Lee Naish considers the relationship between our enduring love for apocalyptic cinema and humanity's innate, unstoppable drive toward destruction

Immersion Through Disturbance: Clint Mansell’s Favourite Film Soundtracks

The former Pop Will Eat Itself singer turned film score maestro tells Kiran Acharya about the 13 soundtracks that have inspired him most

LIVE REPORT: Tower Bridge Bascule Chamber Concert

Against his better judgement John Doran goes to watch classical music in a "monstrously huge, 1,000 ton garlic crusher" inside Tower Bridge. Photo gallery by Maria Jefferis

WATCH: PINS – Say To Me

Manchester quartet release new video ahead of debut EP release; tour dates below

Aspirational Music: Hiro Kone’s Favourite Tracks

From the duduk to spiritual jazz, Hiro Kone's Nicky Mao guides Bernie Brooks through a selection of thirteen tracks that informed and inspired her latest LP, Silvercoat The Throng

Knaves & Networks: The Rewiring Of America’s Mythic Geography

Punk rock and American conservatism may seem like polar opposites, but they may be closer than you think, argues Warrick Harniess, author of *Red, White & Radical*