Divide and Dissolve

David Stubbs: Krautrock Book Launch Events

tQ scribe launching his new book Future Days with events at Rough Trade East and The Social this month and next

BIG|BRAVE

nature morte

Canadian trio tear downt heir fortress of solitude in a mighty cathartic howl, finds Alex Deller

The Favourite Albums Of Cornershop’s Tjinder Singh

Celebrate Cornershop's appearance in our mid-year compilations chart with Tjinder Singh's Baker's Dozen

Gorgeous: Graham Massey Of 808 State’s Favourite Albums

Graham Massey guides Julian Marszalek through 13 favourite albums, from Santana to Bowie, Gong, Magma, Miles Davis, and the time he went out for kebabs with Marshall Allen

Reaper Rebuttal: In Defence Of Neil Marshall’s Doomsday

London band Teeth Of The Sea love Neil Marshall's epic Doomsday so much they've created Reaper, a live soundtrack event inspired by it. But as David Moats's feature earlier this week made clear, mainstream critical reaction to the film was anything but glowing. Avowed fan Andrew Stimpson dons a gimp mask and presents his rebuttal

LISTEN: Debut STILL Album On PAN

Milan producer STILL debuts on Bill Kouligas' PAN label with a new album

INTERVIEW: These New Puritans Discuss Classic Album ‘Hidden’

Jack Barnett, Graham Sutton and Dave Cooley take us through the secrets of making These New Puritans' recently-reissued masterpiece

Just Some Modern Rock Songs: Stuart Murdoch’s Favourite Albums

The Glaswegian indie pop pioneers' frontman picks out his top 13 records

A F**king Joy: Aidan Moffat’s Favourite Albums

With Aidan Moffat's excellent new record with Bill Wells just out, we sent Daniel Dylan Wray up to Glasgow to meet the former Arab Strap man/Quietus sex columnist to discuss his top formative albums. And, with the help of beers, a record player and one powerful deployment of the phrase "get to utter fuck", here's what he picked

Mastodon

The Hunter

LISTEN: Mogwai Remix Yann Tiersen

Remix of A Midsummer Evening from new album ∞ (Infinity)

Music Is Not Sport: Nils Frahm’s Favourite Albums

Before he releases his Late Night Tales compilation, the pianist, composer and new classical ("I never liked it, but I'm stuck with it now; give me something cool like 'neo jazz'") pioneer gives Karl Smith a tour of his favourite overlooked records, by musicians "that deserve a little afterglow"

True Pairings: Tom Fleming’s 13 Favourite Albums

Former Wild Beast Tom Fleming, who's just released his excellent debut album as One True Pairing, picks the 13 records that shaped him, from Tool and Def Leppard to Scott Walker and Joanna Newsom

American Cyclo: 2222 And Airport By Shit & Shine

When he's not careening down a mountainside on two wheels, Craig Clouse releases a relentless sream of bangers – this one's a particularly meaty one, finds Jon Buckland

That’s Really Not Okay: An Interview With Tim Etchells

Ahead of the publication of his new collection of short stories, *Endland*, artist, writer and Artistic Director of Forced Entertainment, Tim Etchells, talks to Jennifer Hodgson about class, culture, dissonant languages, staying provincial and writing against good taste

Alan Wilder Of Recoil & Depeche Mode’s 13 Favourite LPs

As Short Circuit fast approaches, we talk to Alan Wilder about his 13 favourite records, and how they shaped his work in post-Depeche Mode project Recoil