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Two Poems By: Sarah Jean Alexander

Two poems by Shabby Doll House co-editor and author of Big Lucks-published Wildlives, Sarah Jean Alexander, make up this week's edition of new writing on tQ

Holly Herndon Launches AI Twin, Holly+

Artists can create works using Herndon's voice, which can then be licensed and sold as an NFT

Things Learned At: Donaufestival 2017

At this year's Donaufestival in Austria, Tristan Bath puts together a list of salient points – courtesy of performances from Klara Lewis, Gnod, Emptyset, Ben Frost, and a host of others – on topics from set times to politics and its absence. (Photographs by David Visnjic)

An Easy Extraction: The Top 100 Albums Of 2016 So Far

And here it is... the Quietus' favourite albums released between January 1 and June 30, 2016, as voted for by John Doran, Luke Turner, Karl Smith, Laurie Tuffrey and Christian Eede (with some assistance from Mat Colegate and Bobby Barry)

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Become Zero

Ready Yourself To Say Yes: David Mitchell’s Utopia Avenue

The new book by Cloud Atlas author David Mitchell is a journey into the music of the 60s that somehow manages to avoid excessses of nostalgia or sentiment, finds Mathew Lyons

My Quest for Breaking Everything: John Cale’s Favourite Music

The Velvet Underground co-founder and longstanding experimental outlier reflects fondly on his 18-hour long debut US performance, producing for The Stooges and writing an ode to Brian Wilson, and makes a case for the avant-garde genius of Snoop Dogg

Pogue’s Gallery: Spider Stacy’s Favourite Albums

As he prepares for more post-Shane MacGowan shows with The Pogues following a triumph in Hackney earlier this year, Spider Stacy takes Patrick Clarke through 13 records that shaped him, from post punk classics through to the new wave of folk music, via jazz, hip hop, roots reggae and more

Pull Together: Eno Williams of Ibibio Sound Machine’s Favourite Records

From Nigerian jùjú to American R&B, Ibibio Sound Machine’s Eno Williams speaks to Alastair Shuttleworth about some of the music that shaped her life, ahead of a set at this year’s Green Man

Rare Essences: Andy Gill Of Gang Of Four’s Favourite Records

Five years ago, following the release of their eighth album, What Happens Next, Andy Gill of Gang Of Four talked Bryan Brussee through the picks of his record collection, both albums and individual tracks

New Weird Britain In Review For July By Noel Gardner

Noel Gardner is back with reviews of new releases by Laura Cannell, Charles Hayward, Ashtray Navigation and more