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Slint’s Spiderland is regularly cited as one of the most important albums of the last 30 years, yet its shadowy twin The For Carnation remains defiantly under the radar. Joe Banks makes the case for its re-evaluation while pondering the evolution of post-rock
In the early and mid 1990s, says author Jeanette Leech, the language of dance and electronic music was an intrinsic part of post-rock. So why, by the end of that decade, did post-rock lose its groove? Also we have an extract from Jeanette's recent book, Fearless, regarding the bands Tortoise, Bastro and Gastr Del Sol
Sod the first few EPs, we say a band's real hidden gems are buried at the end, among the ill-advised career moves and last grasps at fading relevance. Here, tQ writers fight the corner for their favourite unloved and underrated records from the tail-end of their favourite artists' discography.
Later this month, Mogwai are set to perform their soundtrack to Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait live at a series of venues across the UK. Nicola Meighan joins Stuart Braithwaite and artist Douglas Gordon for an in-depth, ginger wine-fuelled conversation, taking in everything from meeting Zidane to drunken Ivor Cutler covers and resistance to authority
Three decades after the release of Spiderland, Joe Kennedy argues that those who waffle endlessly about post rock have made a mistake in ignoring "a lyrical blueprint which places Gothic imagery at the service of modernist ambiguity"
Ghetto blasting synth punk in Rugby. Lending pyjamas to Mogwai. Writing to Nick Drake’s sister. Finding psychology theory in music. Pranked by Robin Guthrie. Rocket Girl Records label head Vinita Joshi takes Will McCartney through the 13 records that have shaped her life
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