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Playing The Cosmos Song: Thurston Moore & John Sinclair On Sun Ra

Sean Kitching talks to John Sinclair of MC5, Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth and Paul Smith of Blast First Petite about the life and music of Sun Ra

Quietus Playing Records Tomorrow Night

At the London Lexington

Thundercat

Drunk

Why Cliff Richard Is The Epitome And Saviour Of Rock & Roll

Forget Liam Gallagher, Richard Ashcroft or Paul Weller - Sir Cliff is the best rock star we have, says John 'We Don't Talk Any More' Doran

Six Organs of Admittance’s Ben Chasny On Why Downloading Music Is An Addiction

The Six Organs man Ben Chasny postulates that file to file sharing is just a symptom of information addiction, a debilitating cyber illness. Ned Raggett takes notes

Giving Up The Day Job: Quietus Writers’ Top 40 Side Projects

Von Südenfed over The Fall? Grinderman over The Bad Seeds? It can only be the latest tQ Writers' Top 40, on the side projects we like even more than their parent bands

LISTEN: New Confidence Man

Confidence Man announce their debut album, a mammoth upcoming tour plus a brand new track which you can listen to below

Musical Conversations: Mary Lattimore’s Favourite Albums

In this week's Baker's Dozen Mary Lattimore speaks to Kareem Ghezawi about the albums that have shaped her life, and how musical friendships sustain her work

Driving Force: Adam Franklin’s Baker’s Dozen

From childhood seven inch singles and cash-in LPs to the joy of Sandinista! on shuffle, Swervedriver and Bolts Of Melody frontman Adam Franklin takes Ned Raggett through the thirteen records that shaped him

INTERVIEW: Speedy Wunderground

Producer Dan Carey tells us about his brand new 7" label, Speedy Wunderground, which sees him cutting a record in just one day - have a listen to their first release, I Go Out, featuring Steve Mason, Emilíana Torrini and Toy, below

Reissue Of The Week: Síntomas De Techno

A collection of underground electronic music recorded in Peru during a tumultuous political climate, give us a lens into a vibrant time of exploration despite the most challenging of contexts

“Yes It’s F*cking Political!”: Skin’s Favourite Albums

Skunk Anansie vocalist Skin guides Louise Brown through 13 favourite records, from Holst to Nina Simone, Everything But The Girl, Sepultura and Amy Winehouse

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Metaphors: Selected Soundworks from the Cinema of…

A compilation of tracks and soundworks from the filmography of Thai director and practising artist Apichatopong Weerasethakul. By Sukanya Deb.