Art

RIP Mr Peppermint aka Gibby Haynes Snr

Evile Announce Memorial Shows For Bassist

Two shows for the late Mike Alexander announced

Quietus Writers’ Top 40 Cover Versions As Gateway Drugs

From Nina Simone via Muse to Jacques Brel via Scott Walker on multiple occasions, we asked our writers to tell us about the cover versions that acted as their gateway drugs to the work of the original artist

Social Media Snakepits & Solidarity Versus Corporate Shafting, UK 2015

In the first of this year's Wreath Lectures, Luke Turner looks back over 2015 and argues that the decline of small, unfashionable institutions and professions is opening the door for an increasingly boring, corporate future. What alternative, resisting communities are being formed?

Songs Are Syringes: Kristin Hersh On Her Favourite Tracks

Throwing Muses are releasing Purgatory/Paradise, their first album in a decade, so Kristin Hersh met up with John Doran to discuss her favourite records (not albums)

Oasis’ Noel Praises Recession

Good for good music, expect next Oasis soon

Iranian Ash Koosha Speaks About US Travel Ban

The musician is currently unable to visit the US after Donald Trump issued an executive order banning citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries from visiting the country

LISTEN: New Ron Morelli Album

L.I.E.S. Records boss Ron Morelli shares his new album, due out soon on Hospital Productions

The Foghorn’s Lament: Extended Play

To mark the paperback edition of her book, Jennifer Lucy Allan compiles the sounds and stories that have emerged since publication of The Foghorn's Lament