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Mark Lanegan

Imitations

REVIEW: David Toop’s Star-Shaped Biscuit

Joseph Burnett travels to Snape Maltings to watch Star -Shaped Biscuit, an opera by composer, writer and sound artist David Toop, and finds a performance steeped in the sonic influence of its surroundings. Photos: Jana Chiellino

LISTEN: LIIMA Live From Istanbul

Stream a live show from LIIMA, the collaboration from Efterklang and Tatu Rönkkö at Salon in Istanbul earlier this January.

Sun Araw & The Congos London Date

Legendary reggae band and US psych musicians to play together in June

Allah-Las

Allah-Las

Karl D’Silva

Love Is A Flame In The Dark

Sometime Damo Suzuki, Thurston Moore and Oren Ambarchi collaborator, branches out on his own with an album of iconoclastic technicolour pop

Want 13: Rufus Wainwright’s Favourite Music

Ahead of the release of his new album Rufus Wainwright guides Barnaby Smith through his favourite music, from Leonard Cohen to Eurythmics and his abiding love of opera

Massive Attack Back Campaign To Increase Diversity Of English School Curriculum

The campaign is pushing for the realities of Britain's colonial history to be better taught to children in schools

John Foxx And The Maths

Howl

John Foxx and the Maths find strength in pop on new album, Howl, finds Adam Lehrer

Three Editions Mego Labels To Continue Following Peter Rehberg’s Death

Ideologic Organ, Recollection GRM and Portraits GRM will now operate under the supervision of French label Shelter Press

Mapping The West Midlands: The Stories Of Lisa Blower

In her new collection from Myriad Editions, It’s Gone Dark Over Bill’s Mother’s, Lisa Blower delivers a scathing indictment on the policies of the Thatcher era

Nathan Bowles

Plainly Mistaken

A fourth solo album from the North Carolina banjo player with talented accomplices and beautiful ideas

Spool’s Out: Tape Reviews For March By Tristan Bath

Tristan Bath returns with Spools Out, The Quietus' regular tape review column. This month he covers Shit & Shine, Broshuda, Deathcount In Silicone Valley, Silver Waves, Dikeman, Roger Tellier-Craig, Félicia Atkinson, Eartheater, Nigel Wrench, Black Spirituals and Extnddntwrk

Maintaining Traditions: Things Learned At OFF Festival

While suffering from a bout of post-festival blues, Julian Marszalek reflects on his triumphant return to Katowice, headliners, highlights, herrings and all.

Tresor Details New Archival Book, ‘Tresor: True Stories’

The early days of the famed Berlin techno institution are revisited across more than 400 photos and other archival material

Wire Dissed By Wire’s Dad