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FESTIVAL REPORT: Tusk

Stewart Smith reports from Newcastle, featuring sets from Asiq Nargile, Borbetomagus, Hijokaidan, Hatsune Kaidan and more. Photographs courtesy of Kuba Ryniewicz

Le Guess Who? Completes Line-Up

Final set of acts are announced for the Utrecht festival including new Suuns project and more names for 24-Hour Drone Fest

Cornershop Announce Book And 7″ Project

Cornershop's Tjinder Singh and frequent artistic collaborator Nick Edwards announce 'read-along' book and 7" vinyl based on the band's 2012 single What Did The Hippie Have In His Bag?

Perc Releases Thomas Heckmann Remix EP

1993 track Phosphene is given the remix treatment by AnD, Perc & Truss, and The Exaltics for Perc Trax Ltd - now streaming in full below

LISTEN: Carter Tutti Remix Erasure

Brand new Carter Tutti remix of the forthcoming Erasure single Reason, exclusively streaming below

Peter Zummo On Tour In UK

Peter Zummo tells Emily Moore about his 6 tet, comprising Ernie Brooks, Bill Ruyle, JD Twitch, Oliver Coates and Bass Clef, playing this week

Cairo Liberation Front Set For Birthdays Gig

Dutch duo bring Electro Chaabi DJ set to the UK for the first time

LISTEN: These New Puritans – Spitting Stars

New song from TNPs' upcoming live album, EXPANDED

Githead Return With Fourth Album

Post-punk experimentalists return after five-year recess from recording and stream Bringing The Sea To The City

Jam City Previews New Album With Unhappy

First details of long-awaited second album announced by Night Slugs

Hannibal Soundtrack Artwork Revealed

Four-volume set of Brian Reitzell's soundtracks for US TV series due on Invada in December

RIP Mark Bell

Mark Bell, founder and sole member of LFO passed away last week "from complications after an operation" confirm Warp Records.

LISTEN: Tiger’s Milk Quietus Mix

Peruvian music label follow the release of their new compilation, Peru Bravo, with a Friday afternoon mix for tQ

Master Musicians Of Joujouka Festival 2015

Plus, one-off date in the village this November as part of William S. Burroughs centenary celebrations

Tamikrest Set For UK Tour This Month

Tuareg band bound for nine-date run starting this month

INTERVIEW: Mirel Wagner

Ahead of two upcoming UK dates, we talk to Mirel Wagner about her recent LP, When The Cellar Children See The Light Of Day

PREVIEW: Elevate Festival

Tristan Bath looks forward to Austria's Elevate Festiva, which features art and music from the likes of Emptyset, Vessel and Kode9 (Pictured)

LIVE REPORT: Max Richter

Vel Ilic heads to the Royal Albert Hall to see Max Richter perform The Four Seasons Remembered, his take on Vivaldi's masterpiece, and The Blue Notebooks. Photos courtesy of Iain Reid of Beanotown Photography

Things Learned At: Sensoria

Robert Cooke spends the weekend at the fantastic music and film festival, where he witnesses sets from Carter Tutti and Wrangler, watches Threads beneath the Sheffield skyline, and learns "a thing or two about car mechanics."

WATCH: New Capital Children’s Choir Video

First look at Dinos Chapman's video for track from new covers EP, Untrust

WATCH: Full Of Hell – Blue Litmus

First play of video from band's new album, co-written with Merzbow

FESTIVAL REPORT: Reeperbahn Festival

Andy Thomas visits Hamburg for four days of musical overdose. Photos by Stefan Malzkorn, Lena Meyer and Nina Ivanov

FESTIVAL REPORT: Reverence Festival

Jimmy Martin heads to Valada, Portugal to witness sets from the likes of Psychic TV, Electric Wizard, and Hawkwind, as well finding time to sit down with festival organiser Nick Allport. Photos by Jorge Pereira

WATCH: New Angus Tarnawsky Video

First look at video for Expand Contract from newly-released EP, out on AnD and Tom Dicicco's label

Things Learned At: Recon Festival

JR Moores worries for his ears as he's confronted by all sorts of excellent racket at this year's Recon festival. Step ye forth Stephen O'Malley, Blixa Bargeld, Teho Teardo, Ashtray Navigations, Core Of The Coalman. Photos by Danny Payne

Neubauten Lament: More Details

Further information about World War One tribute event and LP emerges

WATCH: Gum Takes Tooth – White Fear

Brain scrambling 'Future VR life abstractions' from London noiseniks and director James B Stringer

LISTEN: Stream A Winged Victory…’s LP

Full play of Atomos, A Winged Victory For The Sullen's second album, released today, ahead of European tour

PREVIEW: Tusk Festival

Stewart Smith speaks to Lee Etherington of Tusk Festival, which takes place in Newcastle this weekend and features all sorts of Quietus goodness, including a set from Islam Chipsy (pictured)

Scott Walker & Sunn O))) To Play Live?

6 Music’s Alternative Jukebox: Steve Lamacq Selects

Taken from the forthcoming book, Radio 6 Music's Alternative Jukebox, in which the eponymous station's acclaimed DJ's select their favourite under-loved tracks, Steve Lamacq singles out his go-to Clash track and a memorably-rousing Billy Bragg gig among others

FESTIVAL REVIEW: Berwick Film And Media Arts Festival

Michael Pattison travels to Berwick-Upon-Tweed for this year's Film And Media Arts Festival