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Tricky Challenges Simon Cowell To Duel

Trip hop luminary throws down gauntlet to X Factor bigwig in latest Noisey video

Things Learned At Desertfest 2013

Toby Cook and Jessica Crowe kneel before the mighty riff at this year's Desertfest, care of performances by Bongripper (pictured, top), Pentagram, Bong, Hexvessel and more.

Bo Ningen To Tour With The Cult

Acid-psych four-piece touring regional dates of The Cult's Electric 13 tour

INTERVIEW: ANTA

Gravenhurst's Nick Talbot talks to his fellow Bristolians about their new album of "smashing cups" rock, Centurionaut

Royal Trux Members Reunite

Jennifer Herrema announces that Neil Hagerty has co-written two songs on forthcoming new Black Bananas LP

No Age Announce New Album

Ace LA duo announce fourth album An Object

Caught By The River At Open East Festival

Wire, Charlie Boyer, Rhys Webb and more, alongside local beer festival, at ace CBTR stage

WATCH: The Spirit Level Trailer

First look at the excellent documentary about inequality

LISTEN: New Happy Families

First spin of lead-off single New Forgetting by Lawrence Chandler of Bowery Electric's new band

LISTEN: Fuck Buttons – The Red Wing

First listen of new album

Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry & The Orb For Numusic

Norwegian electronic music festival announces collaborators as first acts on this year's bill

LISTEN: Lumerians – Dogon Genesis

Opening track from forthcoming LP The High Frontier

LISTEN: Grumbling Fur – Dancing Light

New track from Daniel O'Sullivan and Alexander Tucker's collaborative project

Audio Antihero Release Rape Crisis Comp

Darren Hayman and Jeffrey Lewis among artists feature on release in aid of charity

Liverpool Psych Fest: Full Line-Up

Moon Duo, The Besnard Lakes and Peaking Lights Sound System all added to bill

LISTEN: Pet Shop Boys – ‘Fluorescent’ Clip

Wrap your ears around another taster of what new LP Electric sounds like

Trent Reznor: New Nine Inch Nails LP Done

Reznor: "For the last year I've been secretly working non-stop on a new, full-length Nine Inch Nails record [... it's] frankly fucking great"

Savages & Bo Ningen Announce Live Collab

Groups to perform 'sonic simultaneous poem' in Shoreditch tomorrow night

LISTEN: PVT – ‘Vertigo’ (Lukid Remix)

Werk Discs head turns PVT's original into a hazy, heavy-lidded creature - listen below

For Sale: The Sword’s Heavy Metal Bedding

For those about to sleep...

WATCH: Boards Of Canada Desert Party

Enigmatic Scottish duo rock the desert

INTERVIEW: Glenn Danzig

The founder of the Misfits and Danzig tells us about his upcoming UK tour, a new covers album and Dolly Parton

LIVE REPORT: The Magnetic North

As they prepare for their debut album’s reissue, complete with accompanying documentary, The Magnetic North – Erland Cooper, Simon Tong and Hannah Peel – are joined by conductor André De Ridder for a grand re-launch at Berlin’s Volksbühne. Wyndham Wallace sailed in to report

Our War: The Flaming Lips Live At The BBC

Darren Lee celebrates the Flips' 30th birthday with an intimate concert at Maida Vale

LIVE REPORT: Junko At Café Oto

Stephen Graham witnesses a great night of Japanese noise rock at Cafe Oto

WATCH: Hexvessel – Masks Of The Universe

First look at video for opener of recent Iron Marsh EP

Christopher Lee ‘100% Heavy Metal’ LP Due

Horror film luminary set to release Charlemagne: The Omens Of Death on birthday next week

The Quietus’ Hour-By-Hour Field Day Preview

Save yourself the bother of working out what to see and when tomorrow with the Quietus' handy guide to what we recommend throughout the day, from nature recordings to serious OOF. By John Doran, Rory Gibb, Laurie Tuffrey and Luke Turner

WATCH: Oh The Gilt Remix John Foxx

Video for tQ Johns Doran and Tatlock's remix from forthcoming 12"; plus, Foxx points to further Maths work, along with projects with Harold Budd and Rubin Garcia, Diana Yukawa and Benge and Robin Simon, in the near future

The Quietus On BBC 6 Music This Weekend

tQ pick half an hour of tunes on Now Playing on Sunday

Friday Mixtapes For Your Aural Delectation

Imaginary Forces And Mud People Bring The Hardcore And Electro

LISTEN: New Boards Of Canada

Warp's shadowy duo return...