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Kompakt Turns 20 In 2013

Cologne's long-running techno/electronica stronghold preparing to celebrate two decades in business - details below

LISTEN: New Pete Swanson

It's very good...

LISTEN: Matmos Remixing Herbert

Idiosyncratic electronic duo remix a track from Herbert's Bodily Functions

LISTEN: New Besnard Lakes

First play of track from new album, due in March

Destiny’s Child Return!

Killer pop trio back with new songs!

LISTEN: New L Pierre LP

Aidan Moffat's new album now streaming on the Quietus

Gary Numan On Moogs, Ghosts & Static Caravan Holidays

Watch video of tQ's John Doran interviewing Numan for Noisey

LISTEN: Arbouretum – The Promise

Preview of new album Coming Out Of The Fog; tour dates below

WATCH: New Tom Tom Club EP

Former Talking Heads return with 'Downtown Rockers', first new material in over a decade

Devilman Live In London

Small But Hard & the Quietus present Devilman, Gum Takes Tooth and Kohhei Matsuda at Cafe Oto

LISTEN: The Men – ‘Electric’

Plus new album details...

WATCH: The Soft Moon – ‘Die Life’

Watch video for track from album Zeros below

LISTEN: Low – ‘Just Make It Stop’

Listen to a new song, plus full album details, artwork and tour dates

WATCH: Lee Gamble – ‘Coma Skank’

Watch a rather beautiful video to accompany a track from Gamble's recent LP

Tim Burgess & Lambchop In London

Charlatans frontman to team up with Lambchop for a joint gig in June

LISTEN: Silver Apples Live At Incubate

Listen to their set from last year's festival in Tilburg

Tony Visconti On New David Bowie Material

In BBC interview, producer gives a fine bill of health and promise of rockier tracks!

LISTEN: New Whitey

Kickstarter project nearly there... days to go!

Momus Covers New Bowie Track!

LISTEN: Iceage – Coalition

First listen of forthcoming album You're Nothing; tour dates below

Jonathan Barnbrook Talks Bowie Artwork

Cover artist covers background of new LP sleeve in blog post

Place Your Bets! David Bowie: Bookie’s Odds

Paddy Power offering 6/1 on The Next Day topping the album chart

LISTEN: New Atoms For Peace

Listen to 'Judge, Jury & Executioner' below

LISTEN: New David Bowie!!

Plus new album this year...

Hessle & Sonic Router At Fabric This Weekend

A mighty line-up for London club, celebrating the launch of Ben UFO's Fabriclive CD

LISTEN: New Suede

Suede announce the release of their long awaited new album - details and listen to a track below

BOOKS: Taschen – Tree Houses

In a collection of beautiful images, Taschen present the realisation of a universal childhood dream

LISTEN: Eurosonic Noorderslag Preview

Next week's European music conference sees Finland as the focus country - get prepared with our primer mixtape below

Radio-Activity I: Picks From The Airwaves, By Jude Rogers

It's the first instalment of Radio-Activity, a new column by Jude Rogers looking at the best listening on the radio

Vini Reilly: Better News

Musician's nephew posts new statement

WATCH: New Bad Seeds Video!

Gaspar Noe-directed film streaming here

The Quietus’ Most Read Articles Of 2012

Here's a handy digest of all the most popular Quietus features, reviews, Black Sky Thinking opinion pieces, Baker's Dozen favourite album interviews and news stories you might have missed in 2012. Note - there'll be a Best New Music Content of 2012 to launch An Exciting New Feature, appearing next week. Photo by Al Overdrive