Monthly Playlists

Paul McCartney Won’t Get Beatles Songs Back From Michael Jackson

Reports suggest late singer sold rights before death

Heldon

Antelast

Richard Pinhas prepares to bow out with an album of pounding drums and phrygian lead guitar lines, finds Aug Stone

Primavera Sound 2010: In Review

Kev Kharas floats twenty feet above Barcelona as the new indie mainstream sinks beneath the power of Wire, Pet Shop Boys, Atlas Sound and the Joker. Primavera picture by Lucy Johnston

Kavus Torabi/Various Artists

The Exquisite Corpse Game

Keeping A Covenant: What we Bring to Springsteen Live, and What he Gives Back

After seeing Bruce Springsteen at Wembley, Michael Hann writes a deeply personal essay about the power of live music, not as redemption or catharsis, but as a unique and potent force that reflects who we are when we encounter it

The Quietus Hour Episode Ten: New Music Radio With John & Luke

Luke Turner and John Doran are back with another instalment of their weekly radio show that brings you the best in new music and also features that kind of gibberish that would have seen them incarcerated in more civilised times

Kraftwerk Remixes Collection To Be Released On Vinyl

The 3xLP set includes archive remixes by Orbital, Underground Resistance and more

The Eyes Have It: Exploring The Cosmic With Drum Eyes

DJ Scotch Egg - also known as Shige - has left his day job behind to focus on his wonderfully warped Drum Eyes project. He talks to Simon Jay Catling and Luke Turner about his new album _Gira Gira_

INTERVIEW: Mogwai On Atomic

Ahead of the live soundtrack performance to Atomic at The Barbican tonight, Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite and Barry Burns of Mogwai speak to Luke Turner about their loathing for nuclear weapons

Portishead To Record New LP

Geoff Barrow avoiding shed

Let Me Be Your Phantasy: Erol Alkan Interviewed

Erol Alkan has had a busy 2013, building a home studio and releasing great albums from Daniel Avery and Connan Mockasin via Phantasy, as well as his own debut EP. He speaks to Luke Turner about the legacy of his old nightclub Trash, his label, and what makes him tick. Photo by Todd Hart.

LISTEN: Sadat & Alaa Fifty Cent Best Of LP

Hear the compilation of the Egyptian mahraganat pioneers in full ahead of its release this week

Gimme Your Hands: Musicians & tQ Writers Pay Tribute To Bowie

Quietus writers and musicians Stephen Morris, Gazelle Twin, Tim Burgess, Simon Fisher Turner, Graham Lewis and Jim Fry pay tribute to the late David Bowie in personal recollections of how he changed their lives

Macclesfield Monument Defaced With Face Of Mark E Smith

White Nancy, a monument in Macclesfield, has had the face of Mark E Smith painted onto it

Beck

Modern Guilt

No Suede Reunion

Bernard Butler hits out at Britpop's second wind