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With a post punk pedigree that stretches back to the origins of 4AD, The Wolfgang Press have made their first album for nearly 30 years, and the only thing it has in common with its predecessors is that it sounds nothing like them, they tell Wesley Doyle
From underage drinking soundtracked by Germs to the ton-of-bricks hit of Prince And The Revolution, via classics in hip hop, goth, easy listening and metal, former Liars and current Nonpareils musician Aaron Hemphill takes Luke Turner through an eclectic Baker's Dozen
Gwen Siôn speaks to Jude Rogers about how her love of dubstep raves in tunnels became a creative practice of turning the slate of North West Wales into music, blending field recordings with choral song, and how landscape art is political
Ahead of sets at Unsound's Krakow and New York editions, and a long-awaited reissue of his recordings of John Coltrane and Langston Hughes compositions, Raphael Rogiński speaks to Jakub Knera about his love of the world, spirituality in music and Central and Eastern European identity in a time of flux
Ahead of the reissue of Horizon Unlimited this week, Steph Phillips talks to Yeye Taiwo of legendary Nigerian Afrobeat group The Lijadu Sisters about revolutionising Nigerian pop music and how she is ready to go back on stage. Portrait of Kehinde & Taiwo by Jeremy Marre from the documentary Konkombe, courtesy Harcourt Films
Ahead of a set at this year’s OUT.FEST and off the back of superb new LP Ficar Vivo, Caveira's Pedro Gomes speaks to Stewart Smith about Lisbon’s storied experimental underground, the importance of dramatic dynamics on record, and the art of improvisation
Coming swiftly after the dissolution of Black Midi, Geordie Greep sets out on his own with an album informed by the music of Latin America, Brazil in particular. Ahead of the release of The New Sound, Eden Tizard speaks to Greep about the audacious new record. Cover photograph by James Potter
Laviea Thomas meets Jack Merrett of the ironically-titled Famous to discuss their non-ironic elegies to the power of love. Featuring brand new video 'What Are You Doing For The Rest Of Your Life?' All portraits by Jack Lovekin
On the anniversary of Definitely Maybe and news of comeback gigs, author Anna Doble, speaks to a new generation of young women who are getting ready to show the world that Oasis belong to them. Main picture: a selfie by Bella Perozzi
Coming swiftly after the dissolution of Black Midi, Geordie Greep sets out on his own with an album informed by the music of Latin America, Brazil in particular. Ahead of the release of The New Sound, Eden Tizard speaks to Greep about the audacious new record. Cover photograph by James Potter
On the anniversary of Definitely Maybe and news of comeback gigs, author Anna Doble, speaks to a new generation of young women who are getting ready to show the world that Oasis belong to them. Main picture: a selfie by Bella Perozzi
With both The Grid and Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve back in action, and new memoir Strange Things Are Happening out now, Richard Norris takes Patrick Clarke through an eclectic 13 records that have defined his life in music
Ahead of new album Ritual and a headline set at this weekend's Green Man, Jon Hopkins takes Elizabeth Aubrey through an eclectic Baker's Dozen spanning adolescent favourites, ambient rarities, gifts from the algorithm and the soundtracks to his travels across the globe
With both The Grid and Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve back in action, and new memoir Strange Things Are Happening out now, Richard Norris takes Patrick Clarke through an eclectic 13 records that have defined his life in music
Ahead of new album Ritual and a headline set at this weekend's Green Man, Jon Hopkins takes Elizabeth Aubrey through an eclectic Baker's Dozen spanning adolescent favourites, ambient rarities, gifts from the algorithm and the soundtracks to his travels across the globe
Ahead of the release of the This Is Memorial Device album, based on the play, which was in turn based on the novel, musician Stephen Pastel and writer David Keenan interview one another, without any interference from us
We left musician Saint Leonard and the polymath Jonathan Meades alone to answer the kind of questions they wish they were always asked
We left Joel Gibb of Canadian group The Hidden Cameras and touring partner Owen Pallett alone to answer the kind of questions they wish they were always asked. Owen Pallett portrait by Jeff Bierk, Joel Gibb portrait by Alp Klanten
Ahead of the release of the This Is Memorial Device album, based on the play, which was in turn based on the novel, musician Stephen Pastel and writer David Keenan interview one another, without any interference from us
We left Joel Gibb of Canadian group The Hidden Cameras and touring partner Owen Pallett alone to answer the kind of questions they wish they were always asked. Owen Pallett portrait by Jeff Bierk, Joel Gibb portrait by Alp Klanten
Legendary comic book artist and writer Savage Pencil discusses three Edwardian underground figures: Montague Summers, Austin Osman Spare and Louis Wain
Michael Berdan of the band Uniform pens an essay for tQ on how the stunning beauty and harrowing violence in the books of the great Cormac McCarthy has influenced his work
To see himself through lockdown, James Dean Bradfield of the Manic Street Preachers has been compiling tailor-made crossword puzzles for his family and friends. He tells Patrick Clarke about the therapeutic effects and extreme cultural wormholes they can inspire. Plus, solve an exclusive '80s indie crossword compiled by JDB himself!
To see himself through lockdown, James Dean Bradfield of the Manic Street Preachers has been compiling tailor-made crossword puzzles for his family and friends. He tells Patrick Clarke about the therapeutic effects and extreme cultural wormholes they can inspire. Plus, solve an exclusive '80s indie crossword compiled by JDB himself!
From Rock's Backpages this month, an infamous NME pop summit from 1989. James Brown and Sean O'Hagan took Mark E Smith, Nick Cave & Shane MacGowan to the Montague Arms (RIP) in New Cross. Great merriment ensued... (republished 24th January 2018)
Fifteen years after the release of Radiohead's phenomenal OK Computer, we visit the Rock's Backpages archive for Paul Morley's Uncut magazine review
The Quietus are proud to be hosting the Village Mentality stage, headlined by Tortoise, at Field Day this Saturday. Writing for the Melody Maker in February 1996, Simon Reynolds heralded their album Millions Now Living Will Never Die as the future...
From Rock's Backpages this month, an infamous NME pop summit from 1989. James Brown and Sean O'Hagan took Mark E Smith, Nick Cave & Shane MacGowan to the Montague Arms (RIP) in New Cross. Great merriment ensued... (republished 24th January 2018)
The Quietus are proud to be hosting the Village Mentality stage, headlined by Tortoise, at Field Day this Saturday. Writing for the Melody Maker in February 1996, Simon Reynolds heralded their album Millions Now Living Will Never Die as the future...
As Diamanda Galás prepares to release new album In Concert, she selects and guides Luke Turner through select moments of her musical life in recording, improvisation and performance. Portrait by Logan White