Charisma & Alienation: James Lavelle’s Meltdown Festival Reviewed

This year, Southbank Centre asked Mo'Wax founder James Lavelle to curate their annual Meltdown festival. As has become Quietus custom, we sent a crack team of reviewers to report back on some of the most intriguing and exciting events. Words by Julian Marszalek, Colm McAuliffe, Chad Parkhill, Jack Losh, Andy Thomas and Paul Tucker

In An English Country Garden: The Much Missed Radicalism of Derek Jarman

A quarter of a century after the death of Derek Jarman in February 1994, Adam Scovell looks back at one of the most radical artists of his day, and wonders where we might find his ilk today. All images courtesy of the BFI.

A Sucker For Melody: Martin Carr’s Favourite Songs

With an excellent new solo album, The Breaks, just released, and a London gig tonight, the former Boo Radleys and bravecaptain man has a trawl through the finest 7"s in his record collection with Joe Clay

Sharp Dressed Fan: Billy Gibbons Of ZZ Top’s Favourite Albums

As ZZ Top take their live greatest hits album on tour, their lead singer and guitarist Billy Gibbons talks Kiran Acharya through his top 13 LPs, setting aside some of his more well-worn classics in favour of recent favourites

Semibreve Announces First Names

Portuguese festival returns for its fifth year with line-up including Dopplereffekt and Klara Lewis

The Boys Still Shout: A Young Fathers Interview

Ahead of the release of new album Cocoa Sugar, Derek Robertson meets the band at MENT Festival and finds their anger at social injustice and desire to provoke burning as bright as ever

Certified Gold: Joshua Minsoo Kim Reviews International Pop Music For November

Joshua Minsoo Kim rounds up the best in avant-garde pop excursions, Chilean art-pop, intergenerational coupé-décalé, and more vital international sounds

Corrupting Sonic DNA: Moby’s Favourite Albums

Moby talks Luke Turner through his formative musical influences, from Nick Drake and OMD to the sound of New York via Suicide, Silver Apples, Eric B & Rakim and Public Enemy

A Family Affair: Quietus Writers Pick Their Favourite Tracks Of 2013 So Far

Quietus writers and staff have chosen their favourite tracks of the year so far for your delectation. Contains monstrously long Spotify playlist. Where's my damn croissants says John Doran after two days of compiling

25 Years On: Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s Welcome To The Pleasuredome

Wyndham Wallace celebrates the remastered reissue – with bonus disc – of an unfairly neglected classic a quarter of a century since its title track’s release as a single

Live Album of the Week: Lankum Live In Dublin

Innovation slowly becomes stifling orthodoxy in Irish music, says Darran Anderson, so welcome Lankum, the force that arrives once with every generation to revitalise the form

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