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My Pioneers: Santigold’s Favourite Albums

In this week's Baker's Dozen, Santigold takes Tara Joshi through 13 favourite albums from Salt-N-Pepa to the Cocteau Twins, Fela Kuti, Nina Simone and Bad Brains, and points out that while Morrissey might have gone wrong, you can't take away what his songs once gave her

U2 Boosh Rumour Scotched

WATCH: Drokk At The Dark Outside

First look at film of the electronic duo's journey to Frenchbloke's The Dark Outside event in Scotland this year

INTERVIEW: Liverpool Sound City

Ahead of Liverpool Sound City's return to its roots as an urban festival this May, the event's Chief Operating Officer Rebecca Ayres speaks to Patrick Clarke about their latest chapter

Feel Like Dancin’? Jake Shears’ Favourite Albums

We mark Pride month with sometime Scissor Sister Jake Shears as he guides Ian Wade through 13 favourite records, from Elton John to Bongwater, Ween, Mr Bungle, Aphex and Ike & Tina Turner

Acid Shampoo & Flower Punk: The Hypnotic Eye Interviewed

Despite having not yet released their debut album, London five-piece The Hypnotic Eye are cutting a swathe through the capital with bullets of psychedelic garage rock. Julian Marszalek met the band to find out about the origins of their name and why they're already recording their second album

Leonard Cohen

You Want It Darker

If You Go Down To The Woods Today: Forest Nocturne By The Lord

Co-founder of Sunn O))) and Southern Lord records, Greg Anderson joins gargantuan riffs to cinematic grandeur on his very first solo album

Dante’s Pick: Director Joe Dante Selects His 13 Favourite Films

To coincide with the release of his cult classic Matinee on Blu-Ray, the director of Gremlins, The Burbs and Explorers, Joe Dante, picks a Baker's Dozen of his favourite films for The Quietus

Chris Brokaw & Geoff Farina

The Boarder’s Door

Ariel Pink

Before Today

Beth Orton Tells The Untold Story Of The Birth Of Trailer Park

As she reissues her debut album _Trailer Park_, Beth Orton tells the Quietus how asking William Orbit for a cigarette changed her life. Interview by Luke Turner

Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews For August By Daryl Worthington

Pastoral motorik masterpieces from France, field recordings from a volcanic island and a cybernetic solo percussion album, Daryl Worthington finds tapes contain lots of ways to drown out the modern nightmare this August

TV On The Radio Man Launches Solo Project

_Rain Machine_ released in September

Test Dept Tour DS30 Film

Test Dept to tour film commemorating 1984–85 miners’ strike throughout June and July and release 385-page retrospective

Listen: Ghost Hunter Remixes Blondes Ahead Of Launch Party