Watching The World Go By: On Takeshi Kitano’s A Scene At The Sea

Takeshi Kitano is often presented as the model gangster auteur, yet the apotheosis of his early period – turning 30 this year – prioritises the calm art of people watching above all else, finds Blaise Radley

Proper Stories: Emilíana Torrini’s Favourite Albums

Ahead of the release of her sixth album Tookah next month, the Icelandic singer-songwriter scours her record collection (mentally) to pick her top LPs

The Author Speaks: Zoë Street Howe on Writing The Slits’ Story

On the eve of the release of her biography, _Typical Girls? The Story of The Slits_, writer Zoë Street Howe examines her own motivations for writing the book, on how she helped reunite previously disenfranchised members, and why the group's legacy is still important today.

Cash Money & Lil Wayne Present…

We Are Young Money

Lana Del Rey’s Album Tracklist Announced

Tracklisting and some details about Born To Die below

Is This Music? Norman Blake’s Favourite Albums

From the overlooked influence of Throbbing Gristle to an enduring love of The Velvet Underground, via Broadcast, The Rolling Stones and more, Teenage Fanclub's Norman Blake picks the thirteen records that shaped him

Winds Of Change: Memorial Waterslides by Memorials is our Album of the Week

Following soundtracks for Louise Bourgeois, Sonia Gonzalez, and Kevin Hegge, members of Wire and Electrelane unite for a new project that has Will Salmon under its strange spell

Short Fiction By: Ryan Sartor

New writing on The Quietus comes to you this week in the form of short fiction in the truest sense of the term, via NYC's Ryan Sartor

Canadian Artist Eden Samara Details Debut LP, ‘Rough Night’

It features production from Loraine James, Call Super and more

PREMIERE: Lunch Money Life Share ‘Human Sacrifice’

The London experimental outfit have signed to Wolf Tone Records for their new single

LISTEN: Powell’s New EP + Mix

Powell's The Ongoing Significance Of Steel & Flesh is out this week, and he's made a mix to mark its release

Nisennenmondai For European Tour

Band set for three UK dates as part of May/June tour

This Must Be The Plaice: Fish’s Favourite Albums

The former Marillion frontman now solo singer-songwriter, picks out the gems in his record collection

London Contemporary Music Festival: Starts This Sunday

Pioneering work from Joan La Barbara, Moor Mother and Pauline Oliveros: this year’s LCMF is a goodie.