Chance-Taking: Stephen McRobbie Of The Pastels’ Favourite Albums

With The Pastels releasing their first album in 16 years last week, original member Stephen McRobbie reveals the 13 albums that “defined his taste” and inspired his band

Cherry Ghost

Herd Runners

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

LISTEN: Far Rainbow/ John Doran Tape

Zoot Woman

Things Are What They Used To Be

LISTEN & READ: A Song & Message From Aidan Moffat

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Our First eBook Launches – Point Close All Quotes: A Quietus Anthology

We've only gone and collected a bunch of the best articles from the Quietus over the last five years in an eBook, and got Krent Able to illustrate it. Aieee! Full details below

Thou

Umbilical 

Raw sludge from Baton Rouge condensed into toxic nuggets of nobbly riffs and deliciously tricksy drum patterns

Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Albums: Alex Kapranos’ Baker’s Dozen

The Franz Ferdinand frontman distils his record collection into a top 13 favourite albums

Primal Scream Line Up ‘Screamadelica’ Anniversary Releases

The Scottish band are marking 30 years since the release of their third album

Curiosity, Community, Cacophony: Helm’s Baker’s Dozen

Helm, aka Luke Younger, takes us through the 13 records that shaped his prolific career, from a teenage love of Manic Street Preachers and Therapy? to chance encounters with Bob Tilton and John Luther Adams

Amanda Palmer Kickstarter Bonanza

Dresden Doll, pianist and songwriter raises over $350,000 in first few days of Kickstarter campaign

Magical Experiences: James Holden’s Favourite Albums

Following last year's feral The Inheritors album, Border Community label head James Holden is about to take his newly developed live show on tour, including to Field Day and Sonar Barcelona. Rory Gibb catches up with him to discuss thirteen favourite and formative albums, improvisation and atheist spirituality

WATCH: Pixies – New Material?

Could Vine clip be a taster of new Pixies material?

Welcome To Rugby Club Land: Godfrey Bloom & Other Dangerous Buffoons

After UKIP MEP Godfrey Bloom was recorded making racist comments about “bongo bongo land”, Joe Kennedy argues that he is just one example of a breed of right wing "trollitician" whose buffoonery disguises a dark, potent, English misanthropy

Kanye West, Sensitive Soul

Quietus Editor John Doran gets drunk, falls over, destroys phone, makes noise like "broken panther" and has Proustian recall of two run ins with the "resolutely mediocre" Kanye West