The xx

Coexist

LISTEN: Kranky 20th Anniversary Mixtape

Plus, we talk to the label's co-founder Joel Leoschke and ask their roster why Kranky's great

Lay Of Her Land: Brix Smith Start’s Favourite Albums

As she prepares to release a debut album with her band of former Fall troopers, Brix Smith Start takes Julian Marszalek through some of the records that have shaped her life

Plex & Perc Trax In London

London techno promoters go head-to-head with Perc's label at Corsica Studios

Plaid

Polymer

IDM duo Plaid are back, with their best album in a decade, finds Bob Cluness

In Extremis – Jon Fletcher Gets To Grips With The Caretaker

Masterful hauntology, says Jon Fletcher, our writer. He's always been our writer.

Boris & Ian Astbury

BXI

A Document in Time: Neil Halstead Of Slowdive’s Baker’s Dozen

With Slowdive reformed and about to release their fourth album (as well as playing Field Day and Roskilde), Neil Halstead tells Joe Clay about the gateway albums that influenced him the most. Photo by Ingrid Pop.

LIVE REPORT: Turbonegro

Our man of metal Toby Cook sees a ribald and rowdy Turbonegro at London's Electric Ballroom. Picture thanks to Katja Ogrin

Road Of The King! Trekking The Annapurna Sanctuary In One Pair Of Trousers

In the first part of Daniel Ross' account of his trek through Nepal's Annapurna Sanctuary, he has several run ins with chillies, chaotic roads and altitude sickness, and ends on a breathless high

Dawn To Dusk: Richard Dawson’s Favourite Albums

Tales of the oddest record shop on Tyneside and much more as Richard Dawson guides Jennifer Lucy Allan through an unsurprisingly diverse selection of records in this week's Baker's Dozen

Staying On The One: Bootsy Collins’ Favourite LPs

Bootsy Collins helped define the sound of funk, working with Parliament and James Brown, who taught him the mysterious concept of The One. In this Bakers Dozen, he talks to Julian Marszalek about those times & why he couldn't leave home without dropping acid and listening to Hendrix

INTERVIEW: Nwando Ebizie On New Show Fall And Then Rise

Nwando Ebizie tells tQ about next week's debut of her new multi-sensory work Fall And Then Rise, tailored to be equally fulfilling for d/Deaf audiences, and inspired by Angela Carter, klezmer, Jungian theory and more

Massive Attack New EP & Album

First material for three years

Sheffield’s Black Spiders Eat Thunder And Shit Lightning

Quietus rock mobster Mark Eglinton speaks to steel city rock marauders Black Spiders. Photo: Steve Gullick

Liars Details New LP, ‘The Apple Drop’

Angus Andrew has also shared a video for lead track 'Sekwar'