Music For Mallet Musicians: Ex-Easter Island Head Interviewed

Using mallets and guitars, Liverpool's Ex-Easter Island Head whip up tropical storm clouds of rhythm and natural reverberation. Simon Jay Catling speaks to the band's Benjamin Duvall about minimalism and making hypnotic music for £5 worth of bamboo

Two Poems By: Crispin Best

New writing continues in rude health this week with London-based poet and writer Crispin Best

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INTERVIEW: Poppycock

Una Baines and Ann-Marie Crowley talk to Viktoria Wolff about their new band, the re-release of The Fates' Furia and the future

Lambchop To Open Incubate 2013

Band to collaborate with Dutch visual artist for first set of this year's event

LISTEN: James Blake – ‘At Birth’

Another cut from new R&S EP emerges online; sees Blake returning to woozy dancefloor territory - hurrah!

Experimentalism Wrapped Around Pop: Barry Adamson’s Favourite LPs

Post punk polymath Barry Adamson guides Julian Marszalek around his favourite albums, from Baker's Staples like Iggy Pop and can to the Wu-Tang Clan, Ornette Coleman and Micachu. Photo by Jone Reed

Le Tigre Working With Christina Aguilera

Aphex Twin’s Printworks Show To Be Live-Streamed

The gig is his first London in over two years

Part Chimp, Sloath & Gum Takes Tooth Tonight At The Luminaire

The Quietus and The Stool Pigeon present an evening of righteous noise

Frozen Warnings: Maxine Peake As Nico And The Roots Of Oblivion

As Maxine Peake plays Nico in a new Manchester production, Fergal Kinney explores the difficult art and politics of ‘the Marble Index’ and finding that album’s sonic oblivion in the mainstream of 2019 pop

Dread Magnificence: LSD, Selected Ambient Works II & The Psychic Death of Aphex Twin

The word 'ambient' is a misdirection worthy of the greatest illusionist, says John Doran, SAW2 is the work of a modern electronic composer, intent on destroying the boundaries between himself and the material of Cornwall which inspired him

Field Day 2010: A Mix From Esben & The Witch

Our favourite Brighton trio provide us with a mix ahead of Field Day

Couple Goals: Toyah’s Lockdown

Toyah Willcox tells us about her and husband Robert Fripp's bonkers lockdown videos, why she sees herself as honouring Barbara Windsor, how they might influence King Crimson going forward, and how they've inspired a surge of interest in her kitchen cupboards. Plus, tQ's top seven lockdown home broadcasts!

Taking On The Demon Cleaner: An Interview With John Garcia Of Kyuss

Glen Mcleod finds John Garcia in combative form as they discuss the past, present and future of Kyuss

It Took The Night To Believe: Greg “The Lord” Anderson Interviewed

Under his moniker “The Lord”, the Sunn O))) mainman has written a record inspired by the woods, horror soundtracks and Swedish death metal, with help from an unlikely source, says Dan Franklin