On Her Radio: Pauline Black’s 13 Favourite Albums

The Selecter leader and one of 2 Tone's most formidable figures takes Lois Wilson from Jimmy Cliff to Björk in this list of the LPs that shaped her

Metallica & Mastodon For New Knebworth

Watch laughing Lars speak about the bash

WATCH: Soundwalk Collective, Patti Smith & Jesse Paris Smith

Soundwalk Collective and Patti Smith's tribute to Nico gets visual accompaniment; watch below

The Quietus Green Man Preview

We're off to the Usk Valley to do a show on Green Man radio next week. Here's what else we'll be up to at the festival

Dry Cleaning

Stumpwork

South London quartet follow up their critically acclaimed *New Long Leg* with a more sombre record shot through with stony-faced rage

Shirley Collins Documentary Kickstarter

Film-makers raising money for documentary about life of English folk luminary; watch a teaser below

Addicted To Serendipity: Hayden Thorpe Of Wild Beasts’ Baker’s Dozen

As the Cumbrian quartet prepare to release their "'fuck you' to adulthood", Boy King, their singer and guitarist takes us through 13 LPs that shaped it, including Nine Inch Nails, Max Richter and Oneohtrix Point Never

Vaccine Passports “Unworkable” For UK Clubs, Says NTIA

The scheme could cause "further anxiety" for venue staff, the group's Michael Kill has claimed

Utopian Dreaming: Free Love Interview & New Video

Just before premiering their brand new video for single ‘Synchronicity’ here and heading out to play some UK festival dates, Free Love, the girlfriend/ boyfriend synthpop duo of Lewis Cook and Suzi Rodden, FKA Happy Meals, lounged on the grass in a Glasgow park with Claire Sawers and talked clean buzzes, future utopias and why it was time for a new name

A New Column: The Finest In May’s Electronic & Dance Releases

The Quietus is delighted to bring you the first instalment of Hyperspecific - the first in a monthly column from Rory Gibb on the finest dance, electronic and experimental music currently doing the rounds

Omar Souleyman

To Syria, With Love

Omar Souleyman swaps a little bit of his dabke joy for heartbreak, and creates his heaviest, hardest record in years.

How Does It Feel? Michael Bracewell Show Explores Art & Pop, 1976–1995

The current show at Sprüth Magers, London, curated by British writer Michael Bracewell, explores the mutual fascination between the worlds of art and pop music in the 80s and 90s

Akira The Don’s Best Of Hip Hop 2008 Podcast

We Major: Counting Down The Best Hip Hop Of 2014 With Gary Suarez

Our US hip hop correspondent Gary Suarez - the Rib Eye King - gives us his top 25 rap albums and mixtapes

Mapping The West Midlands: The Stories Of Lisa Blower

In her new collection from Myriad Editions, It’s Gone Dark Over Bill’s Mother’s, Lisa Blower delivers a scathing indictment on the policies of the Thatcher era

Mejiwahn

Beanna

Liv.e collaborator Mejiwahn takes us on a wild and woozy journey, finds Arusa Qureshi