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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.

Bottomless Pit

Shade Perennial

Sonic Communication: Stephen O’Malley Talks Ensemble Pearl & Gravetemple

As ever, Sunn O)))'s Stephen O'Malley is busy at work on a host of concurrent projects. In advance of his group Gravetemple's shows at Cafe Oto this weekend, he speaks with Joseph Burnett about the marvelous debut Ensemble Pearl album, a collaboration with members of Ghost and Boris

Young Fathers Win Mercury Prize 2014

...and take home £20,000 for their trouble

Shrinebuilder

Shrinebuilder

Osheyack

Intimate Publics

Osheyack’s second album boasts a haptic intensity courtesy of bristling synthetic soundscapes and flinty electronics. Will Ainsley locks in

The Unusual Sensation Of Feeling Sorry For Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong

Today Joe Lean & The Jing Jang Jong revealed that they've scrapped their debut album. Yet Luke Turner can still find it within himself to shed a tear.

A Plague Of Soars – Warps In The Fabric Of Pop

Daniel Barrow explores "the soar", which he says is the defining trope in pop music in recent years

After The Crash: An Interview With Sly & The Family Drone’s Matt Cargill

With new album Walk It Dry premiering exclusively below, Sly & The Family Drone leader Matt Cargill tells Patrick Clarke about the traumatic road accident and subsequent recovery that preceded their formidable new record, and the challenges of experimental musicianship during a pandemic

Lindstrøm

It's Alright Between Us As It Is

Hans-Peter Lindstrøm's fifth studio album is diverse in terms of style, form, quality, and execution, but what awaits at its close is delightful. By Ravi Ghosh

The Quietus Subscribers’ Tracks Of The Year Playlist

For tQ subscribers, here are all the bangers from our tracks of the year chart, compiled in one hefty mega-playlist on your streaming platform of choice!

Sonic Youth Selling Guitars And More

Sonic Youth team up with music equipment marketplace Reverb to sell old guitars, pedals and test pressings

Dancing & Defiance – A Soundtrack to 30 Years of Gay Culture

To mark the anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK, Paul Flynn (author of Good as You: From Prejudice to Pride, 30 Years of Gay Britain) chooses 13 records that soundtracked his life, from ACR to Elton and Lil Kim to Sleaford Mods.

Drinking In Jakarta: Dodging. Expat Drool In Search Of Refreshment

Our man in Indonesia discovers the seedier side of expat life as he heads into the Jakarta night to satisfy his bibulous urges

Searching Questions: iLL BLU Interviewed

Denzil Bell asks James Grant and Darius Ellington-Forde their perspective on the use of stop and search targeting the black community, as well as the future of drill music, the funky house revival and their forthcoming debut album The BluPrint

Sandwell District Reveal ‘Feed-Forward’ Reissue

The collective's sole studio album is to be made available digitally for the first time