Burning Man Lacks Racial Diversity

Arts and music festival held annually in the Nevadan Black Rock Desert fails to live up to its policy on "racial inclusion"

John Grant

Grey Tickles, Black Pressure

A Gorgeous Haunting: Tom Ravenscroft’s Favourite Records

From 90s grunge and hip hop to contemporary ambient electronica, DJ Tom Ravenscroft tells Ben Graham about the 13 albums that give him the most listening pleasure, and developing his own musical interest away from the influence of his dad, the late John Peel. Tom Ravenscroft image courtesy of the BBC.

Psychedelic Odin: William Blake’s Gift To Musicians

From Julian Cope to, er, Fat Les, as Tate Britain opens its major new show about William Blake, John Higgs, the author of William Blake Now, looks at the great mystic painter-poet's influence on contemporary pop

Where I’m Coming From: Visionist’s 13 Favourite Albums

From a love for choral music inspired by his grandmother, to discovering Steve Reich at school, setting up a label just to release SD Laika and seeing Cocteau Twins on Top Of The Pops 2, Visionist picks the thirteen albums that made him the artist he is today

Soundgarden Announce Shepherd’s Bush Show

First band to ever play London venue are set to return

WATCH: Unseen RIDE Live Video

Live video featuring the band playing more than two decades ago is unearthed

Damon Albarn Preps New Album

Dr. Dee for release through Parlophone in May

Bon Appétit: James Acaster’s Favourite Albums

From the tiny emo scene of noughties Kettering to a love of underground hip-hop and the undying appeal of a cult classic, comedian James Acaster takes Emma Garland through the albums that have defined his life

Delia Derbyshire To Deadmau5 In 39 Steps? Why EMI Are Wrong

Want a vision of electronic music's future? Imagine crap trance riffs and recycled one note basslines stomping on a human face, for ever.

Brown Acid Black Leather: The Story Of The Jesus And Mary Chain’s Psychocandy

Jim Reid and Douglas Hart give Julian Marszalek the low down on the making of one of the best rock albums of the 1980s, Psychocandy

Bloc Party To Hit Road In 2009

Kele Okereke and his not so merry men tour third album in January and announce the release of 'Talons' as a single.

Swells on Topshop playlisting The Rotted

Topshop, popular outfitter to the nation's youth, have recently added malignant grindcore types The Rotted to their instore playlist. Swells explains why this means he should have been an A&R man, rather than working in Morrisons, back in '77

The Quietus Albums of the Year So Far 2024 (In Association With Norman Records)

As we reach the halfway mark of 2024, we polled tQ staff to compile our top 100 albums released during the first six months of the year

Tin Man

Vienna Blue

Get Off Your Ass And Jam: Desmadrados Soldados De Ventura Interviewed

Purveyors of explosive live shows and chaotic jams, the Manchester guitar Arkestra talk to Danny Riley about being the new standard bearers for DIY transcendentalism in the UK and finding artistry in the undignified