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Impossible Syllables: Lucrecia Dalt’s Favourite Albums

In this week's Baker's Dozen, Lucrecia Dalt speaks to Matthew Neale about her love of jazz, crafting an alter-ego for her new record, and the delimiting forces of language

Tape Adapter: April’s Hip-Hop Mixtapes Reviewed By Gary Suarez

It's Gary Suarez's birthday, but we love him so much that we're going to refrain from adapting 50 Cent lyrics for the standfirst of his monthly mixtape round up - this edition featuring DonChristian, Fat Trel, Jimmy Johnson and more

Feel The Buzz: An Interview With Mosquitoes

Jennifer Lucy Allan takes apart Clive Phillips, Peter Blundell, and Dominic Goodman’s trio to unpick how they’ve built their distinctive no wave by negation, and gathered a small and dedicated fanbase on the way

Cinematic Quality: Blanck Mass’ Favourite Albums

He's just released his second solo album, Dumb Flesh, and is set to play tQ's stage at The Great Escape on Friday. Before that, the Fuck Buttons man gives James Benge the rundown of his top 13 records

A Broken Frame At 30: A Tour Of Depeche Mode’s Basildon

Tim Burrows gets to grips with Depeche Mode's second album via a fan coach tour of Basildon, and has a run in with some escaped pigs on the way. Tour pics by Hayley Hatton

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LIVE REPORT: Laibach Play The Sound Of Music

Fresh from their controversial performances of songs from The Sound Of Music in North Korea, Laibach bring their challenging show back to the London stage.

Embedded In The Skull: Colin Stetson’s Favourite LPs

As the experimental multi-instrumentalist prepares to release an envelope-pushing solo album and play the Quietus-partnered Big Ears Festival in Tennessee, he takes us through 13 LPs that have shaped the journey so far.

The Best Batch Yet? Captain Beefheart’s Doc At The Radar Station Revisited

For Sean Kitching, it's Don Van Vliet's penultimate album, 'Doc At The Radar Station', that best encapsulates his singular artistic vision. As the album turns 40 this month, former manager Gary Lucas, and band member Eric Drew Feldman, recall working with the man

Jean Genie: Five 2015 Festival Highlights

In coordination with Levi's® unveiling a new range of customisation services this summer, we've put together our top five denim-clad festival performances of the year so far

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Resistance Is Futile

The Manics' thirteenth offering is honest and unflinching: it’s not their best, but it is endlessly fascinating

The Sisters Of Mercy Are Ripe For Reappraisal, Says Julian Marszalek

Julian Marszalek looks at the Sisters Of Mercy's magnificent early releases and explains why they were one of the era's most cruelly misunderstood bands

Cabbage Deny Sexual Assault Claims

Lee Broadbent, the frontman of Manchester indie band Cabbage, denies claims that he sexually assaulted a young woman during their set supporting Kasabian in London.

Some Sort Of Love: Lana Del Rey’s Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd

For Christiana Spens, author of a new book from Repeater called *The Fear*, the new LDR record goes beyond the sly masochism of its predecessors towards a new kind of intimacy

Play As If Your Life Depends On It: Tangerine Dream In 1970

In an exclusive extract from his autobiography, Force Majeure, Edgar Froese of Tangerine Dream recalls the early days with Klaus Schulze and Conrad Schnitzler