The Strange World Of… Lou Reed

On the release of a new compilation of Lou Reed’s 1960s compositions at Pickwick Records, Wayne Gooderham surveys the sprawling solo career that was to come later, and picks out ten key tracks that serve as guides to an intimidating post-Velvets discography

Art Making Itself Useful: The Legacy Of Eric Ravilious

Sam Gregory finds a peculiar shade of modernism running through Ravilious & Co: The Pattern of Friendship at the Millennium Gallery, Sheffield

Radio 4 To Air New Weird Britain Series

BBC Radio 4 launches a four-part series inspired by The Quietus' New Weird Britain features on Monday

Richard Ayoade Hosts Ingmar Bergman Docs

Catch a double bill of Ingmar Bergman’s documentaries about the secluded island of Fårö at the Lexi this Sunday, with introduction by Richard Ayoade.

WATCH: New Iceage Video ‘You Are Blessed’

The Legendary Pink Dots

The Gethsemane Option

Man Of God: Jim James Of My Morning Jacket Interviewed

WATCH: Oozing Wound – Call Your Guy

Hard rockin', beer-chuggin' video for track from Chicago trio's debut album

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Ilpo Väisänen returns to the Pan Sonic sound he developed with the late Mika Vainio, and it’s a celebration and an extension of the music they made

Dre Ain’t Shit: 25 Years On And The Chronic Still Stinks

It was the record that ended hip hop's Golden Age and confirmed lazy nihilism as the art form's most valuable ingredient. After 25 years, Angus Batey asks, isn't it time its maker began to accept some responsibility?

LIVE REPORT: Factory Floor

On the Leeds leg of their UK tour, Factory Floor still have the ability to make you taste metal

Buy Shares In New Patrick Wolf Album

Lupine singer-songwriter insists stocks in his oeuvre won't make you a merchant banker

Oh Happy Days: A Personal Recollection Of Working For Jeremy Hunt

Ten years ago, Quietus ed Luke Turner worked for Jeremy Hunt's educational publishing company. As the Secretary Of State for Culture, Media & Sport gives his evidence to Leveson, he remembers the fun times there

Blood Incantation

Absolute Elsewhere

Rich, ambient tapestries meet serious metal riffing on the latest from Denver's Blood Incantation

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Nuanced Splendor: Australian Music In 2014

Kate Hennessy takes a look through a year of Australian music, featuring tracks from HTRK, Xylouris White, Blank Realm and more