Behold! January’s Quietus Comics Round Up Column

Reggie Chamberlain-King, Mat Colegate, and Aug Stone discuss the comics kicking off their New Year

Anastasia Kristensen Returns To Houndstooth With ‘Volshebno’ EP

The three-track release follows on from the Russian producer's debut on fabric's in-house label in 2019

Souvenirs: Andy McCluskey Of OMD’s Favourite Albums

Andy McCluskey, one half of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark, gives us the low down on his top 13 LPs

Jodi B’s Hoody Who! August’s Best Rap YouTubes & Mixtapes

Jodi Burian sifts through mounds of YouTubes & mixtapes and finds a satisfying haul of Sister Act 2, well oiled beefcake in a Pokemon mask and sounds that make her want to dance like G-Style

Post-Punk Distilled: The Raincoats’ Debut Album 30 Years On

Charles Ubaghs claims that it was Gina Birch and Ana Da Silva who truly embodied the spirit of post-punk

Kevin Cummins Hits The North – Joy Division To Oasis Caught On Camera

As legendary NME snapper Kevin Cummins exhibits photographs of his Mancunian muse in Yorkshire, we present a gallery of his photographs and hear the curious story of Ian Curtis' pink suit. Interviews by John Tatlock

WATCH: Paper Dollhouse – Helios

Project of musician and producer Astrud Steedhouder returns to follow-up 2011 debut; take a look at the video for new album track below

Europe, Endless? On Watching Kraftwerk Live, A Year After Brexit

Almost exactly a year after the UK voted to leave the EU Luke Turner finds the experience of watching Kraftwerk play live has acquired an unexpected melancholy aspect. Do we Brits no longer deserve their European futurism?

Wolfmother Live Show Announced

Australian rockers playing Birmingham

Lyra Pramuk Shares New Track, ‘Vega’, Launches Label

The inagural release on Pramuk's new pop.soil imprint marks her first solo music in five years

Poland’s Oramics Collective Reveals New Charity Compilation

'Cut The Wire' – featuring music by Loraine James, Octo Octa and more – aims to highlight the refugee crisis at the Polish-Belarusian border

Éliane Radigue To Release Her First Organ Work, ‘Occam XXV’

Originally premiered in 2018, the Radigue-composed piece was performed by Frédéric Blondy in 2020 for this release

All In It: British Sea Power’s Scott Wilkinson On His Favourite LPs

Ahead of British Sea Power's soundtracking of Polish animation at the Barbican as part of Kinoteka Film Festival and the release of new album Let The Dancers Inherit The Party, vocalist Scott Wilkinson guides Richard Foster through his favourite albums, from War Of The Worlds to Mighty Sparrow, Pavement and more. Photo by Mayumi Hirata

Various Artists

Kenya Special

Oren Ambarchi Talks Haino/O’Malley Collab

Trio of Stephen O'Malley, Keiji Haino and Oren Ambarchi to release scorching album as Nazoranai later this month

Brexit Minister: Visa-Free Touring At Odds With Immigration Controls

In appearance before a select committee, Lord Frost insisted it wasn't his responsibility to solve the touring crisis that has emerged following Brexit