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Boris Johnson Now Has Four Jobs

With youth unemployment as high as it's been in 20 years, the Mayor of London, MP for Uxbridge & South Ruislip and Telegraph columnist has added a fourth string to his bow and signed up to write a new Shakespeare biography — due 2016 — with a sorely-needed advance of £500,000

Hissing Obama, Are You The Destroyer? Micah P. Hinson Interviewed

Laura Snapes talks to Micah P. Hinson about proposing on stage, racism in comic books, and his contempt for Barack Obama

…And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead

Tao Of Dead

INTERVIEW: Touch

We talk to the label's founders about their upcoming 30th anniversary mini-festival

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

Room For Another Slice: Russell Smith Of Terminal Cheesecake Interviewed

On the eve of the release of their first record in over 20 years, Matt Ridout speaks to Terminal Cheesecake guitarist Russell Smith about the band's long strange return trip

WATCH: New Clip From Blur Documentary

Clip sees Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon discuss bonding through live performances

Bakers Dozen: Joy Division & New Order’s Stephen Morris On His Top 13 Albums

Today, Stephen Morris steps up to The Quietus's Bakers Dozen challenge as he tells us all about his favourite 13 albums

WATCH: The Pictish Trail – Wait Until

New video for track from reissued Secret Soundz albums' release

Organ Reframed Festival Next Month

The Union Chapel's venerable organ will be used to perform contemporary music, commissioned works and film score

A Postman Chat: Joe Thompson & Kevin Boniface On Art & Royal Mail

One-time postman, Sean Kitching, talks to musician and label boss, Joe Thompson, and author and photographer, Kevin Boniface, about the ups and downs of the profession in the current perilous political and economic climate

While His Synth Gently Beeps: Benge’s Favourite Electronic LPs

We know you all love a bit of synth porn so here's Benge's Baker's Dozen - a sort of synth erotica reading, if you will, as he guides you through 13 electronic favourites from Morton Subotnick to Else Marie Pade and George Harrison's Moog explorations to Air and Autechre. Benge photo by Ed Fielding

Pearson Sound Announces New EP

Hessle Audio to release a trio of new tracks from David Kennedy

Not Just Random Doof: Jas Shaw’s Favourite Music

Jas Shaw marks the release of the first album from his new project Shaw & Grossfeldt with a Quietus Baker's Dozen, featuring an Aphex Twin love story, why dance music isn't an albums game, and how a Resident Advisor podcast helped him through chemotherapy

Serious Vibe: Dave Okumu Of The Invisible’s Favourite Albums

Before he plays Convergence festival, the prolific singer and guitarist speaks to Danny Riley about the albums that have shaped his musical life, including D'Angelo, Aphex Twin and "diminutive funk goblin" Prince

Keiji Haino & SUMAC Detail Collaborative Album, ‘American Dollar Bill’

It's SUMAC's first collaborative album ever