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Animated Violence Mild

A new solo album by Fuck Buttons' Benjamin John Power is informed by grief, terror and frustration, finds Derek Robertson

Poppy

I Disagree

Poppy's metal turn is an intriguing twist of the narrative for the blank-faced YouTube alien, finds Liam Inscoe-Jones

Mighty Mighty Boosh Tones: Julian Barratt’s Favourite LPs

As Julian Barratt releases 'You Can't Handcuff The Wind', a single by alter-ego Richard Thorncroft, he guides Adrian Lobb through 13 favourite albums, from Miles Davis to Zappa, Fela Kuti and the soundtracks of the Wicker Man and more

Things Fall Apart: Mona Hatoum Builds The Impossible

A large sculpture by the London-based Lebanon-born artist poses some lofty questions about our precarious and unsteady existence, finds Geoff Cowart

Heal Your Soul: Fatoumata Diawara’s Favourite Music

Acclaimed Malian musician Fatoumata Diawara talks Adam Quarshie through her favourite records, explaining the influence of powerful female vocalists from both the United States and from Mali's Wassoulou region.

Ovation: Ben Frost & Laurel Halo

Ben Frost, visual artist MFO, and Laurel Halo will be joined by Jacques Gaspard Biberkopf at Oval Space this Thursday

Never Mind The Mercury Prize, It’s The Quietus Jovian Bow Shock Award 2010

Yah boo! Mercury rubbish etc blah splurge until the internet pops. It matters not one jot in the mighty cogs of the Universe, but here's tQ's Alternative Mercury Prize 2010

Free Salamander Exhibit

Undestroyed

Girls Don’t Cry: Rumer’s Favourite Albums

Platinum-selling MOR singer Rumer is back with her third album, Into Colour. She tells Simon Price about her Baker's Dozen of inspirational LPs

Neo-Prog 35 Years On: Marillion, IQ, Pendragon Etc. Revisited

With Marillion riding high in the charts, 1985 was the peak year for neo-prog. Joe Banks relives his misplaced childhood, and wonders if any of the music from this scene bears revisiting now

Ed Miliband Interviews Napalm Death On Radio 2

Ed Miliband found out why people like death metal while guest presenting on BBC Radio 2 today

Dance Like It’s OK: New Music From Netherlands, Belgium & Germany

Named after the Märtini Brös’ dancefloor filler, this is The Dutch Master Theo Ploeg’s search for the best new electronic music in The Netherlands, Germany and Belgium

Kamasi Washington & More Of That Jazz In Complete Communion

Stewart Smith once again takes a long draught from the jazz chalice as his Complete Communion column looks at how Kendrick Lamar is spreading the jazz gospel as he reviews Kamasi Washington, Robert Glasper, Steve Coleman, Jack DeJohnette, Cactus Truck, Alex Ward Quintet and Kit Downes

The Old Country: Steve Von Till’s Baker’s Dozen

The long-serving Neurosis guitarist and singer shares his deep dive favourites; 13 albums which have shaped the way he looks at music and informed his writing and solo work as Harvestman and Steve Von Till

Murder Most Foul: Church Of Misery Interviewed

Ahead of their show at Desertfest later this month, Toby Cook catches up with Tatsu Mikami of serial-killer obsessed Japanese doom group Church Of Misery