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Searching Questions: iLL BLU Interviewed

Denzil Bell asks James Grant and Darius Ellington-Forde their perspective on the use of stop and search targeting the black community, as well as the future of drill music, the funky house revival and their forthcoming debut album The BluPrint

Sandwell District Reveal ‘Feed-Forward’ Reissue

The collective's sole studio album is to be made available digitally for the first time

Energy Capture: Byetone’s Favourite Albums

The producer and co-founder of Raster-Noton talks Christian Eede through a "rock-oriented" selection of his favourite records as the pioneering German electronic music label celebrate two decades of operations

A Decade In Review: David Stubbs Asks Whatever Happened To Pop?

The Quietus kicks off a series of essays looking back at the past decade with David Stubbs' look at the evolution of what we call pop

Dream Recall: An Interview With Faint Wild Light

James Ginzburg, one half of electronic duo Emptyset, tells John Freeman how new project Faint Wild Light helped rekindle his interest in music after making dance tunes "became like playing a video game"

Deastro: By The Light Of The Moon

Detroit resident Randolph Chabot aka Deastro shares his thoughts on cute one-eyed babies, 'chilling in a kiddie pool' and hanging music on the fridge. All his friends are made of stone, apparently; Charlie Ivens chips away

INTERVIEW: Four Tet On Stance Podcast

Four Tet opens up about his latest album in podcast interview

LISTEN: JK Flesh – ‘Knuckledragger’

Download a track from Justin Broadrick's latest project

Brian Eno & Collaborators On Small Craft On A Milk Sea

In a statement, Brian Eno, Leo Abrahams and Jon Hopkins discuss the sound and feel of their new collaborative LP

Hammer & Tongs: The Darkness’ Justin Hawkins Interviewed

With their fourth album, Last Of Our Kind, just released, the Lowestoft rock behemoths' singer and lead guitarist Justin Hawkins talks to Harry Sword in a wide-ranging interview, ranging from hedonism and touring with Lady Gaga to the travails of acid reflux and the "fucking genius" of David Hasselhoff

All About Survival: John Grant Talks To The Quietus

Barnaby Smith talks to John Grant about _The Queen Of Denmark_ and the personal problems which fuelled its creation

Lift To Experience Return To Stage

Band announce first live show in 15 years

Blow The Tanks: Chrome Hoof Interviewed & Crush Depth Reviewed PLUS Free Mix

John Doran explains why _Crush Depth_ ranks so highly on his albums of 2010, while Ben Hewitt ask Chrome Hoof about sacrificing goats and trapping Garry Bushell inside a giant plastic bubble. Plus, Milo from the band provides a rather excellent free mix for everyone to enjoy

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A catholic Education: Gavin Friday Interviewed

Mature lensman Gentleman Jim Dyson talks to former Virgin Prune Gavin Friday about his new album catholic

Muse Tour Sells Out In Record Time

UK tickets all snapped up