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LIVE REPORT: Meshuggah

Tom O'Boyle reviews a magnificent performance from the Swedish group at Manchester Academy 2. Photographs by Katja Ogrin

The Fall And Rise Of Martin Newell And The Cleaners From Venus

Aug Stone (with moral and technical assistance from Sophia Wyeth) talks to cult glam rock/punk/new wave survivor Martin Newell

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Change Becomes Us

A New 90s Part Two: Burning Up With Disco Inferno

In the second of his new series on under-regarded groups from the decade before last, Neil Kulkarni speaks to Disco Inferno

The Language Of Violence – The Pixies Play Live

The Pixies played live in an art gallery this week. John Doran found himself flung into a world of torrid text and the imagist poetry of violence. Live gallery by Maria Jefferis of Shot2Bits.net

Breaking Free From The Past: An Interview With Claudia Brucken

Nix Lowrey talks to Claudia Brucken about Propaganda, demolishing the office wall of Mute and her new compilation Combined

ANOHNI and The Johnsons

My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross

ANOHNI is back with the Johnsons – and sounding more soulful more impassioned than ever, finds Zara Hedderman

Good Omens: Elder, Mythology And The Modern Day

With Omens, a new album driven by despair at the world, Elder have inadvertently written one of the most uplifting records of the year

Subliminal Frequencies: An Interview With Pinch

Pinch has been one of dubstep's foremost figures since long before its current flirtation with mainstream pop-dance dynamics. Here, he speaks to Harry Sword about the current state of the genre and the ideas that went into his excellent new addition to the Fabriclive mix series

The Weirder The Better: Buzz Osborne Of Melvins’ 13 Favourite Records

Melvins founder King Buzzo takes tQ through a list of his thirteen favourite records, from Tom Waits to Butthole Surfers via PiL, Pixies and The Who

Sonic Homes For Queer Content: Planningtorock Interviewed

Their new album Powerhouse is a celebration of family, of queerness, and of “radical vulnerability”. Here Planningtorock, aka Jam Rostron, traces the path from 90s Bolton to Berlin and back again

Hit Factory Live Cancelled

More bad news for the UK's stricken festival calendar, as Pete Waterman's Hyde Park pop event cancelled due to weather

Making Eyes At Suburban Boys: Talking Truths With Real Lies

New London group Real Lies make nocturnal, rave-tinged love songs to the fringes of London. Luke Turner spoke to them about youth, the romance of the suburbs, and why the pothead bros of East London are denying their own youth