Cian O'Neill

Quit Your Band! Musical Notes From The Japanese Underground

As an outsider, It's tempting to view Japan through an extremely narrow musical lens, a caricature typified by jazz and karaoke – if you're lucky someone might mention either Sakamoto – but Ian F. Martin's new book is a wide angle shot of a sprawling scene

Old Clothes, New Europe: Phantom Thread’s Hidden Histories

In Paul Thomas Anderson's latest, David Hering detects an uneasy dialectic of Anglo-European relations beneath the film's sumptuous exterior (contains SPOILERS)

Last House On The Left: Following Jeremy Corbyn’s Campaign Trail

Taylor Parkes visits Chelmsford - Thatcher's Agincourt - to study Corbyn mania, ahead of Thursday's Labour leadership poll deadline. All photographs by Samantha Hayley

Perfect 13: Paul Heaton’s Favourite Albums

Paul Heaton ex of the Housemartins and Beautiful South guides Adrian Lobb through 13 favourite albums - there's a lot of soul in there, but which ones did he nick?

RIP Bert Jansch

Scottish folk guitarist and Pentangle member has passed away at the age of 67

DOWNLOAD: New Amanda Palmer Track

Download 'Do It With A Rockstar', from the sometime Dresden Doll's forthcoming Kickstarter-funded album

Fall Sign To Domino, Says Mark E Smith

Mark E Smith confirms rumours. No Von Sudenfed, though...

No Music: A Baker’s Dozen with Alva Noto

From Laurie Anderson’s United States Live to Meredith Monk’s Dolmen Music, Carsten Nicolai tells Mollie Zhang about 13 records that shaped his musical backbone. Photo by Andrey Bold

It Always Rains On Sunday DVD

Stephen Martin revisits Ealing Studios' hybrid noir/social realism picture, which has been remastered for home entertainment release this week

Supernature: Landscape & Identity In Huw Lemmey & Onyeka Igwe’s Ungentle

A new film currently on show at Studio Voltaire, London, casts Ben Whishaw in a role inspired by the Cambridge Spy Ring. Artist Huw Lemmey talks to Will Jennings about codes and conspiracies

LIVE REPORT: The Unthanks

"One of the most discreetly radical things you may currently hear upon a stage". David Bennun reports from the Brighton Dome

To Lose The Spark Along The Way: U2’s The Unforgettable Fire

Forty years on from its release – and with the band’s popularity in question more than ever – Wyndham Wallace returns to The Unforgettable Fire, U2’s incendiary denial of expectations and their first encounter with producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois. (This feature was originally published in 2014)

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead

The Century Of Self

Piss Off! Mr Agreeable Makes A Deposit In Pop Stars’ Tidal Basin

As most of the world's (er America's) biggest pop stars gather together for a press conference announcing new streaming service Tidal, our old friend Mr Agreeable has choice words to say about their grab for cash

Theatre Of Discomfort: OAKE Interviewed

With their debut album Auferstehung placing high in tQ's albums of 2014 and a set at CTM in their hometown of Berlin imminent next week, the Downwards-signed duo tell Luke Turner about their ethos

Stereolab Detail New Compilation Of Rare And Unreleased Tracks

'Electrically Possessed' focuses on the group's work between 1999 and 2008