Fred Wagner

Foals

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Music Of The Month: The Best Albums And Tracks Of February 2021

Here are ten essential albums and EPs that we at tQ have been loving this last month, as well as a smattering of superb singles

Glam Bam! Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen Picks His Baker’s Dozen

Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen embarks on a splurge about the music he loves, from which we somehow manage to extract a Baker's Dozen …

Realities & Fictions: The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle Interviewed

John Darnielle's The Mountain Goats recently released their latest studio album Transcendental Youth. Erin Lyndal Martin sat with with Darnielle to discuss piano tuning, his pro-choice activism and the tensions between fiction and non-fiction in his work

WATCH: Luke Haines – Lou Reed Lou Reed

First look at Luke Haines' new video, celebrating all things Lou Reed

Helm

The Hollow Organ EP

Cinematic Quality: Blanck Mass’ Favourite Albums

He's just released his second solo album, Dumb Flesh, and is set to play tQ's stage at The Great Escape on Friday. Before that, the Fuck Buttons man gives James Benge the rundown of his top 13 records

“It’s Entertainment, You Know?” Trevor Horn’s Favourite Albums

Producer and innovator Trevor Horn guides Jude Rogers through 13 favourite albums, telling tales of how Kraftwerk led him to breaking the Official Secrets Act and tripping to Yes

The Pleasure Of Discomfort: Siavash Amini’s Favourite Music

Siavash Amini discusses his 13 favourite albums with Jennifer Lucy Allan, including the power of romanticism, weeping over the death of Leonard Cohen, and why Nils Frahm has a lot to answer for. Photo by Selma Pour-Amin

A Flash Of White Heat: John Stanier Of Battles’ Favourite Albums

With Battles' new LP La Di Da Di out, the drummer with the highest cymbal in rock takes a journey through hardcore, hip-hop and baroque and reveals his 'never-leave-home-without-it security blanket record' for Kiran Acharya

Charles Webster Collaborates With Burial On His New Album

Burial has co-produced album cut 'The Second Spell' and also delivered his own remix

Circles Within Circles: Haroon Mirza, Curator

At the Towner Gallery, Eastbourne, Haroon Mirza curates a gesamtkunstwerk of sound and vision out of work by Jonathon Monk, Patrick Caulfield, Peter Sedgley, and Tacita Dean

Neither Saviours Nor False Messiahs: Godspeed Live In Berlin

Godspeed You! Black Emperor are back - but are they returning heroes, or has the comeback just shown up their new clothes for what they are? Wyndham Wallace wonders why either statement has to be true. Thanks to Shot2bits.net for the picture

Prophets, Seers & Sages: Tony Visconti’s Favourite Albums

While the veteran producer has recently been remastering T. Rex's The Slider for its 40th anniversary re-release, he found time to pick out 13 of his top records for us

Gorillaz

The Singles Collection 2001-2011

Jack White

Lazaretto