John Doran

Country Cousin: Thurston Moore On The Power Of The 12 String

Ahead of the ambitious Galaxies 12x12 project at the Barbican on April 14, Thurston Moore talks to John Doran about why he has formed an orchestra of 12 strings and how this relates to Sun Ra, Glenn Branca and his roots in No Wave...

Mick Guffan Poetry Collected By Tangerine

Inner London Buddha is definitive selection of 100 works by outsider poet and builder

LISTEN: New Vanishing Twin Release

LISTEN: New Underworld Ambient Track

New track captures techno duo in reflective ambient mood

LISTEN: Cardi B Drops Drip

New Cardi B track Drip features Migos ahead of new album on Friday

Stream Consciousness: New York Experimental Band Zs Interviewed

Ahead of their collaborative appearance at Rewire 2018 on Saturday 7 April in the Hague, NL, Zs share a new track they made with Arto Lindsay with us and discuss why they've had enough of streaming culture

Becoming///Animal & Mark Dicker SJQ Gig

New band featuring members of Zu and This Mortal Coil

Shortparis

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If you listen closely enough you can hear this Siberian post punk quintet laughing but that doesn't mean their latest album is a joke, says John Doran

Thumbprints On The Artwork: Eric Chenaux Interviewed

Even when Canadian singer songwriter and experimental musician Eric Chenaux is talking about cruising, dropping acid to the butthole surfers or dancing to D'Angelo he's actually talking about his philosophical approach to the inimitable music he makes. Or maybe even his approach to life itself. Words: John Doran. Home page portrait: JB Deucher

Steve Davis & Kavus Torabi Bring Prog Techno To Tottenham

"Excuse me mate but 'ave you got 'De Futura' by Magma, 'London Acid City' by Lochi and Leh Jani by Omar Souleyman? What? You have? Blinding..."

Andrew Liles Releases 42-Hour-Long Album

50th birthday project contains 50 tracks that are all 50 minutes long...

LISTEN: GNEW GNOD & LP GNEWS

Donovan's Daughters is the opening track from the new GNOD LP; and by all accounts it's not even the heaviest song on there

Abide With Me – Celebrating The Twentieth Anniversary Of The Big Lebowski

The Big Lebowski is 20-years-old this week; John Doran recalls the night he donned his flip flops and house coat to head down the bowling alley to drink white Russians with nihilists, Valkyries and a man dressed as a rug

Kamasi Washington European Summer Tour

The Epic band leader and saxophonist comes back to Europe including UK dates

Ein Kleiner Lichtzauber: Creep Show Interviewed

Living the dream with John Grant, Stephen Mallinder, Ben Edwards and Phil Winter aka Creep Show. Casting spells: John Doran

New Half Man Half Biscuit LP Due In May

A voice from the Wirral is calling out: No-one Cares About Your Creative Hub So Get Your Fuckin’ Hedge Cut

Blank Studios Reopens In Newcastle

Pigs7 related studio changes address and holds open day

LISTEN: $hit & $hine Remix MIEN

New supergroup featuring members of The Horrors, Black Angels and The Earlies get the Craig Clouse treatment

WATCH: GNOD & Faust Live At Cafe Oto

Franco-Anglo-Spanish-Germanic out rock collaboration in Hackney captured on film. PLUS: GNOD to play greatest hits set at Rocket 20, voted for by fans

Lone Taxi, Ikonika & ILL For Violets

Many of tQ's favourites play at week long series of gigs in Newcastle which aims to "showcase female musicians chosen for their quality, originality and strength"

Soft Cell Reunite ‘One Last Time’ For The O2

Legendary synth duo join forces again for live show this September

Membranes Festival For Manchester In May

Evil Blizzard and The Lovely Eggs join post punks at the Ritz

Glenn Tipton Of Judas Priest Retires From Touring Due To Parkinsons

Golden God bows out of touring with Judas Priest

Rebellious Jukebox Fall Night Hebden On Sat

Come for The Fall. Stay for The Fall. Forecasts predict: The Fall

Morality Play: Insecure Men Interviewed

Saul Adamczewski of Insecure Men and Fat Whites talks to John Doran about wholesome projects, sonic wrongness and his superb new album.

Erykah Badu & Fever Ray For Field Day

Soul legend to headline the Friday night of London festival

Bruxa Maria And Silent Front Fundraiser

After members of Bruxa Maria and Silent Front were injured in a serious road accident, a fundraising show is set for New River Studios

Becks Induction Hour: Mark E Smith On The LP That Nearly Ended The Fall

This is the first in a series of Fall features leading up to the release of Our Future - Your Clutter on Domino this Spring. John Doran talks to his nibs about Hex... (republished 24th January 2018)

Messing Up The Paintwork: This Nation’s Saving Grace Revisited

‘Paintwork’, an album track from This Nation’s Saving Grace, is in some respects the key to the song-writing processes of The Fall. John Doran looks back to 1985 with some help from Mark E. Smith

Ursula K Le Guin RIP

The revered author has died after a short illness at 88 years old

David Byrne’s Free European Lecture Tour

Reasons to be cheerful one, two, three, four and five

LISTEN: Warmduscher Single Big Wilma

Warmduscher hit home run. Album due soon. They need to employ a stylist though...