Laurie Tuffrey

The Exhilaration Of Discovery: Simeon Coxe’s Favourite Albums

The Silver Apples main man writes us his own Baker's Dozen, taking in Fats Domino and Portishead by way of Sun Ra and Spacemen 3

Jeff Tweedy

Together At Last

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith & Suzanne Ciani

Sunergy

LISTEN: Matt Berry – Gone For Good

New track from the finely-voiced actor, writer and psych-folksman's upcoming album, The Small Hours

Things Learned At: Primavera Sound 2016

Primed to be the festival of the returning big names, Radiohead and LCD Soundsystem among them, Laurie Tuffrey finds that it's the acts off the main stages that lay claim to this year's edition of the Barcelona institution

WATCH: Elza Soares Interview

The septuagenarian Brazilian singer discusses her new album of samba sujo, The woman at the end of the world, out on Friday

LISTEN: Stream ICHI’s New Album, Maru

Almost certainly the only album featuring a tapumpet and sung partly in mosquito you'll hear this week

Things Learned At: Sónar Reykjavík 2016

Laurie Tuffrey heads to the fourth edition of Sónar festival's northernmost outpost, featuring sets from Oneohtrix Point Never, Reykjavíkurdætur and Páll Óskar, and more than a plough's worth of snow

Pin Ups: A David Bowie Baker’s Dozen Compilation

In the wake of the great man's passing, we bring together all the times his albums have been featured in our favourite 13 LPs feature, including contributions from Paul Weller, Gary Numan, Brett Anderson and more

Natural Selection: The Strange World Of Animal Collective

Before they release their tenth album, the current AC line-up connect the dots between ice showers in Alabama, Bart Simpson belly-surfing and playing to Spanish conga lines as they look over their career to date

PREVIEW: Sónar Reykjavík

We get the pick of next year's line-up from the festival's curator

Ulrika Spacek: Debut LP & Hear She’s A Cult

London-based band announce The Album Paranoia's release on Tough Love and Lefse in February, preceded by two live dates next month

Psychedelic Meditation: Kurt Vile’s Favourite Albums

As he starts the UK leg of touring b'lieve i'm goin down…, the Philadelphian singer-songwriter goes from live free jazz to dry-humoured piano sketches in picking 13 albums that steered the sound of his sixth album

INTERVIEW: Future Artefacts

We talk to the founders of London's new physical media fair

LISTEN: Factory Floor Remix Spectres

'Sink' by the Bristol noise-makers gets the rework treatment on new 12"

LIVE REPORT: Sufjan Stevens

Laurie Tuffrey watches the multi-instrumentalist deliver an ascendant performance of songs from this year's Carrie & Lowell on the first night of his Southbank Centre residency. All photographs courtesy of Dan Dennison

There He Is Now, Father Brian Eno Looking Sad

We recently found out that Dublin-based artist Shota Kotake was producing a Father Ted picture a day to mark the programme's 20th anniversary, so we got in touch to find out more, and he drew us a special commission

The Lead Review: Laurie Tuffrey On Foals’ What Went Down

Laurie Tuffrey considers the Oxford quintet's natural trajectory towards chaos and deep-thought in light of their fourth full length; mapping out its subconscious-combing, frontloading and all that comes between

LISTEN: Jenny Hval’s “WEIRD” Quietus Mix

That's right, it's Friday, so time to get WEIRD with a mix from the tQ-favourite musician and writer before she returns to the UK later in the year

WATCH: Chris Watson National Gallery Film

The sound recordist fills us in on how he created his soundscape for Akseli Gallen-Kallela's Lake Keitele for the National Gallery's exhibition

Pavement Reunion May Be In The Works

Bob Nastanovich says band may reunite for US TV appearance: "Hopefully it'll come off, right now it seems kind of 50/50"

Wilco Release New Album Star Wars

Chicago band surprise-release album, available as a free download for a limited time; Jeff Tweedy: "What's more fun than a surprise?"

England’s Hidden Reverse Republished

Strange Attractor Press set to publish a revised and expanded edition of landmark UK esoteric underground history in November

LISTEN: Helen – Motorcycle

Band fronted by Grouper's Liz Harris announce debut album, The Original Faces. Homepage photograph courtesy of Natalie Anne Howard

LISTEN: Stream Bardo Pond’s RSD Trilogy

The band fill us in on their three covers EPs, coming out as one three-CD package next week; ATP Iceland and Roundhouse gigs coming up

LISTEN: Stream New Four Tet Album

Morning/Evening on Bandcamp now, with physical release coming in July

Deeper Shadows: An Interview With Jaakko Eino Kalevi

The prolific Finnish multi-instrumentalist has left behind his job as a part-time tram driver to produce one of the best pop albums of the year. With the record out this week and a London gig imminent, he talks to Laurie Tuffrey

Holly Herndon

Platform

Alanna McArdle Leaves Joanna Gruesome

Singer leaves band, citing "mental health reasons"

Ride: Extra Tickets For Manchester & London

Limited tickets set to go on sale for Oxford band's gigs at the Albert Hall and Roundhouse this weekend; feature-length interview on site tomorrow

TONIGHT: tQ Ed John Doran’s Tour In London

John and Årabrot's Kjetil Nernes bring their English Trip to the capital, with support from Roger Robinson and Krautrock Karaoke. Plus, copies of Hubris, the audio accompaniment to Jolly Lad, on vinyl at the gig!

PREVIEW: The Great Escape

tQ are heading to Brighton for the annual new music showcase this week and here's our pick of the acts appearing, with details of our own stage below