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A Lot Of Respect: Erasure On The Strange World Of Erasure

Flamboyant, radical, joyous and purveyors of some of the finest pop songs to ever grace The Quietus' ears, this year Erasure celebrate their 30th birthday. Vince Clarke and Andy Bell (with a little help from Mute's Daniel Miller) guide Luke Turner through their beautiful world

Cheesed Off With The Mercury? It’s tQ’s Jovian Bow Shock Prize

The week after an arse-crimpingly boring list from the Mercury Prize, Britpop berk Alex James has proclaimed that independent music is over. Here are the 12 nominees for The Quietus Jovian Bow Shock award that proves them wrong:

INTERVIEW: These New Puritans

Jack Barnett discusses moving to Berlin to record a new These New Puritans album... that won't be a 'Berlin album'. Photo by Valerio Berdini

Eastern Dawns: CTM Siberia & The Importance Of Dancing Across Borders

Luke Turner travels to Novosibirsk for the inaugural CTM Siberia, where Russian musicians play alongside international artists in a spirit of unity that goes against current and historical international tensions

INTERVIEW: Powell On Albini

Powell discusses unexpected reaction to billboard ad featuring Steve Albini email

New Sunn O))) LP! Kannon Kometh!

The "most outright 'metal'" Sunn 0))) record in years!

GIVE! Daniel Patrick Quinn Kickstarter

Ends tomorrow! Cough up y'bollocks

Something Changed: Pulp’s Different Class Revisited

Luke Turner looks back 25 years to a singular album and a nation standing at a cultural crossroads

The Lead Review: Luke Turner On Carter Tutti Void’s f (x)

Luke Turner holds up the new studio album by the cross-generational trio as an exciting, visceral reaction to contemporary cultural and social monotone

Things Learned At: Milhoes De Festa

Mat Colegate and Luke Turner brave the scorching heat of Barcelos for the brilliant Milhoes De Festa, where the likes of The Bug, Grumbling Fur, Perc and Thee Satisfaction entertain a roasting poolside crowd.

New Order’s Music Complete: A Track-By-Track Preview

Luke Turner celebrates New Order's return with an album that is "largely thrilling, progressive and fun, which ought to stand as a highlight of their career"

Regis

Manbait

LISTEN: Chrononautz – Noments

Get yer Pennine pounders here!

And The Kitchen Sink: The Quietus’ Highlights Of 2015 Thus Far

What links Get In The Sea to Wanda Group to Shia LaBeouf to Bad Guys to x-ray vinyl printing to books about landscape to a day sweating at Berghain to Mad Max? Quietus staffers John Doran, Luke Turner, Laurie Tuffrey, Sophie Coletta, Christian Eede, Karl Smith and Mat Colegate have loved them, that's what. Our cultural highlights of the year so far are...

New Order: New LP Details

Hear a sampler here!

Magic, Noments! The Quietus Phonographic Corporation Presents Chrononautz

OOOOOF! It's CHRONONAUTZ! The latest artist we're releasing on The Quietus Phonographic Corporation... time for a right grubby rave-up. Pic by Alicja Debicka

LISTEN: Hirvikolari

Hear a set from brilliant new brass and modular duo

LISTEN: British Sea Power Reissue

Stream a number of tracks from the just-released reissue of British Sea Power's debut album below

It’ll Be A Scorcher! Quietus Writers’ Field Day Tips

The Quietus' Field Day reviewing team on what you shouldn't miss this weekend. Photo by Valerio Berdini

Fiery Sermons Against The Age Of Beige: Algiers Live

Within their gospel-flecked industrial rattlers, Algiers cover rage, politics, sex and death. After watching them play London's Ace Hotel last night, Luke Turner argues that they are what pop music needs in 2015

The Fall

Sub-Lingual Tablet

PREVIEW: Orphx At Kaos

Ahead of the infernally noisy techno duo's visit to London this weekend, KAOS' Lee Adams picks five essential Orphx moments and tells us why he's bringing them over.

Winners’ Music: Daniel Patrick Quinn’s Favourite Albums

Island-dwelling outsider musician and One More Grain brain Daniel Patrick Quinn tells us about his 13 favourite albums from Suede to Fela Kuti, Nico to Robert Wyatt and Gamelan to ELO, plus the sound of a snipe drumming, and wonders whether he'd have sexual feelings for Jeff Lynne were he a woman.

WATCH: One More Grain Video

Interplanetary mineral romance from Daniel Patrick Quinn &co

You Have To Fight For Change: Algiers Interviewed

Politicised trio Algiers come roaring out of the American South with a righteous and heady mix of gospel, Rowland S Howard guitar noise and a drum machine. They speak to Luke Turner about the cultural void of Atlanta, colonialism, racism and the apathy of their peers

The Ideal Copies: Graham Lewis Of Wire’s Favourite Albums

As Wire continue their five-night London residency as part of the tQ co-curated DRILL:LEXINGTON festival, their bassist and lyricist gives Luke Turner a tour of his top 13 records

East India Youth

Culture Of Volume

Things Learned At: Bergen’s Borealis Festival, By Luke Turner

Luke Turner heads to the Norwegian city of Bergen for the annual Borealis Festival for a wonderful weekend featuring composition, experimentation, melting ice, Russell Haswell, Lucy Railton and Richard Dawson, recontextualised rap and more. All photos thanks to Borealis and Henrik Beck.

LIVE REPORT: Richard Skelton

Luke Turner visits the beautiful church of St John On Bethnal Green to see Richard Skelton, Laura Cannell and Rob St John explore dark visions of the British landscape on the final night of the Saisonscape tour

INTERVIEW: Perc

We speak to Ali Wells ahead of his gig for us at Birthdays next week

Wire Lexington Supports! New Tune!

First play of Split Your Ends from new album. Plus: read an interview with Graham Lewis! Homepage photograph courtesy of Kenichi Iwasa