Tom Coles

40 Years Later: Closer & The Last Days Of Joy Division

Because of the death of Ian Curtis and the nature of the band's last recordings, Joy Division's Closer is an album around which a stillness has settled. In truth, says Jonathan Wright as he talks to Peter Hook and Paul Morley, no band evolved so rapidly. All Joy Division portraits courtesy of Kevin Cummins

Led Zep Trial Over Stairway To Heaven

Track's chord progression has been called into question in plagiarism accusations

Getting Hypnotised: John Robb Finds The Funk In Unusual Places

How did it take us nearly a decade to ask Brother John Robb for his Baker's Dozen choices? The Membranes frontman sits down with Julian Marszalek to discuss 13 favourite records where over the years he's dug out the most funk

New Weird Britain In Review For September By Noel Gardner

So much more than a microscopically small bolthole of distraction! Noel Gardner is back with more new and weird sounds

Stranded: Four Artists On The Isolation Of Coronavirus

From abandoned tours to life-threatening health issues, tQ spoke to different UK-based artists about how the coronavirus pandemic has left them stranded

Immersion

Analogue Creatures Living On An Island

As Simple As Fun: Beth Ditto’s Baker’s Dozen

As she releases new solo album Fake Sugar, Beth Ditto swears & enthuses about 13 favourite records to Louise Brown, taking in the filth of Lil' Kim to David Bowie and the queer punk of Buzzcocks via Missy Elliott and Lauryn Hill

Raime

Quarter Turns Over A Living Line

Invisible Undercurrents: Cat’s Eyes’ Favourite Soundtracks

With their soundtrack to Peter Strickland's new film The Duke Of Burgundy released this week, Cats' Eyes - The Horrors' Faris Badwan and composer Rachel Zeffira - run through their movie collection with Kiran Acharya to pick out their 13 top scores and soundtracks

Xiu Xiu

Dear God I Hate Myself

Just Some Modern Rock Songs: Stuart Murdoch’s Favourite Albums

The Glaswegian indie pop pioneers' frontman picks out his top 13 records

Katie Gately

Loom

In Katie Gately's album Loom, Danijela Bočev finds a record of monstrous power to evoke the beauty to be found in mourning

LISTEN: New Dean Blunt

Dean Blunt quietly uploads another track to YouTube

LISTEN: Erasure Christmas Track Remix

Have a play of Barringer and Skerik's version of Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus

Manchester Psych Fest Unveils Full 2021 Lineup

Stereolab and Tinariwen share headline billing as the festival returns this September

Flip Your Wig: Bob Mould’s Favourite Albums

With his new, eleventh solo album Beauty & Ruin just released, the Hüsker Dü and Sugar man gives Nick Hutchings his top 13 records