I’m penning this introduction to our latest best of the month chart beneath the blazing heat of May Day. It’s a date that I’ve noticed is being marked more and more within the music scene – I’ve had ...

Jennifer Lucy Allan finds some gems on a frustratingly patchy and difficult to navigate compilation of Japanese soundtrack ...

Masta Ace may be hip hop’s greatest ‘what if’ story. Despite being widely recognised as one of the most creative and ...

Barnaby Southcombe and his leading lady/mum Charlotte Rampling chat to Anna Coatman about their London noir, which opens in cinemas this Friday ...

It's been a long road, but just before the release of his sixth album under the Dexys banner, Kevin Rowland has finally found some peace of mind regarding his identity. He speaks frankly to Natalie ...

Writer Graham Duff is a Wire obsessive currently crowdfunding a documentary on the band. Here in a celebration of their later work, he pays tribute to their lasting inventiveness ...

Brian Eno and Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja are among a collective of musicians who have signed an open letter to Field ...

Nadine Shah has shared details of her first live album, titled Live In London. It was captured during her biggest headline show to date, at London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town last November, and sees her ...

On their nineteenth album, the San Francisco quartet show no signs of letting up their brutal assault on pop music ...

Recreating the bizarre instrumentarium of Futurist artist Luigi Russolo, Luciano Chessa and his orchestra play new music by ...

Northamptonshire electronic music legend Anthony Child taps deep into the essence of techno to find a core of swirling ...

Here's a playlist of everything we've covered at The Quietus this month, compiled for the listening pleasure of tQ's subscribers ...