It was a flop in its day but half a century on there's much to recommend in this album that rages against the dying of the funk ...

Hannah Peel speaks to poet, writer and sometime collaborator Will Burns about the 13 albums that influenced her, from Kraftwerk to Jill Scott, Radiohead, Cluster and Steve Reich. Photo by Peter Marley ...

At the forefront of an underground British guitar scene that's thriving against all odds, Ex Agent have delivered an idiosyncratic, ever-shifting, and excellent new EP exclusively to tQ subscribers ...

A decade ago CdY couldn't understand why people compared her music to that made by a man in his seventies, but after listening to the work of Scott Walker she found much she approved of, including ...

Darran Anderson looks back a quarter of a century to the undersung album that might just have been the band's best Two themes are routinely described as transformative for Primal Scream’s celebrated ...

As they release their first album on the Def Jam label for 22 years, Public Enemy's Chuck D discusses the past, the present and the possible future with Angus Batey In an exclusive extract from his ...

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 ...

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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 ...

One of the most iconic anime films ever also had one of the most iconic soundtracks. Akira’s gamelan percussions (represented on this comp by the ‘Kaneda’ theme) were made by massive Japanese ...

Masta Ace may be hip hop’s greatest ‘what if’ story. Despite being widely recognised as one of the most creative and versatile MCs, his career has been repeatedly derailed by label politics, fickle ...