Playlist - Frank Turner's "Campfire Punkrock" inc Ranic, Counting Crows & Weezer
Ahead of the Reading & Leeds Festivals this weekend (23-25 Aug), the singer-songwriter reveals what he'll be busting out on the acoustic
Interviews
Q&a Palma Violets - "Hype? We took it as a joke" the band on success, songs & stage invasions
Ahead of their return to the Reading & Leeds Festivals (23-25 Aug) this weekend, co-frontman Chilli Jesson looks back at a year on the rise (and on the razz)Q&a Keane - Tom Chaplin on the band's new Best Of... "It's a proper journey through the best things we've done"
Plus if you've got your own questions, Keane's Richard Hughes taking over Q's Twitter account tonight (16 Aug) from 5pm (BST)Interviews Q&a Washed Out - Daydreams do come true: Ernest Greene on new album Paracosm, nature... and ice cream
The unwitting Godfather of "Chillwave" on creating his own universeInterviews Column - I see cred people: Visions Festival's finest pick their favourite acts inc Prince, Elvis Costello, Syd Barrett...
Ahead of this weekend's (10 Aug) new multi-venue London event, some of the acts on the bill to nominate the musical visionaries who inspire themQ&a Thurston Moore - "Someone said we could be as big as The Birthday Party" The Sonic Youth man on indie
Earlier this month (10 July) Thurston Moore was invited to give the keynote speech at the Association Of Independent Music‘s (AIM) annual AGM. Taking a career-spanning look at his career so far and his experiences with “the music…Q&a White Lies - 'TV Goes Home: the trio on returning to their roots for new LP
As the band get ready to release album BIG TV and play a series of intimate London gigs this week (23-24 Jul), frontman Harry McVeigh looks aheadQ&a Editors - Tough Love: the band on sackings and survival
"It's a new chapter" explains Tom Smith and co as they discuss the departure of Chris Urbanowicz & new album The Weight of Your LoveInterviews Alt-J planning to record new album this year - video interview
Watch the band talking backstage at Glastonbury 2013 about their plansQ&a Tame Impala - "You don't want to feel constrained" Kevin Parker on new tunes, new bandmates & more
Plus the Australian band's verdict on Elephant's advert adventures...Q&a Mark Lanegan - on working with Duke Garwood & QotSA, his new 'crooner' album & more
Plus the singer look ahead to his set and watching Krafwerk at this year's Latitude FestivalQ&a Shane Meadows - Resurrection: the director on Stone Roses reunion film Made Of Stone
The This Is England man and producer Mark Herbert on filming Ian Brown and co's returnInterviews Q&a Mount Kimbie - Warp drive! The duo on their new album, dubstep and why bedroom producers always leave home
Plus Kai Campos discusses their collaboration with King KruleQ&a Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - "Everything's an open book. I only open new doors, I don't close them"
Mars Volta's acrimonious split? The future of At The Drive-In? As he launches new band Bosnian Rainbows the hardcore hero speaksQ&a Nile Rodgers - 'Chic, Bowie, Daft Punk? I just wanted to play music...'
Ahead of his show at Love Saves The Day on 26 May, Q speaks to the hit-making man of the momentQ&a Andrew Loog Oldham - 'Am I surprised the Stones are still going? Of course'
Ahead of his keynote speech at Liverpool Sound City (2-4 May) the impresario and author dropped us an email from ColumbiaQ&a Noah And The Whale - Sound & Vision: Charlie Fink on new album AND film Heart Of Nowhere
Plus the frontman explains why the band are staying at home for their residency that kicks off this Sunday (28 April)Q&a Karl Hyde - From the Underworld to Edgeland, the singer on his new solo album
Plus watch an exclusive video interview with the Underworld man on his new record and filmQ&a Phoenix - "We try to bypass our brains" Champange, tightropes & going Bankrupt!
Following the slow building international success of their 2009 album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, Versailles’ Phoenix are back later this month (22 April) with a new record. Called Bankrupt!, the album has been fuelled by extremes: the prospect of…Q&a Flaming Lips - "Music isn't interesting when it's done by rational people" Wayne Coyne on surviving The Terror
The singer on the fear that inspired the band's first album in four years, covering The Stone Roses, hanging with Justin Timberlake and moreQ&a Peaches - "A fairy godmother tells me to say Bitch in my songs!" Electro's queen on film, Sundance & more
The Canadian discusses her directorial debut, recording in a sauna, butt-plugs with lasers and much more...Q&a Edwyn Collins - "I like songs, they're important to me" the former Orange Juice man on new album Understated
Plus the singer and wife/ manager Grace Maxwell discuss the role music is playing in the indie icon's continuing recoveryQ&a Calexico - Saints & festivals. The band on the mysteries New Orleans
With the band playing live later this month, Joey Burns recalls the recording of recent album AlgiersQ&a Steve Mason - Political party! How the singer blended life, love & liberation on his new album
The former Beta Band man talks new record, Monkey Minds In The Devil's TimeQ&a Foals - Freedom, fights & flux: the making of new album Holy Fire
Yannis Philippakis & Jimmy Smith lift the lid on the creation of band's third recordInterviews Efterklang's Tour Diary Day
Danish band Efterklang are currently on the road in Europe touring recent album Piramida. Frontman Capser Stolberg (right) is sending Q this exclusive tour diary… Greetings from the land of cheese and chocolate. We left EU & crossed…Q&a Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Life, death & Macbeth. The band on new LP Specter At The Feast
"We all went through a pretty great loss..." Robert Levon Been explains as the band return - with a little help from Dave Grohl - after three yearsInterviews Q&a The Joy Formidable - Ritzy Bryan on new album Wolf's Law, stress, relationships & coming out the other side
The singer speaks candidly about her lyrics and the life that's inspired themQ&a Local Natives - on new album Hummingbird, working with The National, dark times, happy endings & more
We speak to the Californian band's Kelcey Ayer and Matt Frazier ahead of the release of their new album next week (28 Jan)Interviews Q&a Everything Everything - on new album Arc, its emotional openness, the end of time and cyber squatting with Kevin Bacon
Plus Jonathan Higgs and bassist Jeremy Pritchard explain why every song they've ever written is aimed at their younger selvesQ&a Yeasayer - on working with John Cale, rock operas, exploding synths & more
Singer Chris Keating speaks ahead of the band's collaboration with The Velvet Underground man next week (16 Jan)Q&a - "Will we be wearing Santa costumes? F'off!" Shaun Ryder on Happy Monday's reunion
The Manc's leader gives us the lowdown ahead of this week's Roundhouse reformation shows (19, 20 Dec)Q&a Adam Green & Binki Shapiro - On their join album, musical steps into the unknown & more
The former Moldy Peach and the Little Joy singer on their forthcoming recordQ&a Gary Numan - On touring, collaborations, the Mighty Boosh's weird phone messages & more
Plus why Numan (Numan!) is not flying high these days...Q&a Ben Gibbard - on 'going solo' new album Former Lives, working with heroes, Seinfeld & more
Plus the Death Cab For Cutie frontman on how to get a bassoon player at 4am...Interviews Q&a Ty Segall - On new album Twins, releasing three LPs in a year, why 'beach' songs suck & more
We caught up with the Californian as he kicks off his UK tour tonight (7 Nov) in LondonQ&a Muse's Matt Bellamy on the lyrics, science, economics and more behind The 2nd Law
The singer and lyricists on the influences behind the trio's latest recordQ&a Manic Street Preachers James Dean Bradfield on 20 years of Generation Terrorists & more
Plus why the singer believes Richey Edwards "have the biggest twitter following in the western world" if he was around nowInterviews Q&a - Steve Albini on Shellac's workrate, Amanda Palmer & Kickstarter, his 'Nirvana legacy' and more
We speak to the influential producer ahead of his stint taking control of ATP next monthBat For Lashes - Natasha Khan's guide to new album The Haunted Man
The singer talks us through her new record, out Monday (15 Oct)Interviews Q&a Mark Ronson & Zane Lowe - their first interview on joint DJ project A-YO
The duo speak together for the first time ahead of their biggest UK date later this month at London's Freeze Festival (26-27 Oct)Interviews Sister, I'm a poet... A National Poetry Day chat with John Cooper Clarke
To mark a day celebrating verse, Michael Odell speaks to the punk poet about Essex, Nico, dieting & Sugar Puffs...Q&a Beth Orton - on new album Sugaring Season, her musical rebirth, where's she been for six year's & more
Plus how she found rural inspiration for her record in the heart of the cityQ&a Paul Banks - the Interpol frontman on his new solo album, ditching Julian Plenti, "moving his horizons" & more
With his second solo LP coming out under his own name next month, it's time for the singer to get personalOxjam preview - Graham Coxon on his Oxfam shop gig (24 Sept)
Graham Coxon is playing an Oxfam shop in east London tonight (24 September), kicking off the launch gigs for this year’s grassroots music festival Oxfam. As Q is getting involved in this year’s festival, producing a special, free…Q&a Primal Scream - Bobby Gillespie on their new album, Screamadelica shows, playing gigs in breweries & more
"It's a rock'n'roll record, but modern rock'n'roll..."Why I love the enigma of Talk Talk & Mark Hollis by Doves' Jimi Goodwin - exclusive extract
New book Spirit Of Talk Talk celebrates the acclaimed band, here's an entry from it by the Doves frontmanQ&a Eugene McGuinness - On his pop evolution, new album, "work experience" with Miles Kane and Perez Hilton & more
Having recently released second album Invitation To The Voyage, the singer-songwriter tells us where he's heading ahead of his Festival Number 6 slot this weekend (14 Sept)Q&a The Raveonettes - The Danish duo and cult favourites celebrate a decade of dream pop
Plus Sharin Foo & Sune Rose Wagner on their new album ObservatorInterviews Q&a The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Mr Spencer himself on the trio's return, calling out "crappy" bands, Meat And Bone & much more...
Plus Jon Spencer on how the band have become their own influence on the new album
