Definitive conversations with our favourite artists
Using a bandsaw blade, a whip, a 'body cello', acrylic fingernails with inbuilt styluses and more, Evicshen is one of the most gripping performers on earth. Ahead of a set at MUTEK Montreal, she speaks to Richard Foster about the importance of chaos and the anarchy of the body
Sicilian trio Nuhara have produced one of the best albums of the year in their debut, Rama. They speak to Patrick Clarke about how the discovery that a member's grandfather had been recorded by Alan Lomax led to a deep dive into the island's traditional worksongs, from which they've drawn a record of ferocious power and remarkable sonic scope
Following the release of his metal-influenced ambient music album Pareidolia, LA-based producer Jake Muir discusses the importance of conceptualising his records, his gradual appreciation of the metal genre, and the creative conundrums that he and other experimental musicians are left weighing up amid a need to make ends meet
Ahead of an appearance at Heroines Of Sound Festival in Berlin next month, Marie Delprat speaks to Claire Biddles about the worlds that will collide in her live expansion of her latest EP, the questions of identity it confronts, the inherent sexuality of both pop and Baroque music, and much more
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Marisa Anderson, Ben Chasny, and Thor Harris all sing the praises of the Czech leftfield musician and promoter whose networking is part of a vital & necessary practice. Words: Miloš Hroch. Portraits by Tomáš Luňák
From a childhood obsessed with art to the electroacoustic, treated piano work of new album Requiem via Can's "school of pain", the German composer reflects on a life well lived. And for top tier tQ subscribers, an exclusive playlist on all streaming platforms of his finest solo work
A new album from the Erasure, Blancmange and Wrangler axis reimagines eleven disparate tracks as cohesive analogue electronica. Wesley Doyle hears how old friendships and other people’s songs begat new music and original possibilities
Ahead of their show at Bristol New Music, Bill Orcutt, Steve Shelley and Ethan Miller tell Jennifer Lucy Allan how a Grateful Dead tribute show led to their acclaimed new collaboration, the joy of bootlegs, and how they're avoiding the ego-driven pitfalls that have dogged supergroups past
As his sprawling project My New Band Believe prepares a debut LP, Cameron Picton discusses life after Black Midi, the loss of former bandmate Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin, ambition, and rethinking the possibilities of singer-songwriter records
As his experimental film marks its fiftieth birthday with a screening in the Dalston street where it was shot, John Smith speaks to David Moats about his life's work exploring the unreliable perspective of the camera's lens
During the last two years, Loula Yorke has released six albums and a mixtape and she's only just getting started. Joe Muggs talks to the modular synthesist about a background in raving and activism, and why it's time to start thinking of herself as an artist
Off the back of an incendiary debut record that was one of 2025’s best rock albums, Leather.head speak to Cal Cashin about the importance of keeping things political, uncompromising collaborations with poet Zia Ahmed, the reclamation of emo and more
When the band PVA asked if they could do something slightly different for their interview we were only too happy to assist, with the help of a witchcraft shop in Hackney and a deck of tarot cards. Words: Jim Osman. Portraits: Rachel Lipsitz. With thanks to Helgi's Bar and the state51Conspiracy
EarthBall's Outside Over There is one of this year's best albums. Because it opens with a sample of Stewart Lee talking about pear cider, it felt only right to introduce both parties for a feature. But then a breakdown in communication led to a gloriously unexpected meditation on the nature of improvisation...
Following the recent release of Before You Press Play, their first album together, the young Atlanta-based rapper-producers speak to Christian Eede about finding their feet as vocalists, preconceptions with Atlanta rap, and the pitfalls of irony and complacency within their current music scene
Ahead of their appearance at this year's Le Guess Who festival, Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko speak to Jennifer Lucy Allan about interpreting the music of Hildegard Von Bingen via Ukrainian folk song in the context of the Russian invasion of their homeland
Stevie Chick talks to Bob Mould and Greg Norton about blazing a trail in hardcore, the uneasy switch from independent to major label and their complex relationship with Grant Hart, plus paving the way for Pixies and Nirvana. Cover portrait courtesy of Greg Norton
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