TQ Editor John Doran appears at the Bosco Theatre this weekend to talk about the occult history of Cornish pasties, tin mine goblins, vengeful witches and Richard D James

Ahead of an appearance at Acid Horse and the release of a career best album Norther, Benjamin D Duvall of Ex-Easter Island Head shoots the breeze with Ophira Gottlieb

Two years after *Limbs*, the third album from the brilliant actor-composer references Bela Tarr and 80s protest anthems, occupying a space all its own

Arab Strap’s second post-retirement album, an exploration of aging and internet culture, will leave you blubbering and gutted, says Bernie Brooks

As they prepare to release their second album and embark on their debut UK tour, Canadian improvisational ensemble Earth Ball tell Julian Marszalek about advertising on an old mattress, their unconventional base in a “dirty, weird coal mining town,” and the cooperative joy of instant composition

Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Grove and more will newly play the Birmingham event later this year