From the Archive

Caught up in the whirlwind of his ever changing muse… The Modfather’s rare gems.

The Barbadian hit-making superstar is vastly more nuanced than she’s given credit for.

Buried treasure from the Radiohead frontman.

Born from punk, yet anything other than a parochial Year Zero outfit. Here’s their rare gems.

The Q readership anointed Paul Weller the Best Act In The World Today at the 2018 Q Awards and nobody is more surprised about that than the 60-year-old himself. Q’s cappuccino kid Chris Catchpole meets him at his local coffee shop to hear about a thirst that cannot be quenched.

When Mike Skinner called time on his era-defining rap/production alias The Streets in 2011, the lights went out in him. Ted Kessler meets Skinner to hear about the long, lost journey out of the fog that led him to two brand new albums and a film. “A lot of this time has felt irrational,” he says, “but, looking back on it, it’s been totally rational.”

Her 2011 breakthrough single Video Games is the most voted-for entry in Q’s Songs Of The Decade. But Lana Del Rey’s latest album, Norman Fucking Rockwell, is a strong candidate for album of the decade, too. Ted Kessler is granted an audience in Laurel Canyon to hear how the 2010s belonged to America’s finest modern singer-songwriter.

For 20 years, Liam Gallagher was the renowned singer in Oasis and the greatest frontman of his generation. Then, after two mediocre albums with Beady Eye, he suddenly found himself in crisis, cut adrift with the rest of the mooks on the street. On the eve of an epic new film about Oasis, Ted Kessler meets Liam down the boozer to hear about how he got his life back together “outside of the bubble”, and how he’s now making plans for a dynamic new chapter.

Gaz Coombes spoke with Danny Goffey, then they spoke to Mick Quinn and told Rob Coombes: they were putting a deposit down on Supergrass and taking a lease out on the band for a year of serious gigs, their first since 2010. Niall Doherty meets them to find out if there are plans to move back in permanently yet…

Over the last decade, a disparate group of composers, performers and labels have been designing a modern classical sound that incorporates elements of electronica, dance and even pop. Paul Stokes speaks to Max Richter, one of the genre’s major forces, to investigate a left-field phenomenon that’s colonising the mainstream.

The Vampire Weekend frontman offers up his golden rules for living.

Their last studio album took nearly four years to make, so Doves decided to take a little time off afterwards. A decade later and fully refreshed, the trio welcome Ted Kessler to their Cheshire studio to reveal far more of their comeback plans than they meant to.

A report and interview from the trip-hop duo’s recent tour, which revisited and radically reinvented their shadowy 1998 masterpiece Mezzanine.

There’s a pleasing looseness to the third single from Brown’s new solo album. He plays the role of wise crooner over a tremolo-heavy slow sway that ends just as the baggy beat is getting into its groove.

The Doctor Who and Broadchurch actress on how Alanis Morissette’s 1995 debut spoke to her.

Q writer David Cavanagh died on December 27, 2018. He wrote for Q prolifically during in the 1990s and returned to the magazine in 2018. He was the greatest music writer of his era, universally admired by his peers and readers alike. This profile of former Coral guitarist Bill Ryder-Jones appeared in November, 2018, in Q393. It was to be his last piece for Q.

Watch a memorable moment from the event's history ahead of the 2016 ceremony which takes place on 2 November – get tickets now!

Ahead of her London show with Jane Weaver this week (28 Nov), the Saint Etienne singer picks tracks that inspired recent solo record Red Kite

It was this week in 1995 that a host of musicians came together and record the landmark album, the charity's CEO celebrates its birthday and its legacy

The Frames frontman, solo artist and actor, chats with Q about his new LP

Life Is Beautiful for the singer, or it will be on Friday (11 Sept) when the singer releases his debut album...

The rapper explains how he ended-up playing a new dad in Noah Baumbach’s film, that opens on Friday (3 Apr)

Darren Bancroft from the London/ Manchester trio on aligning his stars and more

Canada's all singing answer to Seth Rogan (in the looks department) is coming your way with new album Club Meds

The chap who runs the Oslo festival has put together a few personal picks he wants as the event moves to a new home this August

The Pink Floyd man chips in on a track from the Everything But The Girl man's solo album - exclusive session

Tyrone Lindqvist from the Australian band answers the questions...

Liam Gallagher endorsed Mancs ready new single ahead of live dates this weekend (11-12)

Band combine films for their current and next singles from self-titled second album

Frontman Andy Hull on how he's Cope-ing

We've got the singer's album to hear a week ahead of its release (14 April)

Released on Blu-Ray and DVD today (7 April), writer Jonny Owen discusses the influences behind the most rock'n'roll movie of the year

We caught up with the Californian as he kicks off his UK tour tonight (7 Nov) in London

The folk singer on the influence of the London cathedral and the Occupy protest that took place outside it

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