In the new issue of Q, out Tuesday 10 April, the end looks nigh for Manic Street Preachers as they prepare to release their magnificent 13th album. Sylvia Patterson travels back to the scene of their earliest triumph to discover Nicky Wire standing on the precipice of an almighty midlife crisis. “Nicky’s retreated before. After the mega success of Everything Must Go, he was happier in his garden. But he is quite fragile. This could be final. This could be final,” says James Dean Bradfield. 

Annie Clark on how the jazz great's 1965 album shaped her approach to music.

Beach House's seventh album doesn't stray far from the Baltimore duo's trusted formula - mournful vocals laid over shimmering organs. Dive does display a slight retooling, its glacial start giving way to New Order-like propulsion.

Wu-Tang Clan leader RZA shot in London in October 2017 by Andrew Cotterill, An outtake from Q381, available to buy here. 

Continuing on from our Mark E Smith tribute in the current issue of Q, illustrious fans of The Fall leader remember the music and the man.