Details of a special show at the Q Awards 2019 have been announced. Taking place on Wednesday 16 October at Camden’s Roundhouse, the star-studded ceremony will be followed by sets from two Q Breakthrough nominees, Manchester indie-rock quartet Pale Waves and Leicester electro-pop outfit Easy Life, plus a guest performance from legendary Scottish singer-songwriter Edwyn Collins.

The Norwegian synth-pop star on how Grimes’ 2015 record helped shape her world.

Dublin’s Fontaines D.C. cite James Joyce and TS Elliot as the main influences on their fourth single. You can certainly hear it in frontman Grian Chatten’s surreal monologue here, delivered in a tar-thick accent over anxious sounding post punk styled guitars.

Aussie singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett backstage at Brixton Academy, London, before her show in November 2018. An outtake from Q394, taken by Alex Lake.

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