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Thrill Seeker: An Interview With Connan Mockasin

Ahead of his UK tour, which starts tomorrow, Connan Mockasin meets John Freeman to talk building rollercoasters and the making of his Tokyo-influenced second album, Caramel

Second Helpings: Neil Arthur Of Blancmange’s Favourite Albums

Following his revisit to the synth pop duo's debut album Happy Families last year, Neil Arthur looks back over 13 other top albums from his past

Helm

The Hollow Organ EP

Radio Live Transmission: 22 Years Of Pirate Broadcasts With Rude FM

John Doran sits in on broadcasts by the veteran North London station RudeFM.com and talks to management and DJ Imaginary Forces about why jungle, drum & bass and hardcore radio will never die

“I’m So Minimal, I’m Not Even Minimalist!”: Harold Budd Interviewed

Haakon Nelson speaks to Harold Budd about his sense of space and a recent retrospective album released by All Saints

Cinematographic Alchemy: Cocteau’s La Belle Et La Bete Reassessed

To mark its restored version being released on DVD, Adam Bychawski looks back at Jean Cocteau's fantasy masterpiece

EEK Featuring Islam Chipsy & DJ Sardena LPs Reviewed

Electro chaabi DJ Joost Heijthuijsen of Cairo Liberation Front reviews two new Egyptian releases on Nashazphone; EEK featuring Islam Chipsy – Live at the Cairo High Cinema Institute and a self-titled debut by DJ Sardena

Short Fiction: ‘Crossing’ By Cyrus Shahrad

This week's new writing comes in the form of original short fiction by writer and musician Cyrus Shahrad

An Inexhaustible Realm Of Fascination: David Lynch’s Factory Photographs

With a new book and exhibition in London, Kiran Acharya considers a surprisingly straightforward but characteristically unsettling selection of images from the subversive director

Doing The Job Properly – An Interview With Mark Kermode

Marc Burrows speaks to the pre-eminent film critic about not making other peoples decisions, why film-makers don't make good friends, and his recent book Hatchet Job

Stock Film: The Wolf Of Wall Street Reviewed

David Moats dives into the Bacchanalian carnage of Scorsese's latest

Mogwai

Rave Tapes

Mr Agreeable A Quietus Makes: Sour Sot Reviews Our Favourite Bands

The Quietus staff are fully occupied moving office today, so we left the website in the capable hands of Mr Agreeable, and suggested he might like to review music from East India Youth, Factory Floor, Sunn O))) and Fat White Family

Warpaint

Warpaint

Only Heaven: Franz Treichler Of The Young Gods’ Favourite Albums

The Swiss industrial trio's frontman gives John Mullen a whistle-stop tour of his favourite 13 records

Driving Circles: Hips And Makers By Kristin Hersh 25 Years On

25 years after falling for its translucent charm, John Freeman looks back at the career-defining debut solo album from the Throwing Muses’ frontwoman

Looking For Something? Perfect Pop: East India Youth Interviewed

William Doyle sits down with Luke Turner to discuss debut East India Youth album Total Strife Forever, accidentally making electronic music, and what ought to count for emotionally resonant pop

Pixies

Various EPs

Life Is Rhythm: An Interview With Greg Fox Of Guardian Alien

Formerly known for his powerful drumming in black metal group Liturgy, in the last two years Greg Fox has blasted off into progressively freer, looser and more colourful territories with Guardian Alien. With new album Spiritual Emergency released this month, he speaks to Tristan Bath about the rhythms of life and overcoming physical limitations

Now-ism: New Age Spirit Guide Laraaji Interviewed

Bobby Barry talks to the autoharp virtuoso, laughter therapist and new age music pioneer

Mountains Of Tongues: Traditional Music From The Caucasus Explored

Last year the Sayat Nova Project traveled through the South Caucasus to document previously unrecorded traditional musics. With their marvelous compilation Mountains Of Tongues just released, Rory Gibb met co-founder Stefan Williamson Fa to discuss the project and the lure of this unique region of the world

Welcome To The New Age: 2014 & The New Utopian Pop

As we approach the mid-point of the decade, Alex Niven argues that pop music is losing its retromanic urge, and starting to look to the future

Good Cop, Surreal Cop: An Interview With The Devil

With The Devil's seedy, bloodstained and psychotic debut album recently released, Glen McLeod catches up with the trio to talk Kool Keith and why calling your band 'The Devil' is like having 'born thug' tattooed on your knuckles

Blissful Resonance: Brian DeGraw Of Gang Gang Dance’s Favourite Albums

With Brian DeGraw's debut solo album as bEEdEEgEE released last month, the Gang Gang Dance founder member speaks to Tristan Bath about thirteen of his favourite albums, from Scott Walker and Pharaoh Sanders to Burial and Public Enemy

The Durutti Column

The Return Of The Durutti Column

In Another Way: My Bloody Valentine’s Rhythmic Invention

Following the appearance of their self-titled third album in our end of year list, Ben Cardew looks back over My Bloody Valentine's catalogue to find a band as innovative with drums as they were with guitars

Dark And Light: An Interview With I Break Horses

Maria Lindén talks to John Freeman about I Break Horses’ second album Chiaroscuro, which you can stream in full below, and "digging deeper into the darkness"

Housewives

Housewives

Channel 4’s Shameless: The Squalor Porn Of Benefits Street

On the day of its second episode Phil Harrison despairs of the moral blankness at the heart of Benefits Street

Punk Is What You Make It: Vic Galloway’s Songs In The Key Of Fife

Nicola Meighan speaks with the broadcaster, writer and musician about exactly what makes punk "punk", his book, Songs in the Key of Fife, the musical influence and offspring of that eponymous county, and matching speed metal near beat-for-beat

East India Youth

Total Strife Forever

Bruce Springsteen

High Hopes