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Tape Adapter: April’s Hip Hop Mixtapes Reviewed

In his second column, Gary Suarez finds the much-hyped Chance The Rapper's second tape wanting, while better efforts from Big K.R.I.T. and Cassie redeem April's mixtape haul

Adam Thirlwell On The Great Gatsby

In our final short visit to West Egg before the release of Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, Adam Thrilwell, author of Kapow! and Granta Best Young British Novelist, discusses the power of glamour in Fitzgerald's novel

I Am Demo Suzuki! May’s Unsigned Music

‘Everything Is Choreography’: The Knife Interviewed

The Knife's new live show has baffled, irritated and delighted audiences in equal measure. After their show at London's Roundhouse last week, Alex Macpherson sat down with the group to discuss communication, the politics of movement and reconfiguring peoples' expectations

The Fall

Re-Mit

New Wave Of Dutch Heavy Jazz: Dead Neanderthals Interviewed

Dutch free-jazz/metal/grindcore duo Dead Neanderthals bring their incendiary noise to the UK's shores this week. In advance of their shows, they speak with Stewart Smith about disjointed drums and a 'tongue-in-cheek' connection to jazz

Flash & Blitz: Beyoncé Live In London, By John Calvert

Caught up within the two-hour long human/machine synergy of Beyoncé's London performance, John Calvert reflects on its peculiar mix of sincerity and cynicism and the functional brilliance of her signature sound

Primal Scream

More Light

The Jesus And Mary Chain Barbed Wire Kisses 30 Years On

It's 30 years since East Kilbride reprobates, Jim and William Reid released their excellent early doors compilation Barbed Wire Kisses, so who better to revisit it (with Jim, Douglas Hart and John Moore in tow) than their biographer Zoë Howe

Alien Charisma: The Creatures Of Ray Harryhausen

Mat Colegate pays tribute to the special effects legend and king of the movie monster, Ray Harryhausen

Superflous Fetishisation: Ned Beauman On The Great Gatsby

In the first of a short series of vignettes commissioned to mark the release of Baz Lurhman's The Great Gatsby, Ned Beauman - author of the Man Booker Prize longlisted The Teleportation Accident - recalls a curious summer spent in New York doing 'Gatsby stuff'

Away From Prying Eyes: Dan Richards’ Holloway

In a specially commissioned piece to celebrate the book's release, accompanied by Donwood's artwork, Dan Richards recalls his first meeting with Robert Macfarlane and the journey that would eventually become Holloway

Mick Harvey

Four (Acts Of Love)

Spreading The Privilege: The Knife Live In London

The Knife's new Shaking The Habitual live show has received a mixed response from critics and fans alike. Maya Kalev gives the Quietus' verdict. Photography by Andrew Novell

Lacking That Vital Spock: Star Trek Into Darkness Reviewed

Jason Ward boldly squares up to J.J. Abrams' latest take on the Star Trek universe. Contains mild spoilers.

Sonic Router 027: Clouds Balance Nothing & Everything

Finnish duo Clouds have emerged from the dubstep diaspora with a unique sound hinged around balances: between organic and synthetic, between space and density. They speak to Sonic Router's Oli Marlow about their working process, plus listen to an exclusive mix below

It Hugs Back

Recommended Record

Standard Bearer: Mick Harvey Interviewed

Ian Maleney talks to Mick Harvey about listening out for what others miss in songs

30 Years On: Pere Ubu’s The Tenement Year Revisited

Critics tend to gravitate towards Pere Ubu's earlier post-punk material, but Sean Kitching has equal affection for their first 'pop' album

Ghostpoet

Some Say I So I Say Light

Hmm Hmm Hmm: Yeah Yeah Yeahs Vs JSBX, Live At ATP

Julian Marszalek heads to All Tomorrow's Parties' I'll Be Your Mirror, and finds that curators Yeah Yeah Yeahs rather let the side down. Photo thanks to Katja Ogrin.

Anarchy Of Experience: An Interview With Dalhous

Edinburgh duo Dalhous have just released their debut full-length via the Blackest Ever Black label, which draws haunted folk forms, electronics and industrial music into its orbit. They speak with Ryan Diduck about the influence of grim weather and the hermetic nature of their work

Wold

Freermasonry

Nick Drake

Bryter Later (reissue)

Sonic DNA: Natasha Khan Of Bat For Lashes’ Favourite Albums

As part of our series of articles previewing this year's Field Day Festival, Natasha Khan roots through her record collection to pick out her 13 top LPs

Elegance & Savagery: The Jim Jones Revue Interviewed

London rock & roll firebrands The Jim Jones Revue play a four-night residency at the Sebright Arms this week. Ahead of the gigs, they sit down with Julian Marszalek to discuss the rigors of touring and the importance of drawing inspiration from relevant current issues

The End Of Punk: Joe Carducci Interviewed

In a wide-ranging and forthright interview Kevin McCaighy speaks to legendary SST lynch pin and underground rock writer Joe Carducci

Divine Machinery: An Interview With Paul Jebanasam

Subtext label boss Paul Jebanasam is one of several Bristol-based musicians blurring boundaries between contemporary composition, process-based recording and the colossal physicality of sound system culture. With his debut album just released, he explains to Pavel Godfrey how "melody has a way of surviving everything"

Aiming For Epic: Anne Carson’s Red Doc> Reviewed

Erin Lyndal Martin weighs up the pros and cons of recasting the epic in this latest work from Canadian poet Anne Carson, follow-up to her acclaimed Autobiography of Red

Restraint, Dear Boy: Emily Berry Interviewed By Sam Riviere

Fellow Faber poet Sam Riviere speaks with Emily Berry about her much-anticipated and highly-lauded debut collection, Dear Boy, the difficulties of political poetry and the idea of submission

Electro Chaabi In Cairo: ‘F**k! I’ve Lost My Slipper!’

Last week Quietus editor John Doran traveled to Cairo with Incubate's Joost Heijthuijsen to learn more about the city's nascent Electro Chaabi scene. In this report from their final day in Egypt, Joost reflects on the tangled relationships between past and present that they encountered along the way

New Maps Of Hell: Why Evil Dead Fails To Bring The Fear

Mat Colegate comes away unimpressed by the new Evil Dead remake and thinks up some new techniques to satisfy shock-hungry audiences. Contains mild spoilers