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For Entertainment Purposes: An Interview With Sheila Heti

Emily Berry speaks to the Canadian author about her latest novel, How Should A Person Be?, criticism and praise for her work and the role of shame in her writing

Horns Up Ya Shitters! June’s Best Heavy Metal Reviewed

Toby Cook takes you on a riff-splattered tour through the month's best metal - from Shining and Autopsy to Power Trip and Death Trip - all the while subliminally commanding you to stop what you're doing and listen to more Bongripper

The Dream Universe: Rockfort Interviews Rêve

In our latest French music column, David McKenna meets Julie Fossaert, the mind behind the insular dreamscapes of Rêve, to discuss communication through music and working with Grumbling Fur's Daniel O'Sullivan

Pulling The Veil From The Mysteries: Ben Wheatley Talks A Field In England

****Contains slight spoilers****

Ahead of its cross-format premiere this evening, Ben Wheatley talks to the Quietus about his psychedelic English Civil War movie, A Field In England

Dethscalator

Racial Golf Course, No Bitches

The Fall

Live In San Francisco

Batting Order: Neil Hannon’s Favourite Albums

The Divine Comedy man picks out the gems in his record collection following the release of his second album with The Duckworth Lewis Method this week

Dance Like It’s OK: New Music From Netherlands, Belgium & Germany

Named after the Märtini Brös’ dancefloor filler, this is The Dutch Master Theo Ploeg’s search for the best new electronic music in The Netherlands, Germany and Belgium

Straight From The Subconscious: Melt Yourself Down Interviewed

With new project Melt Yourself Down, Pete Wareham of Acoustic Ladyland and his crew of merry travellers whip up a storm of frenzied rhythms and vibrant splashes of colour, inspired by the music of North Africa. Simon Jay Catling enters the hothouse

A Little Man & A House & The Whole World Window By Cardiacs Revisited

To celebrate Tim Smith's birthday Sean Kitching looks back at one of the Cardiacs' most well loved albums

Waxahatchee

Cerulean Salt

Electric Soft Parade

Idiots

Conditioned To Death: An Interview With Power Trip

Power Trip's Manifest Decimation has just landed in the Quietus' list of favourite albums of 2013 so far. Toby Cook catches up with the band to discuss DIY culture, touring injuries that'll put your teeth on edge and just what on earth the French existentialists have to do with thrash metal

Tape Adapter: June’s Hip Hop Mixtapes Reviewed By Gary Suarez

Back! It's the one you've been waiting for! Hardcore! Mixtapes galore! Gary Suarez looks at June's notable DLs both good and bad

Okkyung Lee

Ghil

Grim Tower

Anarchic Breezes

Bread, Circuses & Brazilian Protest: Tropicalia Reviewed

Jez Smadja reviews a new documentary about the revolutionary 1960s Brazilian movement and finds parallels with today's events within the country

An Eternal Education: An Interview With The Heliocentrics

Jake Ferguson and Malcolm Catto of The Heliocentrics tell John Freeman how the band's second album and one of the Quietus favourites of the year so far, 13 Degrees Of Reality, was inspired by two legendary pioneers of jazz

The Art Of Parting: Bauhaus’ Burning From The Inside 30 Years On

Our man from the O.C. Ned Raggett revisits the Northampton quartet's fourth album

Baths

Obsidian

A Farewell To Camber In The Spring: Deerhunter’s ATP

We bid farewell to ATP summer holiday camp gigs by heading down to Camber for a great weekend with Deerhunter. Words by Sean Kitching, pics thanks to Shot2bits.net

The Teardrop Explodes

Wilder (Reissue)

Way Of The Gun: Hollywood’s Culture Of Violence

Following Jim Carrey's refusal to promote his latest film, Kick Ass 2 following the Sandy Hook massacre, Tony Mckiver ponders the connection between real-world violence and its Hollywood portrayal

Trace The Bloodline: Jerry Cantrell Of Alice In Chains’ Favourite Albums

The grunge luminaries' main man picks out the records that put him where he is today

Sigur Rós

Kveikur

Repetition And Retreat: The Naked Island Reviewed

Patrick Smith reflects on the emotional power and technical innovation of Kaneto Shindo's The Naked Island (contains spoilers)

Wardruna

Yggdrasil

Holden

The Inheritors

Theory Into Practice: Yoko Ono’s Meltdown Festival Reviewed

The Southbank Centre's annual Meltdown Festival took place this month, curated by Yoko Ono. We sent a crack team of writers to cover events, which explored themes of activism, feminism and the future. Words by Emily Bick, Charlie Frame, Chris Roberts, Steph Kretowicz, April Welsh, David Bennun, Tristan Bath, Joe Kennedy and Maddy Sparham. Photos by Katja Ogrin

Rose Windows

The Sun Dogs

Full Clip: June’s Hip Hop Albums Reviewed

Gary Suarez, fires up Full Clip, a sister column of hip hop album reviews to compliment his monthly Tape Adapter feature

Ruff Around The Edges: Simian Mobile Disco Talk Live Performance

Simian Mobile Disco's second live album offers an oblique answer to a series of questions about live dance music. Chad Parkhill presses the duo of James Ford and Jas Shaw about their motives in releasing this document of their show