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Anniversary
Wrapped Up: Eurythmics’ Sweet Dreams, 30 Years On
It's been three decades since the release of Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart's classic. Matthew Lindsay casts an ear and an eye back over a "sad, strange and popular" album that "pulled off the New Pop trick of having your cake and eating it; revelling in what you deconstruct"
A Quietus Interview
An Actor Prepares: An Interview With Surgeon
For nearly 20 years Anthony Child, aka Surgeon, has sent dancers into collective states of hypnosis with his overwhelming, elliptical techno. Having just released a beatless album under his own name, he speaks with Rory Gibb about introspection, method acting, the importance of intention, and what continues to excite him about club music
Black Sky Thinking
Savage Guardians: Why Bands Are Right About Cameras At Gigs
Jeremy Allen normally gets annoyed at people leaving notes telling him what to do. But in the case of Savages and Yeah Yeah Yeahs instructing their audiences not to wave their cameraphones around like bellends, he can get behind the cause... even if it is doomed
A Quietus Interview
For Victory: An Interview With Narrows
Transatlantic crew Narrows, featuring former members of Botch, These Arms Are Snakes and Bullet Union, among others, are about to embark on what might be their final European tour. Quietus editor John Doran catches up with them to talk Bolt Thrower, Game Of Thrones and Greenland
Rum Music
Go West! A Rum Music Special From Ireland’s Outer Reaches
This month, Rum Music heads to the West Of Ireland, currently a fertile land for the production of far-out sounds. Stephen Graham profiles three new albums from the Irish underground, and Daniel Harrison reviews a compilation from the Abandon Reason, who hold mysterious events in derelict car parks...
A Quietus Interview
Perceptions Of Sublime Simplicity: Thomas Köner Interviewed
In advance of his London show at Denovali Swingfest this Sunday, sound artist/composer Thomas Köner speaks to Joseph Burnett about last year's Novaya Zemlya album, the lure of empty spaces and how his seminal duo Porter Ricks use techno as a cloaking device
A Quietus Interview
Channelling From Some Other Place: Richard Thompson Interviewed
Following the release of his 21st album, Electric, earlier this year, Richard Thompson talks to Tariq Goddard about why he prefers living in the suburbs, sidestepping 60s excess and his relationship with his back catalogue
A Quietus Interview
Pollinating Possibility: An Interview With Gum Takes Tooth
London firebrands Gum Takes Tooth create a joyous, twitchy, electrified racket. Ahead of their support slot with White Hills tomorrow night, Jessica Crowe speaks to them to untangle the chaos, plus watch a brand new video
