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25 Years On: U2’s Zooropa Revisited

Julian Marszalek reckons the stadium bestriding rock band's eighth album is an often overlooked gem in their back catalogue

It’s A Kind Of Magick: Grumbling Fur Interviewed

Grumbling Fur's Glynnaestra, released next week, is one of the Quietus' favourite albums we've heard for quite some time. Ahead of its release next week, the duo tell Luke Turner how the complexity of nature, Blade Runner and a UFO sighting came together to inspire the record

Roshi Feat. Pars Radio

Three Almonds And A Walnut

Ascending The Golden Throne: Temples Interviewed

Laurie Tuffrey catches up with Heavenly's psychedelic four-piece ahead of their set at Latitude this weekend

A Track-By-Track Preview Of Rock And Roll Animals By Luke Haines

Luke Haines' new album is about a trio of "furry freaks" fighting the Angel Of The North. Intrigued? We asked him to tell us more...

Crocodiles

Crimes Of Passion

Love Is The Message: An Interview With Robert Hood

Robert Hood's new album under the Floorplan alias sees the minimal techno pioneer infuse his sound with gospel, disco and funk, all the while retaining his customary astonishing, hypnotic precision. He speaks with Harry Sword about growing up in '70s Detroit, the importance of intent, and how his strong Christian faith informs his attitude towards club music

Comanechi

You Owe Me Nothing But Love

Lost Highway: Jack Nance Remembered By David Lynch & Others

In a piece originally written to mark the 15th anniversary of Jack Nance's death, Cyrus Shahrad looks back over the actor's life and work and talks to those close to him, including Catherine Coulson and David Lynch

Halfway To Paradise: The Quietus Albums Of The Year So Far

Hats off to all of our favourite artists this year so far, says John Doran. All flipping 75 of them...

99% Perspiration: Recommended Summer Reading

With contributions from Ned Beauman, Emily Berry and Joe Dunthorne, Nathalie Olah rounds up recommendations from authors, publishers, poets and editors for an impressive list of not-so-well-trodden holiday reading

Europe Is Our Playground: Domingo Zapata Interviewed

Jeremy Allen gets flown to Venice to meet the enigmatic artist, raconteur and erstwhile Michael Jackson collaborator

Pet Shop Boys

Electric

People Of The North

Sub Contra

A Thirsty Conspiracy: Mogwai & Douglas Gordon Talk Zidane

Later this month, Mogwai are set to perform their soundtrack to Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait live at a series of venues across the UK. Nicola Meighan joins Stuart Braithwaite and artist Douglas Gordon for an in-depth, ginger wine-fuelled conversation, taking in everything from meeting Zidane to drunken Ivor Cutler covers and resistance to authority

The Duckworth Lewis Method

Sticky Wickets

Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld

Still Smiling

Songs Like Dogfights: An Interview With Lescop

Lescop's debut album is a gloriously nocturnal piece of glacial European pop. The Frenchman tells Luke Turner about working with Savages' Pop Noire label and why singing in his native tongue isn't a bold move

Nirvana’s Howl At The Moon: In Utero Revisited, 20 Years On

Daniel Ross doesn't care which mix of this extraordinary album he's listening to...

I’ve Got Souls To Save: An Interview With Congo Natty

Joe Clay talks to junglist MC and devout rasta Congo Natty about his excellent new album Jungle Revolution

Zomby

With Love

Jay-Z

Magna Carta… Holy Grail

Ghibli’s Are Good: Grave Of The Fireflies And Kiki’s Delivery Service Reviewed

Gary Green revisits two underrated animation classics from Studio Ghibli, available now on Blu-ray for the first time

30 Years On: Lovesexy By Prince Revisited

David Bennun celebrates Prince's last statement of pure genius three decades later

Erling (And The Armageddonettes)

Fraillaments

‘Let The Evil Blood Spill Out’: An Interview With kIRk

Polish trio kIRk create a post-industrial, improvisation-based "soundtrack for sleepwalking, hypnotism, undeath, and all liminal states of consciousness". They meet Pavel Godfrey to discuss last album Zła Krew, losing all their equipment and the evolution of the Polish music scene

The Changing Man: An Interview With Maps

Maps’ James Chapman tells John Freeman how his career-high third album Vicissitude was created during a significant ‘lifestyle rearrangement’ for the Northamptonshire producer. Main picture by Erika Wall. Portrait by Phil Sharp

Philip H Anselmo & The Illegals

Walk Through Exits Only

Films For Music: Dogs In Space Revisited

Anthony Nield takes a look at Richard Lowenstein's document of the Australian post-punk underground, starring a young Michael Hutchence

Through The Kaleidoscope: An Interview With Hyetal

With new album Modern Worship, Bristol's former dubstep experimenter Hyetal expands his vision into crystalline, colour-saturated forms of electronic pop. He speaks with Ammar Kalia about using music to visualise imaginary worlds and his storming new collaborative 12" with Kowton

A Family Affair: Quietus Writers Pick Their Favourite Tracks Of 2013 So Far

Quietus writers and staff have chosen their favourite tracks of the year so far for your delectation. Contains monstrously long Spotify playlist. Where's my damn croissants says John Doran after two days of compiling

The Month’s Electronic Music: Space Is The Place

In this month's electronic music column, Rory Gibb takes you from the disintegrating techno of Morphosis and Jam City's futuristic urban architectures to a fresh crop of weird house from New York and a trip deep into the echo chamber....