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Mission Of Burma

Unsound

Aidan Moffat Is Radge At Madge: Madonna’s Scottish Disappointment

Aidan Moffat put on his pink cowboy hat and, full of beans, went to see Madonna's first-ever Scottish gig. Sadly, she fails to rouse either Aidan or the usually-enthusiastic Scottish crowd

“Every Dream Comes To An End”: Gatekeeper Interviewed

New York/Chicago duo Gatekeeper's debut album Exo is an acid-flecked horror-vision of a virulent virtual metropolis. Charlie Fox caught up with them to discuss techno-addiction, nineties computing and obsolete technologies

The Sufis

The Sufis

“You’ve Got To Respect The Culture” – Ice-T On His Directorial Debut

At the sprightly age of 54, hip hop icon turned film and US television star Ice-T has helmed his first big screen feature, a documentary titled Something From Nothing: The Art Of Rap. He explains why to Brendan Scott

Morrissey & Marr: 25 Years Since The Alliance Was Severed

This year sees the 25th anniversary of the split of The Smiths. Johnny Rogan's masterful book The Severed Alliance has itself just had a 20th anniversary reprint by Omnibus. Here, reprinted in full, is the chapter that deals with the band's last few weeks

Passion Pit

Gossamer

Little Earthquakes By Tori Amos, 20 Years On

Two decades since the release of Tori Amos' Little Earthquakes, Maxine Frances Roper looks back over an album that remains inimitable

You’ve Got Bale: The Dark Knight Rises Reviewed

Spoiler-free! Mat Colegate hails Christopher Nolan's final Batman flick

We Happy Few: On The Set Of BBC2’s Henry V

Adey Lobb joins actor Tom Hiddleston at the Battle of Agincourt as he films BBC2’s The Hollow Crown: Henry V

Like A Machine Destroying Everything: Monkey Island Interviewed Part One

Stevie Chick interviews Peter Bennett of Monkey Island, one of the greatest live groups ever and reistors to the gonzoid foofaraw of the music biz

Shrag

Canines

Volting Ambition: Revenge Of The Electric Car Reviewed

American filmmaker Chris Paine follows up his lauded 2006 investigation Who Killed The Electric Car? Stevie Chick goes for a spin

Go-Kart Mozart

On the Hot Dog Streets

The Month In Electronic Music: Everything & The Kitchen Sink

In this month's Hyperspecific, Rory Gibb takes you through kitchen sink techno, junglist house and VHS-saturated noise

Jesca Hoop

The House That Jack Built

Getting To The Point: An Interview With PINS

Having witnessed their swift progression over a series of gigs, John Freeman chats to PINS about how they’re carefully crafting a blend of noise, texture and melody; plus watch a new live video of 'You Don't Need To Be'.

Some Sort Of Surrender: An Interview With Paul Buchanan Of The Blue Nile

Blue Nile singer Paul Buchanan and David Peschek get teary-eyed discussing mortality, love and Mid Air, his first solo album- and his first release in 8 years

Bethia Beadman

Made Of Love

Cast A Wide Cygnet: Swandown Reviewed

Anna Coatman ponders Andrew Kötting's eccentric feature collaboration with Iain Sinclair, opening in selected UK cinemas this Friday, in which the pair ride a white swan pedalo from Hastings to Hackney

Luke Haines

Outsider / In - The Collection

The Lost Tapes By Can: An Oral History

Can and Jono Podmore talk us through their excellent anthology of previously unreleased material, The Lost Tapes which topped the Quietus' recent mid year chart. As told to John Doran

Distant Echoes: An Interview With kandodo

kandodo's sweeping guitar soundscapes, inspired by a childhood spent in Africa, evoke images of open space and the planet's wildest and most untamed corners. He speaks to Joseph Burnett about how his self-titled debut came together, and the predatory majesty of the hyena

I Can See Clearly Now… Penny Rimbaud Of Crass Interviewed

Penny Rimbaud's album Acts Of Love featured in our recent reissue chart, so we decided to talk to him about his work past and present. Story by Harry Sword

Eternal Tapestry

Dawn in 2 Dimensions

LOCOG Sinister: The Olympic Impact On Local Government Arts

A Quietus reader who works in local government in London got in touch to tell us about what he perceives the impact of the 2012 Olympic Games to be on grassroots work in the capital

Music Of The Moment: Nick Höppner Interviewed

As resident at Panoramabar and manager of Ostgut Ton, Nick Höppner is one of the pivotal figures behind Berlin's most iconic club space. He speaks to Eleanor Careless about his new mix CD, the beautiful simplicity of techno and house, and the debate around royalties currently threatening the city's club culture

Sonic Titan: An Interview With Al Cisneros Of Sleep & Om

Dr Rock hooks up with Al Cisneros of Sleep and Om to find out what's going on in the world of transcendental stoner rock

“Free In The Truest Sense”: Bill Wells Remembers Lol Coxhill

Bill Wells, shy magus of the Glasgow underground scene, remembers saxophonist Lol Coxhill, a man he calls “my total hero.”

Bruce Almighty! The Lacey Rituals Explored

Anthony Nield celebrates veteran polymath Bruce Lacey, subject of a new British Film Institute DVD compilation. Stills courtesy of the BFI

Killer Mike

R.A.P Music

Memory Pain: The Original Total Recall Revisited

Pre-empting next month's remake, Paul Verhoeven's 1990 sci-fi is being released on Blu-ray. Andrew Stimpson can remember it for you wholesale