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Nostalgia Buffed: The Horrors Live

While witnessing The Horrors at the 100 Club, Tim Burrows argues that new album Skying shows a band greater than the sum of their influences. Image by Nick Gough Photos

The Little Battle Of The Big Horn: Colin Stetson Interviewed

John Doran talks to Colin Stetson - the sax-wielding creator of New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges, one of our albums of the year so far - about copping flak from the jazz community and apocalyptic feelings

When Saints Go Machine

Konkylie

Kindest Lines

Covered In Dust

Relentless Raw Movement: Death Grips Interviewed

Death Grips are the single most exciting new thing we have heard in 2011. John Calvert asks Flatlander about their methodology, hip hop, Odd Future, California and mental illness. Image courtesy Death Grips.

Talking Tom Tom Club: Chris Frantz & Tina Weymouth Interviewed

As Tom Tom Club hit the UK, Stephen Dalton sits down for a fascinating chat about Talking Heads, their relationship with David Byrne, their creative and romantic relationship, and why working with the Happy Mondays was even more difficult than you might have thought

Zomby

Dedication

Ghostly Tales In Amsterdam: 13&God Interviewed

Kiran Acharya talks to 13&God about death, poetry, beats and their new album Own Your Ghost

An Abyss Spits Out Another Abyss: Liturgy Live

Seeing them live in a Bloomington basement, Brad Sanders gets to the bottom of the never-ending Liturgy / black metal controversy. Photographs (including embedded gallery) by Chet Strange

Karlovy Vary Film Festival Roundup

Stephen Dalton reports from the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Czech Republic

The Voluntary Butler Scheme

Grandad Galaxy

Woah-Ho Heave-Ho: Former Verve Men Set Sail In The Black Ships

Former members of The Verve have reunited in the decidedly psychedelic new band The Black Ships. Dan Wale cracks a bottle of champagne across their bows

Sonic Router 021: Stanislav Sevostyanikhin Puts Things Into Kontext

For this month's Sonic Router, Oli Marlow talks to Russian producer Stanislav Sevostyanikhin, aka Kontext

Once More Unto The Bleach: Debbie Harry Interviewed

In a feature that originally appeared in The Stool Pigeon, John Doran talks to Debbie Harry about the history of Blondie, heroin, reggae and New York City. Debbie Harry photographed by Rebecca Miller

Gangster Trippin’: Ice-T Interviewed On Music, Films & America

Twenty years after his best album, O.G. Original Gangster, and his best film, New Jack City, Ice-T tells Joel McIver that things just ain't what they used to be

The Horrors

Skying

A New Language In Music: Congotronics vs Rockers Interviewed

As the Congotronics vs Rockers tour hits the UK and Konono Nº1 appear on the Quietus Village Mentality Stage at Field Day, Kevin E.G. Perry discovers more about this fascinating collaboration

The Original Darkplace: Lars Von Trier’s The Kingdom

David Moats explains the enduring appeal of Lars Von Trier's cult television show Riget (The Kingdom) which finally comes to DVD this week, packaged with lots of insightful special features about the mischievous Danish filmmaker

Beyond Action & Reaction: The Vorticists At Tate Britain

Writing on the current Vorticist exhibition, Luke Turner explores the short-lived movement that influenced The Fall and post-punk

Brian Eno

Drums Between the Bells

epic45

Weathering

BBC’s “Primetime Hauntology” The Shadow Line Reviewed

As the labyrinthine conspiracy thriller The Shadow Line comes to DVD, Joe Kennedy salutes a series that turns TV drama on its head and "reclaims the medium for oddness."

Ford & Lopatin

Channel Pressure

A Little Too Much Of Fry & Laurie? Celebrity Mediation Hits Overkill

You might expect better of Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, but even these doyennes of the English highbrow are now part of the depressing trend for everything to require celebrity involvement

Nothing To Hide: Anna Calvi Interviewed

Anna Calvi will be gracing the Quietus Village Mentality Stage at Field Day on August 6. Here, she chats to Jeremy Allen about flamenco, film and what it's like to have Brian Eno as a fan

Quietus Reissues, Mixes & Compilations Of The Year So Far

We're halfway through the year, so here's a recap of the anthologies, mix tapes and repackaged gems that have been rinsed on the Quietus stereo

Rory Gibb’s Second Electronic Music Round-up Review Column

The second Hyperspecifc column sees Rory Gibb look at new releases from falty DL, Bass Clef, Peverelist & Kowton, Arkist, Baobinga & co., Clams Casino, LA Vampires, Hype Williams, Emptyset, Sigha

Deerhoof

Milk Man (Reissue)

“Still A Deeply Political Act Of Listening & Love”: Pulp Live

Neil Kulkarni breaks his no-festival rule and braves the corporate overkill of Wireless to see his Pulp. His verdict? They "now stand mighty amidst the dwarfed mediocrity of modern indie" and, crucially, they're a band we need so much, right now. Photograph by Hayley Hatton

Moral & Aesthetic Truths: An Interview With Liturgy

Liturgy's Aesthethica is one of The Quietus's Albums Of 2011 So Far. Kevin McCaighy talks to the band's Hunter Hunt Hendrix about extremity, desire and D.H. Lawrence

Dr Dee: Damon Albarn’s Magickal Mystery Tour Fails To Become Gold

Stephen Dalton at the Manchester International Festival finds Damon "the Martin Amis of Britpop" Albarn's musical about the life of Dr John Dee to be a flawed production. Perhaps he should call intended collaborator Alan Moore to help him fix it?

The Demolition Man: Thurston Moore Interviewed

Thurston Moore's Demolished Thoughts is one of The Quietus's albums of 2011 so far. Here, John Doran talks to the Sonic Youth man about working with Beck and his trepidation about using the acoustic guitar