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Get On The Dyke & Ride! Jamie Thomson Cycles To Roadburn In The Netherlands

Intrepid man of pedal and metal Jamie Thomson tells the tale of his mission to cycle to the Roadburn Festival: featuring ferries, dykes, windmills, heaviosity, rude signage, useless national cycle trails, and 345 cheese & ham toasties

Sonic Router 020: Lando Kal Takes Things Further

For this month's Sonic Router, Oli Marlow talks to the nomadic Lando Kal about his musical evolution

Kid Congo And The Pink Monkey Birds

Gorilla Rose

Confessions Of A Marked Woman: EMA Interviewed

She's produced some of the Quietus' favourite music of 2011 thus far, and now Ben Hewitt morphs into a goat farmer from Vermont for some full moon conversation on her music, guns, rebellion and why she can't rap

Working With The Weapons At Hand: JG Thirlwell Of Foetus Interviewed

In a wide-ranging interview, Mark Emsley talks to Jim Thirlwell about his work including Foetus, Manorexia, and soundtracking Adult Swim's The Venture Bros. Photo by Marylene Mey

‘Cos Everybody Hates A Tourist: Pulp, Politics & Power At Primavera 2011

The Quietus heads to a Primavera Festival that takes place against the backdrop of an ugly police crackdown on Barcelona protesters. Tim Burrows explains why now is the perfect time for the return of Pulp, plus reviews of Factory Floor & Chris Carter, Einsturzende Neubauten, PJ Harvey, Odd Future, Swans and more. Pictures by Hayley Hatton

Kris Needs On His New New York Series & Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers

Legendary music scribe Kris Needs is curating a series of compilations of the music of New York. Here, he tells Luke Turner about the project, and gives us an extract about the very New York history of Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers, the doowop group who inspired Suicide

Listening With Your Feet: Boxcutter Interviewed

Rory Gibb sits down with Boxcutter (AKA Barry Lynn) and, in an extensive interview, they talk about his musical development and the changing nature of the artist-critic relationship.

Green Gartside Interviewed On Scritti Politti & His Welsh Heritage

It's a meeting of Welsh minds as Robin Turner sits down with Green Gartside to discuss Scritti Politti, politics and the green green grass of home. Portrait by Al Overdrive

Three Trapped Tigers

Route One Or Die

Alex Webster Of Cannibal Corpse On Home Cooking

Hide your tender suckling children, Cannibal Corpse's Alex Webster is in the house & feeling hungry! But, as he tells Toby Cook, these days he's all about food processing and a balanced diet

I’ll Tell You Now & I’ll Tell You Firmly: John Cooper Clarke Live

"For all we've heard of John Cooper Clarke, we've not really been listening to him." Catherine Thomas argues its time to re-asses the Bard Of Salford. Picture thanks to Shot2bits.net

Criminal Mind: Angels Of Evil Kim Rossi Stuart Interviewed

Italy's answer to Mesrine and Carlos, Angels Of Evil charts the rise of one of Milan's most notorious criminals. Rising Italian star Kim Rossi Stuart discusses his interactions with the real life Vallanzasca, inhabiting the criminal mind and working in Italy

Thurston Moore

Demolished Thoughts

Simon Jablonski On The Best Of The Cannes Film Festival

Simon Jablonski gives the verdict on The Tree Of Life, We Need To Talk About Kevin and the other flicks which provided the major talking points of this year's Cannes Film Festival

Action Over Information: Peter Bröztmann Live

Frances Morgan takes in Peter Bröztmann live at Café Oto, and forgets about all the ephemera to focus on just the music. Photo thanks to Andy Newcombe

Planningtorock

Jenny Hval

Viscera

A New Column: The Finest In May’s Electronic & Dance Releases

The Quietus is delighted to bring you the first instalment of Hyperspecific - the first in a monthly column from Rory Gibb on the finest dance, electronic and experimental music currently doing the rounds

Freddie Steady Go: Rhys Thomas’s Queen TV Special Previewed

From the least cool kid in school to trusted custodian of the Queen archives, comedian Rhys Thomas has turned his obsession with the band into a labour of love. Terry Staunton talks to him about his new documentary

Weather Becomes Music: Variable 4 At Faster Than Sound

This weekend, the Variable 4 weather-operated sound installation is at the Snape Maltings for the Faster Than Sound Festival. The Quietus finds out more

Stewart Lee Selects His Favourite 13 Albums

Comedian Stewart Lee talks to Simon Jablonski about his thirteen albums of all time, including The Fall (obviously), Ted Chippington, Guided By Voices, REM (who are a disappointment) and why Miles Davis and jazz are like stand-up

Efrin Manuel Menuck

Plays High Gospel

A Supreme Necrotic Audience: Anaal Nathrakh Interviewed

Nihilist German philosophers to the music of the tube tunnel: inside the terrifying sounds of Anaal Nathrakh

Death Grips

Exmilitary

13&God

Own Your Ghost

How The Music Industry Is Killing Music And Blaming The Fans

While the industry continues to blame illegal downloading for its financial woes, it’s musicians who are paying the price while being forced to work harder than ever. But label inertia means culture itself is at stake, and even democracy could suffer, argues Wyndham Wallace

The Strange & Frightening World Of: PULP

As Pulp prepare to take to the stage at the Primavera Festival, Luke Turner looks back at their long rise to mid-90s triumph, and selects some of the milestones along the way

Rudely Visionary: Planningtorock Interviewed

John Freeman talks to Planningtorock’s Janine Rostron about super-fan James Murphy, the quest to find her 'inner tranny' and new album W

The Musical Osteopath: An Interview With Woebot

In a wide-ranging chat, Daniel Baker talks to Matthew Ingram - aka Woebot - about his new album Chunks

Africa Hitech

93 Million Miles

Jonathan Donahue On The Troubled Birth Of Mercury Rev’s Deserter’s Songs

Mercury Rev are currently touring their 1998 classic album Deserter's Songs. Here, Jonathan Donahue narrates the bleak and troubled birth of an album that nearly wasn't. Interview by Luke Turner