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Ouija Board, Ouija Board: Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst Interviewed

Lewis G. Parker talks to Conor Oberst about his new album The People's Key

An Unpublished Interview With Hunter S. Thompson

To mark the anniversary of Hunter S. Thompson's death - and with a film adaptation of his novel The Rum Diary due later this year - The Quietus is thrilled to bring you this previously unpublished interview, conducted in 1998. The great man discusses the Clinton scandal, fraught film adaptations and his own battles with the establishment

The Coen Bros’ True Grit: Jeff Bridges and Hailee Steinfeld Interviewed

Daniel A Nixon sits down with Jeff Bridges and Hailee Steinfeld as they discuss father figures, eye-patches, and why Bridges' surly US Marshall is neither a John Wayne nor a Clint Eastwood prototype

Stuck In His Own Head: An Interview With Gruff Rhys

The Super Furry Animals man talks to Valerie Siebert about his new album Hotel Shampoo, writing songs for Britney Spears and why he wants Sylvester Stallone to play him in a film

Gruff Rhys

Hotel Shampoo

Rebekka Karijord

Nobel Art Of Letting Go

Electric Blue: Hercules And Love Affair Interviewed

John Doran can barely understand a word that Andy Butler is saying at first. It's a good job he keeps on listening...

Ian Rankin & Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite On Words, Music & Scotland

The Quietus gets the writer Ian Rankin and Stuart Braithwaite from Mogwai in a room, and makes them talk. Here's what happened

Mogwai

Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will

Bill Orcutt

A New Way To Pay Old Debts

Fukked In The Head: The Skull Defekts Interviewed

_Peer Amid_ is the first heavy rock record we loved this year so John Doran spoke to The Skull Defekts about repetition, repetition and repetition

Apocalyptic Dreaming: Ben Chasny On Six Organs Of Admittance

Ned Raggett asks Ben Chasny about the new Six Organs Of Admittance album Asleep On The Floodplain

When The Levee Breaks: Treme Reviewed

Terry Staunton sacrifices a chicken and finds that the gods of voodoo are smiling on HBO's Treme

The Distractions

Dark Green Sea

This Is Phil (And Jo And Sue) Talking: The Human League Being Grilled

John Doran talks to Joanne Catherall, Susan Ann Sulley and Philip Oakey about the the 30-year journey from _Dare_ to _Credo_. But he doesn't ask them about "that song"...

The Maiden Aunts Of Techno: Blancmange Interviewed

John Doran hails the return of Blancmange after a 25-year absence, and finds out all about their new album Blanc Burn

PJ Harvey

Let England Shake

Deerhoof

Deerhoof v.s Evil

Ghostpoet

Peanut Butter Blues and Melancholy Jam

Engaging With The Agents Of Change: Bob Geldof Interviewed

Julian Marszalek talks to Bob Geldof about his new album How To Compose Popular Songs That Will Sell and explains why writing songs about specific issues is "nonsense"

Odd Events In Country Houses: Never Let Me Go Reviewed

While this much anticipated adaptation may lack the subtlety of of Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, Toby Manning thinks _Never Let Me Go_ more than makes up for it with its meticulously crafted setting and strong performances

Unspoilt By Progress: A Conversation With Black Swan Composer Clint Mansell

While Black Swan cleans up at the box office, soundtrack composer Clint Mansell sits down to tell Kiran Acharya about art, Aronofsky, post rock and Public Enemy

The Streets

Computers and Blues

The Go! Team

Rolling Blackouts

Positive Feedback: Cultus Sabbati Interviewed & Free Album Dowload

Mysterious occult dub, BM, power electronics trio Cultus Sabbati are offering their album Garden Of Forking Ways for free download. They leave John Doran with ringing ears

The White Stripes: Delving Beyond The Hits

Last week, Jack and Meg White revealed that The White Stripes had come to an end. Manish Agarwal, Barnaby Smith, Jeremy Allen, Luke Turner, Ben Hewitt, Tom Howard and Al Denney pick over some of their favourite lesser known gems by the Detroit duo...

I’m Not Some Sort Of Genius: Bright Light Bright Light Interviewed

John Freeman talks to Welsh popstar in waiting Rod Thomas - aka Bright Light Bright Light - about dirty Ace Of Base secrets, the perfect pop song and Gremlins

Sea Of Bees

Songs For The Ravens

Everything Has A Language To It: An Interview With Earth’s Dylan Carlson

In a frank interview with Jack Mills, Dylan Carlson discusses his health problems and the inspiration for Earth's new album Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light 1

Disco Discharge

Disco Fever USA / Euro Beat / Cruising The Beats / Mondo Disco

Reggae Britannia Reviewed: The Rise Of The Rebel Stance

Terry Staunton welcomes a fine documentation of reggae's past in the latest from the BBC's ... Britannia series - the question now is, where does it go next? Photo from the BBC