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“An Amazing Drug Like Quietus”: Jack Dangers Of Meat Beat Manifesto Interviewed

Nix Lowrey talks to Jack Dangers of Meat Beat Manifesto about dub, disaffection and railways

Supersonic 2010: In Gnod We Trust

Salford’s psych metal renegades break radio silence, just before their show at this weekend's Supersonic Festival in Birmingham. Simon Catling has his third eye cleansed

Prepare For The Worst: Facing The Apocalypse With The Body

The Body's And All The Waters Of The Earth Shall Turn To Blood an outrock highlight of 2010. Here they tell Luke Turner that their guns were bought for hunting men as much as critters

All Of This And Nothing: The Psychedelic Furs On Talk Talk Talk

The Psychedelic Furs return to the UK in late October to play their second album, _Talk Talk Talk_, in its entirety. Alex Ogg spoke to founding brothers Tim (bass) and Richard (vocals) Butler.

Belle & Sebastian

Write About Love

Flow Interrupted: DOOM Cracks Live

Whether it's the perennial issue of hip hop gigs sounding weird in venues tuned for bands, Oli Marlow struggles with Doom's set at Brixton Academy. Photo Matt Cheetham

Hurling Expletives, Dropping Rhymes: A Classic Interview With The Wu-Tang Clan

In this month's Rock's Backpages, Angus Batey of _HHC_ magazine talks to the Wu-Tang Clan about their classic debut _36 Chambers_ and turning the hip-hop tide from the West to the East... PLUS! Method Man's guide to the WU

Darkstar

North

Libraries, Latin & Horoscopes: Ex Libras Interviewed

Toby Cook talks to Ex Libras about their new EP _Cut(s)_, being compared to Radiohead and their famous shed

The Friends Experiment: The Social Network Reviewed

The film dream team of David Fincher, Aaron Sorkin (and Trent Reznor!?) expose the very messy origins of facebook. Val Siebert thinks there's much to 'like' in this critical and well crafted drama.

Automelodi

Automelodi

British Sea Power: Heroics In Hebden Bridge

At a tiny British Sea Power concert in Hebden Bridge, Ben Myers reflects on the impact the band had on his decision to move to the West Yorkshire town. Picture by Dave Scully

Memories Of Genius: 40 Years On Prince’s Dirty Mind Revisited

John Freeman is not a fan of post-Witness rebirth Prince. Here he recalls happier days with Dirty Mind

Megadef: DJ Shadow Interviewed

Josh Davis aka DJ Shadow has had enough of collaborating and wants to get back to solo way of work that made him famous on Endtroducing, he tells John Doran

Sufjan Stevens

The Age Of Adz

Where Terror, Awe And Rapture Fuse: Dario Argento’s Suspiria

On the eve of Cigarette Burns' screening of Suspiria, Jimmy Martin explains why Dario Argento's masterpiece is the cream of occult horror

Incubate Festival: A Radical Weekend In Holland

Petra Davis, Mr Mugwump and Stu Green (photos for Shots2Bits) head to the Incubate Festival in Holland and find an inspiring weekend of music and much, much more

Stig Of The Dump

Mood Swings

The “Chessence” Of Chilly Gonzales’ Ivory Tower

With cameos from Peaches and Feist, Chilly Gonzale's first foray into filmmaking is an inspired surrealist tale of two chess-playing brothers. The Quietus' resident chess expert, Mr. Seacrudge explains how the film missed a few "moves" and fills us in on real life "Jazz Chess"

People Don’t Have Convictions Any More: Marnie Stern interviewed

All hail Marnie Stern! Laura Snapes talks to the finger tapping rocker about music coming in phases and being misconstrued over comments about Best Coast

Deerhunter

Halycon Digest

Mechanical Children

Convictual Tongue

Banging The Door: John Lydon Reclaims His Irish Identity

Mic Wright reflects on PiL's performance at the Electric Picnic earlier this summer, and sees John Lydon exorcising his difficult history with Ireland and the Catholic church

How To Dress Well

Love Remains

Are You Normal? 10cc’s Graham Gouldman Interviewed

With all things smooth currently troubling both charts and blog, Joe Stannard talks to Graham Gouldman of 10cc who, he argues, were always about more than silky, chart-topping hits

Spiral Tap: Kylesa Interviewed

Psychedellic metal overlords Kylesa repeatedly punch Neil Kulkarni in the third eye. He surrenders to the spiral...

Suddenly The Maelstrom: Gaspar Noé On The Music Of Enter The Void

Gaspar Noé's _Enter the Void_ is a bracing technicolour drug trip through the seedy side of Tokyo, with a belting multilayered soundtrack. The infamous director of _Irreversible_ talks to our Robert Barry about the musical surprises in his latest soundtrack, created with Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter

Dustin Wong

Infinite Love

Ice, Sea, Dead People

Teeth Union

Supersonic 2010 Preview: Michael Rother Talks Hallogallo

The Quietus recently went to the excellent Incubate festival where, among other things, our team had a chat with Michael Rother about his Hallogallo project. All photographs courtesy of Stu Green/Shot2Bits. Listen below:

Adz And It Shall Be Given Unto You: Sufjan Stevens Interviewed

Jeremy Allen pulls up a pew and listens to Sufjan Stevens talking about his new direction and the lord...

Fast Forward To The Past: Summer Camp Interviewed.

John Freeman gets nostalgic with London duo Summer Camp about John Hughes, bad parties and support slots for a deceased Luther Vandross.