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A New Game: Dave Mustaine On Megadeth, Metallica & Memoirs

Tartan destroyer Mark Eglinton talks to Dave Mustaine about his new memoirs _A Life In Metal_, his martial arts training and patching things up with Metallica

Chris Carter Interview: Finding The Spaces Between

Scott McKeating talks to Chris Carter about _The Spaces Between_, sound fidelity, and wiring your way beyond the grasp of bootleggers

Lobi Traoré

Rainy Season Blues

It’s Not Blueberry Pie: Phil Selway Talks About His Solo Album

Radiohead drummer Phil Selway tells Ben Hewitt about the making of his solo album _Familial_, professes his ignorance of chillwave, and dodges questions about the new Radiohead record

Post Waving Not Drowning: Future Islands Interviewed

Born under punches, Future Islands strike out today on a UK tour. John Doran talks to them about side-stepping genres, romance and drug deals gone wrong

“I Wish I Was The Girl Next Door”: Akiko Matsuura Of Comanechi Interviewed

Ash Dosanjh sits down with Akiko Matsuura to discuss disapproving parents and dispel preconceptions of promiscuity

The 10 Rules Of Rock & Roll By Robert Forster Of The Go-Betweens

"75 quid?!" asks Steve Jelbert in his review of _The 10 Rules Of Rock & Roll_ by Robert Forster of The Go-Betweens

Looking For Water: JJ72’s Debut Revisited 20 Years On

Dean Sobers charts the history of Irish rock band JJ72, while Matt Kaufman speaks to Mark Greaney on the anniversary of their debut

Screwing It Up: The Hundred In The Hands Interviewed

Valerie Siebert talks to New York duo The Hundred In The Hands about their recently released self-titled debut album

Phil Selway

Familial

The Last Of The True Believers: Ian Astbury Interviewed

The Cult will tour the UK next year and have released new material earlier this month. Our man John Robb spoke to singer Ian Astbury about the history of The Cult, working with Boris and how the Quietus got it so, so, so, so very wrong. (Tour dates at foot of article...)

No Masks: An Interview With Meir Zarchi, Director Of I Spit On Your Grave

Robert Barry talks rape, revenge and morality with Meir Zarchi

Edwyn Collins

Losing Sleep

A Columnus Metallicus For The End Of Summer

Toby Cook now knows that you should never meet your heroes. He also knows the finest metal releases that you should currently be listening to...

KORT In The Act: Kurt Wagner & Cortney Tidwell Chart Their Work Together

Nashville’s Kurt Wagner and Cortney Tidwell have teamed up to record an album of country duets inspired by vintage label Chart Records. The Quietus has the exclusives on their new video and a mini documentary, and chats to the two about its evolution

Ninja Tune Week: Coldcut Wax Lyrical And An Exclusive Mix By Grasscut

Listen to an exclusive Ninja mix by Grasscut, while Coldcut tell John Doran about the rhythms they haven't used yet

Refusing To Play The Short Game: Kano Interviewed

Kano tells Ben Hewitt about broken promises, the pitfalls of chart rap and whether he really is a "foul mouthed rapper"

Manic Street Preachers

Postcards From A Young Man

Catching Trout & Minimalist Composition: S. Carey Interviewed

There's nothing The Quietus respects more than a man who's handy with a fishing rod, which is why we asked Daniel Ross to chat to S. Carey about catching trout - as well as his debut album _All We Grow_ and drumming with Bon Iver

Ken Livingstone Interviewed: Boris, The Other Boris, Music, Politics & London

As the polls close in the contest to become Labour's candidate for London Mayor, we publish an interview with Ken Livingstone on music, politics, the day Thatcher dies, and who would be better at running London: Boris or Boris?

Glasser

Ring

Branchage 2010: Skeletons – Bringing British Films Out of the Closet

_Skeletons_, showing this week at the Branchage Film Festival, is a quirky and surreal comedy with a strong, very British pedigree. Daniel Nixon wonders why it’s so hard for the mainstream British film press to promote more homegrown gems like this.

Ninja Tune Week: Roots Manuva Interviewed

It's Ninja Tune week here on The Quietus, so Robin Howells talks to the brilliant Roots Manuva about his new release _Duppy Writer_

Ninja Tune Week: An Extract From Stevie Chick’s 20 Years Of Beats & Pieces

Continuing Ninja Tune week here on The Quietus, we have an extract from Stevie Chick's excellent new tome _20 Years Of Beats And Pieces_, plus a Q & A with the author himself

Roots Manuva

Duppy Writer

At The End Of The Grosse Freiheit: The Beatles In Hamburg

Fifty years ago last month The Beatles first arrived in Hamburg, hungry, sleepless and unprepared (for what they found there, and what it led to), says Taylor Parkes

Your Window Shattering: Underworld And The City At Night

Mat Colegate goes to see Underworld live and talks to Karl Hyde about the joys of being a flâneur

The Black Angels

Phosphene Dream

Why Woebegone Wanderers Wild Beasts Fly The Flag Of True Folk

Leave your stick-on beard and flowering dress at home, for Wild Beasts' set at the Campfire Trails festival embodies the true spirit of the folk tradition, argues Luke Turner. Wild Beasts live shot by Lucy Johnston

Branchage Festival 2010: Scanner On His Magic Lantern Soundtrack

We kick off our coverage of this year's Branchage Festival with a chat with Robin Rimbaud, AKA Scanner, who'll be soundtracking a magic lantern show

Ninja Tune Week: XX Box Set Reviewed By Neil Kulkarni

Our man Neil Kulkarni gives his verdict on the Ninja Tunes box sets, and pays tribute to a label that is still irresistibly addictive