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Aidan Moffat: The Worst Gig I Ever Played (& A Few I’ve Been To)

Next week, the Quietus is helping put on an Aidan Moffat pop concert in London. We're hoping that he's learned some lessons from the escapades that he outlines below

Tender & Wasteful: Michael Winterbottom On His New Film The Killer Inside Me

Daniel A Nixon talks to director Michael Winterbottom about his latest film _The Killer Inside Me_ as well as music, noir and Steve Coogan

The Cure

Disintegration (reissue)

Team Ghost

You Never Did Anything Wrong To Me

The Time I Went To Eurovision, By Steve Jelbert

As this weekend's Eurovision Song Contest approaches... chapeau! It's free-wheeling Steve Jelbert remembering a trip to the contest of European harmony, and musical dischord

Rolo Tomassi

Cosmology

Adolescent Awkwardness: U2’s Boy 40 Years On

Ben Graham confesses his love for early U2, and implores us to remember them before they became the biggest band in the world.

“Chillwave Is Ridiculously Fun”: Small Black Interviewed

Ross Pounds talks to glo-fi troupe Small Black, and ponders whether impeccable taste is the foundation of any band's success

Konono No.1

Assume Crash Positions

From The Archives: Everything You’d Rather Not Know About Eno

In this classic 1974 interview from Rock's Backpages, Chrissie Hynde gets more than she bargained for when sent to interview Brian Eno for _NME_

No Flak Jacket Required: In Defence Of Phil Collins

In his first piece for the Quietus, Gary Mills hits the ground running with a one-man Dunkirk-style rescue mission for the sake of the reputation for drumming Tory homunculus Phil Collins

Band Of Horses

Infinite Arms

Primavera Sound 2010: Five Festival Moments Not To Be Missed

Kev Kharas is off to Primavera tomorrow, the bastard. Here's a Dragnet special on his top picks and why the Barcelona bash is an antidote to 'festival season'

We’ll Be Seeing You: The Prisoner’s Fading Six Appeal & Other TV Re-Boots

With the forthcoming release of the remade version of _The Prisoner_ on DVD, Terry Staunton opines on the updated version of the cult classic

Starting From Square One: Cornershop Interviewed

The forgotten survivors of the 90s explain to Jonny Garrett why they were never Brit Pop and deserve better than they get

Steve Mason

Boys Outside

Sunny Delights: Free Energy Interviewed

Power Poptimist and Free Energy frontman Paul Sprangers talks to Oli Simpson about Coldplay, conspiracy theories and the importance of being earnest

The Black Dog

Music For Real Airports

Live From Cannes: The Quietus Film Blog Part III

The final instalment of The Quietus Cannes blog from Eftihia Stefanidi. Read Part I here and Part II here.

The Fuel Hasn’t Run Dry Just Yet: 65 Days Of Static Interviewed

Simon Jay Catling talks to 65 Days Of Static's Paul Wolinski about their new album _We Were Exploding Anyway_, touring with The Cure and embracing dance music. Thanks to Scott Bartlett for the picture

Blow The Tanks: Chrome Hoof Interviewed & Crush Depth Reviewed PLUS Free Mix

John Doran explains why _Crush Depth_ ranks so highly on his albums of 2010, while Ben Hewitt ask Chrome Hoof about sacrificing goats and trapping Garry Bushell inside a giant plastic bubble. Plus, Milo from the band provides a rather excellent free mix for everyone to enjoy

Holy Fuck

Latin

Flying Lotus

Cosmogramma

David Holmes

The Dogs Are Parading

The New Pornographer: A Richard Kern Interview

The cult photographer and no-wave filmmaker Richard Kern talks to John-Paul Pryor about Lydia Lunch, Sonic Youth, self-harming super-freaks and the search for a new kind of beauty.

The Antidote To The Supergroup Dollar: Alan Wilder Of Recoil Interviewed

Maddy Sparham talks to Alan Wilder about the past of Depeche Mode and the future of Recoil

Jamie Lidell

Compass

Judas Priest

British Steel

Acid Washed

Acid Washed

Bad Lieutenant Review & The Cult Classics Werner Herzog Should Remake Next

Nicholas Cage directed by Herzog in a remake of Ferrara's _Bad Lieutenant_? Stephen Dalton is not amused, but finds time to come up with five other films ripe for treatment by the German director

I Was A Marine Girl: Kurt, Courtney, LCD & Me By Tracey Thorn

In a fascinating piece for the Quietus, Tracey Thorn wonders why the Marine Girls have had such an impact on anyone from LCD Soundsystem to Courtney Love and Nirvana

Here Are The Old Men: Unexpected Pleasures At Hooky’s Joy Division Tribute

The very idea of Peter Hook's new band The Light playing _Unknown Pleasures_ and early Joy Division attracted an elephant's herd of derisive snorts. Yet Mick Middles cautions against your cynicism.