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Reformed Libertines Drop A Bomb On The Boogaloo

"What was it about the £1.5million fee that made you reform The Libertines", Lewis G Parker asks Pete & Carl. But will his cynicism hold when he hears them performing? All pictures courtesy of Alice Wagstaffe

We’re Really Not That Positive: Cathedral Interviewed

Toby Cook sups beer with Cathedral singer Lee Dorrian and discusses anarchism, jolliness and what could have been for Napalm Death...

Bill Callahan

Rough Travel For A Rare Thing

Time To Change The Dancefloor: Ikonika Interviewed

Petra Davis finds out what makes Hyperdub label sensation Ikonika tick

Laura Marling

I Speak Because I Can

Gonjasufi

A Sufi And A Killer

A Practically Spoiler-Free Preview Of The Revelatory Return Of Doctor Who

There's been some trepidation about the post-Tennant & Davies incarnation of Doctor Who. But, as Adrian Lobb finds when he sits down to a preview screening, we could be looking at a classic series

Sonic Router 011: A Dubstep Column For April – Land Of The Skweee And Boss Kite

In this month's Sonic Router column, Oli Marlow explores the emerging form of Skwee with Brighton producer Boss Kite. Snag a free Skweee mix while you're at it

Shakespears Sister

Songs From The Red Room

Autechre

Oversteps

Various Artists

Cold Waves & Minimal Electronics Vol. 1

Up Axe! Polish Helmet! March’s Metal Reviews Column Is A Saxon Special

Toby Cook finds the latest set of a Saxon Reissues unsatisfying in a column that also features Neurosis, The Breathing Process, The Smoking Hearts, Nihill, XodiacK, Achilles and High On Fire

All The Vulgar Dudes: A Conversation With Spoon

Charles Ubaghs asks US critical darlings Spoon if they read their own press cuttings and if they're too American for British audiences

The Human Condition: Exodus Interviewed

Mark Eglinton speaks to Gary Holt, founder of thrash legends Exodus, about the selfishness of mankind and a devotion to metal

Secret Diary Of A Rock & Roll Star, Aged 45 ½: Part One. By John Moore

Former thirsty absinthe importer, Mary Chain drummer, Black Box Recorder guitarist and debonair man of letters Mr John Moore starts a new diary for the Quietus. In Part One, an altercation with a shredder leaves him rueing the fact that, all too often, the first cut is the deepest

MGMT

Congratulations

Black Francis

NonStopErotik

The Last Top: Duke Fakir Of The Four Tops Interviewed

Hazel Sheffield talks to the last original member of Motown sensations The Four Tops about growing up in Detroit and the genius of Michael Jackson

LCD Soundsystem This Is Happening track by track

Flashboys Killing It: Suede Slay Their Demons With An Emphatic Return

At their trio of gigs in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust, Suede lay to rest the ghosts of Britpop and _that_ guitarist, says Luke Turner

Detached Intimacy & Basic Space: LoneLady Interviewed

Mick Middles talks to Julie Campbell, aka LoneLady, about Manchester post-punks Ludus and her reluctance to be pigeon-holed as a 'female' artist

Nigeria Special Volume 2 & Afrobeat Compilation Reviewed

South By South West Festival: Music on Film Roundup

Stephen Dalton reports on the music-related films on offer at this years SXSW festival.

North Atlantic Oscillation

Grappling Hooks

The Wince Of Parties: MGMT’s Sophomore Slump

We're all for artistic freedom, says Julian Marszalek, but what happens when it leads a band straight off a cliff edge?

Orchestral Manoeuvres & Homoerotica: Owen Pallett Opens His Heartland

Owen Pallett, currently on a UK tour, introduces Luke Turner to the saucy farmer who inspired latest album _Heartland_. Photos by Lucy Johnston

Trash, You & Me: The Story Of Suede’s Coming Up, By David Barnett

As Suede prepare to take the Royal Albert Hall by storm, biographer David Barnett recalls their last gig there 15 years ago, and the troubled times that would result in the triumph of _Coming Up_

We’ve Always Been A Bit Strange: We Have Band Interviewed

Ailbhe Malone talks to the dance-rock trio about married life, Roy Orbison and stage fright

Slash Talks Gay Marriage & Why He’s Against Proposition 8

Big hat guitarist Mr Slash tells the Quietus about why he's an advocate of gay marriage... even if he doesn't entirely believe in the idea of getting hitched

Gene Genie: Why Playing A Gig In A Shopping Centre Brings Kiss Alive

It might not be the original line-up, but Jimmy Martin is still in thrall to the ridiculous might of Kiss at their recent Islington Academy gig

Merzbow

Another Merzbow Records

The Rock & Roll Dickens: A Tribute To Charlie Gillett

Terry Staunton pays his respects to a broadcasting pioneer, Charlie Gillett