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Rangda

False Flag

All Tomorrow’s Parties Reviewed: All Hail Matt Groening

Luke Turner and John Doran raise a glass to Matt Groening and Barry and Deborah at ATP for one of the most enjoyably eclectic festival line-ups they've ever witnessed. All photos by Maria Jefferis, Andy Ennis and Edd Westmacott for Shot2Bits.net

Live From Cannes: The Quietus Film Blog Part 1

Our Quietus correspondent Eftihia Stefanidi gives us the latest from the 63rd Cannes International Film Festival. Stay tuned for regular updates and film picks throughout the week.

Gayngs

Relayted

Sonic Router 012: Eleven Tigers And Free Download Mix

We cannot stop him. His bass is too strong. Oli Marlow speaks to Eleven Tigers. Scroll down for a fine free mix as well

Andrew Paine & Richard Youngs

Robot

Tom Jones Interview: Why Applause Is The Greatest Drug Of All

Living legend and Wales' finest son talks exclusively to Julian Marszalek about his life, work and loves... and why a round of applause and a pint of decent ale are the only drugs he'll ever need

Bad Upholstery & Vacant Silences: Samantha Morton’s The Unloved Reviewed

Hannah Gregory finds much to laud in Samantha Morton's gritty directorial debut

Roll Over The Icicle Works: Ian McNabb Interviewed

Rob Haynes chats to Ian McNabb about the regrets and recriminations of cult favourites The Icicle Works

The National

High Violet

JJ

No. 3

Gardner’s Straight Hedge No. II: The Finest In Punk & Hardcore

Our Noel Gardner's back with the best tapes, releases, CDs and so forth in punk and hardcore and says: what's wrong with jamming on the stepping stones?

James Hetfield: The Wolf At Metallica’s Door By Mark Eglinton – An Extract

An excerpt from the new tome by Quietus scribe Mark Eglinton, the first author to pen a biography of Metallica singer James Hetfield

Bringing The Balmy & Barmy To Life: Animal Collective’s ODDSAC Reviewed

Daniel Ross takes in Animal Collective's new visual album at the ICA, and suggests that to take the Baltimore band too seriously is to miss the point altogether

Hole

Nobody's Daughter

A Vision Of Decadence: Joanna Newsom On Have One On Me

Jude Rogers speaks to Joanna Newsom about the writing of her "physical and earthy" new album, _Have One On Me_

Keeping It Together: The New Pornographers Interviewed

Will Parkhouse discusses definitive records and revenge plots with Carl 'AC' Newman, lead singer with The New Pornographers

Reading The Faerie Queene & Carrying Listerine: Foals Interviewed

Foals sit down with Ben Hewitt to discuss their new album _Total Life Forever_, destroying the music industry and studio nightmares

Columnus Metallicus – Spend Spring Loaded With Toby’s Metal Reviews

This month, Toby gets angry with a volcano, blasts back some LSD-screwed weed when he should have been writing about tanks, and brings you the best and worst in metal and beyond

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

After slicing his hand open and whiling away the hours turning his hand into a newsagent's top shelf, our man Moore falls off the wagon...

Hot Dayte: Sex, Friends & Keeping It 69 Smooth – A Gayngs Interview

Al Denney slips on something more comfortable to talk to Ryan Olson about why his Gayngs project is far from ironically smooth, and why getting the likes of Bon Iver to contribute to an album of the music they all jerk off to was no sweat

Foals

Total Life Forever

Disco Discharge: Alan Jones On The Gayest Of Disco & Free Boogie Mix

After his brilliant piece on the first in the Disco Discharge series Alan Jones gives the Quietus another essay about coming out and the non-stop party that was the 70s

Optimo Prime: JD Twitch Speaks About Fabric Mix

On the eve of the release of their much anticipated Fabric mix and an appearance at the London club, Keith McIvor (aka JD Twitch) chats to John Doran about the ongoing Optimo (Espacio) project now that their revered Glasgow night is no more...

Disintegration: A Classic 1989 Interview with Robert Smith of The Cure

More from those heroic folk at the Rock's Backpages archive. This time, Robert Sandall interviews Robert Smith of The Cure in 1989 about their landmark album, Disintegration. Live shots by Maria Jefferis/Shot2bits.net

The Hold Steady

Heaven is Whenever

Hang Cool Teddy Bear: A Meat Loaf Interview

Dr Rock interviews the original Bat Out Of Hell, Mr Meat Loaf about his new album

Olafur Arnalds

...And They Have Escaped The Weight Of Darkness

New Labour, New Genre: Political Drama In The Blair And Brown Years

The General Election that could end the New Labour era nears a conclusion – here, Adrian Lobb looks at the new wave of political biopics in the last 13 years

Hear It In The Electricity: Pantha Du Prince Interviewed

Charles Ubaghs talks to Hendrick Weber about his new album _Black Noise_, his friendship with Animal Collective and his grandmother's musical taste

A Deathly Plague: Mike Patton Talks About Mondo Cane And Avant Metal

Mike Patton talks to Robert Barry about his days in Mr Bungle and his new operatic project Mondo Cane

Thee Oh Sees

Warm Slime