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New Young Pony Club

The Optimist

Here Comes The Man: Frank Black Interviewed

Ben Hewitt and Black Francis sup on gin and wine respectively as they discuss music, sexuality, ghosts, Lou Reed and Virginia Woolf - and, just maybe, another Pixies reunion tour

Silent Sound: Iain & Jane And Jason Pierce Warp Minds In Middlesbrough

At this weekend's AV Festival, artists Iain & Jane will be joined by Jason Pierce as they revive their Silent Sound performance. In an essay for the Quietus, they take us through the event.

Gorillaz

Plastic Beach

dEUS

Worst Case Scenario

Red Riding & The English Malady: The Influence of Gordon Burn

Austin Collings pens a tribute to Gordon Burn and looks at David Peace's fantastic _Red Riding_ series

The Knife In Collaboration With Mt.Sims & Planningtorock

Tomorrow In A Year

The Ruby Suns

Fight Softly

Thinking Outside The Box: PiL’s John Lydon Interviewed

David Gavan finds John Lydon in unusually candid mode, discussing PiL, friends past and former, Irish and English identity and his idea of a good read

There Is Life On Mars: The Besnard Lakes Interviewed

"Is there life on Mars?" Major Neil Kulkarni asks Captain Jace Lasek of spacebound craft The Besnard Lakes. Their stellar conversation is beamed back for your ellucidation, evaluation and entertainment - no sat nav necessary

Dillinger Escape Plan’s Option Paralysis Reviewed Track-By-Track

Noel Gardner gets his ears around Dillinger Escape Plan's new album _Option Paralysis_

Joanna Newsom

Have One On Me

This Month In… Dancehall: Why Only Jamaicans Should Use Autotune

Neil Kulkarni delivers a swingeing blow to the whingers. Imagine a glitter and blood encrusted Doc Marten stamping on the face of autotune for all eternity. Unless you're in Jamaica of course...

Archie Bronson Outfit

Coconut

All That Glitters Is Not Gold: The Worst Oscar Winning Films

David Bax takes a trip down memory lane and looks at the worst films which took home Oscar gongs

Shearwater

The Golden Archipelago

Why Closing BBC 6 Music Is A Disaster For Independence

Luke Turner says that today's announcement will be a disaster for independent record labels and, given the current reach of digital radio, bizarrely timed.

Liars On Los Angeles: The City That Shaped Sisterworld

It was in response to the violence and alienation of Los Angeles that Liars created their new album Sisterworld. Here, they tell talk to Ben Hewitt about the underbelly of the City of Angels

Morrissey: Maudlin Treats From Beyond The Hits

While there's nothing wrong with a Morrissey solo hits comp, that is never going to give you the whole story. Jeremy Allen, Jude Rogers, Alex Ogg, Will Parkhouse, Ben Graham, Tom Milway, Joseph Stannard and Petra Davis explain their non-hit single choices...

John Robb Remembers Section 25’s Larry Cassidy

Section 25 are on of the great forgotten post-punk groups. John Robb pays tribute to frontman Larry Cassidy

The Woodentops Live: Back On The Love Train At Last

"You’ve always been at the back of my mind…" Wyndham Wallace welcomes The Woodentops to Berlin’s Lido Club.

Jaga Jazzist

One-Armed Bandit

Sonic Router 010: Turning The Spotlight On Florent Aupetit

As we near the end of February but Winter is still in full force Oli Marlow looks to French dubstep producer Florent Aupetit and our free download mix to warm the cockles of his heart

The Best From Berlin: Berlinale Film Festival Report

Our man in Germany Stephen Dalton takes a look at the best the Berlinale film festival had to offer this year and reports back to The Quietus

Gavin Friday Of The Virgin Prunes On The Fall & Sending Postcards To MES

Thanks to Odhran Smith as your man in Ireland, for this exclusive interview with Gavin Friday of the Virgin Prunes about his time with The Fall and his friend Mark E. Smith

Errors

Come Down With Me

No Commercial Value: Al Overdrive’s Photography And Spotify Playlist

Photographer Al Overdrive compiles us a Spotify Playlist of his favourite songs and talks about his passion for picturing tattooed rockers

Like A Wound That Won’t Heal: The Danish Art Metal Of Kellermensch

Jack Mills unpicks the Gordian knot of the music of Kellermensch

I Do Not Believe In Love: Viv Albertine On Life Post The Slits

Viv Albertine talks candidly to Will Parkhouse about her musical reawakening and the release of her excellent new EP Flesh, on Ecstatic Peace

Efterklang

Magic Chairs

Like Tears In The Rain: Death Scenes On The Big Screen

David Bax takes a look at some of the best - and longest - death scenes in movie history

Why Whitey Needs To Get Off Lou Reed’s Dick And Onto Lady Gaga

"Grand" Mof Gimmers gives it to us straight - whitey is just too damn afraid of Lady Gaga... and would rather take refuge in fucked old codgers Reed, Osterberg Jr and Jones... but isn't that missing the fucking point?!