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She Owns The Night: Vanessa Daou Interviewed

jonny mugwump talks to the New York based songstress about speakeasies, rave culture and the poem/song divide

Paul Weller

Wake Up The Nation

LCD Soundsystem

This Is Happening

Avi Buffalo

Avi Buffalo

Stool Pigeon Editor Phil Hebblethwaite On Running A Magazine

With our friends _The Stool Pigeon_ celebrating their fifth anniversary, editor Phil Hebblethwaite discusses the valuable lessons he's learnt over the last half-decade. Thanks to Anthea from Thrill Jockey Europe for the picture...

Jon Brooks Of The Advisory Circle Talks Ghosts, Humour And Public Information

Hauntological institution Ghost Box make their vinyl debut with a revamped version of Mind How You Go. Joe Stannard talks to Jon Brooks about the spectral vision of The Advisory Circle

This Right-Free Bauer My Prison: Contract Strife Bodes Ill For All Journalists

Publishing group Bauer's new "draconian" contracts for music journalists is bad news not just for Mojo, Kerrang! and Q's freelancers but for all journalists, says Ben Hewitt

“You Should Get Out More!” A Certain Ratio Interviewed

Jez Kerr talks to Maddy Sparham about the influence of A Certain Ratio and the murky balance between art and commerce

A Tribute To Carol Clerk

Remembering our friend and colleague Carol Clerk

Twenty Thoughts About Love & Erykah Badu’s New Amerykah Part Two

Neil Kulkarni gets to grips with Erykah Badu's new long player. _Photo by Jay Electronica_

Slash

Slash

Sink Your Teeth In: Blood Everywhere Interviewed & Listen To Music Here

Julian Marszalek talks to bedroom producer Ian Wade about vampires, black pudding and _EastEnders_

Wardruna

Gap Var Ginnunga

Diplo And Behold: A Rolo Tomassi Interview

Hardcore band ROLO TOMASSI are saving the keytars and trucker caps for the next album. John Doran spoke to the band for The Stool Pigeon recently. Live photographs by Maria Jefferis and Stu Green for Shot2Bits.net

Escaping Suburban Ennui: Date Night And Other Burb Pics

Daniel A. Nixon gives the verdict on Steve Carell and Tina Fey's latest venture, as well as listing the films which explore the hum drum existence of the suburbs

Luther Russell

Motorbike

Why Music Criticism Is Important, By Zer0 Books’ Tariq Goddard

In a response to last week's piece on Nick Kent's new book, zer0 Books editor Tariq Goddard argues that music journalism is a vocation worth pursuing

Music Go Music

Expressions

Cathedral

Guessing Game

Caribou

Swim

Cluster

Qua

Grace Under Pressure: An Interview With Grace Jones

Grace Jones speaks to John Doran in this archive interview from 2008. Illustration: Justine Moss

Sweetest Perfection: Depeche Mode’s Violator 30 Years On

Three decades on from its release, Emily Bick remembers how as a teenager in Mall America, _Violator_ was a record that spoke of sex with style, and paved the way for _Twilight_

Sins Of The Modfather: Paul Weller Speaks About Leaving His Comfort Zone

After running into Paul Weller at a SunnO))) gig last year, The Quietus have been obsessed with finding out exactly how deep Paul Weller's love for music outside of the canon actually runs. Julian Marszalek investigates

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

In his first diary for the Quietus, John Moore had a nasty accident with a pair of scissors and a shredder. Ever the artist, he didn't let this stop him making some fingerbob bongo. Pictures may appear work unsafe...

Lou Reed

Metal Machine Music (reissue)

Blacklist

Midnight Of The Century

Lost Loves & Exploding Cars: Author Dave Simpson On The Curse Of The Fall

Dave Simpson, author of _The Fallen - Life In And Out Of Britain’s Most Insane Group_, shares his fears that searching for Mark E. Smith's discarded bandmates may have cursed his life

A New World Every Heartbeat: A Profile Of Tristram Cary

Robert Barry looks at the life and work of Tristram Cary, pioneer of electronic music and composer of the scary bits in _Dr Who_

Vex’d

Cloud Seed

Autechre Live: A Self-Reflexive Brock Out

Angus Finlayson braves over-zealous bouncers to experience the joy of an Autechre performance - and attempts to explain exactly what makes them so engaging live