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Esben & The Witch Interview: From Aeschylus To The South Downs

New Brightonian trio Esben & The Witch on history, mythology, and the joy of gothic pop

Patrick Kelleher

You Look Cold

Jon Savage Interview & An Extract From The England’s Dreaming Tapes

Following the publication of his book _The England's Dreaming Tapes_, author and journalist Jon Savage talks punk with The Quietus, and kindly donates an interview that just couldn't fit into his thousand-odd page bustling tome.

Wayne’s Worlds: Jeff Wayne’s War Of The Worlds Revisited

The last refuge of Dungeons & Dragons fans and lonely men who can quote from Red Dwarf? Not so! says Jimmy Martian. Let him explain . . .

The Final Curtain For Nine Inch Nails

As Nine Inch Nails (purportedly) played their last ever gig on these shores at Sonisphere and the 02 recently, Emily Bick says goodbye . . .

Wild Beasts

Two Dancers

The Author Of The Long-Player Goodbye On The Vinyl Frontier

One of John Doran's favourite books on music so far this year is a charming and engaging history of the vinyl album; so he decided to ask the author, Travis Elborough, if he genuinely thinks it's curtains for the 33rpm . . .

Nisennenmondai

Destination Tokyo

Cornershop

Judy Sucks a Lemon for Breakfast

Cigarette Burns: Turkey Shoot And The Pleasure Of Killing

Josh Saco explains the reasoning behind his choice of cult film for tonight's Cigarette Burns in London

Traena: The World’s Remotest Festival Reviewed

Off the North West coast of Norway, in the Arctic Cirlce, Traena is worth the journey. John Doran burns his return ticket

Julian Plenti

Julian Plenti Is Skyscraper

Colossal Youths: Young Marble Giants Interviewed

Four decades after its release, Young Marble Giants' _Colossal Youth_ remains one of the most enigmatic releases of the period. Alex Ogg talked to Stuart Moxham from the band

Field Day Preview: Mats Gustafsson Of The Thing Interviewed

Out of all the delights awaiting the listener at London's Field Day festival this weekend, Matt Evans is most looking forward to seeing free jazz saxophonist Mats Gustafsson as part of The Thing

Chad VanGaalen: Re-animating The DIY Scene

Animator, singer-songwriter and DIY producer Chad VanGaalen talks to Emily Moore

Bringing Out The Dead: New York Dolls On Their Highs And Lows

Mark Eglinton meets living legends Sylvain Sylvain and David Johansen of New York Dolls. Photo courtesy of Max Lakner

Juice Aleem

Jerusalaam Come

Field Day Preview: Toumani Diabate Interviewed

‘White Light/White Heat, The Velvet Underground Day-By-Day’ Reviewed

Critic Steve Jelbert digs deep into the latest page in the VU's ongoing mythology

A Jeffrey Lewis Comic: The History Of The Cribs

Jeffrey Lewis' comic book interpretations of musical history are among his finest work, so it's with pleasure we present to you Jeffrey Lewis on The Cribs

Nebula

Heavy Psych

Dirty Projectors & The Curse Of Brooklyn’s Hipster Ephemera

They're this summer's most talked about group in certain post and zip codes, but the Dirty Projectors stand for everything that's wrong with the hipster mentality, says Mimi Haddon. Artwork by David J Moats.

Clark

Totems Flare

The Twang

Jewellery Quarter

War Over Water: July’s Guest Article From Stack Magazines

In this month's Stack guest article, we bring you Good Magazine's in depth look at the potential for conflict over water in the Indian Subcontinent

New HEALTH Album Get Color Reviewed Track-By-Track

Unblinking vision, unmatched madness, the saddest rhapsody and pure, pure rhythm – but where do you go when your first record sounded like The End Of The World . . . ending? HEALTH return.

Nachtmystium

Doomsday Derelicts

Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist and Shocking Body Horror Films

_Antichrist_'s harrowing scenes of genital mutilation have the power to shock even today's desensitised viewers. Jeremy Allen wonders if the controversy is overshadowing this sophisticated drama. Plus The Quietus collect 10 similarly shocking scenes of body horror.

Thomas Dolby

The Golden Age Of Wireless & The Flat Earth reissues

Marillion

Live Albums Reissued

Latitude Festival Review: The Quietus Gets Saucy In Southwold

The Quietus bored by Yorke but tentage to Grace Jones, Pet Shop Boys and Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at the driest wet festival of the year. Photographs by Lucy Johnston.

Al Green Interviewed: Michael Jackson, Demons & The Lord

Hazel Sheffield got to talk to soul legend Al Green recently. It's a shame there were Demons listening in