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The Unusual Sensation Of Feeling Sorry For The US Republican Party

The Passion of Bobby Sands: Hunger Reviewed

Steve McQueen's harrowing debut is part _Battle of Algiers_ part _The Passion of the Christ_ and just barely avoids canonizing the IRA icon. Dave Moats explains why this is one of the best films in years.

Mastodon On New Album And Supporting Metallica and Slayer

Brann Dailor and Troy Sanders hang out with John Doran back stage at their recent show with Slayer and talk velvet paintings, miniature percussion and putting house guests off hand to gland combat.

See Wayne Coyne Introduce Flaming Lips Film Christmas On Mars

The Smiths

The Sound of The Smiths

Is The Daily Show America’s Saviour?

Big Ben Myers casts his jaded eye over coverage of the US presidential elections and finds only The Daily Show comes up smelling of roses.

El Guincho

Alegranza

The Peth

The Golden Mile

The Killers Interviewed: “We Tried To Sound Like MGMT!”

Our Man In Washington Mark Russell catches up with one of the biggest indie bands on the face of the earth and talks to Brandon Flowers about success, fatherhood and trying to write like The Arctic Monkeys and MGMT

Echo and the Bunnymen

Ocean Rain reissue

A Place To Bury Strangers Guide Us Through Their Teeth-Kicking Distortion

With the UK version of their debut out next week, Luke Turner discovers A Place To Bury Strangers are more than the sum of their noisy forebears

Wye Oak

If Children

Taking The Peth: Rhys Ifans vs. Paddy Considine As Rock ‘N’ Roll Singers

Welsh "shagger" Rhys Ifans of The Peth and "workman like" Midlands bloke Paddy Considine of Riding The Low go head to head in our one hundred percent spurious battle of the bands. (Which was tested with good humour by Jeremy Allen.)

Lou Reed

Berlin: Live At St. Ann's Warehouse

Revenge Of The Synth: Benge Interviewed & Synth Porn Photo Gallery

Ben 'Benge' Edwards has recorded a beguiling album in Twenty Systems which traces the history of the analogue synthesizer. John Doran chats to him and Lucy Johnston creates a gallery of vintage synthesizer porn.

Keane

Perfect Symmetry

The Short Films of David Lynch: A Film by Film Review

Dave Moats recalls trawling through the murky depths of David Lynch's website in search of this coveted collection of films which are finally available on region 2 DVD this week.

Quantum Of Solace Reviewed – Is It The Worst Bond Yet?

_Casino Royale_ may have been Bond's _Batman Begins_ but _Quantum of Solace_ ain't no _Dark Knight_. The 22nd Bond film lacks both the edge of _Bourne_ and the campy charm of the original. Chris Roberts picks apart this debacle.

Benge

Twenty Systems

A Cross The Universe: Justice Interviewed

Phil Hebblethwaite catches up with the Gallic D.A.N.C.E. duo to get the low down on their new DVD and distinctly un-Christian behaviour.

The Cure: Selecting The Best For One Side Of A C90

To celebrate the release of their 13th album, permanently teenage Cure fan John Doran recommends a primer to get you in the mood for crimping and back combing, culled solely from album tracks.

Peter Kay, Pre-Op: A Look Back At The Comic’s Career Before ‘Geraldine’

With Peter Kay's transsexual popstar alter-ego still riding high in the Top Ten, Alex Denney looks at the career of the much-maligned comedian.

The King Blues

Save The World, Get The Girl

Various Artists (curated by Jon Savage)

Dreams Come True - Classic First Wave Electro

Remembering Eraserhead, and 20 More of the Best Movie Posters Ever

With the long-awaited release of David Lynch's masterpiece _Eraserhead_ on DVD region 2, Austin Collings misses the enigma of the original as opitomised in its iconic poster. Plus, The Quietus collects the other 20 most enticing posters of all time.

The Dears

Missiles

Bring The Ruckus: Country & Western Versus Krautrock, Our Writers Rage

Quietus writers David Stubbs and Andrew Mueller square up to resolve one of the the great unanswered questions of our time

The Long Blondes

Singles

Los Campesinos!

We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed

Train Driver In Eyeliner Preview: Earl Brutus & Nick Sanderson Remembered

In advance of Monday's Nick Sanderson tribute concert, Roy Wilkinson remembers the man and the legend that is Earl Brutus

Gang Gang Dance Talk Neo Primitivism, Grime and Brian Eno

Midnight Meat Train: How Clive Barker’s Latest Was Almost Derailed

Despite some misguided embellishing of Barker's classic short story and Lionsgate's attempts to sideline the film, _The Midnight Meat Train_ still delivers finds Josh Saco.