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Roots Manuva

Slime and Reason

The Chemical Brothers: Their Greatest Hits And History In Singles

Cockney Cold War: Guy Ritchie, RocknRolla and Russian Movie Villains

Does the resurgence of Russian movie baddies signal another cultural cold war? Dave Moats reviews Guy Ritchie's epic return to form.

Goldblade

Mutiny

Metallica – Death Magnetic Reveiwed Track By Track

So, after all the fussing and fighting, we finally get to hear Metallica's tenth album. Was it worth the wait? Yes, says a surprised and pleased John Doran

Metallica’s Lars Ulrich On Cocaine, Oasis, Megadeth And That Quietus Incident

In the first of an occasional Quietus series, Lars Ulrich puts himself through the Rumour Mill and answers Joel McIver's questions on cocaine, whether 'St. Anger' was bobbins, and that little reviews hoo ha a few months back.

Bill Drummond Interviewed: Recorded Music Has Run Its Course

He is an Artist, Writer, Musician and, today, Cultural Theorist as well. Bill Drummond reveals that he is still a pertinent thorn in the side of the art and music establishment, when he chats to John Doran.

The Wackness + The Quietus’ Top Hip-Hop Tracks of 1994 Gallery

Dave Moats reviews this coming of age flick with a hip-hop soul and compiles the best tracks that didn't make it into the film

The Prodigy Talk To The Quietus About Experience And Jilted Generation

Liam Howlett, Maxim Reality and Keith Flint talk to John Doran about the birth of rave, their first two albums and singles from 'Charly' to 'Poison'.

TV On The Radio’s New Album Dear Science: A Track-By-Track Review

Could TV On The Radio's _Dear Science_ be the album where they finally realise their considerable live potential on wax? John Doran investigates.

Kompakt Compilation

Total Vol. 9

Albert Hammond Jr. On Fashion: The Suitability Of Suits & The Cut Of His Jib

As he puts the finishing touches to his own range of suits, Albert Hammond Jr. tells The Quietus the sartorial lessons he's picked up over the years.

Bloc Party

Intimacy

Reading Festival: The Birth Of The Queens Of The Stone Age

This weekend sees Queens of the Stone Age play Reading and Leeds. Here in an extract from his excellent book on the band, Joel McIver recounts their early days of rock & roll madness.

Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir

Ten Thousand

Somers Town: Shane Meadows’ Eurostar-Funded Film Reviewed

Does the fact that Somers Town is a feature-length Eurostar advert make it a bad film? David Moats thinks it through

Rapper Immortal Technique Swaps The Mean Streats Of Harlem For Afghanistan

Motorhead

Motorizer

Bob Mulhouse has a decidedly different take on Motörhead’s new album

The Fallen- Searching For The Missing Members Of The Fall: Reviewed

Dave Simpson nearly went bonkers tracking down everyone who's been given the boot from The Fall. John Doran finds the resulting tome to be essential reading for every Fall fan.

Sonic Youth w/ Mats Gustafson & Merzbow

SYR8

Hellboy II: The Golden Army Reviewed

Can the director of _Pan's Labyrinth_ please critics and comic book fans alike? Darren Lee decides.

Further Down the Spiral: Dark City A Decade On

Lost somewhere between _City of Lost Children_ and _The Matrix_, _Dark City_ finally gets the director's cut treatment. Andrew Stimpson takes another look at this cult classic.

Stereolab

Chemical Chords

Los Campesinos! First Against Wall In TWAT! (The War Against Twee)

The world stands, yet again, on the brink of the nuclear war, while simultaneously frying, blowing, flooding and burning to a premature end. How do twee band respond? By jumping up and down, shouting 'Yay!' and drinking Cherryade. Swells is unimpressed.

David Stubbs Remembers Getting Arrested With The KLF Back In 1991

Sepultura in Cuba. Our Man In Havana Ernesto Juan Meets The Metal Titans

Brazillian thrash metal overlords Sepultura brought the ruckus to the Communist state of Cuba recently. Our man Ernesto was there to have a real baptism of fire.

The Week That Was

The Week That Was

Uncle Agony Aidan Moffat: Back To Fix Your Weeping Sores

Aidan Moffat returns with the second installment of his all-new sex and love advice column, I'm No Expert.

Digga Please! The Quietus Says Happy Birthday To Vinyl

This week saw vinyl's 131st birthday. Unreconstructed disc hoarder John Doran tries vainly to explain why for him record collecting will never die. In 333 words.

Late Of The Pier

Fantasy Black Channel

Back To The Future – Talking With Bobby Gillespie and Mani of Primal Scream

Now in their third decade Primal Scream are still one of the country's most credible rock bands. Bobby G and Mani discuss their enduring appeal.

Slipknot’s All Hope Is Gone Not Just A Clever Name…

John Doran slowly peels back the masks of so-called extreme metal behemoths Slipknot and looks at the jaundiced and withered flesh underneath. It isn’t, he concludes, a pretty sight.