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Reviews 6

Who Will Stop The Rain? Lana Del Rey Live At Oya

Field Day 2014: The Quietus Review, Sunday

The Language Of Violence – The Pixies Play Live

Articles 16

Books

Everyone Should Sing! Patrick Freyne’s OK, Let’s Do Your Stupid Idea Playlist

Patrick Freyne's debut *Ok, Let's Do Your Stupid Idea* is a riotously funny and oddly moving memoir. Here he shares the music that kept him company as he wrote it

Anniversary

30 Years On: Pixies’ Surfer Rosa Revisited

Surfer Rosa quickly cemented itself as a must-have album. Not surprising, says Michael Hann, given that it's pretty much a classic rock statement

Anniversary

30 Years On: Pixies’ Trompe Le Monde Revisited

30 years on from Pixies’ “swan song", Brian Coney revisits Trompe Le Monde

Anniversary

Frank Black’s Teenager Of The Year Revisited

Jeremy Allen looks back to what just might be the high-water mark of Frank Black's entire career...

Beyond The Hits

Pixies: Quietus Writers Digging For Fire Beyond The Hits

With the Pixies' Sunday headline set at Field Day approaching, Simon Price, John Freeman, John Doran, Nick Hutchings, Julian Marszalek, Phil Harrison, JR Moores, Cian Traynor, Laurie Tuffrey, Stewart Smith, Jeremy Allen, Luke Turner and Paul Tucker get levitated beyond the hits and list some of the band's greatest album tracks, B-sides and rarities

Baker's Dozen

Planets Of Sound: Joey Santiago Of Pixies’ Favourite Albums

With Indie Cindy out and their headline slot at Field Day on the horizon, Joseph Alberto Santiago, Pixies' lead guitarist-cum-noise implementer, rocks us with his 13 defining records

Books

Facing The Other Way: Ivo Watts-Russell & Vaughan Oliver On 4AD Records

Wyndham Wallace talks to 4AD's founder and chief design artist about the history of the label and Martin Aston's new book

A Quietus Interview

Joy & Futurism: Kurt Ralske Of Ultra Vivid Scene Interviewed

Jon Dale talks to the Ultra Vivid Scene front man and artist about dream pop and "German Futurist Cinema"

Anniversary

20 Years On: The Breeders’ Last Splash Revisited

Emily Mackay enjoys goosebumps - or is that endures horripilation - on relistening to the Breeders' second LP

Anniversary

Incestuous Unions: Pixies’ Come On Pilgrim Revisited

Twenty-five years after its release, John Freeman looks back on a life-changing debut record bursting with darkness, death and illicit sex and brilliant pop songs

Anniversary

Copper Blue 20 Years On: Sugar’s Bob Mould Interviewed

Bob Mould gives a full and frank account of the making of the album that established his post-Hüsker Dü career to Julian Marszalek

A Quietus Interview

Counting Backwards: Throwing Muses Interviewed

As they prepare to tour Europe with their career-spanning release, the three Muses talk to John Freeman about the moments that defined one of America’s finest guitar bands and how they’ve come to a record a new 38-track album

A Quietus Interview

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

A Quietus Interview

Vaughan Oliver: A Portrait Of The Artist As A Jung Man

Vaughan Oliver has been responsible for creating the look and cementing the visual aesthetic of 4AD records since the early 80s. John Doran meets him to talk about producing sleeve art that endures

Reissues etc. of the Year

The Quietus Self-Indulgent Reissues, Comps & Mixes Of The Year List: 20 to one

The Quietus rounds off its list of reissues, compilations and mixes by using means no more scientific than casting a goat's entrails across the office. Guaranteed Beatles free.

Black Sky Thinking

As Blur Hit Hyde Park, We Assess The Reunion Deluge

Julian Marszalek suggests that the current crop of reunions will only be justified if the artists knuckle down and write some new material

Baker’s Dozen Appearances 7

Baker's Dozen

The Weirder The Better: Buzz Osborne Of Melvins’ 13 Favourite Records

Melvins founder King Buzzo takes tQ through a list of his thirteen favourite records, from Tom Waits to Butthole Surfers via PiL, Pixies and The Who

Baker's Dozen

All In It: British Sea Power’s Scott Wilkinson On His Favourite LPs

Ahead of British Sea Power's soundtracking of Polish animation at the Barbican as part of Kinoteka Film Festival and the release of new album Let The Dancers Inherit The Party, vocalist Scott Wilkinson guides Richard Foster through his favourite albums, from War Of The Worlds to Mighty Sparrow, Pavement and more. Photo by Mayumi Hirata

Baker's Dozen

Embedded In The Skull: Colin Stetson’s Favourite LPs

As the experimental multi-instrumentalist prepares to release an envelope-pushing solo album and play the Quietus-partnered Big Ears Festival in Tennessee, he takes us through 13 LPs that have shaped the journey so far.

Baker's Dozen

Northern Uproar: Tanya Tagaq’s Favourite Albums

With the release of her phenomenal new album, Retribution, the Inuit throat singer talks to John Freeman about the albums that make her laugh and cry. And laugh some more.

Baker's Dozen

How Was It For You? Tim Booth Of James’ Favourite Albums

After the release of James' Girl At The End Of The World, lead singer Tim Booth tells John Freeman about clandestine childhood listening and the redemptive powers of Iggy Pop in choosing the LPs that "saved his life"

Baker's Dozen

Something Searing: Yannis Philippakis Of Foals’ Favourite Albums

Before the release of new album What Went Down, the Foals frontman gives Lisa Lavery his top 13 LPs, all records united by "people's voices that connect directly", moving through Arthur Russell, Pixies and Howlin' Wolf

Baker's Dozen

All You’re Waiting For: Nancy Whang’s Favourite Albums

With the first of her new singles series out on Gomma and an album from The Juan MacLean due this summer, the former LCD Soundsystem member and DJ talks Thomas Hasson through her all-time top records

News 34

Pixies Detail New Album, ‘The Night The Zombies Came’

The group's 10th album is preceded by lead single 'Chicken'

Pixies Unveil Reissue Of BBC Radio Sessions Collection

It marks the first time 'Pixies At The BBC, 1988-91' has been pressed on vinyl

Pixies Detail New Album, ‘Doggerel’

It's their fourth studio album since first reuniting in 2004

Pixies Revisit 2004 Brixton Shows With New Box Set

'Live In Brixton' collects the band's four Brixton Academy shows which marked the end of an 11-year hiatus

Pixies To Headline Next Year’s End Of The Road

The band will take top billing next year, having been due to play at the festival's 2020 edition

End Of The Road Announces First Names For 2020

Pixies, King Krule, Angel Olsen and Big Thief will headline this year's event

Pixies Share First Instalment Of Podcast

The 12-episode series will run weekly until the release of their new album

LISTEN: New Pixies

Pixies share the first track from their next album which is due in September

Pixies To Release New Album This Year

Pixies' as-yet untitled new album is due later this year

Pixes Announce Anniversary Reissue Of Debut

Pixies' Surfer Rosa and Come On Pilgrim are to be reissued for a new 30th anniversary release

Pixies Announce Full Album Live Shows

Pixies will play their albums Surfer Rosa and Come On Pilgrim in full on upcoming tour which takes in five nights at London's Roundhouse

PREVIEW: Øya Festival 2017

With the Norwegian festival fast approaching, we caught up with Claes Olsen, responsible for booking the line-up, and selected some of this year's potential highlights

INTERVIEW: Frank Black

As Pixies gear up for the release of their first new album proper since their reunion, we catch up with Frank Black about painting, the new album and the band's legacy