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Definitive conversations with our favourite artists
Cult of Luna and Opeth are so far ahead of the current metal scene that Dan Franklin had to employ a tracker to find them. Releasing two of the best albums of their careers, he spoke to Swedish frontmen Johannes Persson and Mikael Åkerfeldt about melancholy, fear and family beyond the end of the line
Ahead of her performance as part of the London Borough of Waltham Forest’s People’s Forest season, Adam Quarshie spoke to visionary US jazz musician and storyteller Matana Roberts about the role of nature in shaping her creativity
As he launches a new label dedicated to contemporary classical music, Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead talks to Patrick Clarke about his passion for classical, why Bach is like Kraftwerk, and the 'gruesome' intersection of prog rock and Rachmaninoff.
Ahead of his Quietus Social show in support of Alexander Tucker (Grumbling Fur), Michael Brooks talks to multi-instrumentalist/composer Karl D’Silva about his new solo work, his formative musical experiences, and what it was like performing with the likes of Thurston Moore and GNOD
Kavus Torabi, Michael J. York and former snooker player of impeccable taste Steve Davis have formed a new band, The Utopia Strong. Here, they tell Patrick Clarke the tale of their extraordinary debut album, compare snooker to Supernormal, and explain why they want their music to be joyous and generous
Ahead of their Quietus Social show in support of Alexander Tucker, Eden Tizard speaks to Gentle Stranger about audience responses, the dialogue between a musician and non-musician approach, and their own post-clown ethos. Pictures by Daniel Gatenio
Kemper Norton has just released a new album Brunton Calciner, which is replete with references to Cornish industry, amorous miners and the arsenic trade... but there's more to his music than the land beyond the Tamar, he tells John Doran
As he releases his most electronic solo album to date, Alexander Tucker discusses sci-fi and horror influences, hating the guitar, and never being "folk" in the first place. Words by JR Moores. Portraits by Dom Garwood
The dark electronic pop Australian duo HTRK, once described brilliantly as sounding like ‘Sade in prison’ return with their fourth album, Venus in Leo a slow, louche blur with chinks of warm sun peeking through the shadows. Ahead of their set at Atonal in Berlin this week, we caught up with the duo to talk about being drawn to toxic people, a new body oil for merch and moving away from drama.
Currently spanning Europe on a 40th anniversary tour, Flipper are enjoying a well-earned renaissance. Steve DePace from the seminal San Francisco punks talks to Brian Coney about their current line-up featuring David Yow and Mike Watt, recording with Melvins and their rep as the ultimate forebears of grunge
Regrouped in London, ex-members of Blood Sport Sam Parkin and Alex Keegan talk to Bernie Brooks about the ecstatic, anti-capitalist rhythms of their new project, HYPERSTITION DUO, the dissolution of their former band, and their new label POLYPHONIC ASSEMBLAGE
Our man in San Francisco Ned Raggett chats with Pope about his forthcoming Cure concert film Anniversary as well as more unusual anecdotes about his many music videos for them than you can shake a stick at. Or is that a sock?
With Laylet el Booree - one of tQ's albums of the year so far - Ifriqiyya Electrique have fused industrial post punk and techno with the traditional Banga music of the Tunisian desert to brilliant effect. But as instigator Francois Cambuzat tells Ben Graham, they still fear it could all be a dreadful mistake
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