A Quietus Interview

Just The Music: ZULI Interviewed

Following the release of ZULI's debut LP on UIQ, Mollie Zhang catches up with him to hear about his love of sampling, frustrations with music press and almost-rap career

Be Your Own God: Zeal & Ardor Interviewed

There is more to Zeal & Ardor than just "the black metal blues man who brands his fans". Derek Robertson meets him to find out

Lives Less Ordinary: Darren Hayman’s Thankful Villages

As Darren Hayman prepares to release the last instalment of his Thankful Villages project just before the anniversary of the end of WWI, Luke Turner sits down with him to reflect on commemoration, memory, and the celebration of ordinary lives

My Music Is My Religion: Heather Leigh Interviewed

Eden Tizard talks to experimental musician Heather Leigh about her latest solo album Throne and her debut studio-based collaboration with Peter Brötzmann as a duo, Sparrow Nights

Moments Of Hyperreal Intimacy: Jockstrap Interviewed

London duo intrigue, transport and transform with smart, glitchy, ‘easy’ listening orchestral pop. John Doran talks to Georgia Ellery and Taylor Skye

Spontaneous Outpourings: Agar Agar Interview

David McKenna talks to Clara Cappagli and Armand Bultheel of French synth pop duo Agar Agar ahead of their London show at Village Underground

Irresponsible Science – An Interview With Maja S. K. Ratkje

Before her appearance at next month's Le Guess Who? festival, Maja S. K. Ratkje talks to Russell Cuzner about her wide-ranging work that, whether freely improvised or composed for orchestra, consistently bears the mark of an uncompromising, unconventional spirit

Return Of The American Primitive: Joe Cardamone Interviewed

The Icarus Line is dead, but Joe Cardamone lives on. Ahead of his appearance at Le Guess Who? festival in Utrecht, he tells Stevie Chick about his searing new multimedia project, making art in the era of Trump, and how he survived the end of the greatest rock & roll band of his generation. Videos NSFW

A Cult Within A Cult: The Posies Interviewed

Blue Sky Thinking: Suede Interviewed

John Doran spends the afternoon with Brett Anderson, Neil Codling and Richard Oakes in order to get to the bottom of The Blue Hour - one of their strongest, wildest and most experimental albums to date

Ghost Drummers & Cave Dubs: An Interview With HHY & The Macumbas

In the run-up to the release of their second album, Beheaded Totem, Adam Quarshie spoke to Jonathan Saldanha about growing up in Porto, Indian classical music, surveillance towers, the acoustics of tunnels and the power of marching bands

A Need To Create: Dale Cornish Interviewed

Ahead of his set at this year's Tusk Festival in Newcastle, Dale Cornish talks to Luke Turner about his new album, 'fake foley' and the trouble with "avant-bumbag music"

“I’m Upfront About The Fact I’m A Fucking Nutter” – Guttersnipe Interviewed

The Quietus has long been of the opinion that Guttersnipe are one of the most exciting live acts in the UK underground, if not the entire world. Now with debut album My Mother The Vent due out next month on Upset The Rhythm, they have recorded material to match. Kevin McCaighy talks to Urocerus Gigas and Tipula Confusa about their incendiary sound. Garden and living room portraits by Abby Banks

Far Away In My Memories: SØS Gunver Ryberg Interviewed

As a composer and sound artist the Danish iconoclast has taken electronic music into new and arcane territories. Ahead of her appearance at Semibreve festival in Portugal she sits down with Jamie Ryder to discuss artistic histories, gut reactions and using human skulls as recording equipment

Unlearning The Rules Of Western Theory: Sarah Davachi Interviewed

Ahead of her upcoming appearance at Semibreve with Laetitia Morais, Sarah Davachi speaks to Mollie Zhang about the pitfalls of A/V, the rewards of creative collaboration and the importance of patience

I Would Love For Someone Super Racist To Review Me: JPEGMAFIA Interviewed

Ahead of his appearance at Le Guess Who? festival in Utrecht, left-field US rapper JPEGMAFIA talks to Tara Joshi about journalism, Throbbing Gristle and his forthright track, ‘I Cannot Fucking Wait Until Morrissey Dies’

Beauty From Detritus: An Interview With Graham Lambkin

Field recorder Graham Lambkin of The Shadow Ring talks to Eden Tizard about beauty, oddity and the lovely cadence of rain on metal

Embracing Imperfection: Sauna Youth On Not Quitting The Day Jobs

The hard-grafting London punk four-piece all work full-time, they tell Jamie Ryder, but they’ve found the time to record a thrilling new full-length and play Thurston Moore’s birthday, among other things. Sauna Youth portrait by Owen Richards

Chasing The HAHA: DJ Bus Replacement Service Interviewed

Ahead of her set at the Quietus 10th anniversary rave on Friday 7th September and Unsound next month, DJ Bus Replacement Service AKA Doris Woo talks to Eoin Murray about bringing humour to the dancefloor

Everything Bleeds Into Everything Else: rkss Interviewed

Following the release of rkss' new LP DJ Tools on Lee Gamble's UIQ label, Mollie Zhang asks them questions about brostep, hierarchies in music and creating space in the club

Dirty Baby: A Coffee With Drag Terrorist Christeene

The world’s preeminent “drag terrorist” sits down with Jamie Ryder to discuss her new album, touching on loving Missy Elliott, talking to birds and performance in the age of Trump. Contains NSFW video. All portraits by Michael Sharkey

Egyptian Utopia: An Interview With Rozzma

Ahead of his appearance at Unsound in October, we speak to the 7,000 year-old Rozzma to discuss myths he’d like to correct about modern Egypt, why electro-shaabi is the most exciting thing to have happened to the country in years, and more

Daydreaming In Alien Babble: An Interview With Èlg

Lucia Udvardyova talks to mischievous 21st century balladeer, Laurent Gérard about his Èlg project and how this relates to Stewart Lee, alien babble and Japanese pornography

The Spiritual Space: Szun Waves Interviewed

With their second album 'New Hymn To Freedom' out this week on the Leaf Label, cosmic jazz trio Szun Waves talk to Bernie Brooks about reaching enlightenment through their performance

No Slowing Down: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Interviewed

Stu Mackenzie from the Australian psych rock overlords talks to Brian Coney about training one’s brain, releasing five albums last year and learning to chill

Lost Horizons: Simon Raymonde Interview & Triptych Premiere

Former Cocteau Twins bassist, founder of Bella Union and now half of Lost Horizons, Simon Raymonde, plays Sea Change festival this weekend. Lottie Brazier talks to him about Triptych, his new film with BAFTA-winning director Kieran Evans - which has its premiere today on the Quietus

I Long For The Calmness Of The Old World: Ghostpoet Interviewed

Ahead of his appearance at Pop-Kultur this weekend, Ghostpoet talks to Adam Quarshie about swapping the capital for small-town life, the anxieties of the internet age and mental health in the music industry. Ghostpoet portraits by Steve Gullick

A Type Of Catharsis: Ora Iso Interviewed

Ahead of their performance at this year's Atonal Festival, Downwards-signed duo Ora Iso tell us how to save ourselves in a world of wronging - plus we've got a new video streaming

If I Did It All Again I’d Keep The Heroin: Sylvain Sylvain Interviewed

The New York Dolls' guitarist on why history shouldn't be tampered with, the legacy of his old band, and how David Johansen was putting on act rather than living the life

Four Strings More: Serafina Steer Of Bas Jan Interviewed

Ahead of Bas Jan’s upcoming performance at Green Man festival, principal songwriter and lyricist Serafina Steer talks about going collaborative, why folk music isn’t pagan and what it’s like to play 43 fewer strings

Identity Elsewhere: Gabe Gurnsey In Conversation

Here in his car, Gabe Gurnsey, one half of Factory Floor, takes a trip that takes in a hallucination of ants and the idealised clubbing experience. Words: Jamie Ryder

How Can I Light Myself On Fire To Get You To Listen? NIN Interviewed

Getting Nine Inch Nails’ signal to cut through the insane noise of the digital marketplace has been 1% inspiration and 99% immolation, says Trent Reznor to John Doran. But does latest album Bad Witch mark the start of a new phase in their career?