A Quietus Interview
Definitive conversations with our favourite artists
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Beautiful Beyond Grasp: Raphael Rogiński Interviewed
Ahead of sets at Unsound's Krakow and New York editions, and a long-awaited reissue of his recordings of John Coltrane and Langston Hughes compositions, Raphael Rogiński speaks to Jakub Knera about his love of the world, spirituality in music and Central and Eastern European identity in a time of flux
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The Sun And The Moon: Yeye Taiwo Of The Lijadu Sisters Interviewed
Ahead of the reissue of Horizon Unlimited this week, Steph Phillips talks to Yeye Taiwo of legendary Nigerian Afrobeat group The Lijadu Sisters about revolutionising Nigerian pop music and how she is ready to go back on stage. Portrait of Kehinde & Taiwo by Jeremy Marre from the documentary Konkombe, courtesy Harcourt Films
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Play for the People: Caveira Interviewed
Ahead of a set at this year’s OUT.FEST and off the back of superb new LP Ficar Vivo, Caveira's Pedro Gomes speaks to Stewart Smith about Lisbon’s storied experimental underground, the importance of dramatic dynamics on record, and the art of improvisation
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Beyond The Band: Geordie Greep Interviewed
Coming swiftly after the dissolution of Black Midi, Geordie Greep sets out on his own with an album informed by the music of Latin America, Brazil in particular. Ahead of the release of The New Sound, Eden Tizard speaks to Greep about the audacious new record. Cover photograph by James Potter
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Oasisters: Meet Liam & Noel’s 21st Century Female Fan Army
On the anniversary of Definitely Maybe and news of comeback gigs, author Anna Doble, speaks to a new generation of young women who are getting ready to show the world that Oasis belong to them. Main picture: a selfie by Bella Perozzi
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To Conjure a New Identity and to Give it Life: Tristwych Y Fenywod Interviewed
Featuring members of The Courtneys, Guttersnipe and Hawthonn, Tristwch Y Fenywod are the Welsh-language gothic band set to release one of this year's best debut albums, says Patrick Clarke ahead of their appearance at Supersonic in Birmingham
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Supreme Joy: An Interview with Smote
Ahead of a performance at Supernormal Festival this weekend, Daniel Foggin, aka Smote, speaks to Danijela Bočev about how labour on a farm in the Scottish Borders, tales of a fearsome medieval wyrm whose lair lay nearby, and an appreciation of patient listening fed into his forthcoming fourth LP A Grand Stream
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New Voices Ukraine Memory Leaks II: Nova Moon Rising – The Phenomenon of the Kharkiv Novaya Scena
In the second podcast from Kyiv's 20ft Radio, we look back into the Novaya Scena that thrived in Kharkiv as the USSR crumbled. New Voices Ukraine is a collaboration between The Quietus, 20ft Radio, Neformat, the Ukrainian Institute and the British Council.
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Wisdom Beyond Shame: Orange Goblin Interviewed
Orange Goblin frontman, “Big” Ben Ward, was infamous for drinking all comers under the table. But now he's gone sober and on new album, Science, Not Fiction, has embraced reason – up to a point. Main portrait by Tina Korhonen. Astrophotography by Giancarlo Erra
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Switchblade Romance: Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu Interviewed
22 years into their career the perennial outsiders of 21st century queer American art rock have announced a potentially game-changing album in the shape of 13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto With Bison Horn Grips. Words by Natalie Marlin. All pictures by Eva Luise Hoppe. Contains video arguably NSFW
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The Road from Seattle to Ireland: Lori Goldston Interviewed
Lori Goldston has just released a lowkey but wonderful album of cello improvisations recorded on the road in the RoI; she talks to Stevie Chick about her love for the instrument and the joy she felt playing live with Nirvana and Earth
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New Voices Ukraine Podcast: 20ft Radio’s Guide to the Ukrainian Underground. Memory Leaks, Part I
In the first podcast from Kyiv's 20ft Radio, we're taken deep into the otherworldly folk sounds of the Ukrainian underground of the late 80s and early 90s. New Voices Ukraine is a collaboration between The Quietus, 20ft Radio, Neformat, the Ukrainian Institute and the British Council.
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A Paen to the Nation: An Interview with Tomos Williams
As he tours the third installment in his Cwmwl Tystion trilogy, an ambitious combination of jazz and folk music that explores Welsh national identity, culture and history, Tomos Williams tells Gail Tasker about the connections between Paul Robeson and the Welsh labour movement, reclaiming Wales' traditional music after centuries of repression, and confronting the ugly sides of his country's past
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Uneasy on the Ear: An Interview with Lola De La Mata
Multi-disciplinary artist Lola De La Mata speaks to Patrick Clarke about how her experience with severe tinnitus and vertigo, groundbreaking work in the field of audiology, and stigma around hearing loss in the musical community fed into her new album Oceans On Azimuth
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Like Jesus Christ Superstar With Depression: Beak> Discuss Their new Album
As they surprise-release their first album in six years, the Bristol trio speak to Alastair Shuttleworth about how ambiguity, a Welsh farmhouse and a departed pet all played a part in their astonishing new music. Cover portrait by Andre Habermann
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The Maiden Voyage: Bruce Dickinson Interviewed
Iron Maiden's larger than life frontman talks to author John Higgs about magical practice, the hallucinatory mandrake root, how to survive a rough childhood and why William Blake is an artist we should look to for inspiration. All photographs by John McMurtrie
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The Drop Cord: Thou on one of 2024’s Best Metal LPs, Umbilical
Thou’s new album takes a brutal back-to-basics approach, all under the ruthless glare of frontman Bryan Funck. Dan Franklin speaks to him and guitarist Andy Gibbs about holding their feet to the fire, roughly dispensing with melody and, most surprisingly, The Mighty Boosh. Main picture of Thou live by Mae Cravotta
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For The Gods: An Interview With Earth Ball
As they prepare to release their second album and embark on their debut UK tour, Canadian improvisational ensemble Earth Ball tell Julian Marszalek about advertising on an old mattress, their unconventional base in a “dirty, weird coal mining town,” and the cooperative joy of instant composition
