A Quietus Interview

Architects of Freedom: Russell Haswell & Pain Jerk Interviewed

Noise titans Russell Haswell and Pain Jerk talk to Russell Cuzner about chaotic oscillators, intelligence as a kind of disease, and their current European tour

A Private Future: Tim Gane Discusses Cavern Of Anti-Matter

Through a series of excellent releases over various small labels, Tim Gane, Stereolab founder and former McCarthy man, has developed a distinct new instrumental electronic sonic offering with Cavern Of Anti-Matter. Here, he tells Colm McAuliffe how it came together

Sound In Space: Paul Smith & Peter Brewis Interviewed

An arts festival commission has become a new album with a bit of Maxïmo Park, a bit of Field Music and a lot of string quartet. Before they play three dates this week, Nick Hutchings investigates

Threshold People: An Interview With Elektro Guzzi

Following this year's Observatory LP, Tristan Bath caught with the Vienna trio at Austria's Elevate festival to discuss their kinetic, pounding techno, shaped out of guitar, bass and drums

Finding The Essence: Kangding Ray Interviewed

With his contribution to Stroboscopic Artefacts' new EP helping celebrate the label's fifth birthday just out, Theo Darton-Moore talks to the producer about his evolving aesthetic and taking a meticulous approach to track construction

Walsall My Soul To The Devil: John J Presley Interviewed

Ahead of his gig at The Lexington in London this Friday, the Midlands-born bluesman tells Julian Marszalek why there's nary a "woke up this morning" to be found in his dirty guitar music

If That’s Not A Freak Out, Then I’m A Dutchman: The Heads Interviewed

All four members of cult stoner quartet The Heads talk to Tristan Bath about their "sloppy magnum opus" Everybody Knows We Got Nowhere (currently riding high in tQ's reissues of the year chart) and how releasing a record is like taking a big shit

Women Singing Against Binary Britain: Goldfrapp & Lips Choir

Tim Burrows speaks to the all-female 70-strong Lips choir at their recent gig with Goldfrapp about the importance of creating autonomous spaces of song in a sexist and nasty age. Photographs by Hayley Hatton, live picture by Christie Goodwin

Odes To The Moon: Samaris Interviewed

The Icelandic electronic trio talk to Erin Lyndal Martin about poetry, soundpulses and fashionable Christmas trees

Into The Wilderness: An Interview With Ariel Kalma

With an archive release of his music out last month on RVNG, the Paris-born musician talks to Russell Cuzner about his label Music Mosaic, music therapy and his transglobal experiments in sound

Promenading: Martin Duffy Interviewed

With his excellent album Assorted Promenades released on Tim Burgess' O Genesis label this year, JR Moores traces the journeys that led the Primal Scream keyboardist to arrive at this debut solo effort

And It’s Goodbye From Them: British Murder Boys Interviewed

British Murder Boys, the twosome of Regis and Surgeon, are sadly now defunct. Before they both play on the same bill at Bloc this weekend, they talk to Luke Turner about Gene Vincent, the influence of pantomime and channelling the errant daydreams of winos into pummelling techno

Mogwai On: Rave Tapes & Mogwai Whiskey

Armed With Stones: S.A.D Interviewed

Following the release of their single She's Gone earlier this year, Julian Marszalek chats to the enigmatic fruity goth duo about BDSM, fashion and rejecting all notions of freedom

Swan Songs: Baxter Dury Interviewed

Jeremy Allen speaks to Baxter Dury about his popularity in France, latest album It's a Pleasure, and following in his father's footsteps

Non Compliant: An Interview With AnD

Following the release of their excellent debut album Cosmic Microwave Background last month, Albert Freeman chats to the Manchester duo about approaching a full length release, seeing Godflesh play Berghain, and avoiding linear expectations

Düsseldorf 1970: The Crucible of Krautrock by Those who Were There

In an exclusive extract from the book that accompanies a new compilation of music from Dusseldorf, 
Michael Rother, Roedelius, Klaus Dinger and more discuss jazz and the spirit of collaboration from which Krautrock grew

The Sound Of Silence: An Interview With Love Inks

Ahead of their UK tour, Austin's Love Inks talk to John Freeman about "creating a wall of sound utilising silence" on their third album, Exi

Finding The Point: An Interview With Jane Weaver

Ahead of a short UK tour, Jane Weaver tells John Freeman how her stellar sixth solo album, The Silver Globe, was inspired by a Polish sci-fi movie and her desire to remove self-imposed shackles, resulting in the finest record of her 20-year career

Discontinuum: Karen Gwyer Interviewed

Before she plays her final gig of the year in London tomorrow night, Karen Gwyer talks to Laurie Tuffrey about her approach to production, striving for weirdness and the problems that women face in electronic music

“Embrace It Or Fuck Off” – Robert Plant Interviewed

Julian Marszalek talks to Percy about the influence of North and West African music, not succumbing to the cabaret disease and why he'll never cut his hair. Portraits by Ed Miles

About Remembering: Vic Godard Interviewed

Lapidary and unclotted, witty, punchy and surprising - Vic Godard of Subway Sect talks to Helen King about The Fall, Bernie Rhodes, being a postman, and recording old songs for his new album in Edwyn Collins' studio

Vienna And Voodoo: Tav Falco Interviewed

Pure cinema is black and white, mythology is truth and the American military industrial complex is destroying us. Panther Burns' Tav Falco discusses his new film, Urania Descending, among many other things. Kris Needs listens and learns. Photographs courtesy of Tav Falco

Autopsy Turvy: Oozing Wound Interviewed

With their second full-length, Earth Suck, out now, Nick Hutchings talks to the Chicago thrash trio possessed of "the desire to slay"

An Unsettling Creation: Bryan Ferry Interviewed By Taylor Parkes

The frictionless, distantly funky Bryan Ferry meets Taylor Parkes in a Copenhagen hotel room - or does he?

Let’s Whist Again: Idlewild Interviewed

Roddy Woomble and Rod Jones talk to Dan Ross about getting old, getting annoyed and coming back with a new album

Everybody Gets Wings: King Champion Sounds Interviewed

Ajay Saggar, leader of King Champion Sounds, tells Ben Graham how the collective went from one-off Mike Watt support act to fully fledged, brass-touting genre melders ahead of their UK tour, starting this week

Spun From Rocks: Richard Skelton’s The Inward Circles

Sonic topographer Richard Skelton is back with a new project, The Inward Circles. He tells Luke Turner about the evolution of his windswept, increasingly stark music

Found Under The Sky: Jozef Van Wissem Interviewed

With his new LP It Is Time For You To Return out next week, Richard Foster talks to the prolific lutist about the history of his instrument, his music's cinematic aspect and why he's left the Netherlands for New York

Deep Listening: Bérangère Maximin Interviewed

Cindy Stern offers her unique insights into - and talks to - the incomparable electroacoustic composer Bérangère Maximin

Glitter And Hypnosis: Jimmy Page Interviewed

Julian Marszalek speaks to the Led Zeppelin and Yardbirds guitarist about the monolithic heavy rock albums IV and Houses Of The Holy

My Master’s Voice: Béla Tarr Interviewed by J R Robinson

J R Robinson of Wrekmeister Harmonies is (obviously) big fan of the Hungarian director of Satantango and The Turin Horse, Béla Tarr. So we organised an interview...