A Quietus Interview

Fragments Of Fragments: An Interview With Laura Cannell

Last year, Laura Cannell released her debut album Quick Sparrows Over The Black Earth, which found the fiddle and recorder player drawing on medieval music for her improvisational compositions. She tells Danny Riley about recording in churches and finding kindred spirits in fellow Early Music fans Bass Clef and Charles Hayward in their Oscilanz project

Earthquake! John Reis Talks Surf Rock And Drive Like Jehu

Tom Hall speaks to the punk & roll veteran about his reignited love for surf rock and the dignified reformation of Drive Like Jehu

Feeling Strengthened: The Charlatans’ Tim Burgess Interviewed

Val Siebert talks to Tim Burgess on the eve of the release of the new Charlatans album Modern Nature

Recurring Dreams: Pauline Murray Of Penetration / Invisible Girls Interviewed

Ivor Southwood speaks to Pauline Murray of Penetration and Invisible Girls about punk rock, Martin Hannett and suspicion of celebrity

At The Extremities: Barney Greenway Of Napalm Death Interviewed

This month sees the release of Napalm Death's 16th album, Apex Predator - Easy Meat. Dan Franklin sits down with lead singer Mark 'Barney' Greenway to pick over the remains of late capitalism, chew on the band's "queasy" new sound and explore the outlying regions of extremity

Theatre Of Discomfort: OAKE Interviewed

With their debut album Auferstehung placing high in tQ's albums of 2014 and a set at CTM in their hometown of Berlin imminent next week, the Downwards-signed duo tell Luke Turner about their ethos

A Super Natural: Marc Cerrone Interviewed

French disco legend Marc Cerrone talks to Ned Raggett about an excellent new anthology charting the highlights of his career in music and production

A Living Music: Blues Pills Interviewed

The Swedish-French-American psych quartet tell Julian Marszalek about their cross-continental origins, matching vintage riffs with socially-conscious lyrics and collaborating with The Fool design luminary Marijke Koger

Pure Original: The Sexual Objects Release Only One Copy Of New LP

The Sexual Objects - a rock band formed by Davy Henderson of the Fire Engines, Nectarine No. 9 and Win - are releasing their second album this week. Here's the thing though - they're only pressing up one copy and selling it on eBay to the highest bidder. Neil Cooper - one of the few people to hear it - reports

Time Travel: Joe Dilworth Of Th’ Faith Healers Interviewed

Greg Neate revisits a 1994 interview he conducted with Joe Dilworth to shed light on the life of this former musician with Th' Faith Healers, Stereolab, Add N to (X) and Spiritualized as well as highly regarded photographer and current member of Cavern Of Anti-Matter

Paradox & Pure Rhythms: Zun Zun Egui Interviewed By John Doran

Kushal Gaya and Stephen Kerrison talk to John Doran about their new album, postcolonial identity and chopping out the boring bits

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