A Quietus Interview
Definitive conversations with our favourite artists
A Quietus Interview
Setting Fire To Field Of Reeds: These New Puritans Interviewed
As These New Puritans put an end to their Field Of Reeds phase of activity by releasing a live album of their Barbican concert back in April, Jack and George Barnett tell Luke Turner about constructing a sound library, Arsenal, soundtracks to jogging and where the band will be heading next
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Pete Shelley Interview: The Fate & The Fury Of The Buzzcocks
Pete Shelley discusses the spirit of punk, the quirks of fate and the legacy of the Buzzcocks with David Gavan. Photograph by Ian Rook. (this feature was republished on 7th December 2018 to mark the sad passing of Pete Shelley)
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The First Lady Of Southern Soul: Candi Staton Interviewed
Candi Staton, the legendary Queen Of Southern Soul, is back with an Americana-influenced, Muscle Shoals-made new album - she tells Simon Price about Elvis Presley, Bobby Womack, how America's gun culture has killed childhood, how to escape a hellish marriage and, most importantly, how to pronounce her surname
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Cathartic Release: Divider Interviewed
The effects of Hurricane Sandy are imprinted deeply on the New York hardcore band's debut album All Barren, comprising songs written both before and after the storm struck their native Long Island. Their singer Chris Tzompanakis gives Dean Brown the backstory
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Out-Of-Body Music: An Interview With Katie Gately
With a head-spinning new composition due out this month, following up on last year's startlingly brilliant Pipes, Katie Gately talks to Tristan Bath about moving into music from film sound design, utilising technology and how the voice can be a means of personal reinvention
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Aestheticising The Everyday: An Interview With Ben Vida
Following the release of Slipping Control at the close of summer, Alexander Iadarola sat down with Ben Vida to discuss the interfacing between art and musicians, sonic recalibration and Transformers as "the most advanced sound design musique concrète"
