A Quietus Interview
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More Than Money: An Interview With Hey Colossus
As they announce their compact and killer new album In Blood and share first track 'My Name In Blood' exclusively with The Quietus, Hey Colossus speak to Bernie Brooks about folklore, community, and what it means to be in a band for 20 years
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Soft Spot: Kabeaushé Interviewed
Fresh from the release of debut album The Coming Of Gaze, Kenyan pop newcomer Kabochi Gitau speaks to Alex Rigotti about the mythical backstory to his extravagant alter-ego Kabeaushé, joining the imperious Hakuna Kulala roster, and his intentions to remain anything but niche
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The Cultivation Of Space: Khanate Interviewed
Khanate were the first great experimental metal band of the 21st Century but folded in 2006 due to intense internally generated pressures; they have returned with a stunning new album To Be Cruel released on Sacred Bones today, with news of live gigs and a full reissue programme. The four musicians speak to John Doran about breaking ground and eating livers. All photographs by Ebru Yildiz
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Between Fabergé Eggs And Sandpaper: Inside The state51 Atelier
In a world awash with bloated, lazy and unimaginative reissues, The state51 Conspiracy are rethinking the role of the record by focussing on craftsmanship, materials and extraordinary attention to detail. Patrick Clarke takes a trip to their atelier to find out more, and to explore their collaboration with The Quietus for our special subscribers’ releases
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Nostalgic For A Future: An Interview With Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan
Gordon Chapman-Fox speaks to Julian Marszalek about The Nation's Most Central Location, the latest album from his retro-futurist synth project exploring the unrealised optimism and ultimate disappointment of England's New Towns
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You Hum It, I’ll Play It: James Ellis Ford Interviewed
After building a home studio the SMD musician and Arctic Monkeys and Depeche Mode producer James Ford picked up no less than 18 instruments – and a microphone – in order to make his beguiling debut LP. Words by Jeremy Allen. All portraits by Pip Bourdillon
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Stone To The Bone: Squid Interviewed
Ollie Judge and Anton Pearson of modern rock band Squid take a walk past the neolithic burial chambers and chalk horse carvings of Wiltshire with John Doran to explain the genesis of their singular new album, O Monolith. All portraits by Maria Jefferis
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Songs At The End Of The World: An Interview With HMLTD
On their ambitious second album HMLTD imagine an England swallowed by a giant medieval worm, populated by spineless feudal lords and chivalric counter-revolutionaries. Yet it is all, they tell Patrick Clarke, about the personal
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Just Like Heaven: Why Christianity & Goth Are Perfect Bedfellows – A Goth Vicar Writes
Goth Week continues goth vicar the Reverend Alex Gowing-Cumber tells us about his life living with a serious disability, faith, setting up a church in a Soho sex shop, and how mainstream Christianity can learn a lot from alternative cultures. As told to Luke Turner.
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The “T” Word: James Holden Interviewed
James Holden’s excellent new album, Imagine This Is A High Dimensional Space Of All Possibilities, is out next month on his own Border Community label. John Doran speaks to him about the etymology of the word trance, the evolutionary purpose of music and maintaining a sense of radical optimism
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The Sea, The Sea: An Interview With Lankum
In their first interview about their fourth album False Lankum, Ian and Daragh Lynch, Radie Peat and Cormac Mac Diarmada speak to Patrick Clarke about Lankum's ever-intensifying extremities, transcendence through music, and their relationship to folk tradition
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The Upward Trajectory: An Interview With Memorials Of Distinction
As Memorials Of Distinction's ‘house band’ SUEP release their debut mini-album, Josh Cohen tells the story of his label and management company's rise from scrappy roots in Brighton’s DIY scene to a connecting point for some of the most exciting musicians in Britain
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