A Quietus Interview

The Sun Also Sets: On The Road With Benjamin Schoos In Spain

Jeremy Allen hits the road in Spain with an ambitious Belgian crooner to judge how the collapse of the music industry is affecting other European countries

Of Course You Exist: An Interview With The Pictish Trail

The Pictish Trail is back with another album of dreamy and skewed pop, transmitted from his caravan on the remote Isle of Eigg. He speaks to Nicola Meighan about the gestation of Secret Soundz Vol. 2, touring with Josie Long, and writing 30-second songs

Rhyme Assassin: Mykki Blanco Discusses Her “Glam Hip Hop”

Mykki Blanco's Cosmic Angel was one of last year's most remarkable rap mixtapes. Following an incendiary London show last month, she speaks to Laurie Tuffrey about dropping out of art school, performing in drag, and why having no limits in art is important

Don't Be Scared Of Music: An Interview With Dobie

Dobie is one of London's best-kept secrets, a musician, producer and photographer who has worked with Tricky, London Posse, Soul II Soul and more. Now he's back with a second solo album, and speaks to Joe Clay about why his career has been all about pursuing enjoyment

Target Practice: David Thomas Of Pere Ubu Interviewed



Thirty-five years on from The Modern Dance, Pere Ubu’s David Thomas talks to Stuart Huggett about new album Lady from Shanghai and how Ubu have always been a pop band

Of Flowers & Fruity Englishmen: The Asphodells' Andrew Weatherall

With his new duo The Asphodells, Andrew Weatherall has created an album that's equal parts pastoral electronic pop and naughty indoor pursuits. He speaks to Luke Turner about fruity Englishmen and the importance of setting yourself high standards

A Darkness In The West: Hacker Farm Interviewed

Hacker Farm repurpose old farming equipment, shortwave radios and busted electronics to transmit decrepit electronica for a country crumbling under ConDem rule. They speak to Ben Graham about self-sufficiency, the joys of circuit-bending and guerilla gigs outside cattle markets

Counting Down To Infinity: John Heckle Interviewed

With his raw and decidedly cosmic takes on house, Liverpool's John Heckle blasts off into deep space with only a cockpit's worth of hardware to keep him company. He speaks to Harry Sword about underage raving, missing records and his excellent new The Last Magic Maker mini-LP

Man Of God: Jim James Of My Morning Jacket Interviewed

Zarjaz Of Tronics & Freakapuss: Being A Real Person Is Overrated

Is Zarjaz, aka Ziro Baby, the UK's most underground cult star? Dale Shaw conducts the second ever interview with this most fantastical of characters

Altered Head Space: An Interview With Anthroprophh

Anthroprophh, the new project of Paul Allen of Bristol voyagers The Heads, blasts off into inner space via kosmische drone and acid-frazzled guitar workouts. He speaks to Joseph Burnett about how writing his debut album provided a creative shot in the arm

Willesden To Karpathos: Yannis Of Foals On The Geography Of Holy Fire

Foals' new Flood & Moulder-produced album Holy Fire is a work of supreme confidence and bold scope. Yannis Philippakis talks to Luke Turner about the places that shaped it

How Giallo Can You Go? Antoni Maiovvi Interviewed

Anton Maiof, the man behind the Antoni Maiovvi mask, reveals the dark secrets of his chilling mutant Italo disco to Wyndham Wallace

We Are Fucked & Going To Die: Everything Everything Interviewed

Everything Everything are back with a new album that explores depression and a new found seriousness. Laura Snapes is impressed

Strange Navigations: The Story Of Southern Records’ Latitudes Label

Alison Schnackenberg and Tony Sylvester talk John Doran through the history of Southern's Latitudes Sessions. Chelsea Wolfe in session pictured by Tony Sylvester.

Alternating Currents: An Interview With Mika Vainio

Using a stripped-back arsenal of hardware, former Pan Sonic man Mika Vainio opens up chasmic sound worlds that bridge noise, techno and the early electronic avant garde. In a rare interview, he speaks to Russell Cuzner about new album Kilo and the importance of emotion in music

Cut, Paste & Jam: An Interview With Gallops

John Freeman finds out how Gallops’ debut album Yours Sincerely, Dr Hardcore was inspired by both Vangelis and Sonic the Hedgehog and forged by Wrexham pride

Time To Get Illustrious: Vince Clarke And Martyn Ware Interviewed

Synth pop dream team The Clarke And Ware Experiment talk to John Doran about 15 years of sonic experimentation and 3D soundscaping

Come On My Shirt, Come In My Ear: Neil Kulkarni Interviews Come

In the latest of his series on should-not-be-forgotten groups of the 90s, Neil Kulkarni speaks to Chris Brokaw and Thalia Zedek of Come

Wildly Addictive: An Interview With Dutch Uncles

John Freeman finds out that Dutch Uncles’ third album, Out Of Touch In The Wild, was fuelled by a thirst for creative freedom and anchored by the concept of addiction

Realities & Fictions: The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle Interviewed

John Darnielle's The Mountain Goats recently released their latest studio album Transcendental Youth. Erin Lyndal Martin sat with with Darnielle to discuss piano tuning, his pro-choice activism and the tensions between fiction and non-fiction in his work

Strap, Crackle & Pop: L. Pierre’s Aidan Moffat Interviewed

The decaying sample collages of Aidan Moffat's L. Pierre project are beautiful and unsettling in equal measure. He tells Luke Turner that marvelous new album The Island Come True is like a Choose Your Own Adventure story

We’re Only Gonna Die: Bad Religion And The End Of The World

Who better to spend the 21/12/12 Mayan Apocalypse with than Bad Religion frontman and evolutionary biologist Dr. Greg Graffin, PhD? Alex Burrows takes notes at the end of days

Promisers & Enforcers: The Pheromoans Interviewed

Following the release of this year's Does This Guy Stack Up? album, Steph Kretowicz sits down with Russell Walker to discuss his caustic lyrics, punk rock problems and Cool Britannia

It’s A Body Thing: An Interview With Holly Herndon

Holly Herndon's debut album Movement boldly explores the crumbling boundaries between the human body and digital technology. She speaks to Rory Gibb about disorienting her audience and amplifying human emotion

Infectious Virulence: An Interview With Divorce

Glasgow noise-rock quartet Divorce make a hellish, high-frequency no wave racket. With their self-titled debut recently released, they speak to Kevin Mccaighy about touring, spontaneity, and why noise for noise's sake isn't good enough

Universal Imagination: An Interview With Frisk Frugt

John Freeman spoke to Danish experimental pop artist Anders Lauge Meldgaard about how a trip to West Africa inspired his 'collage of sound' Frisk Frugt project

Keeping Literary Faith: Wake The President Interviewed

"Bill Drummond", says Wake The President's Erik Sandberg, speaking with Adrian Lobb about Glasgow indie and the inspiration for his band's new single

On The Wing: Trent Reznor On Creativity & How To Destroy Angels

With Nine Inch Nails currently on hiatus, Trent Reznor is currently hard at work on new project How To Destroy Angels, whose An Omen_ EP is out now. He speaks to Ned Raggett about exploring new avenues and the challenges of creativity

Music For Mallet Musicians: Ex-Easter Island Head Interviewed

Using mallets and guitars, Liverpool's Ex-Easter Island Head whip up tropical storm clouds of rhythm and natural reverberation. Simon Jay Catling speaks to the band's Benjamin Duvall about minimalism and making hypnotic music for £5 worth of bamboo

Destination – Void: An Interview With Roly Porter

Since his steel-plated dubstep duo Vex'd disbanded, Roly Porter has been exploring post-human wastelands, folk forms and sensual electronics. In advance of a London show next week, he speaks to Russell Cuzner about last year's debut album Aftertime and working in solitude

Escaping An Uncertain Fate: Mission Of Burma Interviewed

The reunited post-punk luminaries are currently touring Europe, fresh off the back of a set at Shellac's ATP and a new best of, Learn How. James Ubaghs spoke to singer/guitarist Roger Miller about their enduring power, the internet's capacity to stifle emergent music scenes and how to avoid the perils of tinnitus