A Quietus Interview

“I Wish I Was The Girl Next Door”: Akiko Matsuura Of Comanechi Interviewed

Ash Dosanjh sits down with Akiko Matsuura to discuss disapproving parents and dispel preconceptions of promiscuity

Screwing It Up: The Hundred In The Hands Interviewed

Valerie Siebert talks to New York duo The Hundred In The Hands about their recently released self-titled debut album

The Last Of The True Believers: Ian Astbury Interviewed

The Cult will tour the UK next year and have released new material earlier this month. Our man John Robb spoke to singer Ian Astbury about the history of The Cult, working with Boris and how the Quietus got it so, so, so, so very wrong. (Tour dates at foot of article...)

KORT In The Act: Kurt Wagner & Cortney Tidwell Chart Their Work Together

Nashville’s Kurt Wagner and Cortney Tidwell have teamed up to record an album of country duets inspired by vintage label Chart Records. The Quietus has the exclusives on their new video and a mini documentary, and chats to the two about its evolution

Ninja Tune Week: Coldcut Wax Lyrical And An Exclusive Mix By Grasscut

Listen to an exclusive Ninja mix by Grasscut, while Coldcut tell John Doran about the rhythms they haven't used yet

Refusing To Play The Short Game: Kano Interviewed

Kano tells Ben Hewitt about broken promises, the pitfalls of chart rap and whether he really is a "foul mouthed rapper"

Catching Trout & Minimalist Composition: S. Carey Interviewed

There's nothing The Quietus respects more than a man who's handy with a fishing rod, which is why we asked Daniel Ross to chat to S. Carey about catching trout - as well as his debut album _All We Grow_ and drumming with Bon Iver

Ken Livingstone Interviewed: Boris, The Other Boris, Music, Politics & London

As the polls close in the contest to become Labour's candidate for London Mayor, we publish an interview with Ken Livingstone on music, politics, the day Thatcher dies, and who would be better at running London: Boris or Boris?

Ninja Tune Week: Roots Manuva Interviewed

It's Ninja Tune week here on The Quietus, so Robin Howells talks to the brilliant Roots Manuva about his new release _Duppy Writer_

Incubate 2010: Black Mountain Interview

Petra Davis catches up with Jeremy Schmidt - at the time braving the high seas on a ferry bound for the Isle Of Wight - for a joint meditation on mystery, democracy and arboreal structures

Supersonic 2010: Michael Gira Talks About Swans And Hair Shirts

Michael Gira says that being in Swans used to be like "trudging up a sand hill wearing a hair shirt, being sprayed with battery acid, with a midget taunting you". In which case, why has he resurrected the project, asks Frances Morgan

I Don’t Want To Be A Maverick: Matthew Dear Interviewed

The techno auteur talks to Angus Finlayson about getting lost in the urban megastructure and balancing the personal and faceless sides of his music

Brian Eno & Collaborators On Small Craft On A Milk Sea

In a statement, Brian Eno, Leo Abrahams and Jon Hopkins discuss the sound and feel of their new collaborative LP

Sonic Router 015: Driving Drum Beats With Iceland’s Hypno

Our man Oli Marlow interviews Kári Guðmundsson, aka Hypno, for this month's Sonic Router

What’s Wrong With Being Sexy? Nick Cave and Jim Sclavunos of Grinderman Interviewed

Big Jim and Old Nick talk to John Doran about JFK’s spine, Steve McQueen’s cock and why women love Grinderman

The Dome Of Hercules: Carlton Melton Interviewed

Barnaby Smith talks to Rich Millman - guitarist with Calrton Melton - about San Francisco, improvisation and juggling fatherhood with making music

In The Batcave With Mr & Mrs Fiend: Alien Sex Fiend On Goth & Marriage

Nix Lowrey talks to Nik and Christine Wade, aka Mr and Mrs Fiend, about the history of Alien Sex Fiend and their new album _Death Trip_

Beyond The Mirror: Mark Stewart Of The Pop Group Interviewed

Mark Stewart, dub revolutionary and motor mouth tells John Doran how The Pop Group reformation is going to clash together Om, Sleep, DJ Assault, Joker and Appleblim, smash the mirror and put them up on the big screen...

Camus, Coke & Hookers: Meursault Interviewed

Thomas A. Ward talks to Meursault's Neil Pennycook about recording in living rooms, major labels and the exaggerated demise of the local music scene

A Game Of Chess: Akira The Don Takes On Gonzales & Talks Ivory Tower

Smut At The Bus Stop & Career Revivals: The Vaselines Interviewed

Ash Dosanjh talks to Eugene Kelly about _Sex With An X_, the first album from Scottish cult heroes The Vaselines in 20 years. Plus: bus stop romances, smutty songs and Kurt Cobain

Little Pips Starting To Grow: Al Tourettes Interviewed

Angus Finlayson talks to the jack of all trades - electro, dubstep and techno - about his moniker, musical ambitions and growing up in Norfolk

The Rockin’ Vicar: Rev Mann Speaks About Stryper, Slayer And Satan

Son of metal Joel McIver meets Lady Of The Cloth Rachel Mann who has decreed: listen to metal! Amen, say we... Photographs of Rev. Mann by KatyBPhotography.co.uk

Awaiting The Resurrection Of The Pedal Steel Guitar: Susan Alcorn Interviewed

Spencer Grady talks to pioneering composer and free improviser Susan Alcorn about Muddy Waters, Messiaen and the art of “deep listening”. Photo by Andy Newcombe

Building From The Ground Up: Lorn Interviewed

Angus Finlayson talks to the man born Marcos Ortega about his relationship with Flying Lotus and being a natural performer

One More Song: James Murphy Of LCD Soundsystem Interviewed

"We might even make another album," says James Murphy, as The Quietus rejoices. Plus - studio nightmares, death threats and working with Arcade Fire. Murphy image by Maria Jefferis of Shot2Bits

Harvard Commissions & Refuting Pretension: Clogs Interviewed

Laura Snapes talks to modern composer Padma Newsome about _The Creatures In The Garden Of Lady Walton_, horticulture and pretension

Misfits & Mongrels: Smudge’s Tom Morgan Interviewed

Ben Hewitt and Smudge singer Tom Morgan discuss Evan Dando, dangerous career arcs and keeping testosterone in check

A Rave Institution: James St Acid Of Bang Face Interviewed

Angus Finlayson - The Quietus's very own slave to the rave - talks to James St Acid about the legacy and lineage of Bang Face

My Left Shin: Kristin Hersh On Art, Inspiration & Vic Chestnutt

Petra Davis talks to Kristin Hersh about her solo record _Crooked_, a new Throwing Muses album and the death of the music industry. All photographs by Maria Jefferis of Shot2Bits.net

Travelling To The Future By Hover Car: Tweak Bird Interviewed

Ben Hewitt discusses the past, the future, the Wright brothers and the hover car with sibling duo Ashton and Caleb Bird

Mystics Of The Near Future: Klaxons Interviewed

As Klaxons prepare for _Surfing The Void_, Luke Turner speaks to Jamie Reynolds about the joys of enlightenment in a cynical age, and why the band feel they've "a job on"