A Quietus Interview

Field Day 2010: Runners Get Set To Go The Distance

We continue looking forward to this weekend's Field Day Festival with a chat with Leeds group Runners, whose anxious brilliance won them a slot opening the do

Robyn and Stealin’: A Trip To Stockholm To Meet A Pop Superstar

Phil Hebblethwaite embarks on a surreal adventure into Europop, in an attempt to make sense of Sweden’s perpetual outsider. Photographs by Erika Wall

Earl Brutus Revived: Jamie Fry Of The Pre New Interviewed

Mark Emsley talks to Jamie Fry of Earl Brutus about the importance of British Rail and Concorde to the state of music, and the formation of his new band, The Pre New

You Can Take The Reins: The Books Interviewed

Colin McKean talks to American duo The Books about sound libraries, collages and life-changing incidents

The History Of Sugar Hill Records: Keith Leblanc Interviewed

Angus Finlayson talks to drummer Keith Leblanc about hip hop culture in New York, playing with Sugar Hill and pouring water on drum machines

Repetition, Repetition, Repetition: Moon Duo Interview

Ben Graham talks to Ripley Johnson about Moon Duo, Wooden Shjips and the three R's

Inauthentic Scenarios: Oneohtrix Point Never On His Henri Rousseau Record

Angus Finlayson talks to sometime Brooklynite Oneohtrix Point Never about _Returnal_ - one of The Quietus' albums of the year so far - and finds him on characteristically articulate form

Language Is The Original Sin: Ariel Pink Talks Los Angeles And Satanism

Ariel Pink has an aura. Louis Pattison peers beyond it to get to the heart of _Before Today_ which, for many, is shaping up to be one of the albums of the year

Kicking Against The Pricks: Uffie On Sex Dreams & Denim Jeans

Uffie's got something misogynists can kiss says John Doran, who is not, like, that bothered that she used to date her producer, or whatever...

Mike Edwards Of Jesus Jones On Working With Mark E. Smith

As a fan of both The Fall and Jesus Jones, our man from the Emerald Isle, Francisco Scaramanga spoke to the latter's Mike Edwards about working with Mark E. Smith

She’s A Model: Katie ‘Jordan’ Price On Kraftwerk & Slayer

Joel McIver takes his trusty crate of vinyl to an interview with model, author, TV star and now chanteuse Katie Price, AKA Jordan

Hipster Priest: A Quietus Interview With Alan Moore

In an interview originally printed in our sister paper _The Stool Pigeon_, John Doran delves into the mind of writer Alan Moore. Photographs of the subject by David Ma

They’re Just Like Star Wars: Coheed & Cambria Interviewed

Toby Cook talks to Coheed & Cambria bassist Michael Todd about _The Amory Wars_, musical dictatorships and his suicide run. Photos by Davey Wilson

Finding Buried Treasure: Surgeon Interviewed PLUS Free Mix

Angus Finlayson talks to Surgeon about his new Fabric mix, the prospect of new material and why compromise is not an option...

The Power Of Disguise: Gazelle Twin Interviewed

Al Denney talks to the fantastic Elizabeth Walling - the brains behind Gazelle Twin - about image, art and ghosts

Bow To The Devilish Prince: James Chance Interviewed

Zoë Street Howe talks to James Chance about his new retrospective collection _Twist Your Soul_ and his relationships with James Brown and Lydia Lunch

Locked In The Vacuum: Greg Edwards Of Autolux Interviewed

The Quietus met Greg Edwards to talk about over-enthusiastic experimentalism, being cast asunder in the middle of Sony BMG, and the influential osmosis of Los Angeles

Tuareg To A Bull: Politics & Mali Music With Tamikrest

In an article originally published in _The Stool Pigeon_, Luke Turner speaks with Tamikrest band leader Ousmane Ag Mossa about their debut album _Adagh_, and the struggle of his people, the nomadic Tuareg

The Kid’s In The Hills: White Hills vs Oneida

In 2009 one of the psychedelic favourites of The Quietus was Oneida and in 2010 it's been White Hills, so John Doran thought it only right to interview them both together. Unfortunately he got the dose of his medicine spectacularly wrong and turned up to the interview two hours late...

Had We But World Enough: TIME Interviewed

TIME spend the afternoon with John Doran, eating Turkish food in the blazing sunshine, discussing horror films, psychedelia and churches. Live photos thanks to Cat Stevens

Gayngs On Relayted As Bedroom LP & Why Bon Iver Can’t Sell Sex

Relayted is _the_ non-ironic smooth & experimental sex pop record of 2010. Here, Ryan Olson tells Luke Turner why this record about "fucking girls and fucking girls" seems to have found a niche between the sheets

Sax And Violence: Jørgen Munkeby of Shining Interviewed

As two of the most radical forms of music that emerged in the 20th Century jazz and metal don't always make the best of bedfellows. Luckily Shining ignored this fact when they started on Blackjazz, says John Doran, speaking to Jørgen Munkeby...

Real Life: Hans-Peter Lindstrøm Interviewed

_Real Life Is No Cool_ hasn't been far from the Quietus stereo all year. John Doran chats to Hans-Peter about Christabelle and fucking with the canon...

Shiver Into Existence: Cold Waves And Minimal Electronics

It’s Raining Where We Are: Yeti Lane Interviewed

They may not be familiar with Gary Numan, but French duo Yeti Lane have still made one of the year's most sparkling debuts. Ben Hewitt talks to them about hangovers, the sexiness of the French and whether they're becoming the new Sugababes

Interview: Beat Disconnection – James Murphy Says Goodbye To LCD

Thanks to our friends Dorian Lynskey and Mixmag Brazil for this excellent James Murphy interview, in this the first of our features on the best of 2010 at the half-way mark... Live picture by Maria Jefferis of Shot2Bits.net

Dr John Interview: En Route To The Spirit Kingdom

Escaping The Darkness: An Ólafur Arnalds Interview

Ólafur Arnalds talks to the Quietus about Iceland, death, and his forthcoming Bridgewater Hall concert alongside his hero, Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood

Sonic Router 013: Sonar Review

Our dubstep guru Oli Marlow sets sail for Spain in his pedalo, in order to bring us these sun dappled words from Sonar...

Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken? Jimmy Webb Interviewed

The genius behind 'MacArthur Park' and 'Galveston' discusses his past at Motown with Chris Roberts, and predicts the invention of robots used for sex in the future...

Living In The Back Of Beyond: Coil & TG’s Sleazy Interviewed

Scott McKeating talks to Throbbing Gristle and Coil man Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson about Bangkok, sexuality, Trent Reznor, and the new Coil box set _Colour Sound Oblivion_...

Monáe Talks: Janelle Keeps The Famous Flame Of James Brown Alive

It's a woman's, woman's, woman's world... Janelle Monáe talks to Laura Snapes about working with Erykah Badu and Big Boi... in the third person of course