A Quietus Interview

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

The Guilty Conscience Of The Pseudo Orchestra: Klak Tik Interviewed

The Quietus talks to multi-instrumentalist Søren Bonke of Klak Tik about their fantastic _Must We Find A Winner_ album, and finds out why he feels guilty about his band's demanding sound

Godflesh To Play Supersonic. Justin Broadrick Talks Reformation

Rob Haynes speaks to avant metal pioneer Justin Broadrick about getting the gang back together for a series of hellish shows...

Poachers Turn Gamekeepers: Devo On Singing The Corporate Anthem

Emily Bick talks to founding Devo member Gerry Casale about hip-hop materialism, the problem with _American Idol_ and consumerist culture

Hissing Obama, Are You The Destroyer? Micah P. Hinson Interviewed

Laura Snapes talks to Micah P. Hinson about proposing on stage, racism in comic books, and his contempt for Barack Obama

I Want To Live Forever: Nina Nastasia Interviewed

Laura Snapes joins Nina Nastasia for a whiskey to discuss stage fright, _Mad Men_ and Ricky Gervais

Faust And Last And Always: Germany’s Most Radical Rock Group Talk

John Doran talks to Hans Joachim Irmler of Faust about police raids, hotel bills, very long guitar leads and his group's 'last' album

Giving It Both Barrels: Dr Rock Takes On Tracii Guns Of The LA Guns

Dr Rock laughs in the face of weapons, which is why we sent him to take on Tracii Guns of the L.A. Guns to discuss reissues, Guns N'Roses, Poison and much more

Sparring With The Boxer: Kele Okereke Interviewed

Ben Hewitt and Kele Okereke discuss his new solo album _The Boxer_, and don't discuss close-minded indie and Liam Gallagher

Leaving Leicestershire On A Tide Of Song: The Wave Pictures Interviewed

Our man Lewis G Parker hails from the same benighted corner of the Midlands as David Tatersall. Here, they talk about how leaving these flat lands shaped the Wave Pictures' sound

Bring Down The Stepford Wives! Jane Weaver Interviewed

Jude Rogers talks to cosmic folk songstress Jane Weaver about measuring success, unlikely inspirations and the obstacles facing female artists

Breaking Through The Limits -The Return Of ATR: Alec Empire Interviewed

Atari Teenage Riot main man Alec Empire chats to John Robb about noise, politics and German culture

Congo Powers: Konono No.1’s Familial Rhythms & Exclusive Mix

Konono No.1's new album _Assume Crash Position_ is one of the year's finest. Kevin Perry discovers the group's long history, and speaks to Vincent Kenis, the producer who brought them to the West.