A Quietus Interview

Fourth World Pop: Rainbow Arabia Interviewed

This ain't no disco, says Robert Barry, after talking to RA's Danny Preston. This is fourth world pop with a name that's in total harmony with the beautiful music it's attached to

Dr Rock: Tales From Chris Squire – An Interview With Yes

This week, Dr Rock meets bass god extraordinaire Chris Squire from prog visionaries Yes and has a natter about all things Zeppelin, drugs, punks and Spinal Tap

Peace And Positivity: Brett Anderson Interviewed

Quietus favourite Mr Brett Anderson shares afternoon tea with Ben Hewitt

Biffy Clyro Interview: Only Revolutions And The Long Haul

Emma Johnston celebrates the Biffster's new triumphant album, Only Revolutions

Lightspeed Champion Dev Hynes Interviewed: Nice To Meet You!

Stevie Keen was delighted to hear that Lightspeed Champion were about to release a new album early next year so she piled down to Abbey Road Studios to have a word with Dev

Slagsmålsklubben: Internal Brawling & Sending Fish Into Space

From The Darkness Of Shadows: Charlotte Gainsbourg Interviewed

French thespian and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg talks to Adam Anonymous about juggling music and movies, recovering from her cerebral haemorrhage, and living in Serge's shadow

Anti-Pop Consortium Interview – Sleeping On The Job

Kosmische Polymath Michael Rother: Eno, Bowie & Making Peace With Dinger

Dr Rock on Deutsche music from the 70s – heavenly!

Mountains – Working Backwards And Pulling The Monkey’s Tail

Thrill Jockey's Mountains are currently touring the UK, so L'Homme Du Fancy T-Shirt Thom Ward caught up with them to shoot the breeze

Gyratory System: Getting To The Heart Of ‘The Process’ & Album Stream

Gyratory System put the innovation back into deployment of trumpets in their debut album The Sound Board Breathes. Have an exclusive listen on The Quietus

Sonic Router 007 – A Dubstep Column For November

Oli Marlow looks after your bass needs for November

Bizarre And Beautiful: Mordant Music

In the first instalment of a new column exploring the finest innovative music currently doing the rounds, jonny mugwump profiles Mordant Music and hears from its shadowy Baron

Aurelian Rising: Gold Panda Interviewed

London’s premier proponent of strung-out dub laconica talks to Oli Simpson about hip-hop, Japan and coked-up porn fiends

A Postcard From Hiroshima: Akatombo’s Brooding Electronica

Scotsman in Japan Paul T Kirk talks about the dark-news influenced Akatombo project, and new album _Unconfirmed Reports_

Liam Maher Of Flowered Up Interviewed In 2005

Not Typical Girls Not Trapped Animals: The Slits Interview

Will Parkhouse meets Ari Up and Tessa Pollitt to talk about getting dissed by Bob Marley, the sexism of the music business and the importance of being a Slit

Deep Shit: Wry And Totally Wired

Tom Watson, the brains behind Deep Shit, talks lo-fi fuzz and healthy cynicism with Ben Hewitt

Sufjan Stevens Interview: Expressway Yourself

Laura Snapes talks to Sufjan Stevens about his latest musical exploration of the American landscape

A Place To Bury Strangers: Oliver Ackermann And Death By Audio

Derrick Koo interviews Oliver Ackermann to find out how a part time hobby made him one of the most in demand guitar pedal makers going. And how this affected his group A Place To Bury Strangers

Daniel Miller Interview: Mute Records & The Synth Britannia Revolution

The Quietus talks to Mute Records head honcho about synth pop, his record label, and Kraftwerk's synth that he bought on eBay

Eagle Twin Interview: The Unkindness Of Crows

Gentry Densley of Iceburn and Ascend talks to Toby Cook about his new avant metal project

David Sylvian Interview: From Japan To Manafon, The Man Revealed

David Gavan talks to David Sylvian about why there's no 'I' in Manafon . . .

A John Foxx Interview – Impossible DNA

Emily Bick conducts an in-depth interview with John Foxx about cinematic ghosts, Battersea Power Station and psychogeography. Current portrait of John Foxx: Craig Hewitt

Glasgow – Tokyo – Brisbane: Stephen Pastel Talks To Everett True

Our Friend In The Antipodes shoots the breeze with his old mucker Stephen McRobbie about the Pastel's fine collab with Japan's Tenniscoats, Two Sunsets

Interprole: Editors Interviewed

Birmingham-bred purveyors of snake-hipped gloomwave talk new album, new horizons and the process of progress via Depeche Mode, the Daily Mail and filesharing. Just don’t ask them to cheer up.

Cold Cave: Darkwave And Other Forms Unacceptable In The 80s

Louis Pattison talks to Wes Eisold about his new pop/not pop direction. Original picture courtesy of Stu Green - but doctored by "cheeky internet blighters" . . .

Deastro: By The Light Of The Moon

Detroit resident Randolph Chabot aka Deastro shares his thoughts on cute one-eyed babies, 'chilling in a kiddie pool' and hanging music on the fridge. All his friends are made of stone, apparently; Charlie Ivens chips away

Echo And The Bunnymen: Ian McCulloch On Jesus, Smack and LFC

The greatest Macca to come out of Liverpool pulls up a bar stool with AP Childs and shoots the shit about accidental heroin use and PiL, before agreeing to our steak cookery challenge . . .

21st Century Tropicalia Sérgio Dias Baptista Of Os Mutantes On Their Return

The greatest Brazilian band of the 60s - the revolutionary and psychedelic tropicalia outfit Os Mutantes - have returned with a new album. Frances Morgan talks to Sérgio Dias Baptista about its long gestation. Photographs by Nino Andres

A Profile Of Hamburg’s Audio/Visual Artists incite/

Using a recent performance at the BFI as a starting point, Robert Barry guides us through the world of German electronic and video artists incite/

Phantom: Melancholy And Murder Mysteries

Canadian TV presenter turned pop star Elsie Martins tells Ben Hewitt how much fun wallowing in misery can be.