A Quietus Interview

Phantom: Melancholy And Murder Mysteries

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

Sonic Router 006 – A Dubstep Column For October

Oli Marlow looks forward to the month ahead in bass heavy dubstep

Kevin Cummins Hits The North – Joy Division To Oasis Caught On Camera

As legendary NME snapper Kevin Cummins exhibits photographs of his Mancunian muse in Yorkshire, we present a gallery of his photographs and hear the curious story of Ian Curtis' pink suit. Interviews by John Tatlock

We Travel To North Atlantic Waters To Talk To Faroe Islander Teitur

Earlier this year the Quietus voyaged to the Faroes and the G! Festival to talk to the amiable islander Teitur, whose new album _All My Mistakes_ is out next week

Yoko Oh Yes! Ms Ono Speaks About Peace, Pop And Computer Games

Some of us may be surprised at just how good _Between My Head And The Sky_, the new album by the Plastic Ono Band, actually is. Not Carol Clerk, who met up with Yoko to talk about her music and peace projects . . .

Down To Earth Memory Tapes Not Desperate For Attention

Ian Brown Interview: Finding The Other Side Of King Monkey

Ian Brown is back with an album which he describes as his best ever – but if you’re expecting a barrage of scally Manc arrogance and threats to cut The Quietus’ hands off, you’re mistaken. Joel McIver pulls back the curtain and reveals the hidden side of King Monkey

Geoff Barrow Interview: Invada Festival, Bristol & Being Too Old For Dubstep

Portishead and BEAK> man Geoff Barrow speaks to Laura Snapes about this weekend's Invada Invasion festival, and why the label "was set up to spend money and lose friends"

George Pringle: New Adventures In Lo-Fi

Georgina Pringle is exactly the antidote we need to dumbed down, mockney, stage school chancerism. Darren Lee revels in her electro-vignettes

Part Chimp: South London Noise Mongers Are Off The Wall

"Unruly amplifier worship with feedback gushing like claret from a decapitation victim", says Noel Gardner. Where do we sign up?

Todd Rundgren Interview: Talking With The Wizard & True Star

Tori Amos Interview: Song, Slayer & Staying True To Her Vision

Hibernian salmon wrangler Mark Eglinton spoke to Tori Amos recently. Here are the results . . .

Diamanda Galas Interview: Talking Her Songs Of Exile

Bob Stanley On Saint Etienne’s Reissues And His Love Of Pop

Adrian Lobb talks to Saint Etienne's Bob Stanley about new reissues, old forgotten songs, Britpop's lack of community and listening closely to the pop charts

Slayer Interview: Tom Araya Unplugged? Not Just Yet

Le Homme Du Hibernia Mark Eglinton finally meets up with Tom Araya to apologise for pretending to like Dokken over Slayer. Sacre bleu!

Vladislav Delay: Going Back To His (Jazz) Roots

Finnish house music polymath Sasu Ripatti returns under his abstract future jazz guise of Vladislav Delay

World Domination Enterprises Interview: It’s Play Time Again

“We were the most exciting band in the world, but the world never quite realised it,” claims mainman Keith Dobson of the gargantuan World Domination Enterprises. With their 1988 debut reissued at last, Wyndham Wallace tells his story and wonders if the time is finally right for them to do big business

Age Of Chance Interview: Get To Grips With The Lycra Clad Revolutionaries

Mark Emsley recalls how a chance encounter with AOC via the pages of NME gave him a "boot up the proverbial arse" and catches up with Geoff Taylor from the band

Sonic Router 005 – A Dubstep Column For August

Summer may be late in arriving but there's always more than enough bass to go round. Oli Marlow serves up this month's Sonic Router

The Ghost Of A Thousand: A Grand Racket

Rookie mistakes, Hardcore violence and day-to-day admin. Tom Lacey guides Toby Cook through the rise and rise of The Ghost Of A Thousand.

Reading & Leeds Preview: The XX And The Sound Of Now

Hazel Sheffield talks to The XX about turning down Diplo, their debut album, and their accidentally classic sound

Tinariwen: Behind The Guns And Guitars

Ben Hewitt talks to rebel rock guitarist Abdallah Ag Alhousseyni

Jello Biafra Of The Dead Kennedys Interview

Biafra’s back – and this time he’s packing a ‘real’ band. The former Dead Kennedys frontman is re-energised by fronting a new group, The Guantanamo School Of Medicine, who tour the UK in September 2009. Alex Ogg chews the fat with him

Getting To Grips With Roky Erickson: A Dr Rock Interview

All hail the mighty return of Dr Rock! And Roky Erikson! That's a whole lot of rock

Soul Metal Outfit Invasion On The Power Of Motown, Metallica And Magic

Mountain bagging Hibernian man of rock Mark Eglinton speaks to Marek Steven of lava hot soul metal trio Invasion

Oneida’s Kid Millions: Why Drumming With Boredoms Is “A Kick In The Ass”

With Oneida on the eve of their UK tour, Kid Millions called to tell us about playing with the Boredoms on a ship off Japan during the solar eclipse

a-ha Video Interview: Leonard Cohen, Morrissey, Moisturiser & Drugs

Knowing me, Akira the Don, ah ha. knowing you a-ha. Ah HA!

Panzer Faustus: That Fucking Tank Interviewed

Leeds duo TFT have followed up their debut (Day Of Death By Bono Adrenalin Shot) with a storming sophomore (Tankology). Stephen Eddie investigates

The Big Pink: Naked Ambition

Cutting Pink With Scissors, Kissing The Pink, The Australian Pink Floyd - will The Big Pink be able to reach the dizzy heights scaled by their fuchsia coloured cousins? Ben Hewitt investigates

Peter Hook Interview: Freebass, New Order and Joy Division Cruet Sets

Ben Hewitt talks to the Northern bass monkey about his involvement in getting some of the North's most historic music sites blue plaques

Esben & The Witch Interview: From Aeschylus To The South Downs

New Brightonian trio Esben & The Witch on history, mythology, and the joy of gothic pop

Colossal Youths: Young Marble Giants Interviewed

Four decades after its release, Young Marble Giants' _Colossal Youth_ remains one of the most enigmatic releases of the period. Alex Ogg talked to Stuart Moxham from the band