A Quietus Interview

Field Day Preview: Mats Gustafsson Of The Thing Interviewed

Out of all the delights awaiting the listener at London's Field Day festival this weekend, Matt Evans is most looking forward to seeing free jazz saxophonist Mats Gustafsson as part of The Thing

Chad VanGaalen: Re-animating The DIY Scene

Animator, singer-songwriter and DIY producer Chad VanGaalen talks to Emily Moore

Bringing Out The Dead: New York Dolls On Their Highs And Lows

Mark Eglinton meets living legends Sylvain Sylvain and David Johansen of New York Dolls. Photo courtesy of Max Lakner

Field Day Preview: Toumani Diabate Interviewed

War Over Water: July’s Guest Article From Stack Magazines

In this month's Stack guest article, we bring you Good Magazine's in depth look at the potential for conflict over water in the Indian Subcontinent

Al Green Interviewed: Michael Jackson, Demons & The Lord

Hazel Sheffield got to talk to soul legend Al Green recently. It's a shame there were Demons listening in

Twisted Metal: Todd On The Importance Of Noise

Ben Hewitt finds out that Todd want to cover La Roux in tomato sauce. It is, after all, the only language she understands

Sonic Router 004 – A Dubstep Column For July

Siouxsie Sioux Interviewed: The Banshees And The BBC

Siouxsie Sioux chats to John Doran about banging heads with rock bores and the importance of having glitter in your pocket

The Scene That Calibrates Itself: Neo Shoegazers Engineers Interviewed

All hail the blissful return of Engineers. John Doran shares a cuppa with Mark Peters to discuss Three Fact Fader

Catherine AD On Latitude & The Dangers Of Kookiness

Double Bubble: Supersonic Previewed – Goblin Interviewed

Our favourite extreme music festival - Supersonic - is almost here. We look forward to the treats in store and Jimmy Martin talks to Italian psych/prog horror legends Goblin

Bill Laswell Interviewed: Bass. How Low Can You Go?

Prior to his appearance at Montreux Jazz Festival, John Doran caught up with Bill Laswell in New York and uncovered some surprising information about Def Leppard . . .

Mi Ami – Punching Through Skulls With Sound

Are they dancey punks or punky dancers? Goddamn suave gent Charles Ubaghs gets to the bottom of it all . . .

Jazz, Sad Songs, Puke And Rehab: Fences Interviewed

Tom Milway speaks to Fences' Chris Mansfield about Seattle, his craft, and getting dry

DJ Hell Interviewed

For the first in a new series of articles exploring the ongoing experiments in modern German music we talk to DJ Hell about his fine new album Teufelswerk.

Space Rock The Final Frontier: Sir Patrick Moore On Pop

From 'Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun' to 'Supermassive Black Hole' Joel McIver played Sir Patrick - the greatest living Englishman with a monocle - interplanetary rock and pop and asked him about the science behind the songs

Marilyn Manson Interviewed: The Dope Show

In an extract from his lengthy interview with Marilyn Manson for Stool Pigeon, John Doran berates the god of fuck's inability to get his shit together

Emperor Machine: Dark Room Dynasties And Roman Stoned

BrokeNCYDE: The Decline Of Western Civilization Part Three?

We sent the pitbull Mark Eglinton to take BrokeNCYDE to task on a recent UK tour; he came back wearing a crunkcore T-shirt

Sonic Youth Interviewed: A Rude Awakening

Luke Turner feels the pall in the mall as he accompanies a pre-boogie woogie jam Sonic Youth on a shopping trip. Portraits: Mr Dave Ma

Oskar Interviewed: A Sublime Tale Of Catatonia In Catalonia

OSKAR's second album is a sublime rattlebag of wonder that makes Marc Waldburger want to go mountain climbing

La Roux Interviewed: In For The Kill With Elly Jackson

The Gossip Interviewed: Rick Rubin And Keeping It Real

Gossip guitarist Nathan explains how the trio ignored the tabloid storm to write corking new album Music For Men

David Heumann Of Arbouretum Talks Trees, Folk And Fred Neil

Arbouretum may be named after a tree park but they are closer in spirit to an untamed forest of firs says a purple tinged John Doran. Pinhole picture by Leslie Burns

He Travels: Jim Kerr Of Simple Minds Interviewed

Mark Eglinton talks to the frontman about innovation, success, loss and reinvention

The Marks Of History: Philip Jeck And The Outer Reaches Of Turntablism

Quietus man Robert Barry is stood up by Philip Jeck, but that gives him time to reflect on the immersive nature of his art

Blackpool’s Little Boots Interviewed By John Robb

Seeing as he grew up in the same town and went to the same college, we sent Brother John Robb to interview Little Boots for us

Proving Thatcher Wrong: Electro Duo Society Interviewed

The Science Of Sound: Thomas Dolby Versus The Quietus

Our friend Mark Emsley of IReallyLoveMusic gets to grips with one of his musical idols - Thomas Dolby. Pull up a chair, it's going to be in-depth . . .

Say Hello, Wavves Goodbye: Nathan Williams Interviewed

Days before Nathan Williams' onstage game of silly buggers at Primavera, Al Denney caught up with the petulant Wavves mainman

Sonic Router 003 – A Dubstep Column For June