Strange World Of…

A Quietus Guide To The Work Of Mark Kozelek

Mark Kozelek is one of the acts playing the Quietus Village Mentality Stage at Field Day this year. Here, Scott McKeating explores notable moments from his career

The Strange & Frightening World Of: PULP

As Pulp prepare to take to the stage at the Primavera Festival, Luke Turner looks back at their long rise to mid-90s triumph, and selects some of the milestones along the way

Odd Future: Youth and Young Manhood

After Tyler The Creator signed to XL recently, John Calvert decided to sift through hundreds and hundreds of tracks to bring you the best - and most distressing - music from the Odd Future collective

The Strange And Frightening World Of Teenage Fanclub

Jack Davies selects ten essential 'Fannies' artefacts and asks if the band are still as relevant to their fans 20-years on

Drinking In The Beauty Of Howe Gelb & Giant Sand

Labelling Howe Gelb "the godfather of alt. country" is to damn him with faint praise according to Stewart Smith, who delves into the back catalogue of Giant Sand - as well as mooting a collaboration with Keanu Reeves

Uncovering The Ballardian Universe Of Black Box Recorder

Danger, death and British humour: it's all in a day's work for Black Box Recorder, says Jude Rogers, as she sifts through their back catalogue to bring you the choicest cuts

The Strange & Frightening World Of… Dennis Hopper RIP

James Holloway mourns Actor, Director and some-time Artist Dennis Hopper, a man who always seemed to be in the right place at the right time to be a part of numerous era defining cultural moments and who wrote the book for on-screen insanity

The Strange And Frightening World Of . . . Fabric’s First 100

To celebrate the recent 100th release from Fabric (that's 50 each for its live and mix series) we look back on some of their best mixes. There's a bundle of ten albums up for grabs too

The Strange And Frightening World Of Raghard And His Films

Obsessed with 70s prog, Public Service Broadcasting, overbearing mother figures, British melancholia and strange death, the films of Sean Reynard (aka Raghard) are as funny as they are disturbing

The Strange And Frightening World Of . . . Basic Channel

Angus Finlayson is here to take the newcomer gently by the hand and to introduce them to the sublime techno frequencies of Basic Channel . . .

The Quietus Looks Back At The Career Of Dynamic Metallic Neurosis

Looking Back At The Cosmic Career Of The Electric Light Orchestra

Nothing says quality like a man with a beard playing a see-through cello. Interplanetary scribe Joe Stannard picks the best of ELO's back catalogue . . . by picking nearly their entire back catalogue.

The Quietus Has A Gander At The Prodigious Career Of Lil Wayne

Southern rapper Wayne Carter's recording career barely stretches back a decade but his output of albums, mix tapes and comps would give The Fall a run for their money. Adam Narkiewicz sifts for gems.

The Quietus Looks Back At Tom Waits’ illustrious career

On the day of a rare visit to these shores by Mr Tom Waits, Quietus man, Marc Waldburger devises a ten point introduction to the artist.

Foo Fighters

Jonathan Richman