Live Reviews

The Quietus Goes Down To Dorset: End Of The Road Festival Reviewed

The Quietus gets to grip with the Dorset mud for a brilliant End of the Road festival, where revelry is to be had as much from the sideshows as superb sets from the likes of Mercury Rev and The Dirty Three.

Look Back In Stavanger – We Visit Norway For Serena-Maneesh’s Festival Among The Mountains

Our man with a well-thumbed passport, Chris Roberts, disembarks in Norway. He is there to find an alternative music festival featuring Sufjan Stevens and Serena-Maneesh but ends up with kamerad & spelemann as well.

Can Festivals Be Family Friendly? Steve Jelbert Takes The Brood To Latitude

Can one combine fatherly duties with enjoying a 'single skinner' while at a festival? And can one dissuade one's daughter from working in the music industry by exposing her to landfill indie at the age of three? Steve Jelbert investigates at Latitude

Heavenly 17: Bill Drummond Hears Too Much Music

Recently Quietus writer and musician Jimmy Martin was asked to be part of a new experiment looking at the our culture’s saturation in music. Here is his account of the strange and booze fuelled evening.

Foals And The Last Nail In Grunge’s Coffin