Interviews
Getting to the heart of what artists are thinking
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The Strange World Of… Lovers & Lollypops
Two decades and 150 releases since their formation in the Porto underground, Lovers & Lollypops has grown into one of Europe's most vital connecting points for DIY culture. Anu Shukla charts their story so far via 10 key releases, from early makeshift gigs with battered soundsystems to the thriving community of today
Baker's Dozen
Good Tradition: Tanita Tikaram’s Favourite Albums
Ahead of her performance at this year's EFG London Jazz Festival, Tanita Tikaram takes Luke Turner through her favourite records, from the soundtrack of her childhood spent in military bases, via formative encounters with OMD and The Beatles, an abiding love of the jazz and soul greats, and more
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Praying in Fire with Hildegard Von Bingen: Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko Interviewed
Ahead of their appearance at this year's Le Guess Who festival, Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko speak to Jennifer Lucy Allan about interpreting the music of Hildegard Von Bingen via Ukrainian folk song in the context of the Russian invasion of their homeland
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Plans That They Made: Hüsker Dü Interviewed
Stevie Chick talks to Bob Mould and Greg Norton about blazing a trail in hardcore, the uneasy switch from independent to major label and their complex relationship with Grant Hart, plus paving the way for Pixies and Nirvana. Cover portrait courtesy of Greg Norton
Baker's Dozen
Strings to the Bow: Sudan Archives’ Baker’s Dozen
From the artists and musicologists who fuelled a fascination with traditional string instruments to the songs that make her cry - via a memorable encounter with Erykah Badu and more, Sudan Archives selects 13 pieces of music that have shaped her life
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The Strange World Of… Galaxie 500 Rarities
Thirty-five years after they burned slow and bright, Galaxie 500 remain one of indie rock’s most quietly untouchable constellations. In conversation with Dean Wareham, Naomi Yang and Damon Krukowski, Brian Coney provides ten points of entry to the dimmer recesses of their back catalogue
A Quietus Interview
Definitive conversations with our favourite artists
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Northern Gothic: Jennifer Walton Interviewed
Claire Biddles speaks to the (Northern) English musician about her American influences, about processing intense grief and about working with close friends
A Quietus Interview
Stillwater Runs Deep: Other Lives on Re-Enchanting the American Dream
After four albums of increasingly lavish Americana, Other Lives recorded their new LP in the heartland from which they’d once escaped. Jesse Tabish guides Wyndham Wallace through Volume V’s panoramic terrain
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What Can’t be Synthesised: An Interview with HAAi
On new record Humanise, HAAi confronts a world where our relationships are increasingly controlled by algorithms, and finds a counterforce in the joy of real-life connection. She speaks to Karly Quadros about the volatility of technology, the record's found family of collaborators and the power of the human voice
A Quietus Interview
What Can’t be Synthesised: An Interview with HAAi
On new record Humanise, HAAi confronts a world where our relationships are increasingly controlled by algorithms, and finds a counterforce in the joy of real-life connection. She speaks to Karly Quadros about the volatility of technology, the record's found family of collaborators and the power of the human voice
Baker's Dozen
Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives
Baker's Dozen
Full Clip: Daveed Diggs’ Favourite Albums
From the foundational inspiration of George Clinton to Bay Area hip hop, and the lifechanging experience of witnessing Prince's last ever show, Clipping MC Daveed Diggs takes Stevie Chick through the soundtrack of his life
Baker's Dozen
Homecoming: Dev Hynes’ Favourite Albums
On the verge of Essex Honey, his first Blood Orange album in six years, Dev Hynes reflects on the tenderness of return and shares with Francis Buseko the 13 albums that shaped his homecoming, from Nina Simone to Slipknot, and from Beach House to Bach
Baker's Dozen
Homecoming: Dev Hynes’ Favourite Albums
On the verge of Essex Honey, his first Blood Orange album in six years, Dev Hynes reflects on the tenderness of return and shares with Francis Buseko the 13 albums that shaped his homecoming, from Nina Simone to Slipknot, and from Beach House to Bach
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Artists go head-to-head
In Conversation
Peer Review: Peter Strickland Interviews Cosey Fanni Tutti… and Vice Versa
Ahead of the release of her new album 2t2, Cosey Fanni Tutti is interviewed by inimitable film director Peter Strickland, before the tables are turned, with both parties free from any kind of interference from us
In Conversation
Peer Review: Gazelle Twin Interviews Gary Numan… And Vice Versa
We left two of our favourite musicians, Gazelle Twin and Gary Numan, alone to answer the kind of questions they wish they were always asked, talking ghost encounters, weirdness in pop music, parenthood, the end of humanity and more
In Conversation
Peer Review: Robert Macfarlane Interviews Hayden Thorpe… And Vice Versa
We left musician Hayden Thorpe and the writer Robert Macfarlane alone to answer the kind of questions they wish they were always asked
In Conversation
Peer Review: Stephen Pastel Interviews David Keenan… And Vice Versa
Ahead of the release of the This Is Memorial Device album, based on the play, which was in turn based on the novel, musician Stephen Pastel and writer David Keenan interview one another, without any interference from us
In Conversation
Peer Review: Peter Strickland Interviews Cosey Fanni Tutti… and Vice Versa
Ahead of the release of her new album 2t2, Cosey Fanni Tutti is interviewed by inimitable film director Peter Strickland, before the tables are turned, with both parties free from any kind of interference from us
In Conversation
Peer Review: Gazelle Twin Interviews Gary Numan… And Vice Versa
We left two of our favourite musicians, Gazelle Twin and Gary Numan, alone to answer the kind of questions they wish they were always asked, talking ghost encounters, weirdness in pop music, parenthood, the end of humanity and more
In Conversation
Peer Review: Stephen Pastel Interviews David Keenan… And Vice Versa
Ahead of the release of the This Is Memorial Device album, based on the play, which was in turn based on the novel, musician Stephen Pastel and writer David Keenan interview one another, without any interference from us
Things I Have Learned
Artists illuminate their non-musical passions
Things I Have Learned
Water From Your Eyes’ Rachel Brown on Watching TV
Long before vocalist Rachel Brown began pursuing music, they dreamed of writing for the small screen. Ahead of releasing their disorientating, technicolour new album with Water From Your Eyes, they explain this lifelong passion to Alastair Shuttleworth
Things I Have Learned
Water From Your Eyes’ Rachel Brown on Watching TV
Long before vocalist Rachel Brown began pursuing music, they dreamed of writing for the small screen. Ahead of releasing their disorientating, technicolour new album with Water From Your Eyes, they explain this lifelong passion to Alastair Shuttleworth
Rock's Backpages
Archive music journalism from our friends at RBP
Rock's Backpages
When Mark Met Nick and Shane: Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse
From Rock's Backpages this month, an infamous NME pop summit from 1989. James Brown and Sean O'Hagan took Mark E Smith, Nick Cave & Shane MacGowan to the Montague Arms (RIP) in New Cross. Great merriment ensued... (republished 24th January 2018)
Rock's Backpages
Rock’s Backpages: Paul Morley’s 1997 Review Of Radiohead’s OK Computer
Fifteen years after the release of Radiohead's phenomenal OK Computer, we visit the Rock's Backpages archive for Paul Morley's Uncut magazine review
Rock's Backpages
Tortoise: Shell On Earth, By Simon Reynolds
The Quietus are proud to be hosting the Village Mentality stage, headlined by Tortoise, at Field Day this Saturday. Writing for the Melody Maker in February 1996, Simon Reynolds heralded their album Millions Now Living Will Never Die as the future...
Rock's Backpages
When Mark Met Nick and Shane: Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse
From Rock's Backpages this month, an infamous NME pop summit from 1989. James Brown and Sean O'Hagan took Mark E Smith, Nick Cave & Shane MacGowan to the Montague Arms (RIP) in New Cross. Great merriment ensued... (republished 24th January 2018)
Rock's Backpages
Tortoise: Shell On Earth, By Simon Reynolds
The Quietus are proud to be hosting the Village Mentality stage, headlined by Tortoise, at Field Day this Saturday. Writing for the Melody Maker in February 1996, Simon Reynolds heralded their album Millions Now Living Will Never Die as the future...
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10 reccomended entry points into an artist’s back catalogue
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The Strange World Of… Soulwax
Poised to release their first Soulwax album in seven years, Stephen and David Dewaele talk Gemma Samways through their tenure at the forefront of the rock dance crossover. Main portrait by Nadine Fraczkowski
