Interviews

Find a Note and Keep Going: An Interview with Dawn Terry

From the days of Bong to a host of collaborations; cranky lo fi Dungeon Synth to one of the most arresting and enveloping improvised solo drone projects around, Dawn Terry is a mainstay of the UK underground. Ahead of her performance at Acid Horse in May, she speaks to Harry Sword about Fighting Fantasy, Doom Yoga and Ukrainian hurdy-gurdy

Brave in Particular Contexts: Mclusky Interviewed

tQ’s official Mclusky correspondent, JR Moores, catches up with Andrew Falkous for a freewheeling chat covering pesto, Genghis Khan, tinnitus and the revived rock trio's first album in over two decades. Plus, the band share the new video for brand new track 'Chekov's Guns'

Northern Gothic: Rainy Miller Interviewed

In the first interview about his new album, the Lancashire producer Jack Bowes talks to Fergal Kinney about Preston grime, absent fathers, and why he’s exhausted with the discussion about class in British music. CW: Mentions suicidal ideation

Quests in Time and Space: Jem Finer on The Pogues and his 1000-year Longplayer

Longplayer is a musical installation that will play for a millennia. Its composer Jem Finer speaks to Darran Anderson about how the differences between this challenge to our sense of human time is, perhaps unexpectedly, closely related to his work in The Pogues

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Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

Baker's Dozen

Beauty and Sadness: Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast’s Favourite Albums

Michelle Zauner, driving force behind Japanese Breakfast, takes David Chiu through her life in 13 records, from foundational encounters with Motown, the beauty of Pacific Northwestern indie, and the inspiration she found in Mount Eerie and Joanna Newsom

Baker's Dozen

God Tier: Tyler Hyde of Black Country, New Road’s Favourite Albums

As she moves up to co-lead vocal and songwriting duties for Black Country, New Road, Tyler Hyde selects 13 records that influence her craft, from Randy Newman to The Fall via Frank Ocean, "Blue" Gene Tyranny and more

Baker's Dozen

All For The Songs: Edwyn Collins’ Favourite Music

On the verge of a new album and his final ever tour, Edwyn Collins takes Jude Rogers through 13 records that have defined his life, from indie, soul and country classics to his encounters with Sparks and The Cribs

Baker's Dozen

Stick with the Weirdos: Marie Davidson’s Favourite Books

Marie Davidson takes us through 13 of her favourite books, taking in sci-fi, economics, meditation, Miles Davis, and the major inspirations on her new LP City Of Clowns

All Baker's Dozens

Beauty and Sadness: Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast’s Favourite Albums

Michelle Zauner, driving force behind Japanese Breakfast, takes David Chiu through her life in 13 records, from foundational encounters with Motown, the beauty of Pacific Northwestern indie, and the inspiration she found in Mount Eerie and Joanna Newsom

God Tier: Tyler Hyde of Black Country, New Road’s Favourite Albums

As she moves up to co-lead vocal and songwriting duties for Black Country, New Road, Tyler Hyde selects 13 records that influence her craft, from Randy Newman to The Fall via Frank Ocean, "Blue" Gene Tyranny and more

All For The Songs: Edwyn Collins’ Favourite Music

On the verge of a new album and his final ever tour, Edwyn Collins takes Jude Rogers through 13 records that have defined his life, from indie, soul and country classics to his encounters with Sparks and The Cribs

Stick with the Weirdos: Marie Davidson’s Favourite Books

Marie Davidson takes us through 13 of her favourite books, taking in sci-fi, economics, meditation, Miles Davis, and the major inspirations on her new LP City Of Clowns

All Baker's Dozens

In Conversation

Artists go head-to-head

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: Jonathan Meades Interviews Saint Leonard. And Vice Versa

We left musician Saint Leonard and the polymath Jonathan Meades alone to answer the kind of questions they wish they were always asked

All 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

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

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

Peer Review: Jonathan Meades Interviews Saint Leonard. And Vice Versa

We left musician Saint Leonard and the polymath Jonathan Meades alone to answer the kind of questions they wish they were always asked

All In Conversation

Things I Have Learned

Artists illuminate their non-musical passions

Things I Have Learned

Addicted to Humus: Matthew Ingram on the Revolutionary Potential of Compost

Ingram, fka WOEBOT, shares the things he has learned about improving the health of soil while researching his new book, The Garden. All portraits by Sam Ingram

Things I Have Learned

Circuit des Yeux on the Poop Jokes of Scott Walker

A decade ago CdY couldn't understand why people compared her music to that made by a man in his seventies, but after listening to the work of Scott Walker she found much she approved of, including scatological humour. Main portrait by Dana Trippe, all other pictures by Haley Fohr

Things I Have Learned

Richard Foster on the Art of Punk Rock Birdwatching

Writer/ idler/ photocopyist Richard Foster is about to publish his second auto fiction – The Punk Rock Birdwatching Club – this month. Here he outlines the credo of this pastime. Portraits by Nina Dörner

Things I Have Learned

Wardruna’s Einar Selvik on his Love of Ancient Instruments

Wardruna main man Einar Selvik tells Dan Franklin about how his passion for ancient instruments fuels his music, and the ways in which nature creates culture

All Things I Have Learned

Addicted to Humus: Matthew Ingram on the Revolutionary Potential of Compost

Ingram, fka WOEBOT, shares the things he has learned about improving the health of soil while researching his new book, The Garden. All portraits by Sam Ingram

Circuit des Yeux on the Poop Jokes of Scott Walker

A decade ago CdY couldn't understand why people compared her music to that made by a man in his seventies, but after listening to the work of Scott Walker she found much she approved of, including scatological humour. Main portrait by Dana Trippe, all other pictures by Haley Fohr

Richard Foster on the Art of Punk Rock Birdwatching

Writer/ idler/ photocopyist Richard Foster is about to publish his second auto fiction – The Punk Rock Birdwatching Club – this month. Here he outlines the credo of this pastime. Portraits by Nina Dörner

Wardruna’s Einar Selvik on his Love of Ancient Instruments

Wardruna main man Einar Selvik tells Dan Franklin about how his passion for ancient instruments fuels his music, and the ways in which nature creates culture

All Things I Have Learned

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

From Rock’s Backpages: Donna Summer & The Story Of ‘Love To Love You Baby’

The Quietus and Rock's Backpages remembering Donna Summer with an extract from Jim Esposito's 1976 feature on the sexing up of AM radio

All 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: 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

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...