Interviews
Getting to the heart of what artists are thinking
Baker's Dozen
Sheer Momentum: Jack Barnett of These New Puritans’ Favourite Music
Ahead of their show at this year’s Skaņu Mežs festival, Jack Barnett of These New Puritans takes Claire Biddles through an eclectic Baker’s Dozen, taking in everything from flamenco and Greek traditional music to Steely Dan and Bob Dylan
Strange World Of...
The Strange World of… Jon Spencer
For 40 years, Jon Spencer has been playing a mutant strain of rock & roll. Here he offers Mark Andrews 10 entry points to his vast back catalogue, from his earliest days in Pussy Galore, through the Blues Explosion all the way up to his still-nameless new band
Baker's Dozen
Instant Grounding: Patrick Wolf’s Favourite Albums
From teenage awakenings at the hands of Björk and Stereolab via English folksong, a lockdown obsession with Dead Can Dance and a newfound love of Lili Boulanger, Patrick Wolf takes Luke Turner through the thirteen records that have defined his life
A Quietus Interview
Moderate Chaos: Jerskin Fendrix Interviewed
Jerskin's second album Once Upon a Time... In Shropshire is a novel album of country death songs, country life songs and country love songs. But why did it take so long and how does it fit in with his growing reputation as a composer for films? Words by Robert Davidson. All photography by Tim Gutt. CW: Contains mention of suicide
A Quietus Interview
Definitive conversations with our favourite artists
A Quietus Interview
Everything Wide Open: An Interview with The Messthetics
Ahead of their show at Cagliari's Siren Festival next month, Stevie Chick speaks to The Messthetics as he charts their story so far, from its roots in the relentless rhythm section of Fugazi to the recruitment of bravura guitarist Anthony Pirog, and new lightning-in-a-bottle collaborations with James Brandon Lewis
A Quietus Interview
“Being Different isn’t Something to Take Lightly”: Jarvis Cocker Interviewed
Pulp are back with their first new album in nearly a quarter of a century; Jarvis Cocker joins us to talk about More, but also outsider art in America, an attic full of wonder in London and revolution versus violence in Sheffield. Words by Darran Anderson. All portraits by Tom Jackson
A Quietus Interview
A Condition of the Space: Mary Anne Hobbs Interviewed
Ahead of a new Sunday show on BBC 6 Music and an appearance at MIF, the broadcaster and DJ shares some ideas about process, work ethic and a formative year spent living on a bus. Words by John Doran. Main portrait by Brett Walker
A Quietus Interview
Fuck Those Allies: An Interview with DJ Haram
As she shares new track 'Distress Tolerance', DJ Haram speaks to Jesse Dorris about her roots in New Jersey clubs and the Philadelphia underground, the complexities of DJing and identity, and charting her own path on debut album Beside Myself
A Quietus Interview
Everything Wide Open: An Interview with The Messthetics
Ahead of their show at Cagliari's Siren Festival next month, Stevie Chick speaks to The Messthetics as he charts their story so far, from its roots in the relentless rhythm section of Fugazi to the recruitment of bravura guitarist Anthony Pirog, and new lightning-in-a-bottle collaborations with James Brandon Lewis
A Quietus Interview
“Being Different isn’t Something to Take Lightly”: Jarvis Cocker Interviewed
Pulp are back with their first new album in nearly a quarter of a century; Jarvis Cocker joins us to talk about More, but also outsider art in America, an attic full of wonder in London and revolution versus violence in Sheffield. Words by Darran Anderson. All portraits by Tom Jackson
A Quietus Interview
A Condition of the Space: Mary Anne Hobbs Interviewed
Ahead of a new Sunday show on BBC 6 Music and an appearance at MIF, the broadcaster and DJ shares some ideas about process, work ethic and a formative year spent living on a bus. Words by John Doran. Main portrait by Brett Walker
A Quietus Interview
Fuck Those Allies: An Interview with DJ Haram
As she shares new track 'Distress Tolerance', DJ Haram speaks to Jesse Dorris about her roots in New Jersey clubs and the Philadelphia underground, the complexities of DJing and identity, and charting her own path on debut album Beside Myself
Baker's Dozen
Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives
Baker's Dozen
Ain’t it the Truth: Robert Lloyd of Nightingales’ Favourite Music
In the wake of Nightingales' new record The Awful Truth, the band's leader Robert Lloyd takes John Quin for a freewheeling ride through 13 significant tracks, from a boyhood love of Lulu and Lou Reed to later encounters with Faust and Freakwater
Baker's Dozen
Ain’t it the Truth: Robert Lloyd of Nightingales’ Favourite Music
In the wake of Nightingales' new record The Awful Truth, the band's leader Robert Lloyd takes John Quin for a freewheeling ride through 13 significant tracks, from a boyhood love of Lulu and Lou Reed to later encounters with Faust and Freakwater
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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
Kevin Lee Kharas of Real Lies on the Joys of Doomscrolling
People say doomscrolling is tearing apart the social fabric – and they're probably right – but, says Kevin Lee Kharas of Real Lies, it's a problem he's learning to like. Here, he tells us what it's taught him about life and people
Things I Have Learned
Kevin Lee Kharas of Real Lies on the Joys of Doomscrolling
People say doomscrolling is tearing apart the social fabric – and they're probably right – but, says Kevin Lee Kharas of Real Lies, it's a problem he's learning to like. Here, he tells us what it's taught him about life and people
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...
Strange World Of...
10 reccomended entry points into an artist’s back catalogue
Strange World Of...
The Strange World Of… The Young Gods
Franz Treichler guides David Stubbs through the archives of the Swiss trio who repurposed the sampler to give rock a new, industrial lease of life in the 1980s, before venturing into space influenced by ambient and techno. Portrait by Charlotte Walker
Strange World Of...
The Strange World Of… Editions Mego
It started with the sound of a fridge... Daryl Worthington studies the tributary network of connections that make up Editions Mego via ten of their crucial releases
Strange World Of...
The Strange World of… Steve Aylett
With Heart Of The Original, his radical treatise on creativity, back in print and new novel The Book Lovers out last December, cult author Steve Aylett is ripe for discovery. Aug Stone talks to him and offers ten points of entry into his back catalogue
Strange World Of...
The Strange World of Andy Bell: Erasure & Beyond
As Andy Bell prepares to release his finest solo album to date, he guides Luke Turner through his Strange World, from his relationship to Erasure's hits, remixing Vince Clarke, touring with Cyndi Lauper, singing with Debbie Harry and a one-man play about a randy vampire.
Strange World Of...
The Strange World Of… The Young Gods
Franz Treichler guides David Stubbs through the archives of the Swiss trio who repurposed the sampler to give rock a new, industrial lease of life in the 1980s, before venturing into space influenced by ambient and techno. Portrait by Charlotte Walker
Strange World Of...
The Strange World of… Steve Aylett
With Heart Of The Original, his radical treatise on creativity, back in print and new novel The Book Lovers out last December, cult author Steve Aylett is ripe for discovery. Aug Stone talks to him and offers ten points of entry into his back catalogue
Strange World Of...
The Strange World of Andy Bell: Erasure & Beyond
As Andy Bell prepares to release his finest solo album to date, he guides Luke Turner through his Strange World, from his relationship to Erasure's hits, remixing Vince Clarke, touring with Cyndi Lauper, singing with Debbie Harry and a one-man play about a randy vampire.
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A Quietus Interview
The Difficulty Of Love: King Midas Sound And Fennesz Interviewed
John Doran meets Christian Fennesz, Kiki Hitomi, Roger Robinson and Kevin Martin in Tilburg, NL, after their first ever live performance together at Incubate festival. They discuss their excellent new album Edition 1, the difficulty of romance, the nature of melancholy and their memories of rain
Black Sky Thinking
The Utopia Of Records: Why Sound Archiving Is Important
Sound is not permanent, and much of the recorded recent history of humanity is currently disintegrating. Robert Barry reports from the British Library Sound Archive and Internet Archive to find out what's being done to preserve these audio records, and explains what you can do to help
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Spontaneity Is The Key: Addison Groove Interviewed
Bristol's Addison Groove has been instrumental in drawing Chicago juke and footwork within reach of UK dancefloors. With his debut album Transistor Rhythm just released, Harry Sword spoke to him about the lure of juke, and the importance of remaining spontaneous
In Conversation
Cigarettes & Fine White Wine: Asia Argento & Alan Bishop In Conversation
Asia Argento has finished recording Total Entropy, her first full-length album. Between shooting scenes for a new film in Corsica, she speaks to Alan Bishop of Sun City Girls and Sublime Frequencies about the album, music, writing and, of course, smoking
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Ephemeral Now: An Interview With Ipek Gorgun
Ipek Gorgun's solo works are like choreographed chemical reactions on a micro scale or a terraforming planet on a macro scale. Here she reveals how silence, ontology and the physicality of sound influence her rich fusions of ambient and noise. Portrait by Nazli Erdemirel
