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Hazel Winter Of The Blue Aeroplanes On Finding Shamen In Siberia

Hazel Winter from Quietus favourites Blue Aeroplanes recalls the stunning views in Siberia and the fact that shamen don't fly.

The Beginning Of The End: The Return Of Rum Music

A temporal burp uploads a historical research dossier from the far future into The Quietus’ content management system. Portending the end of music, it gives a quick introduction to Rum Music, our newly returned column that tries to map new territories in the ever-shifting auditory dimension, along with a mix featuring the ‘best’ Rum Music of 2018

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)

Axl Rose Attacks Slash

Says he considers former chum to be "a cancer"

To The Future Or To The Past: The Strange World Of… The Rebel

Oliver Cookson sits down with Country Teasers frontman Ben Wallers to discuss ten points of entry into his extensive discography. They also talk "shit production", Kool Keith, Pink Floyd, fear of nuclear annihilation and his infamous 'Spakenkreuz' symbol

Voodoo Rams: An Interview With Goat

John Freeman chats to shadowy Swedish collective Goat, about how ancient voodoo rituals influenced their extraordinary debut album World Music

Natural Rhythm: Chris Packham’s Favourite Albums

Broadcaster and naturalist Chris Packham talks Luke Turner through his favourite albums... includes punk rock riot, hitchhiking, and singing poodles

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Slip (reissue)

Careful With That Axe: Pink Floyd Reappraised, By Taylor Parkes

Taylor Parkes goes behind The Wall to find Pink Floyd's post-Syd Barrett greatness in a series of live albums that showcase them at their inventive, truly progressive best