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Wire To Release Live Session Album

The Black Session - Paris 10 May 2011 for release in February

The Cost Of Living: Pyrrhon, Skepticism And The Abscess Of Capitalism

New York extreme metallers Pyrrhon have released a new album that eviscerates our current way of living. When the alternatives are insanity and death, perhaps the ancient philosopher the band is named after offers a way forward. Dan Franklin investigates, with a little help from Professor Richard Bett and Travis Bickle

Accidents Of Displacement: An Interview With Trupa Trupa

On the launch of their third LP, the ironically titled Jolly New Songs, Brendan Telford speaks to Polish avant-punks Trupa Trupa’s Grzegorz Kwiatkowski about forsaking democracy for collective creativity, dark histories and the disconcertion of happenstance

For Victory: An Interview With Narrows

Transatlantic crew Narrows, featuring former members of Botch, These Arms Are Snakes and Bullet Union, among others, are about to embark on what might be their final European tour. Quietus editor John Doran catches up with them to talk Bolt Thrower, Game Of Thrones and Greenland

Charlotte Church

THREE

The Golden Section: John Foxx’s Favourite Albums

The electronics pioneer pens his own Baker's Dozen and gives us a slightly different twist on the 13 favourites formula

LISTEN: Can – ‘Deadly Doris’

Listen to the newly-released 'Deadly Doris' from the forthcoming Can: The Lost Tapes box set

Thirsty, Pummelling Noise: An Interview With Wölfbait

Self-described 'kraut violence' crew Wolfbait stormed the Quietus office earlier this year with their self-titled debut album, which hit with all the unstoppable momentum of a wrecking ball. We assigned Toby Cook to find out more about this mysterious gang of demolition artistes

I Like Trains Launch Tea

"Tea cannot be digitised!"

Derek Jarman’s Advice To A Young Queer Artist, By Scott Treleaven

Ahead of a screening of his film The Salivation Army at the BFI next week, Canadian filmmaker Scott Treleaven remembers life-changing and inspiring encounters with Derek Jarman

Repeating, Shouting, Pointing: Fixmer/McCarthy Interviewed

As Terence Fixmer and Douglas McCarthy ex of Nitzer Ebb prepare to bring their full-throttling collaboration Fixmer/McCarthy to the UK this weekend, Luke Turner dropped them a line to find out their dirty little secrets

Irish Ministers Agree To Extend Nightclub Opening Hours To 6am

The much-anticipated licensing reforms are expected to come into law next year

Never Lose The Aggression: Flats Interviewed

After being refused service in Wetherspoons, Flats tell John Freeman about wanting to write hits and why music and politics don't mix

LISTEN: Taman Shud – Viper Smoke

Title track from Taman Shud's just-announced debut album, out next year

Daniel Patrick Quinn

I, Sun