Steve Ignorant On Saving Lives With The Sea Palling Lifeboat

Steve Ignorant now lives in North Norfolk and volunteers as a crew member on the independent Sea Palling lifeboat. Here, he tells Luke Turner about his work on the choppy grey waters. Photo thanks to Damon Allen Davison

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Path of Totality

All The Pain Is Gone: Eddie Levert Of The O’Jays Interviewed

John Doran talks to Eddie Levert of The O'Jays about five and a half decades of soul power

Jabula Happiness: Julian Bahula Interviewed

The South African drummer and ANC activist talks to Clyde Macfarlane about his achievements and the release of a new compilation, Spirit Of Malombo

Hip Priest: Mark E Smith As Conduit For The Fall

The Fall was always bigger than Mark E Smith, and he knew it even when we forgot. Luke Turner reflects on a great curator, interpreter and magician

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)

PREVIEW: GIT Awards

With the 'Scouse Mercury Prize' awards ceremony taking place this Friday, we do a rundown of the shortlisted acts

Pipe Down: Tashi Wada Interviewed

Ahead of his appearance at Meakusma Festival, Tashi Wada talks to Tristan Bath about collaborating with his father, Yoshi and Julia Holter

Franz Ferdinand Reveal Autumn Tour

Dates here

First Names For Sónar 2016

New Order lead the way in first announcement for 2016 festival

THIS WEEK: Austin Collings Book Launch

Join novelist and longtime friend of the Quietus Austin Collings to celebrate the release of his new, PARIAH-published, tQ-endorsed work of grim, Northern verisimilitude The Myth of Brilliant Summers down't'pub this coming Friday in Homerton

Human Dialogue: An Interview With Moa Pillar

Fedor Pereverzev tells Nikita Velichko about journeying from Moscow to the Caucasus to see how possible it was for a cultural exchange to take place between a modern electronic artist and traditional folk musicians

The Undertones

An Anthology

INTERVIEW: Tess Parks

Plus, first spin of Gates Of Broadway from Toronto singer-songwriter's debut album Blood Hot

Things Learned At: Primavera Sound

Barcelona resident James Skinner reports, with sets from Nine Inch Nails, Slint, Angel Olsen and more. Photos by Dani Canto and Santi Periel

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