Channel-Surfing the Apocalypse: The Strange World Of… Daniel Higgs

Daniel Higgs has built a legacy in the pursuit of his own spiritual truth. Ahead of an appearance at Terraforma festival he talks Matthew Neale through his back catalogue, with detours via mass media indoctrination, a drive-by shooting, and the mystery of how cassettes work

Pinkshinyultrablast

Everything Else Matters

A Pavement Interview: Terror Twilight, Radiohead, & Going Overground

As Pavement announce their reunion, Rock's Backpages and the Quietus revisit Barney Hoskyns' 1999 feature, written during the recording of final album _Terror Twilight_

The Start Of The End: Pantera’s Far Beyond Driven Revisited

Dan Franklin turns the clock back twenty years to this turning point Pantera album

LISTEN: The Soft Moon Mix

Luis Vasquez shares mixtape especially for tQ; listen to it below

Let’s Dance: Eno Williams Of Ibibio Sound Machine Interviewed

Clyde Macfarlane talks to the singer of the Anglo-Nigerian highlife funk group

Tree Thinking: Adrian Utley On A Woodland Sonic Journey

Adrian Utley has composed a piece of music as part of sounduk's Sonic Journey series. Luke Turner speaks to him about this response to our ancient woodland (studio photos courtesy Adrian Utley)

Embedded In The Skull: Colin Stetson’s Favourite LPs

As the experimental multi-instrumentalist prepares to release an envelope-pushing solo album and play the Quietus-partnered Big Ears Festival in Tennessee, he takes us through 13 LPs that have shaped the journey so far.

Viva Exthopia! The Ex On Ethiopian Music

Ahead of their appearance across Le Guess Who? festival in Utrecht this November Terrie Hessels, Katherina Bornefeld, Andy Moor and Arnold de Boer of The Ex sit down with Noel Gardner to talk about the importance of Ethiopian music. Features exclusive Fendika track

Wide Open Spaces: Standish/Carlyon Interviewed

Former Devastations men Conrad Standish and Tom Carlyon release their sumptuously smooth, dubbed-out debut album this week. Steph Kretowicz catches up with Standish to chat leather hats and differences between Australia and London

The Adverts

Cast Of Thousands (reissue)

Not Just Random Doof: Jas Shaw’s Favourite Music

Jas Shaw marks the release of the first album from his new project Shaw & Grossfeldt with a Quietus Baker's Dozen, featuring an Aphex Twin love story, why dance music isn't an albums game, and how a Resident Advisor podcast helped him through chemotherapy

LISTEN: The Quietus On Phoenix FM

John joined Steve Davis and Kavus Torabi on The Interesting Alternative Show last night (Monday December 15)… here's the mix cloud

Infuse, Confuse, Provoke: Mats Gustafsson Interviewed

Stewart Smith talks to sax master Mats Gustafsson about a flurry of activity surrounding his bands The Thing and Fire!

Something To Give Yourself To: An Interview With Piano Wire

After the curtain fell on The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster's second act, that band's Andy Huxley and Sym Gharial began writing songs together. They tell Jeremy Allen about the innate weirdness of their brand of pop music and why Piano Wire are TEMBD's "spiritual heir"

Kraftwerk Reissues On The Way

Eight records to be re-released