Kevin Mccaighy
A Quietus Interview
To End All War: An Interview With Diamanda Galás
Upon the release of her new album Broken Gargoyles, Diamanda Galás discusses her unflinching exploration of soldiers mutilated by war, the album's roots in the poetry of Georg Heym and the photos of Ernst Friedrich, and why the pandemic was a prompt to live in the moment
A Quietus Interview
To End All War: An Interview With Diamanda Galás
Upon the release of her new album Broken Gargoyles, Diamanda Galás discusses her unflinching exploration of soldiers mutilated by war, the album's roots in the poetry of Georg Heym and the photos of Ernst Friedrich, and why the pandemic was a prompt to live in the moment
Strange World Of...
The Strange World Of… Amphetamine Reptile Records
Kevin Mccaighy takes a close look at one of the most important American independent rock labels of the 80s and 90s, finding ten points of entry into a bewilderingly large back catalogue, in the shape of gems from Unsane, Today Is The Day, Cows and Mudhoney
Strange World Of...
The Strange World Of… Amphetamine Reptile Records
Kevin Mccaighy takes a close look at one of the most important American independent rock labels of the 80s and 90s, finding ten points of entry into a bewilderingly large back catalogue, in the shape of gems from Unsane, Today Is The Day, Cows and Mudhoney
A Quietus Interview
“I’m Upfront About The Fact I’m A Fucking Nutter” – Guttersnipe Interviewed
The Quietus has long been of the opinion that Guttersnipe are one of the most exciting live acts in the UK underground, if not the entire world. Now with debut album My Mother The Vent due out next month on Upset The Rhythm, they have recorded material to match. Kevin McCaighy talks to Urocerus Gigas and Tipula Confusa about their incendiary sound. Garden and living room portraits by Abby Banks
A Quietus Interview
“I’m Upfront About The Fact I’m A Fucking Nutter” – Guttersnipe Interviewed
The Quietus has long been of the opinion that Guttersnipe are one of the most exciting live acts in the UK underground, if not the entire world. Now with debut album My Mother The Vent due out next month on Upset The Rhythm, they have recorded material to match. Kevin McCaighy talks to Urocerus Gigas and Tipula Confusa about their incendiary sound. Garden and living room portraits by Abby Banks
A Quietus Interview
The Lay Of The Land: An Interview With Hwyl Nofio
Steve Parry's latest album as Hwyl Nofio finds him exploring personal and collective histories in his home region of South Wales. He speaks with Kevin Mccaighy about the rise and fall of industry and wandering the valleys with a field recorder
A Quietus Interview
The Lay Of The Land: An Interview With Hwyl Nofio
Steve Parry's latest album as Hwyl Nofio finds him exploring personal and collective histories in his home region of South Wales. He speaks with Kevin Mccaighy about the rise and fall of industry and wandering the valleys with a field recorder
A Quietus Interview
Infectious Virulence: An Interview With Divorce
Glasgow noise-rock quartet Divorce make a hellish, high-frequency no wave racket. With their self-titled debut recently released, they speak to Kevin Mccaighy about touring, spontaneity, and why noise for noise's sake isn't good enough
A Quietus Interview
Infectious Virulence: An Interview With Divorce
Glasgow noise-rock quartet Divorce make a hellish, high-frequency no wave racket. With their self-titled debut recently released, they speak to Kevin Mccaighy about touring, spontaneity, and why noise for noise's sake isn't good enough
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Black Sky Thinking
Adrian From The Moonlandingz On His Love For The Glorious North
Next week, The Quietus hosts a panel at Hull City Of Culture about the perils of trying to survive as a musician in London, and music scenes that are thriving across the UK. Here, international music man and Sheffield stalwart Adrian Flanagan of The Moonlandingz tells us a thing or two about the North-South divide, snazzy donuts and the importance of bickering.
Baker's Dozen
Unshakable: Nonpareils’ Aaron Hemphill’s Favourite Albums
From underage drinking soundtracked by Germs to the ton-of-bricks hit of Prince And The Revolution, via classics in hip hop, goth, easy listening and metal, former Liars and current Nonpareils musician Aaron Hemphill takes Luke Turner through an eclectic Baker's Dozen
Black Sky Thinking
The Artist Is Absent: Frank Ocean’s Coded Queerness
Underneath the frenzied media hype surrounding the release of his latest album, Frank Ocean remains an enigma. Laurie Chen reads between the lines to find shifting, forever elusive portrayals of queerness from an introverted visionary
Baker's Dozen
Music Is Not Sport: Nils Frahm’s Favourite Albums
Before he releases his Late Night Tales compilation, the pianist, composer and new classical ("I never liked it, but I'm stuck with it now; give me something cool like 'neo jazz'") pioneer gives Karl Smith a tour of his favourite overlooked records, by musicians "that deserve a little afterglow"
Black Sky Thinking
Shadowplay: The Case For Regulating Online Ticket Touting
The online ticket resale industry is still exploitative and worryingly unregulated. Professor Guy Osborn of Westminster Law School and Professor Mark James of Manchester Law School present their latest research on this controversial practice and make a case for a new Labour government bringing in legislation to deal with it
