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The Quietus’ Most Read Articles Of 2012

Here's a handy digest of all the most popular Quietus features, reviews, Black Sky Thinking opinion pieces, Baker's Dozen favourite album interviews and news stories you might have missed in 2012. Note - there'll be a Best New Music Content of 2012 to launch An Exciting New Feature, appearing next week. Photo by Al Overdrive

Apollo’s Bounteous Harvest: The Quietus Albums Of The Year 2012

Don't let the naysayers drag you down - we are currently living in a great age for music in myriad, fractured forms. Many of them can be found here, in our reductive and subjective list of the Quietus' favourite albums of 2012

Ian Rankin Single: Out Now!

Track available early!

God Through All Things? The Fall Live In Islington

Miles away from album coming or previous, Luke Turner wonders why we all keep wandering back to see The Fall - this time live at Islington Assembly Hall. Photo by Valerio Berdini

Kraftwerk To Play Tate Modern

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WATCH: Anton Corbijn’s Front 242 Vid

'Headhunter' video now online!

Suede: Something Afoot?

Clues appearing online

Independent Label Market: Edwyn Collins & Friends Talk AED

We look forward to this weekend's Independent Label Market by speaking to Edwyn Collins, Grace Maxwell and James Endeacott about their label, AED. They won't be biking ducks around London...

Hirsute Pursuit

Tighten That Muscle Ring

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: LP Details!

Next record due in February! Trailer here!

INTERVIEW: Mogwai On New Soundtrack

Accompaniment for spooky French telly programme

WATCH: Karenn Live At Boiler Room

Fierce and furious set from Blawan and Pariah

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Desertshore

INTERVIEW: Antony Hegarty On Desertshore

Antony Hegarty talks to us about Coil and singing Nico's 'Janitor Of Lunacy' for Desertshore

INTERVIEW: Blixa Bargeld On Desertshore

Blixa Bargeld talks to us about his Desertshore vocal. Picture by Thomas Rabsch

Field Day 2013: First Names Announced!

Mulatu Astatke and Animal Collective among first acts announced

Crime Plays: Writer Ian Rankin On His 13 Favourite Albums

Ian Rankin talks to Luke Turner about his life in music, and how he'd like to write novels based on Joy Division and David Bowie albums

INTERVIEW: Sasha Grey On Desertshore

The actress and noise musician discusses her vocal for Desertshore

INTERVIEW: Marc Almond On Desertshore

We begin a series of interviews with the guest vocalists from Desertshore with Marc Almond, who sings Nico's 'The Falconer'

LISTEN: Gaspar Noé’s Desertshore Track

We start a series looking at the vocalists for Carter Tutti and Christopherson's Desertshore with a premiere of Gaspar Noé's 'Le Petit Chevalier' and an interview with Chris and Cosey about the various performers. Sleazy portrait by Paul Heartfield

Ian Rankin To Release Debut Single

Release forthcoming on Tim Burgess' label

Factory Floor Talk ICA ‘Sonic Lumps’ Collab

Nik Colk Void and artist Hannah Sawtell discuss this weekend's collaboration at the Institute For Contemporary Arts

The Killer In Us: Dragged Into Sunlight Interviewed

Their new album Widowmaker is one of the best, most brutal records of the year. Luke Turner speaks to the anonymous, serial killer-obsessed and decidedly not fluffy-cat-LOL-pics-loving Dragged Into Sunlight

Our Week In Spotify Bangers No. 3

Ahoy and welcome to our third Spotify playlist of 13 tracks linked to what we've been writing about on the site over the past week

It’s Time For Brits To Stop Fawning Over US Politics & Set Our House In Order

From the reaction to this just-completed American election, you'd think that Britain was the 51st State. Luke Turner argues that it's time for us to stop looking over the Atlantic, and prepare for 2015 in our own back yard

Our Week In Spotify Bangers No. 2

The second in our Spotify playlists linking what we've been writing about with some music to delight the ears

Are You Looking For Mental? The Live Return Of Eighties Matchbox

Brighton's madcap punk/goth thrashers Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster made a scorching return to the fray this week, writes Luke Turner, and just in the nick of time

Quietus Mix 74: Leaves Of Iron & Rust Halloween

Luke puts together a collection of dark tracks ancient & modern for your October listening indulgence

LISTEN: New My Disco

New track now streaming... band promise "hour of power" at Lexington gig. Pic Dave Ma.

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)

The Beat Goes On: Kid Millions’ Favourite LPs

We look forward to Man Forever's gig with My Disco by getting the Baker's Dozen business from the gentleman Kid Millions