Luke Turner

Chris Watson On Recording The Music Of The Natural World

In Cabaret Voltaire, Chris Watson used tape loops and field recordings as a pioneer of industrial music. Now, he is a sound recordist for BBC nature programmes who also works on installations, films and his own albums. He speaks to Luke Turner about trying to capture the sound of the world in a very noisy modern age

Serafina Steer

The Moths Are Real

Bruce Lacey Experience: ICA Screening

Plus Quietus Q&A with filmmakers Jeremy Deller and Nick Abrahams

Foxygen

We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace & Magic

WATCH: Bo Ningen Vs Savages

Ace video online!

Strap, Crackle & Pop: L. Pierre’s Aidan Moffat Interviewed

The decaying sample collages of Aidan Moffat's L. Pierre project are beautiful and unsettling in equal measure. He tells Luke Turner that marvelous new album The Island Come True is like a Choose Your Own Adventure story

BACK: Justin Timberlake

Teaser now online!

John Foxx & Friends On Identity Amidst The Machines

Foxxy, Benge, Gazelle Twin and Scanner discuss music and identity in a digital age

Douglas J. McCarthy

Kill Your Friends

Tony Visconti On New David Bowie Material

In BBC interview, producer gives a fine bill of health and promise of rockier tracks!

LISTEN: New Whitey

Kickstarter project nearly there... days to go!

LISTEN: New David Bowie!!

Plus new album this year...

Ulterior

The Bleach Room

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

AAAIIEEEEEEEE

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

X-TG

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'