Luke Turner

Suck & Let Go: In Defence Of Electroclash

Ten years after the release of Fischerspooner's 'Emerge', Luke Turner looks back at a much-maligned form, and picks ten of his favourite electroclash bangers

Grandaddy

The Sophtware Slump (reissue)

LISTEN: Bon Iver & James Blake Track

Blubstep bromance? Or brilliant?

Scanner, The News Of The World & The Art Of Listening In

Robin Rimbaud - AKA Scanner - once trawled the airwaves recording 'found' telephone conversations. He discusses his controversial work, and remembers when the News Of The World tried to buy his archive of recordings

NEW MUSIC: ‘Ghostwalking’ By New War

'Ghostwalking' out on Gossip guitarist's label soon

LISTEN: Indonesian Thoughts In Post-Snowman Project

New music from Andy Citawarman

Bum Rush The Show: Why Reality TV Has More To Do With Violence Than Rap

Luke Turner refutes the Daily Mirror's assertion that hip hop was to blame for this week's unrest. But there's another popular cultural form that reflects the kind of society that caused it

LISTEN: Gary Numan’s ‘Dead Sun Rising’

Check out new track here!

Uncivil Disorder: The Quietus’ Personal View Of The Hackney Riots

Last night's rioting took place at the end of and along Luke Turner's street. Here is his view on the trouble

MIA: Twattish Riot Tweets Shocker

Clearly gunning to out-bellend Morrissey

Prurient

Bermuda Drain

Alan Moore & Iain Sinclair For English Journey Re-Imagined

Event at the Barbican this Autumn. Alan Moore portrait by Dave Ma

Field Day Stage Times

Get 'em here

Alexis Taylor Of About Group On Fishing With John

Luke Turner talks to Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip and About Group about John Lurie's cult TV series, Fishing With John

LISTEN: Arab Strap Duo Cover Slow Club

Moffat & Middleton united by love for song

Hot Chip: New LP Progress Report

Dialogue with About Group explored

The Quietus Guide & Spotify Preview Of Field Day 2011

Top tips and a Spotify playlist for this weekend's bash in Victoria Park

Radio Soulwax: The Premiere Of The Into The Vortex Hour

The Quietus is transmitting conduit for the next hour of the excellent Radio Soulwax project. Plus! A chat with David Dewaele

Of Tome & Tide: Port Eliot Literary Festival Reviewed

Luke Turner goes to the frightfully nice Port Eliot literary festival for a weekend of words and song. Photographs thanks to Neil Thomson, visit his website here

WATCH: Bjork ‘Crystalline’ Video

Michel Gondry-directed video online now

Neigh Bother: Director Dave Ma On Making Videos For Foals

We talk to video director Dave Ma about his work with Foals. All pics by Ethan Scott

The Whole World In Her Hands: Bjork Interviewed

As Bjork launches Biophilia, Luke Turner heads to Iceland to discuss technology, the environment, her country, musical education and the genesis of this astonishing project

LISTEN: New Metronomy Remix

Clock Opera have a fiddle

Morrissey Searches Fans For Meat, Bitten By Dog

Incidents thought to be unrelated

Beyond Action & Reaction: The Vorticists At Tate Britain

Writing on the current Vorticist exhibition, Luke Turner explores the short-lived movement that influenced The Fall and post-punk

“A Watershed Moment” Patrick Wolf Discusses Lupercalia

In a frank interview with Luke Turner, Patrick Wolf discusses leaving his past behind, a surprising return to a major label, and why might leave England for Florida and country music to become "a male KD Lang"

Caught By The River Extract: Bill Drummond On The Damson Fruit

Caught By The River have a new book out, and we're very pleased to present to you an extract where Bill Drummond ponders Nazi uniforms, jam and Peter Cook as he muses on the damson, his favourite fruit

The Horrors’ How-It-Was-Made Guide To Skying

A couple of weeks ago, Luke Turner went to The Horrors' studio in Hackney to get the low-down on how they put together ace new LP Skying. Dave Ma was on hand to take the exclusive studio photos

Flaming Lips Talk New Projects

Wayne Coyne enthuses on "great, explosive, strange" time for the band

Daily Mail Fail: Rank Hypocrisy On Pop Music & Sexualised Teens

The Daily Mail today printed an article by Mike Stock complaining about the sexualisation of children through pop music. But, points out Luke Turner, the tabloid's printing of semi-naked photos of a 17-year-old singer and Stock's on dubious past makes them flagrant hypocrites

The Age Of Empire: An Atari Teenage Riot Interview

As Atari Teenage Riot release thrilling new LP Is This Hyperreal?, Alec Empire talks to Luke Turner about his fears for the internet, why Germany is in a dangerous state, and why it's people who keep him hopeful

The Horrors Explain Skying Title

Not to do with drugs, planes or skiing