Rob Chapman

Inviolability: John Cale’s Fear Revisited

Mat Colegate celebrates the 40th birthday of a lopsided, odd and brilliant album

Gyratory System

Utility Music

The Body Is A Lever: An Interview With Sam Byers

Houman Barekat speaks to Sam Byers about his debut novel, Idiopathy, the perils of pop psychology and the link between boredom and narcissism

Kid606

Shout At The Doner

Poetical Universe: Fernando Perales On The Argentine Avant-Garde

The prolific musician looks over his career with Robert Barry, moving from playing with arch-experimentalists Reynols to making solo noise improvisations, and sidestepping a lawsuit from Hollywood on the way

Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews For January By Daryl Worthington

From a beautiful choral take on a Fluxus classic, to euphoric German anti-folk, Daryl Worthington finds there’s all kinds of escape through tape this January

Kristen Roos

Universal Synthesizer Interface Volume II

The Canadian artist weaves fresh new sounds from old MIDI programs, finds Vanessa Ague

Not-So-Bitter Music: Ali ‘Perc’ Wells On His Favourite 13 Albums

We've sent that young rascal Tonka to interview Ali Wells about the albums that made him Perc, from Huey Lewis & The News to Pete Swanson, Aphex, and how Iron Maiden made his kick drum mockery-proof

A Second Face: Notes On The Cover Of David Bowie’s The Next Day

Ryan Alexander Diduck explores absence and Bowie's identity with reference to the artwork to forthcoming album, The Next Day

New Weird Britain in Review for June by Noel Gardner

Noel Gardner brings us artificial birdsong, real birdsong, a metal nail hammered up a nostril, and a big set of technoise gloomsteppers in his latest report from the British fringes

Temples

Sun Structures

Digga Please! The Quietus <3 Record Store Day

Old man John Doran explains his love for vinyl and Quietus staff pick their top ten must have items on sale on Saturday

Enter The Furnace: Scott Walker Interviewed

John Doran meets the inimitable 30th Century Man to discuss Soused, his collaboration with Sunn O))) and front runner for album of the year

Beings

There is a Garden

A collaboration between Steve Gunn, Zoh Amba, Jim White and Shahzad Ismaily sounds as fresh and lively as a spring day, finds Tom Bolton

Hyperspecific: Dance Music For May Reviewed By Jaša Bužinel

Jaša Bužinel considers how best to hunt for musical discoveries in the age of algorithmic determinism, and reviews cutting-edge releases by Blawan, Metrist, DJ Danifox, Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective, REZZETT, ZULI and more

The Last Of The True Believers: Ian Astbury Interviewed

The Cult will tour the UK next year and have released new material earlier this month. Our man John Robb spoke to singer Ian Astbury about the history of The Cult, working with Boris and how the Quietus got it so, so, so, so very wrong. (Tour dates at foot of article...)