The Quietus

Omar Souleyman Announces New Album

Third record and new tour

Flying Lotus Taking Over The Airwaves This Week

Tracks from _Cosmogramma_ to be previewed

White Witches Announce Free Live Shows

Three different drummers will cut their teeth with the band

Suede Announce New Date

Albert Hall wasn't the last...

TIME Live Show Tomorrow Evening

Catch band at The Grosvenor tomorrow. Photo by Cat Stevens

Public Imitation Ltd: Levene & Lydon Shows Clash

Former PiL guitarist plays tribute show coinciding with Lydon's tour of the US

Free Download: These New Puritans Remix

'Hidden' reworked by PRDCTV

Secret Diary Of A Rock & Roll Star, Aged 45 ½: Part Two. By John Moore

In his first diary for the Quietus, John Moore had a nasty accident with a pair of scissors and a shredder. Ever the artist, he didn't let this stop him making some fingerbob bongo. Pictures may appear work unsafe...

Lost Loves & Exploding Cars: Author Dave Simpson On The Curse Of The Fall

Dave Simpson, author of _The Fallen - Life In And Out Of Britain’s Most Insane Group_, shares his fears that searching for Mark E. Smith's discarded bandmates may have cursed his life

Bowels Of The Earth Halt Los Campesinos! Show

Act of nature halts twee in its tracks

Black Box Recorder Issue “Final Statement”

Last release on election day

Earl Brutus For Glastonbury!

U2, Muse and Stevie Wonder joining legends in Pilton

Wierd Records UK Tour Starts Tonight

Cold waves across the land courtesy of Xeno & Oaklander and Led Er Est

Watch: New Jason Urick Video

See 'Fussing and Fighting' here

Slash Added To Download Bill

Acts join AC/DC and Rage Against The Machine at Donington Park

Detroit Social Club To Release Debut Album

_Existence_ set for May release

Malcolm McLaren RIP

Punk empresario passes away

The Bravest Metal Band In The World?: The Dillinger Escape Plan Interviewed

Adam Anonymous chats to The Dillinger Escape Plan about their new album _Option Paralysis_, accusations of steroid abuse and the questions that they find most irritating

SWANS For Supersonic 2010!

Birmingham festival moves to Autumn

Quietus Announces Stag & Dagger Stage

We're taking over the Macbeth at London do

DNA Research & The Shoegaze Revival: Dope Aviators Interviewed

Juraj Benda talks to Czech Republic duo Dope Aviators about scientific research and the music scene in Prague

Homosexuality & Skinheads: Max Schaefer’s Children Of The Sun Reviewed

Joe Kennedy gives his verdict on Max Schaefer's latest novel

Classic Bruce Springsteen Interview: How Born To Run Saved The Boss

Bruce Springsteen may sell out a stadium tour in the blink of an eye nowadays, but as this 1975 interview by Dave Marsh from _Creem_ shows, it wasn't always so easy for The Boss...

All That Useless Beauty: 25th Anniversary Of Lush’s Mad Love

Graham Bendel writes a love letter to 90s shoegazers Lush, and in the process wonders if they were better, in fact, than My Bloody Valentine…

Cranes And Mothlite Gig Preview

Burzum Unbound: Varg Vikernes Speaks To The Quietus

Black metal's most notorious son refused to talk murder, racism and arson, but did give us a track-by-track rundown of the influences behind his new album

Standon Calling Announces Line-Up

Intimate August event unveiled

Angular’s Cold Waves Launch Party TONIGHT

Start of a stern weekend...

Secret Diary Of A Rock & Roll Star, Aged 45 ½: Part One. By John Moore

Former thirsty absinthe importer, Mary Chain drummer, Black Box Recorder guitarist and debonair man of letters Mr John Moore starts a new diary for the Quietus. In Part One, an altercation with a shredder leaves him rueing the fact that, all too often, the first cut is the deepest

Suede “Too Loud” For Who Frontman

Roger Daltrey deafened at Teenage Cancer Trust gig

We’ve Always Been A Bit Strange: We Have Band Interviewed

Ailbhe Malone talks to the dance-rock trio about married life, Roy Orbison and stage fright

Factory Floor To Support Liars

Plus single in the shops next week