The Quietus

LISTEN: Grumbling Fur – Preternaturals

It is nigh! Unsettle your furmament with The Quietus Phonographic Corporation's second release

LISTEN: Raw Power Weekender Playlist

Plus, win tickets to the mammoth London psych three-dayer this month

LISTEN: Jabu Quietus Mix

The Young Echo duo craft a lovely, quiet and reflective half hour's mix, following the release of their recent single Kwaidan

LISTEN: Second Storey (Perc Remix)

Taken an exclusive first listen to Ali Wells' pummeling remix of Second Storey's slippery electro cut for Houndstooth

Absolved! The Quietus Writers’ 50 Favourite Guilt-Free Pleasures

Why exactly should the enjoyment of a great piece of music be marred by guilt? Following last week's Black Sky Thinking about the problems (and positives) of the concept of the 'guilty pleasure', the Quietus writers declare their undying, entirely non-ironic love for their favourite uncool songs. Introduction by Jimmy Martin

America Eats Its Young: On George Clinton’s Grand Statement

In an edited extract from his new book, George Clinton & The Cosmic Odyssey Of The P-Funk Empire, Kris Needs examines the circumstances - social, political, cultural and personal - that lead to Funadelic's under-appreciated Grand Statement America Eats its Young

PREVIEW: Visions Festival 2014

Ahead of this weekend's East London one-dayer, Suzie McCracken and Laurie Tuffrey pick out six must-see acts on the line-up

LISTEN: ABO Carter Tutti Remix!

Didn't see that one coming!

Ekoplekz To Release Second Album Of 2014

Four Track Mind will be out on Planet Mu next month

Step Up! Great Cinematic Dance Scenes Chosen By The Quietus

To mark the BFI's current season on cinema's long relationship with dance, The Quietus writers pick their favourite dancing scenes

The Spirit Of Place: An Interview With El Mahdy Jr

The haunting collages of Turkey resident El Mahdy Jr draw traditional and pop music forms into music that pulses with atmosphere.

WIN: Mostly Jazz Festival Friday Tickets

Plus, Purity beer bar tab for this week's event, featuring Omar Souleyman, Sons Of Kemet and more in Birmingham

Death Grips Split

Genesis P-Orridge Vodun Film: Kickstarter

We talk to film-maker Hazel Hill McCarthy III about her new documentary with Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Bight Of The Twin, following h/er journey to Benin to trace the origins of Vodun and take part in the Twin Fetish ceremonies - watch a trailer below

Charisma & Alienation: James Lavelle’s Meltdown Festival Reviewed

This year, Southbank Centre asked Mo'Wax founder James Lavelle to curate their annual Meltdown festival. As has become Quietus custom, we sent a crack team of reviewers to report back on some of the most intriguing and exciting events. Words by Julian Marszalek, Colm McAuliffe, Chad Parkhill, Jack Losh, Andy Thomas and Paul Tucker

Grumbling Fur: Date Next Week

Small London show for all you fans of the 'Fur

On March The Saints: The Evolution Of New Orleans Metal

With new music out by New Orleans' three best metal bands, Eyehategod, Downn and Crowbar, Dean Brown takes a look at what makes heavy music from the Crescent City tick in the way it does

By Crom! It’s Flickers: The Quietus Film Reviews Round Up Column

The Quietus cunningly sneaks its film round up through a secret tunnel for a surprise attack. Take that, you heathen monkeys! Writers are Anthony Nield, Yasmeen Khan, Sophia Satchell-Baeza and Mat Colegate

Pleasurable Delirium: Things The Quietus Learned At Sónar 2014

Last week, the Quietus relocated to Barcelona for Sónar Festival, one of the year's major electronic music summits. Angus Finlayson, Luke Turner, Rory Gibb and Ben Cardew report back on some of the life lessons they took home with them

The High Cost Of Being In A Band, By Palehorse

Ben Dawson is the drummer in the heavy-as-fuck group Palehorse and he has had enough of the whinging about the price of gig tickets, merchandise and records that punk bands charge. Here he explains why people should cough up and shut up

Unsound Krakow 2014: First Artists Announced

The Krakow edition of Unsound Festival returns for 2014 with a theme of 'The Dream', and an impressive set of initial artists, including Quietus favourites Carter Tutti Void, DJ Stingray, Perc and Swans

Off Nature: On Eigg With The Pictish Trail

Taken from the latest issue of Caught By The River's An Antidote to Indifference The Pictish Trail - switching reverse delay knobs for a unique brand of silence - reports on nature, inspiration and personal meditation from the Hebridean isle of Eigg

Flickers: The Quietus Film Reviews Round-Up Column

Sick with indecision as to which slice of multiplex action to spunk your sheckles on this weekend? Fear not, Believers! Here come The Quietus film team with their Brand! New! Review column! Words by Yasmeen Khan, Gary Green, Nadia Attia, Mat Colegate

‘No Pass Outs!’ Things The Quietus Learned At Supersonic Festival

Luke Turner, Rory Gibb, Colm McAuliffe and Laurie Tuffrey report back on a weekend of varied sonic treats at this year's two-day Supersonic festival, featuring Swans, Sleaford Mods, Sly & The Family Drone and plenty of other acts not beginning with 'S'

Sonar Festival 2014: A Quietus Preview

Preparing to spend a few days amidst baking heat and baked Europeans, the Quietus staff run through a selection of anticipated highlights from next week's Sonar Festival in Barcelona, from turbo-charged grime and kuduro to blazing techno and industrial pop

N16age Riot: Thurston Moore On Stoke Newington Life

To mark his appearance at the Stoke Newington Literary Festival, we reprint an extract from New Humanist Magazine pamphlet On Community where Thurston Moore writes of his love of and life in the London area of Stoke Newington. Thurston in Abney Park cemetery photograph by Peter Beste, excellent headline by Rory Phillips

TRACK-BY-TRACK: Glass Animals

The band fill us in on their debut LP Zaba ahead of its release next week

Field Day 2014: A Quietus Preview Of The Best New Acts

We have a peruse of some of the acts we've not actually mentioned yet in our look forward to next weekend's Field Day Festival

WIN: Field Day Tickets

We've got two tickets to give away to next weekend's two-dayer in London

Field Day Quietus Main Stage Details!

Pixies, Metronomy, The Horrors, Seun Kuti to creep our boards next weekend. Plus! Listen to a new edition of Field Day Radio featuring Mr Kuti!

WIN: Mick Harvey Tickets

Plus, get hold of signed copies of his Serge Gainsbourg collection

Supersonic Ltd Edt 2014: A Quietus Preview

Ahead of two days of brilliantly-curated leftfield music and art in Birmingham next weekend, we pick 11 essential artists, bands, installations and screenings at the Custard Factory