The Quietus

Help Icarus Line Fund Future Activity

Joe Cardamone's crew release a compilation of rarities and unreleased material to help fund future touring and recording

I Do Not Have A Name: David Lloyd On The V For Vendetta Mask

Colin Ricketts talks to V For Vendetta co-creator David Lloyd about how the Guy Fawkes mask has become an internationally understood symbol of protest, resistance and anarchy. With photographs provided by Quietus readers and friends

Mute Synth! Buy It! Warm Leatherette!

Dirty Electronics device now available

Sigur Ros Recording “Ambient” New Album

Icelandic wailers in "floaty and minimal" new album shocker

Pet Shop Boys To Release New B-Sides Comp

Compilation of the duo's B-sides from 1996 onward, entitled Format, for release in February

LISTEN: James Ferraro/Trailer Trash Tracys

Ex-Skater remixes 'Engelhardt's Arizona'

Download Free Ja Ja Ja Compilation

Download a free album of Nordic music put together by London promoters Ja Ja Ja, in advance of their 2nd anniversary night on 24th November

WIN Johnny YesNo Tickets

Win a pair of tickets to see Johnny YesNo and Johnny YesNo Redux, the Cabaret Voltaire-soundtracked cult film, this Friday 11th November in London

Anne Pigalle Launches Exhibition

Singer/artist's L'Ame Erotique runs from now until November 18th at London's Eight Bank

From Straw Dogs To A Serbian Film: Sexual Violence And The BBFC

Dr Stevie Simkin uncovers how the BBFC's response to Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs has shaped their censorship policy on sexual violence for the last three decades

WATCH: Laurel Halo/Planningtorock

Halo dissolves Planningtorock's original into sultry, beatless ambience

WATCH: New Portico Quartet Video

'Ruins' Now online

WATCH: St Vincent Covers The Pop Group

Singer does version of 'She is Beyond Good & Evil' live on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon

LISTEN: New Lindstrøm – De Javu

The world watches as Norwegian space cadet prepares to launch another acid-flavoured cosmic disco rocket - hear an advance transmission here

Future Islands To Tour UK/Ireland

Synth-pop group announce tour of UK and Ireland in March 2012, plus a couple of stand-alone dates this December

WATCH: Clip From New Sigur Rós Film

Excerpt from new concert film/live album Inni now available for your perusal

Morrissey Issues NME Statement

Former Smiths man lays out case against magazine

WATCH: New Factory Floor Video

Plus! See them for free next week

Odd Future Booted Off Festival

Collective no longer playing Big Day Out NZ after complaints over lyrics

Radiohead Announce US Tour

Big do next year

LISTEN: New Nils Frahm Track

A surprise release for his friend

Aranofsky Directs Lou Reed & Metallica Vid

IMMENSE BIGHEAD TWATTERY ENSUES!

Vessels Tour UK, Play London Tonight

Leeds-based crew to tour the UK this week, play in London tonight with our own Rory Gibb on DJ duties

Arab Strap Reunite!

One-off gig for Glasgow venue

TONIGHT Pulp Doc at Leeds Festival

Documentary about Pulp and the Sheffield music scene to premier at Leeds Film Festival tonight.

EXCLUSIVE: Listen To New Factory Floor

Shoot your Friday afternoon full of adrenaline with 'Two Different Ways', the crushingly brilliant latest single from London trio

James Blake To Release New R&S EP

Throw your arms into the air with wanton abandon! James Blake makes a slight return to the deliciously off-kilter R&B/dubstep territory that defined his excellent early releases

Anyone Can Play Guitar Tonight at BFI

Jon Spira's documentary about the Oxford music scene, Anyone Can Play Guitar, has its London premiere tonight at the BFI. Keira Brown spoke to some of those involved in the making of the film about the struggles of remaining independent.

Field Music To Release New Album

Sunderland's Brothers Brewis to release Plumb in February, tour UK

Radiohead Guitar Auctioned For Charity

Ed O'Brien's Telecaster up for auction, to raise money for charity

LISTEN: Way Through’s East London Long’un

LISTEN: New Odonis Odonis Track