Couch Slut

Embracing Imperfection: Sauna Youth On Not Quitting The Day Jobs

The hard-grafting London punk four-piece all work full-time, they tell Jamie Ryder, but they’ve found the time to record a thrilling new full-length and play Thurston Moore’s birthday, among other things. Sauna Youth portrait by Owen Richards

Messing Up The Paintwork: The Fall’s This Nation’s Saving Grace at 40

‘Paintwork’, an album track from This Nation’s Saving Grace, is in some respects the key to the song-writing processes of The Fall. John Doran looks back to 1985 with some help from Mark E. Smith. Originally published in 2010

Spiritual Revenge Music: Amen Dunes Interviewed

Cian Traynor rates Amen Dunes as unsung heroes. Find out why courtesy of this mixtape and interview

KIK

Nightshift

The Portuguese duo deliver unsettling, off-kilter, and percussion heavy tracks on their full-length debut, an album which mesmerises the listener into a trance-like state through primordial drum automation and elementary synths

A Personal Exorcism: An Exclusive Heartworms Interview on Debut LP, Glutton For Punishment

As Jojo Orme announces details of debut Heartworms album Glutton For Punishment, she speaks to to Jeanette Leech about how fending for herself after a traumatic childhood led to her fierce DIY ethic, confounding sexist music blokes, and why you can love warplanes but still be anti-war

David Byrne Confirmed For Big Chill 2009

Orbital, Spiritualized and Magistrates also added to bill

Something Bigger Than Us: An Interview with Saagara

Ilia Rogatchevski speaks to Polish multi-instrumentalist Wacław Zimpel and master ghatam player Giridhar Udupa about their parallel journeys through music, and their combination as "interstellar folk" project Saagara

Dutch Uncles

Out Of Touch In The Wild

A Dream Interpretation: The Music Of The Penguin Cafe

When we need a civilising boost at Quietus Towers, we always turn to the music of the Penguin Cafe Orchestra. John Doran talks to Arthur Jeffes about carrying on his father's legacy with a new album.