Grinderman

Poles Vaulting: The Quietus Salutes Katowice’s OFF Festival

Joseph Burnett and Julian Marszalek were blown away by the brilliant OFF Festival in Katowice, Poland. All hail SWANS! Photos by Nick Helderman and Gaga Mucko

Quietus Radio At Field Day

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WATCH: Lee Gamble – ‘Coma Skank’

Watch a rather beautiful video to accompany a track from Gamble's recent LP

New Group Factory Floor Talk New EP And Shop Floor Practices

The Quietus introduces Factory Floor, the second in our tips for the best new bands of 2008

The Strange World Of… Julius Eastman

In spite of a gradually accelerating reappraisal, a full portrait of composer Julius Eastman will most likely never surface, says Aimee Armstrong. Instead we’re left to track him through anecdotes, odd photographs and his politically charged and aggressively honest personal composition. A preview for this year's Intonal Festival.

The Ting Tings

Sounds From Nowheresville

Green Gartside Interviewed On Scritti Politti & His Welsh Heritage

It's a meeting of Welsh minds as Robin Turner sits down with Green Gartside to discuss Scritti Politti, politics and the green green grass of home. Portrait by Al Overdrive

Goldblade

Mutiny

Richard Ayoade Hosts Ingmar Bergman Docs

Catch a double bill of Ingmar Bergman’s documentaries about the secluded island of Fårö at the Lexi this Sunday, with introduction by Richard Ayoade.

Cate Le Bon

Reward

Reward, the new record by Cate Le Bon, finds the Welsh musician moving into ever stranger territory while summing up the best of all her previous records, finds Hayley Scott

Anti-Pop Consortium Interview – Sleeping On The Job

Pure Imagination: Studio Ghibli’s Only Yesterday At 30

It topped the Japanese box office in 1991, but Only Yesterday remained somewhat neglected overseas – despite being one of Studio Ghibli's most gentle and mature films, finds Mathew Lyons

Bill Callahan Shares New Track, ‘Natural Information’

It's the second cut to be unveiled from forthcoming album 'YTILAER'

Absorbing The Light Of The African American Avant-Garde: Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe’s Baker’s Dozen

In an epic Baker’s Dozen, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe lets Stewart Smith into the secrets of his Candyman soundtrack, and celebrates Black excellence from Don Cherry to Moor Mother, Olly W. Wilson to Pamela Z

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INGNODWETRUST

Baroness Thank Fans For Support

Band post picture and message of thanks on Facebook