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25 Years On: Tricky’s Maxinquaye Revisited

David Bennun interviewed Tricky several times for Melody Maker in the 1990s and reviewed Maxinquaye on its release. He assesses how his relationship to this landmark album has changed over the intervening decades

Straight Hedge! Noel Gardner Reviews Punk & HC For October

Your buyer's guide to the best new punk and hardcore releases from around the world returns for October, with reviews of High Vis, Long Knife, Zero Again and more. Homepage photo: Balcanes by Sara Roca

Things I Have Learned: Jarkko Aaltonen Of Korpiklaani On Drinking

Finland's answer to the Pogues are lords of the grape and the grain, Toby Cook takes notes...

Remembering Louise Woodcock

Much loved performance artist, musician, comedian and DIY instigator Louise Woodcock died recently. Fergal Kinney talks to the people who knew her best. CW: this article talks about mental ill-health and suicide

Straight Hedge! Noel Gardner Reviews Punk & HC For February

Your essential guide to the best new punk and hardcore returns, with reviews of blistering new records from Heaven's Gate, Speed Plans, Nervous Eaters and more. Homepage photo: Skitter

Peer Review: Jonathan Meades Interviews Saint Leonard. And Vice Versa

We left musician Saint Leonard and the polymath Jonathan Meades alone to answer the kind of questions they wish they were always asked

When Mark Met Nick and Shane: Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse

From Rock's Backpages this month, an infamous NME pop summit from 1989. James Brown and Sean O'Hagan took Mark E Smith, Nick Cave & Shane MacGowan to the Montague Arms (RIP) in New Cross. Great merriment ensued... (republished 24th January 2018)

Reissue Of The Week: Kraftwerk’s Remixes

Jude Rogers gets to grips with a weighty collection of remixes of work by foundational modern electronic music institution

Psychedelic Meditation: Kurt Vile’s Favourite Albums

As he starts the UK leg of touring b'lieve i'm goin down…, the Philadelphian singer-songwriter goes from live free jazz to dry-humoured piano sketches in picking 13 albums that steered the sound of his sixth album

The Strange World Of… ADULT.

On the eve of a new album and within spitting distance of 25 years as a band, ADULT.'s Nicola Kuperus and Adam Lee Miller join Dustin Krcatovich on a venture into the void of their back catalogue

Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews For October By Daryl Worthington

Autumn’s coming, and Daryl Worthington finds it’s bringing a globe spanning mix of radical sonics, ocean deep ambience and hyperactive ecstasy from the tape scene

Touching Cloth: Peter Strickland On Work And Clothing

Peter Strickland's new film, In Fabric, stars Marianne Jean=Baptiste, Julian Barratt, Gwendoline Christie, and Fatma Mohamed. He talks to the Quietus about the music of Tim Gane, the forgotten department stores of Reading high street, and ASMR

No More Heroes: How TV Series Utopia Is Right For Now

With its unique mix of black humour and existential paralysis, is Utopia emblematic of the times we live in, asks Phil Harrison. Contains mild spoilers

Major League: An interview with Simon Moreton

Pete Redrup speaks to artist and zine maker, Simon Moreton, about his latest work, Where?, vulnerability and the importance of making art accessible

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The “Chessence” Of Chilly Gonzales’ Ivory Tower

With cameos from Peaches and Feist, Chilly Gonzale's first foray into filmmaking is an inspired surrealist tale of two chess-playing brothers. The Quietus' resident chess expert, Mr. Seacrudge explains how the film missed a few "moves" and fills us in on real life "Jazz Chess"