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Gang Gang Dance Talk Neo Primitivism, Grime and Brian Eno

Keep It Moving: A Quietus Interview With Howe Gelb

Stewart Smith sits down with Howe Gelb to discuss Giant Sand, a distaste for lyricism and the new album _Blurry Blue Mountain_

Don’t You Be Afraid To Lie By Me: The Strange World Of… Bert Jansch

Folk at its rawest is often bloody, uncompromising stuff, and Bert Jansch was one of its magical practitioners. Add fiery guitar-playing, a voice hewn from Edinburgh stone, original songs full of lyrics fabout the darkest sides of life, and you get one of music's most fascinating characters, argues Jude Rogers

Ustad Saami The Master Of The Forty Nine Notes, A Profile

Ahead of a rare European performance at Le Guess Who? festival, Dirk Baart looks at the significance of Ustad Saami and speaks to his producer Ian Brennan. All photographs courtesy of Marilena Delli

Neil Kulkarni Has Died, Aged 51

The much-loved music journalist – whose work appeared in Melody Maker, The Wire and here on The Quietus – passed away following a suspected heart attack