Siouxsie Sioux

Reviews 1

Theory Into Practice: Yoko Ono’s Meltdown Festival Reviewed

Articles 6

Push And Pull: An Interview With Hercules And Love Affair

Hercules And Love Affair are set to release a highly unusual and persuasive album, In Amber, which sees them depart from their disco roots and head into more abrasive gothic and industrial waters. Patrick Clarke speaks to Andy Butler and guests, Budgie and Justin Broadrick

Strange World Of...

The Strange World Of… Vic Godard & Subway Sect

Alex Burrows talks to Vic Godard about his incredible career and chooses ten points of entry into his bewilderingly large back catalogue

Anniversary

Grieve The Capital: Derek Jarman’s Jubilee Turns 40

Derek Jarman's film of visionary alchemy and edgeland punks now tells of a time before the gentrification of the capital when occulture and subculture sat side-by-side, says Adam Scovell

Anniversary

A Vision of Hell: The Cure’s Pornography as Psychedelic Post Punk Masterpiece

Julian Marszalek sets controls for the heart of the bad trip and speaks to Lol Tolhurst, Youth and John Robb in order to get to the bottom of The Cure's darkest - and most tripped out - album

A Quietus Interview

This Is Phil (And Jo And Sue) Talking: The Human League Being Grilled

John Doran talks to Joanne Catherall, Susan Ann Sulley and Philip Oakey about the the 30-year journey from _Dare_ to _Credo_. But he doesn't ask them about "that song"...

A Quietus Interview

Siouxsie Sioux Interviewed: The Banshees And The BBC

Siouxsie Sioux chats to John Doran about banging heads with rock bores and the importance of having glitter in your pocket

News 3

Siouxsie Sioux Reveals First Live Show In A Decade

She's set to play at next summer's Latitude festival

Post-Punk Film Season At The BFI

Grayson Perry, Isaac Julien, Cerith Wyn Evans and more to be featured in This Is Now: Film And Video After Punk

The Quietus Writers’ 40 Favourite Live Albums

The Quietus writers and staff choose their favourite live albums, from murky punk madness to electrifying free jazz, and from the pure sound of rage to sex, death and romance

Previously Read

Film

Blank Generation: Jim Jarmusch’s Permanent Vacation

With the BFI's Jim Jarmusch season underway Michael Wojtas has a look back at the director's 1980 feature debut

News

Courtney Love Reforms Classic Hole Line-Up

Love reunites with Auf Der Maur, Erlandson and Schemel

Film

Toy Story 2 At 20: Mortality And Acceptance On The Edge Of 30

Celebrating the anniversary of a bona fide animated masterpiece gives weight to reflection on the meaning of life itself, far beyond the promise of just another sparky animation, finds Karl Smith

Film

Nothing Fabulous Lasts: Fleshback, Studio 54 & Alt-Sex Clubbing On Film

With the release of new films Fleshback and Studio 54, Soma Ghosh looks through the cinematic history of alternative sexual identities and the clubs they let loose in

Film

Super Zeros: Kick Ass 2 Reviewed

Mat Colegate Hulks out on 'real-world' superhero sequel Kick Ass 2

Film

Kneale Before Satan: The Witches Reviewed

Mat Colegate settles down with a glass of hemlock to view the new release of The Witches, a 1966 occult horror film from the pen of cult scribe Nigel Kneale

Film

“Fix Your F*cking Face!” The Film Roles Of Mark Kozelek

To Mark his cameo in Paolo Sorrentino's Youth, Oliver Lunn looks back over the acting roles of Red House Painter, Sun Kil Moon-er and arch wind-up-merchant Mark Kozelek

Film

Sci-Fi in Translation: Dante 01 and La Antena

Can foreign filmmakers inject new life into the tired genre of science fiction? Yes and no, finds Dave Moats.

Film

Vampish, Vulgar and Vacuous: Fellini’s La Citta Delle Donne Reappraised

Colm McAuliffe knees Fellini in the ghoulies having watched the director's La Citta Delle Donne (City Of Women), recently re-released on Blu-ray and DVD by Eureka Entertainment

Film

You Can Be Anything: On Oscar Micheaux, History’s Most Prolific African American Filmmaker

Controversial yet mainstream, Oscar Micheaux is the often forgotten African-American filmmaker who paved the way for Steve McQueen, Spike Lee and Childish Gambino. Soma Ghosh guides us through Micheaux's history

Film

Coming Of Age: Richard Linklater’s Boyhood Reviewed

Gary Green grows old gracefully in the company of Richard Linklater's latest.

Film

A Deafening Glory: On Sound Of Metal And The Hell Of Noise

Darius Marder's bold debut Sound of Metal asks the viewer to understand rock and deafness as two contradictory things – but it's a complex history, finds Soma Ghosh

Film

He Makes You Think He’s Lost When He’s Won: On Chadwick Boseman

The devastating news of the death of Chadwick Boseman, the actor whose intelligent vulnerability redefined portrayals of Black heroes for a beseiged generation, brought the world to the halt. Soma Ghosh remembers the late, great artist

Don’t Miss The Quietus Digest

Start each weekend with our free email newsletter.

Help Support The Quietus in 2025

If you’ve read something you love on our site today, please consider becoming a tQ subscriber – our journalism is mostly funded this way. We’ve got some bonus perks waiting for you too.

Subscribe Now

Reviews 1

Theory Into Practice: Yoko Ono’s Meltdown Festival Reviewed

Articles 6

Push And Pull: An Interview With Hercules And Love Affair

The Strange World Of… Vic Godard & Subway Sect

Grieve The Capital: Derek Jarman’s Jubilee Turns 40

A Vision of Hell: The Cure’s Pornography as Psychedelic Post Punk Masterpiece

This Is Phil (And Jo And Sue) Talking: The Human League Being Grilled

Siouxsie Sioux Interviewed: The Banshees And The BBC

News 3

Siouxsie Sioux Reveals First Live Show In A Decade

Post-Punk Film Season At The BFI

The Quietus Writers’ 40 Favourite Live Albums

Help Support The Quietus in 2025

Most Popular

Burnt Ends: Slackk’s Favourite Albums

A Heartbeat That Resonates: Ghetto Priest’s Favourite Albums

Sonic DNA: Natasha Khan Of Bat For Lashes’ Favourite Albums

Strength In Strangeness: The Anchoress’ Favourite Albums

Community in the Ukrainian Underground, Part One: “Nyzhnoyurkivska”, 20 Ft Radio and The Module Project

Alan Wilder Of Recoil & Depeche Mode’s 13 Favourite LPs

Another Wardrobe In My Head: Karl Hyde’s Favourite Albums

Gold Dust Of Our Musical Worth: Ian Anderson’s Favourite Albums

Trace The Bloodline: Jerry Cantrell Of Alice In Chains’ Favourite Albums

Songs Are Syringes: Kristin Hersh On Her Favourite Tracks

Soul Searching: Lisa Stansfield’s Favourite Albums

Pin Ups: A David Bowie Baker’s Dozen Compilation

Mighty Mighty Boosh Tones: Julian Barratt’s Favourite LPs

Previously Read

Blank Generation: Jim Jarmusch’s Permanent Vacation

Courtney Love Reforms Classic Hole Line-Up

Toy Story 2 At 20: Mortality And Acceptance On The Edge Of 30

Nothing Fabulous Lasts: Fleshback, Studio 54 & Alt-Sex Clubbing On Film

Super Zeros: Kick Ass 2 Reviewed

Kneale Before Satan: The Witches Reviewed

“Fix Your F*cking Face!” The Film Roles Of Mark Kozelek

Sci-Fi in Translation: Dante 01 and La Antena

Vampish, Vulgar and Vacuous: Fellini’s La Citta Delle Donne Reappraised

You Can Be Anything: On Oscar Micheaux, History’s Most Prolific African American Filmmaker

Coming Of Age: Richard Linklater’s Boyhood Reviewed

A Deafening Glory: On Sound Of Metal And The Hell Of Noise

He Makes You Think He’s Lost When He’s Won: On Chadwick Boseman

Don’t Miss The Quietus Digest

Help Support The Quietus in 2025

Get The Portal Direct To Your Inbox

The Quietus Digest