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Black Sky Thinking
Why We Need To Stop Seeing Grassroots Venues As Mere Rungs On A Ladder
With music venues in crisis, does celebrating them as places where bands appeared on the way to fame overshadow their true purpose as the places in which music is played for the sake of communal joy, asks Luke Turner
Low Culture Essay
Jude Rogers on Charlotte Sometimes (A Book, A Cure Song, A Life)
In this month's Low Culture essay, Jude Rogers reflects on Penelope Farmer's novel Charlotte Sometimes, its influence on The Cure, and how it captures the fraught time between childhood and adolescence that we perhaps never leave
A Quietus Interview
A Long Term Effect: Tim Pope On Four Decades Of Work With The Cure
Our man in San Francisco Ned Raggett chats with Pope about his forthcoming Cure concert film Anniversary as well as more unusual anecdotes about his many music videos for them than you can shake a stick at. Or is that a sock?
Rock's Backpages
Disintegration: A Classic 1989 Interview with Robert Smith of The Cure
More from those heroic folk at the Rock's Backpages archive. This time, Robert Sandall interviews Robert Smith of The Cure in 1989 about their landmark album, Disintegration. Live shots by Maria Jefferis/Shot2bits.net
Baker’s Dozen Appearances 20
Baker's Dozen
Outside the Box: Sarah Nixey’s Favourite Albums
In her Baker's Dozen, self-penned between the release of her latest solo album and the return of her much-loved band Black Box Recorder, Sarah Nixey charts her life in listening from Carpenters to The Cure, via encounters with David Bowie and more
Baker's Dozen
Unshakable: Nonpareils’ Aaron Hemphill’s Favourite Albums
From underage drinking soundtracked by Germs to the ton-of-bricks hit of Prince And The Revolution, via classics in hip hop, goth, easy listening and metal, former Liars and current Nonpareils musician Aaron Hemphill takes Luke Turner through an eclectic Baker's Dozen
Baker's Dozen
Fertile Ground: Lol Tolhurst’s Baker’s Dozen
Following the publication of his goth chronicle and ahead of a new album with Budgie and Jacknife Lee, The Cure's founding drummer Lol Tolhurst takes Julian Marszalek through his favourite records, from Jimi Hendrix to Low via the wonders of Trout Mask Replica
Baker's Dozen
Magical Cuts: Anthony ‘Surgeon’ Child’s Favourite Music
With the new Surgeon album one of the highlights of 2023 so far, Anthony Child guides Luke Turner through a psychedelic journey that takes in The Cure, King Tubby, Sylvester and Alice Coltrane, and John Taverner’s quest for the sonic divine
Baker's Dozen
Speaking Rhythms: Valentina Magaletti’s Baker’s Dozen
Prolific drummer and collaborator Valentina Magaletti marks the release of Tomaga's finest album by telling Jennifer Lucy Allan about her favourite 13 albums, from The Cure to Miles Davis, Art Blakey, and Can to Deerhoof, This Heat and the Art Ensemble Of Chicago. Photo by Adele di Nunzio
Baker's Dozen
Denial Of The Species: Lee Buford Of The Body’s Favourite Albums
With the UK leg of their European tour drawing to a close with sets in Bristol tonight and on the Quietus' Desertfest stage tomorrow, Lee Buford of the none-bleaker American sludge duo picks out 13 all-time top records and pens us his own Baker's Dozen
Baker's Dozen
No Barrier Fun: Angus Andrew Of Liars’ Favourite LPs
Liars have always been masters of mixing a boggling array of influences into a music that's unhinged, inventive and powerful. Here, Angus Andrew guides us through 13 of his favourite LPs, running the gamut from hip hop to smooth jazz and The Cure
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A Quietus Interview
Those Comedians That You Have Now: Stewart Lee Interviewed
Stewart Lee is back with another series of Comedy Vehicle. He tells Simon Price his thoughts on Lenny Bruce, Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn, swimming through piss, Brexit and the pitfalls of being constantly misunderstood
A Quietus Interview
Thee Hypnotics And The Breakthrough Album That Never Was
With 1993’s The Very Crystal Speed Machine set to get its first UK release as part of their Righteously Remastered box set, reunited rock & roll preachers Thee Hypnotics tell Julian Marszalek about the album that should have made them but instead wore them down
A Quietus Interview
In Between Zones: An Interview With Julia Kent
Cellist Julia Kent uses the instrument to evoke complex interplays of emotions that touch both on inner experience and the rhythms of the physical world. With latest album Character out now, she speaks with Russell Cuzner about collisions of ancient and modern technology
A Quietus Interview
‘I Never Want To Play Those Songs’: Fabulous Diamonds Interviewed
Fabulous Diamonds' heat-hazed mix of punk, psych and dub ranks them among the most original acts in the Australian underground. As Steph Kretowicz discovers when they meet to discuss recent LP Commercial Music, their creative impulses are tempered by a contrary streak
A Quietus Interview
Discordant of Tunbridge Wells: Joeyfat Interviewed
With a reputation as bricks-and-mortar shorthand for Little England conservatism, you might be surprised to know that Tunbridge Wells has long had a thriving musical underground. Alexander Tucker speaks to scene stalwarts Joeyfat, currently being celebrated with a compilation and reissues on Wrong Speed Records
