Aaron Bishop

Kanye West, Sensitive Soul

Quietus Editor John Doran gets drunk, falls over, destroys phone, makes noise like "broken panther" and has Proustian recall of two run ins with the "resolutely mediocre" Kanye West

An Aura Of The Mythic: Prince Live, By Simon Price

In the wake of the sad news of his passing, revisit the time self-confessed Prince nutter Simon Price witnessed the first proper gig of the great man's surprise London takeover (and a second one the same night)

The Ting Tings

Sounds From Nowheresville

Manic Street Preachers

Journal For Plague Lovers

Chance-Taking: Stephen McRobbie Of The Pastels’ Favourite Albums

With The Pastels releasing their first album in 16 years last week, original member Stephen McRobbie reveals the 13 albums that “defined his taste” and inspired his band

Yves Tumor

Serpent Music

It’s Tricky: Run-DMC’s Raising Hell Revisited

Thirty years after its release, John Freeman looks back at the genre-bending crossover album that was so much more than an over-played Aerosmith cover version.

Uncanny Flatlands: Wysing Art Centre at the Edge of the Real

Robert Barry examines works by Lawrence Lek, Benedict Drew, Katja Novitskova, Holly Herndon and others at the Wysing Art Centre’s ‘Uncanny Valley’ exhibition

‘Cos Everybody Hates A Tourist: Pulp, Politics & Power At Primavera 2011

The Quietus heads to a Primavera Festival that takes place against the backdrop of an ugly police crackdown on Barcelona protesters. Tim Burrows explains why now is the perfect time for the return of Pulp, plus reviews of Factory Floor & Chris Carter, Einsturzende Neubauten, PJ Harvey, Odd Future, Swans and more. Pictures by Hayley Hatton

To The Men In My Life: On Facing Reality

Shared stories of assault and harassment continue to pile up, overflowing and exhausting. We've denied reality for so long that, when it begins to pour out all over us, it seems unreal. By Chimene Suleyman.

Redemption Songs: Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter’s Baker’s Dozen

As she releases new album Saved!, Reverend Kristin Hayter ministers to Jared Dix on the power of song, sharing inspirations for her new record and the versatility of the human voice through thirteen favourite records

“I’m Obsessed With The Weird”: Stuart Braithwaite On His New Memoir

Spaceships Over Glasgow: Mogwai, Mayhem & Misspent Youth is the new memoir by Stuart Braithwaite. Here, Clare Archibald catches up with the guitarist to talk about the origins of the book and finding his voice as a writer

The Rockin’ Vicar: Rev Mann Speaks About Stryper, Slayer And Satan

Son of metal Joel McIver meets Lady Of The Cloth Rachel Mann who has decreed: listen to metal! Amen, say we... Photographs of Rev. Mann by KatyBPhotography.co.uk

Darkside

Psychic

A Halloween Story From King Creosote: The Pimilly Poltergeist

King Creosote puts quill to paper in the latest spooky tale from Domino Records...

The Quietus Albums of the Year So Far 2024 (In Association With Norman Records)

As we reach the halfway mark of 2024, we polled tQ staff to compile our top 100 albums released during the first six months of the year