The Quietus has an interview with Alec Empire of Atari Teenage Riot.

The XX, are now officially a trio. The band were already forced to cancel a few of their tour dates this season because of exhaustion and now have confirmed that keyboardist/guitarist Baria Qureshi has left the group. According to an interview with Stool Pigeon [via The Quietus], Qureshi left due to a mix of not enjoying [...]

Arcade Fire multi-instrumentalist Richard Reed Parry has revealed that the much-loved Montreal outfit are currently in New York City recording strings of new songs, presumably for Arcade Fire’s Neon Bible follow-up. In an interview with The Quietus earlier this week, Parry was meant to focus on his side-project Bell Orchestre, but the musician let it slip [...]