John Doran
Noel Gallagher Opens up about His First Pill and His Love of...House Music?
Can we expect to see Britpop's finest down the Berghain?
The New Sound of Egyptian Wedding Rave Is Coming to London
Born from working-class Egyptian DJs, electro chaabi—a combination of electronic beats, traditional chaabi music, and revolutionary undertones—blows most new music out of the water.
A Lifelong Music Festival Would Be a Living Hell
Five days of Glastonbury is quite enough for me, thanks.
My Son Has Replaced Me with a Cardboard Daddy
An essay on the everyday difficulties of helping your kids grow up.
"This Was a Literal Immersion, a Communion": John Doran's First Pill
"He was a benign disc jockey, a dictator/saviour who led me out of psychic captivity and into sweet-tasting freedom."
The Panic of Someone Collapsing On a London Bus
I recently experienced the panic of someone collapsing on a London bus.
An A-to-Z Guide to Making Your Indie Band Not Suck in 2014
Indie dudes in indie bands: Can you just put everything down and stop for a second? Yeah, put down the banjo you don't know how to play. Take a knee. I've got some advice for ya.
If You Tolerate This, Then Your Children Will Be Next
Not leaving the house for 12 days will do more damage to your sanity than LSD.
I Thought That Lou Reed Would Outlive Death Itself
A personal tribute to rock's last bloody-minded genius.
I Thought That Lou Reed Would Outlive Death Itself
When Lou’s wife, friend, and muse, the performance artist Laurie Anderson, was perhaps slightly too unguarded about Lou's health earlier in the year, it didn’t occur to me to treat her words more seriously. Because how can someone who looks like he’s...
A Soldier with a Broken Arm Fixed His Stare Into the Wheels of a Cadillac
Alcoholics Anonymous and wearing Mick Hucknall's pants – John Doran discusses five years of editing the Quietus.