Our French music columnist David McKenna reflects on how falling head over heels for the music of Françoise Hardy set him on the course he’s still following to this day, and reflects on the many peaks from her extraordinary career Francoise Hardy in 1967, photo via Wikimedia Comm … | Continue reading
The Polish festival will this year take in sets from Lankum, Kali Malone and more Unsound has confirmed the first wave of acts playing its flagship festival in Kraków later this year. Returning to multiple venues in the Polish city, this year's event will, as ever, host a number … | Continue reading
As Diamanda Galás prepares to release new album In Concert, she selects and guides Luke Turner through select moments of her musical life in recording, improvisation and performance. Portrait by Logan White Diamanda Galás’ visceral music has always sought, through her own astonis … | Continue reading
'Jacked' the latest Dan Carey production Heartworms by Gilbert Trejo The excellent Heatworms is back with a new single on the Speedy Wunderground label that continues to evolve the sound tQ first loved on previous bangers 'Retributions Of An Awful Life' and 'A Comforting Notion'. … | Continue reading
Patrick Clarke tracks down Martha Skye Murphy to discuss temporal distortion, vulnerability, Cold War aesthetics, and the struggle between revelation and secrecy that defines her debut album UM I ring the bell on a blacked-out door in a pleasant Bloomsbury side street. Martha Sky … | Continue reading
Eric Chenaux Trio Delights of My Life Woozy, semi-improvised jazz ballads collide with celestial sophisti-pop as the Canadian songwriter jams loose with Philippe Melanson and Ryan Driver Delights Of My Life by Eric Chenaux Trio A phrase that keeps coming back to me in one of life … | Continue reading
The track was recorded during studio sessions for last year's 'My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross' LP ANOHNI And The Johnsons have shared a new track, titled 'Breaking'. Centred around a stripped-back trio of guitar, clarinet and vocals, the song was written and recorded durin … | Continue reading
Both records will be made available on vinyl for the first time this August Two long-out-of-print records by Throbbing Gristle, TGCD1 and The Third Mind Movements, are being reissued by Mute. Due out in August, the re-releases will mark the first time both records have been made … | Continue reading
It's now 30 years since 'You Don't Love Me' became the sound of the summer of '94; the same amount of time it took to become a hit single in the first place, writes Wrong Tom In a West London pub, sometime in 1968, Lee Gopthal made a bet with his friend Clive Crawley; he’d cough … | Continue reading
Your latest electronic music roundup brings an eclectic list of top-shelf singles, albums and EPs, from innovative UK techno and eco-charged electronica to deep crate reissues, maximalist new age vibes, and club acrobatics from Miami. Nuno Beats, photo by Marta Pina When UK pop a … | Continue reading
British Murder Boys Active Agents & House Boys A dozen years since their 'final show', the duo of Regis and Surgeon prove they can still tear it up Active Agents and House Boys by British Murder Boys British Murder Boys went out with a bang in 2012. Performing their “final show” … | Continue reading
The festival has also confirmed an additional Pat Metheny show at the Barbican after the first sold out EFG London Jazz Festival has added a second wave of acts to the lineup for its 2024 edition, taking place later this year. Matthew Herbert is set to return to his house alias, … | Continue reading
The six-hour 'CHIROPTERA MATIERE PREMIERE' is the soundtrack to a 2023 performance at the Paris Opera House Thomas Bangalter, formerly one-half of Daft Punk, has released a new soundtrack album, CHIROPTERA MATIERE PREMIERE. The six-hour album comprises music that the French artis … | Continue reading
Machinedrum and object blue are among the acts playing the event this September Prague's Lunchmeat Festival has revealed the first wave of acts playing its 15th edition later this year. Returning for a full week across multiple venues in the Czech capital, this year's event will … | Continue reading
Machinedrum and object blue are among the acts playing the event this September Prague's Lunchmeat Festival has revealed the first wave of acts playing its 15th edition later this year. Returning for a full week across multiple venues in the Czech capital, this year's event will … | Continue reading
Combining choral and orchestral roots with a love of grindcore, new wave, dream pop and techno, Alex Rigotti speaks to London newcomers Ebbb about the many collisions that have created their sound Photo by Vasilisa Skasca Heaven, Ebbb demonstrate on 'Himmel', is to be found on a … | Continue reading
Charli XCX Brat On her eighth album, the English singer seems both older and somehow younger, still as blunt as ever, without a single duff track on the deck “Yeah, hey, I was just about to do my song, actually.” The previous Charli XCX album Crash, from 2022, gave off the vibe o … | Continue reading
In this month's subscriber podcast John Doran and Luke Turner discuss Claire Denis' 1999 masterpiece Beau Travail It’s a tapsaff special for this month’s Low Culture Podcast, and (quite obviously) that’s got nothing to do with the weather at the moment. Instead, it’s all about Jo … | Continue reading
In the latest instalment of the new Listen Here column, Luke Turner suggests that festivals are best experienced when not wearily trudging around ticking off band after band. Nobody can know exactly when West Kennet long barrow was built. According to English Heritage, who look a … | Continue reading
Hot Chocolate’s debut album presents a dark and edgy vision at odds with the band’s later reputation as MOR balladeers and purveyors of feelgood funk-lite, writes Ben Graham When, in 1975, Harold Bronson of Phonograph Record magazine reviewed an album released in the previous yea … | Continue reading
The Zawose Queens Maisha Leah and Pendo Zawose take up an East African musical legacy, with additional production and subtle electronics by Tom Excell and Oli Barton-Wood (Obongjayar, Nilufer Yanya) Maisha by The Zawose Queens This is the debut album from Leah and Pendo Zawose, g … | Continue reading
'Brujas' will be released via Dekmantel Records later this month Olof Dreijer, formerly known as one-half of The Knife, has teamed up with Colombian-Swedish percussionist and vocalist Diva Cruz for a new three-track EP, Brujas. Combining Dreijer's characteristically colourful syn … | Continue reading
The record also makes use of recordings by the late Angelo Badalamenti David Lynch has teamed up with longtime collaborator Chrystabell for a new album, titled Cellophane Memories. Spanning 10 tracks, the record is the latest in a line of projects involving the pair, with Chrysta … | Continue reading
We're really happy with our beautiful, easy-to-navigate new Quietus, but in order to survive and thrive we need to hit 2000 subscribers by our birthday in September, writes John Doran. With that in mind, we're running a huge sale on subscriptions Dear readers, Luke is looming ove … | Continue reading
Working with Julia Holter, Corey Fogel, Ezra Buchla, Devin Hoff and a tuning system pinched off Jean-Philippe Rameau, LA-based composer Tashi Wada pushes song form into wild new directions On What Is Not Strange, Tashi Wada’s music curves, steepens and plateaus like a trail on th … | Continue reading
Objections Optimistic Sizing Leeds trio come out of the gates swinging with an album of megaphone vocals and pudding-y blarts Optimistic Sizing by Objections The debut LP from Leeds troupe Objections is one of those funny ones: an atypical offering that only fits in anywhere beca … | Continue reading
The 11-track record will be released in September The Jesus Lizard have shared details of their first studio album since 1998's Blue. Spanning 11 tracks, Rack is preceded by lead cut 'Hide & Seek', which you can watch a video for below. In a statement about the track, the band's … | Continue reading
The track is out now on Warp Records Rustie has released his first new music since 2015, a track called 'Black Ice Mudra'. Out now, the new cut is built around the Scottish producer's typically maximalist synth melodies, and can be listened to below. It's his first release of new … | Continue reading
The database, which tracks online mixes and includes tracklists, can no longer run on its current servers The long-running, much-loved mixes database MixesDB is to be shut down for good at the end of this month. A post shared via the database's website confirmed that the platform … | Continue reading
In the second instalment of New Voices Ukraine, tQ's new collaboration with 20ft Radio, Neformat, the British Council and Ukrainian Institute, Yaryna Denysyuk of Neformat continues her investigation into the role of women in the country's wartime music scene, and seeks out the fi … | Continue reading
The former Sounds/NME scribe and Loaded supremo talks about the highs and lows of his relationship with MES and The Fall. Cover illustration by Krent Able. With thanks to James and Emma for the scans Screenshot “You, Mark, Shane and Sean were all in the living room shouting, list … | Continue reading
Arooj Aftab Night Reign Grammy-winning New Yorker settles into her first major label album with a record no less striking or adventurous than its predecessors, finds Jeremy Allen The title of Arooj Aftab’s latest album might suggest we’re about to plunge down the tenebrous spiral … | Continue reading
It follows last year's standalone release, 'Birth4000' Floating Points has released a new track, 'Del Oro'. Available digitally and on limited edition white label vinyl, the track centres around the UK artist's characteristic modular sounds and nimble dancefloor-focused rhythms. … | Continue reading
He's also announced a European tour for February 2025 Caribou, real name Dan Snaith, has released a new single, titled 'Broke My Heart'. Marking the artist's second release of 2024, following April's standalone single 'Honey', the new cut arrives alongside news of a European tour … | Continue reading
ShinyHunter has placed a ransom of $500,000 on the data to avoid it being sold on to other parties A hacking group has alleged that it has stolen the personal data of 560 million Ticketmaster users in what could represent one of the largest-ever known hacking operations in histor … | Continue reading
Kez Whelan salutes a particularly fertile year in the world of metal, and delivers your regular guide to all things heavy with reviews of new releases from Darkthrone, Full Of Hell, Pallbearer and many more Tzompantli, photo by Luckee Ngin 2024 is shaping up to be an absolutely i … | Continue reading
Iceboy Violet & Nueen You Said You’d Hold My Hand Through The Fire A breakup record, ghost story, mystery and love poem, Iceboy Violet and Nueen are natural storytellers on their collaboration for Hyperdub You Said You'd Hold My Hand Through The Fire by Iceboy Violet, Nueen “Auto … | Continue reading
DJ and live sets from more than 500 artists appear across the extensive archive Amsterdam club De School, which closed for good in January of this year, has launched a digital archive, featuring more than 800 set recordings from the venue. Put together in collaboration with Mixcl … | Continue reading
As he tours the third installment in his Cwmwl Tystion trilogy, an ambitious combination of jazz and folk music that explores Welsh national identity, culture and history, Tomos Williams tells Gail Tasker about the connections between Paul Robeson and the Welsh labour movement, r … | Continue reading
Thou Umbilical Raw sludge from Baton Rouge condensed into toxic nuggets of nobbly riffs and deliciously tricksy drum patterns Umbilical by Thou Accepting that there’ll be outliers, oddities and inevitable bleed between genres that sprouted from the same gnarled Sabbathantine root … | Continue reading
We've done something a little different this month and asked William Doyle to accompany his fantastic stripped-down release of three of his own songs and three covers with an essay about how he makes touring work financially – this is free to read to non subscribers too. Screensh … | Continue reading
In an exclusive extract from his memoir A Dysfunctional Success: The Wreckless Eric Manual, Eric Goulden looks back ruefully on an encounter with the police in Chatham I think perhaps the only way to write an honest autobiography is to go about it with the idea firmly in mind tha … | Continue reading
The 62-track 'ENOUGH!' is available to purchase via Bandcamp A new compilation has been released via Bandcamp to raise money for a charity fund aiming to support children affected by the Israeli military's ongoing assault on Gaza. Spanning 62 tracks, ENOUGH! has been compiled by … | Continue reading
The Birmingham festival returns this August Birmingham's Supersonic Festival has confirmed the addition of Matana Roberts to its 2024 lineup. The US artist will perform live on the final day of the weekend-long event this August, just under a year on from the release of their lat … | Continue reading
Beings There is a Garden A collaboration between Steve Gunn, Zoh Amba, Jim White and Shahzad Ismaily sounds as fresh and lively as a spring day, finds Tom Bolton There Is A Garden by Beings Beings seem to have come together entirely naturally: drawn to play with one another by un … | Continue reading
UKAEA and Natalia Beylis are among the acts set to play the experimental music event later this year Sunderland's Boundaries Festival is set to return for its fourth edition this November. Taking place across two days at events space The Peacock, this year's event will take in a … | Continue reading
Here's hours upon hours of the brilliant new music we've covered here at tQ over the last month, compiled into one handy playlist! As part of your many, many perks for becoming a Quietus subscriber, we're compiling a specially-curated, playlist for our readers every month. Across … | Continue reading
From Beak > to Broadcast, and Eric Chenaux to Ex-Easter Island Head, this is tQ's favourite music of the last four weeks This is the first music of the month round-up to appear on the new-look tQ which launched earlier this month. Not only does the arrival, at long last, of a ful … | Continue reading