Giovanni Di Domenico, Eiko Ishibashi, Jim O’Rourke, Kei Matsumaru and Tatsuhisa Yamamoto Sakuraza Good friends make good improvisers, as is amply proved by this set recorded in a jazz club in Kofu, Japan Sakuraza by Eiko Ishibashi / Jim O’Rourke / Tatsuhisa Yamamoto / Kei Matsuma … | Continue reading
The latest from Dan Hayhurst and Reuben Sutherland is simultaneously high art concept piece and a tremendous bit of fun, finds Antonio Poscic “In an age in which all media are at least potentially up for grabs, the challenge for artists lies in choosing which music is best suited … | Continue reading
The jungle and drum & bass pioneer was frequently known as "the godfather of breakbeat" DJ Randall, the pioneering jungle and drum & bass DJ, has died at the age of 54. Frequently referred to as "the godfather of breakbeat", the British DJ helped steer British rave culture from t … | Continue reading
The track is influenced by M|A|R|R|S' 90s classic 'Pump Up The Volume' Caribou has shared a new single, titled 'Volume'. Out today (July 31), it's the third track to emerge from the artist, real name Dan Snaith, this year, after April's 'Honey' and last month's 'Broke My Heart'. … | Continue reading
Here's everything we've covered at The Quietus this month, compiled for the listening pleasure of tQ's subscribers 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 almost more tha … | Continue reading
Ahead of a performance at Supernormal Festival this weekend, Daniel Foggin, aka Smote, speaks to Danijela Bočev about how labour on a farm in the Scottish Borders, tales of a fearsome medieval wyrm whose lair lay nearby, and an appreciation of patient listening fed into his forth … | Continue reading
One writer’s obsession with the seven-inch single has led to a new novel, Rare Singles. Benjamin Myers explains how and why Benjamin Myers My new novel Rare Singles is about a promising fictionalised American soul singer, Earlon ‘Bucky’ Bronco, who cut a seven-inch single as a te … | Continue reading
Pet Shop Boys’ very own never-ending Dreamworld tour is back in the Capital for a five-night run at the Royal Opera House. But on a day when central London is host to multiple demonstrations about the kind of country the UK wants to be, are Tennant and Lowe losing their common to … | Continue reading
Julia-Sophie Forgive Too Slow Formerly of Little Fish and Candy Says, the Anglo-French singer-producer here fills floors and breaks hearts in roughly equal measure forgive too slow by julia-sophie Throwing it all away and starting over can be an empowering narrative, but it’s not … | Continue reading
It's the Swedish group's third studio album in as many years Goat have a new self-titled album on the way via Rocket Recordings. Featuring eight tracks, it's the Swedish collective's third studio album in as many years, and follows last year's Medicine LP. The new record is led b … | Continue reading
It's the Swedish group's third studio album in as many years Goat have a new self-titled album on the way via Rocket Recordings. Featuring eight tracks, it's the Swedish collective's third studio album in as many years, and follows last year's Medicine LP. The new record is led b … | Continue reading
Set for release in October, the record is led by single 'Sick Of The Blues' Porridge Radio have shared details of their fourth album, Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me. Spanning 11 tracks, the record is inspired by "burnout, the music industry, heartbreak" and mo … | Continue reading
Carmen Villain and Chris Watson are among the final additions to the bill for the Portuguese event Braga festival Semibreve has revealed the final wave of acts playing its 2024 edition. Among the latest additions to the bill for this year's event are Smalltown Supersound label af … | Continue reading
It's Robert Henke's first studio full-length under the moniker since 2020's 'Archaeopteryx' Monolake, the dub techno project of German producer Robert Henke, has a new album on the way, titled Studio. Comprised of 10 tracks constructed in Ableton Live, the widely-used DAW that He … | Continue reading
In the first of a new monthly series delving into DIY music scenes across the globe, Patrick St. Michel offers a guide to the experimental pranksters, sonic mish-mashes and technical innovations shaping the Japanese underground, and picks out five key releases BBBBBBB The crowd a … | Continue reading
Following the publication of his new book 1984: The Year Pop Went Queer, Ian Wade offers up a guide to ten key tracks from the era's gay dancefloors, from Eartha Kitt to Evelyn Thomas The Weather Girls, photo via Wikimedia Commons After the Disco Demolition that ended the career … | Continue reading
A block which houses the late artist's Electrical Audio studio will now be known as Steve Albini Way The late Steve Albini is getting a street named in his honour in Chicago, the city that was his longtime home. The 2600-2700 block of West Belmont Avenue in the Avondale area, whi … | Continue reading
Becker & Mukai Spirit Only With guests including Dani Croston, Yama Warashi, Kadialy Kouyate and Alexis Taylor, this London duo produce a vivid high, crested by commanding beats and thunderous synth injections Spirit Only by Becker & Mukai Jean-Gabriel Becker and Susumu Mukai are … | Continue reading
After seeing Bruce Springsteen at Wembley, Michael Hann writes a deeply personal essay about the power of live music, not as redemption or catharsis, but as a unique and potent force that reflects who we are when we encounter it Perhaps the most important thing about Bruce Spring … | Continue reading
In the latest edition of New Voices Ukraine, tQ's new collaboration with 20ft Radio, Neformat, the British Council and Ukrainian Institute, Yaryna Denysyuk of Neformat casts her eye over the DIY labels grappling with an underground music scene that's been reshaped by war Photo co … | Continue reading
The Kraków festival will newly take in sets from Yellow Swans and Bill Callahan, among others Yellow Swans Unsound has revealed a second wave of acts playings its 2024 edition this September into October. Taking place across multiple Kraków venues under this year's theme of 'Nois … | Continue reading
The 22-disc set takes in more than 100 previously unreleased recordings, as well as 11 films and other material Neil Young has shared details of the third instalment of his long-running Archives box set series. Covering an 11-year period in Young's extensive discography, Archives … | Continue reading
The eight-track record will be released in September Hyperdub is releasing its first fully jungle-focused album in the form of a collaborative record by UK producer Tim Reaper and Australian artist Kloke. Spanning eight tracks, In Full Effect builds on the two artists' past relea … | Continue reading
Ilia Rogatchevski speaks to the child star turned artist, musician and composer about his excellent new album Instability Of The Signal and his many collaborations with Derek Jarman. Portraits by Marta Ruly On a torrid June morning, I’m invited to speak with Simon Fisher Turner a … | Continue reading
Pohl Mysteries In light of their debut album, Pohl gives you everything, all at once across a tracklist of nine provocative noise-rock salvoes Mysteries by POHL For those new here, Pohl are a relatively underground project who have been toying with the garage psych rock scene sin … | Continue reading
Future Now will host 60 artists across five stages in venues across Birkenhead on the August bank holiday weekend Future Yard, photo by Niamh Blackburn The fifth edition of Future Now, a two-day festival of new music in Birkenhead, has been announced for next month’s bank holiday … | Continue reading
In a double-edition of our regular roundup, tQ's staffers select the very finest new albums and tracks released so far this summer This month's edition of our new music roundup is a double edition. What with June being given over to our albums of the year so far, we've selected a … | Continue reading
Darran Anderson gets to grips with a long overdue repress of the cult 1969 LP by Delia Derbyshire, David Vorhaus and Brian Hodgson The paintings of Maxim Vorobiev are largely forgotten. The glow of his arcadian land and seascapes feels kitsch now, lacking the untamed strangeness … | Continue reading
KMRU Natur Nature and technology collide and combine on an album of electromagnetic waves and twittering birdsong Natur by KMRU What does the modern world sound like? The question evokes numerous answers; blaring car speakers, engine motors, loud cellphone conversations, nightclu … | Continue reading
'Dark Entries Collected Music Graphics' compiles typography, illustrations and various other visual ephemera from the label's history to date Dark Entries is marking its 15th anniversary with the publishing of a zine focused on the label's graphic design history. Put together by … | Continue reading
Charli XCX and English Teacher also feature among the 12 albums nominated this year The 12 nominees for this year's Mercury Prize have been revealed, with Beth Gibbons' solo debut album, Lives Outgrown, and grime veteran Ghetts' fourth studio album, On Purpose, With Purpose, feat … | Continue reading
Charli XCX and English Teacher also feature among the 12 albums nominated this year The 12 nominees for this year's Mercury Prize have been revealed, with Beth Gibbons' solo debut album, Lives Outgrown, and grime veteran Ghetts' fourth studio album, On Purpose, With Purpose, feat … | Continue reading
It will be released by French label Latency in September Multi-instrumentalist Valentina Magaletti has teamed up with Afro-Portuguese producer and Príncipe label affiliate Nídia for a new album, Estradas. Due to be released through Paris-based label Latency, the nine-track record … | Continue reading
It will be released by French label Latency in September Multi-instrumentalist Valentina Magaletti has teamed up with Afro-Portuguese producer and Príncipe label affiliate Nídia for a new album, Estradas. Due to be released through Paris-based label Latency, the nine-track record … | Continue reading
In the second podcast from Kyiv's 20ft Radio, we look back into the Novaya Scena that thrived in Kharkiv as the USSR crumbled. New Voices Ukraine is a collaboration between The Quietus, 20ft Radio, Neformat, the Ukrainian Institute and the British Council. Kazma Kazma live at Nov … | Continue reading
In the second podcast from Kyiv's 20ft Radio, we look back into the Novaya Scena that thrived in Kharkiv as the USSR crumbled. New Voices Ukraine is a collaboration between The Quietus, 20ft Radio, Neformat, the Ukrainian Institute and the British Council. Kazma Kazma live at Nov … | Continue reading
The latest from the Polish improviser-composer-researcher sees folk music shedding its skin and carving out spaces of opposition to the tyranny of the present, finds Bernie Brooks “Snakes, why’d it have to be snakes?” We all know that one. So, how about Mattie Ross? Having just d … | Continue reading
Laurie Tompkins and Max Syedtollan The Tank A radio play abotu ufology by two absurdist British composers becomes the occasion for free-wheeling vocalisations, spacey synths, and some sdar The Tank by Laurie Tompkins and Max Syedtollan Towards the end of ‘The Blessing’, the openi … | Continue reading
The group's 10th album is preceded by lead single 'Chicken' Pixes have a new album, The Night The Zombies Came, on the way. Spanning 13 tracks, the band's 10th studio album follows on from 2022's Doggerel LP and is the first full-length effort to emerge from them since Band Of Sk … | Continue reading
From the limbo of publication week for her new book, Jennifer Lucy Allan returns to Rum Music with a selection of chaotic harmonica incursions, frantic recorder flourishes, raw and serrated hurdy gurdy, and much much more Photo by Stewart Morgan-Hajdukiewicz A little late on this … | Continue reading
Eyal Maoz and Eugene Chadbourne The Coincidence Masters Two guitarists improvising freely sound only rarely like guitars (and often quite comical), finds Antonio Poscic The Coincidence Masters by Eyal Maoz and Eugene Chadbourne Listening to certain stretches of the guitar duo rec … | Continue reading
On the release of a new Uniform single and video for 'Permanent Embrace', Michael Berdan writes about the harsh realities of bulimia nervosa. CW: some readers may find this article disturbing. Band portrait by Joshua Zucker-Pluda & Sean Stout https://youtu.be/J0EzCXsxQR8?si=vfk8h … | Continue reading
The film and score will premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September Burial has produced the soundtrack for director Harmony Korine's next film, Baby Invasion. The thriller is filmed in first-person shooter style, and follows a "group of mercenaries using baby faces as avata … | Continue reading
The group will release a new album, 'Everything Squared', next month Seefeel have shared their first new music since 2011 in the form of a song called 'Sky Hooks'. The new track, which you can listen to below, leads a forthcoming six-track album by the group, titled Everything Sq … | Continue reading
The eight-minute piece was previously only made available on a CD release sold on the group's final US tour in 2009 Throbbing Gristle have shared a rare recording ahead of the reissue next month of two releases from the group's back catalogue. 'The Third Mind: First Movement', wh … | Continue reading
It appears on forthcoming album 'Wild God' Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have shared a new song, titled 'Long Dark Night'. It's the third track to be unveiled from the group's forthcoming album, Wild God, after they shared the title track upon announcing the record in March of this y … | Continue reading
It appears on forthcoming album 'Wild God' Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have shared a new song, titled 'Long Dark Night'. It's the third track to be unveiled from the group's forthcoming album, Wild God, after they shared the title track upon announcing the record in March of this y … | Continue reading
In the latest subscriber exclusive Low Culture Essay, John Doran reflects on class, craft and the risk of a flashed or crushed testicle in his life-long relationship with the denim trouser. John Doran in his fancy jeans photographed by Maria Jefferis I buy jeans like my life depe … | Continue reading