Laviea Thomas meets Jack Merrett of the ironically-titled Famous to discuss their non-ironic elegies to the power of love. Featuring brand new video 'What Are You Doing For The Rest Of Your Life?' All portraits by Jack Lovekin Famous are a band with a name so purposefully ironic … | Continue reading
Laviea Thomas meets Jack Merrett of the ironically-titled Famous to discuss their non-ironic elegies to the power of love. Featuring brand new video 'What Are You Doing For The Rest Of Your Life?' All portraits by Jack Lovekin Famous are a band with a name so purposefully ironic … | Continue reading
Pat Thomas The Solar Model of Ibn Al-Shatir The improvising pianist invents his own tradition with aplomb The Solar Model of Ibn Al-Shatir by Pat Thomas Over the course of his more than three-decade career, Pat Thomas has made a name for himself as one of the most inventive voice … | Continue reading
'HET ALTIJD' is billed as a "visual journey" through the now shuttered venue over the course of its eight years of operations Amsterdam club De School will chronicle its eight-year history in a new 160-page book due to be published soon. The limited edition HET ALTIJD features a … | Continue reading
The company facilitated the sharing of more than $422,000 with over 27,000 producers since its launch in 2022 Aslice, the platform launched in 2022 to facilitate the sharing of DJs' booking fees with the producers of the music they were playing, has announced its closure. Confirm … | Continue reading
Patrick Clarke salutes the uplifting, defiant energy of a DIY festival surviving increasing odds, and picks out five of the best performances from another stellar year Photo by Alice Needham In her introductory notes for the programme of this year's festival, Supersonic artistic … | Continue reading
Armand Hammer and The Body & Dis Fig are among the final additions to the bill Armand Hammer, photo by Alexander Richter Latvian festival Skaņu Mežs has revealed the full lineup for its 22nd edition, which takes place next month. The programming is split across two days at Riga's … | Continue reading
'Shadow Dogs' takes in reinterpretations of the record by the likes of BEAK> and Keeley Forsyth, among others Gazelle Twin is releasing a remix album to accompany her 2023 record Black Dog. Due out in October, the seven-track release, titled Shadow Dogs, takes in reworks of cuts … | Continue reading
Mariam Rezaei and Nídia & Valentina are among the final additions to the bill Mariam Rezaei, photo by Dawid Iaskowki Barreiro-based festival OUT.FEST has shared the full lineup for its 2024 edition, which takes place next month. The Portuguese event celebrates its 20th anniversar … | Continue reading
Kapsela is billed as a new platform for his own material, as well as the work of newer and less established artists Objekt has launched a new label, Kapsela. Taking its name from the '90s modular toy brand Capsela, the new imprint builds on the eponymous white label series that h … | Continue reading
In September’s report from the cassette fringes, Daryl Worthington explores Beirut-founded label Ruptured, and reviews tapes of blistering noise, slinky punk-funk, library music and the self-proclaimed best producer in the Middle East Lisa Pulsatilla & Vivian Li, photo by Chittak … | Continue reading
Lia Kohl Normal Sounds Sounds from floodlights, car alarms and supermarket ambiance (augmented by cello, flute, saxophone and electronics) add up to an uncanny appraisal of the urban soundscape Normal Sounds by Lia Kohl Subverting unpleasant environmental sounds for musical purpo … | Continue reading
'And Nothing Is Forever' and 'I Can Never Say Goodbye' have both become fixtures of the band's live concerts Live recordings of two new songs by The Cure will be released on eco-vinyl next month. The songs, titled 'And Nothing Is Forever' and 'I Can Never Say Goodbye', have becom … | Continue reading
"I never actually met Burial and I never actually spoke to Burial," the American filmmaker said just ahead of the movie's premiere Harmony Korine, the director of forthcoming film Baby Invasion, has shared additional details about how Burial's soundtrack for the movie came about. … | Continue reading
Seefeel Everything Squared Back after fourteen years with six shimmering new tracks of cathedral reverb and lilting glossolalia Everything Squared by Seefeel Seefeel sprung up in 1993 with the release of their debut album off the back of a series of glittering EPs. With each reco … | Continue reading
In the latest edition of our new column, Luke Turner reflects on the connection between Sea Power and the music of the landscape that surrounds their Krankenhaus festival. Photos by Paul Hudson of Down At The Front except Esk pics by Luke Turner. Krankenhaus is an elemental festi … | Continue reading
In an exclusive extract from his new book, Bedsit Land, Patrick Clarke explores Soft Cell’s roots in English seaside tradition All photos by Peter Ashworth For an upper-class Victorian lady, a pair of gloves was the embodiment of sophistication, a symbol that she did not have to … | 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
tQ's staffers select the very finest new albums and tracks released this August, from Welsh-language goth brilliance to almighty dub Your latest round-up of the very best in new music is as diverse as they come, with tQ's staffers picking out everything from chest-rattling dub to … | Continue reading
The sign adorned the venue in 2019 to mark its 20th anniversary, and will form part of an exhibition celebrating "the meeting spots that bring London's communities together" A sign from London club fabric has been donated to the London Museum. When the museum reopens in 2026 at i … | Continue reading
The record, which is a solo piano version of his 'Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence' soundtrack, has never been available outside of Japan until now Ryuichi Sakamoto's 1983 album Coda is set for a first-time international release this October. The 16-track record is a solo piano versi … | Continue reading
Steve Stapleton has been helming the surreal and riotous psychedelic industrial experimental unit NWW for 45 years now. John Doran and Russell Cuzner look at their new release available to only tQ subscribers today and examine what makes them special While all of our subscriber r … | Continue reading
Medúlla is arguably the point at which Björk turned from creating pop to a journey into the radically obscure, but in reality it is one of the most fully realised examples of an artist pushing the boundaries of what pop music can be and do, writes Matthew Barton “The album is abo … | Continue reading
The Australian banjoist Andrew Tuttle reworks Michael Chapman demos to fine effect. Jonathan Wright welcomes an album that celebrates the psych-folk pioneer’s virtuosity as a guitar player Another Tide, Another Fish by Andrew Tuttle, Michael Chapman When Michael Chapman died, age … | Continue reading
Taylor Parkes picks through the bones of one of the best rock albums of the 1990s and the artistic apex of Manic Street Preachers' history. This feature was first published on December 11, 2014 "Depression can't be reduced to the psychological field. It questions the very foundat … | Continue reading
Laurie Anderson Amelia Laurie Anderson's tribute to Amelia Earhart searches for the woman behind the myth Amelia by Laurie Anderson Nearly twenty-five years after she first premiered a version of it live, Laurie Anderson has recorded her ode to pilot Amelia Earhart’s final flight … | Continue reading
'13' takes in cuts by Russell Haswell, Jim O'Rourke, label co-founder Powell and more Diagonal, the experimental electronic music label run by Oscar Powell and Jaime Williams, is set to mark 13 years since its founding later this year with the release of an extensive 4xLP box set … | Continue reading
The ban would also reportedly apply to pub gardens, as well as areas outside restaurants, football stadiums and other places The UK government is reportedly considering plans to introduce a ban on smoking in outdoor areas at nightclubs, pubs, restaurants and other public spaces. … | Continue reading
It includes string arrangements by the London Contemporary Orchestra The Smile – the trio of Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood and Tom Skinner – are set to release their third studio album in October. Titled Cutouts, the 10-track record was written and recorded between Oxford and Londo … | Continue reading
It's forthcoming on Shelter Press, the label she co-runs Félicia Atkinson has a new album, Space As An Instrument, on the way. Comprised of seven tracks, much of the record is based around Atkinson's piano-playing, which she recorded via a phone placed next to the keys. Additiona … | Continue reading
On the anniversary of Definitely Maybe and news of comeback gigs, author Anna Doble, speaks to a new generation of young women are getting ready to show the world that Oasis belong to them. Main picture: a selfie by Bella Perozzi Twenty-three-year-old Yulia Markow is "going crazy … | 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, Yaryna Denysyuk continues her look into Ukrainian DIY record labels. Having surveyed those attempting utopian c … | Continue reading
Featuring members of Guttersnipe, The Ephemeron Loop, and Slaylor Moon, Tristwch Y Fenywod spin wild, esoteric fables (with just a touch of disco) Tristwch Y Fenywod by Tristwch Y Fenywod ... The post Practical Magic: The Self-Titled Debut by Tristwch Y Fenywod appeared first on … | Continue reading
The Soundcarriers Through Other Reflections Nottingham quartet evoke an aquarian age of pastoral British psychedelia, finds Hayley Scott Through Other Reflections by The Soundcarriers The psychoanalyst Carl Jung recognised modern lifestyles had alienated people from the “dark, ma … | Continue reading
Dan Snaith is back with his first full-length under the moniker since 2021 Caribou is releasing a new album before the year is over. Titled Honey, it features previously released singles in the title track, 'Broke My Heart' and 'Volume', as well as the new single 'Come Find Me', … | Continue reading
The Canadian group's new record is split across six tracks Godspeed You! Black Emperor have a new album on the way. The six-track No Title As Of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead is the Canadian post-rock group's first studio record since 2021's G_d's Pee At State's End! The new album … | Continue reading
4AD will release the 11-track record in November Kim Deal has shared details of her debut solo album under her own name. Spanning 11 tracks, Nobody Loves You More features previously released single 'Coast', as well as the new cut 'Crystal Breath', which you can watch a video for … | Continue reading
With both The Grid and Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve back in action, and new memoir Strange Things Are Happening out now, Richard Norris takes Patrick Clarke through an eclectic 13 records that have defined his life in music From his early forays into music with his first band The I … | Continue reading
Endon Fall Of Spring Tokyo noiseniks now slimmed down to a trio augmented by programmed beats and tortured electronics, still just as abrasive, finds Alex Deller Fall of Spring by Endon Many bands don’t survive the death of a band member, let alone a brother. That Endon have made … | Continue reading
Dan Dylan Wray watches Factory Floor, Marie Davidson and Colin Stetson at MUTEK, and considers the importance of fallibility in electronic music under the monolithic shadow of AI. Amnesia Scanner & Freeka Tet photograph by Vivien Gaumand “What we can offer is the chance to fall a … | Continue reading
In the second instalment of our journey through the global underground, Pedro João Santos delivers a guide to the bold musicians, daring festivals and crucial grassroots collectives that are defining DIY music in Portugal in an era of increasing gentrification, and picks out five … | Continue reading
PlayThatBoiZay VIP South Florida rapper goes hard on no-holds-barred debut longplayer If you don’t know Playthatboizay’s name from his own scattered releases there’s a chance you caught him on the soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, or perhaps his guest spot with Health on their … | Continue reading
Melt-Banana 3+5 Japanese hardcore / noise-rock duo Melt-Banana return nine years since their last album, with a project that challenges everything we think we know about hardcore It’s been a little while since Melt-Banana graced us with a brand-new new album. Laying the foundatio … | Continue reading
In an exclusive extract from his new book, Two-Headed Doctor, David Toop recalls the first time he heard the weird and wonderful debut album by the American singer-songwriter And so it begins. As if calling out of darkness, the first sound, serpentine melody of a reed instrument, … | Continue reading
The work of music magazine Disco Pogo, it compiles exclusive interviews, as well as essays and other material A new book on Aphex Twin is to be published later this year. The 250-page book, Aphex Twin: A Disco Pogo Tribute, features exclusive interviews and essays about the UK ar … | Continue reading
The 12-track record marks Kevin Martin's signing to Relapse Records The Bug has a new album on the way, titled Machine. Comprised of 12 tracks, the new record marks the UK artist's signing to Relapse Records. The music featured on the album began life as a series of self-released … | Continue reading
Uniform American Standard Wading into a new Uniform album is rarely easy, and it is never pleasant, finds Alex Deller American Standard by Uniform The music – a sawblading, industrial scrape that’s equal parts Swans and 90s Sepultura – is endurance test enough, but then comes Mic … | Continue reading
Bubblegum is a great rock record that said important things about pop, says Toby Manning Back in the summer of 2004, Mark Lanegan’s Bubblegum seemed like the latest raid of an insurgency rather than its last stand. The former Screaming Trees vocalist, his friends Queens Of The St … | Continue reading