Putting aside his concerns about the "nonsense" of the process, Spiritualized leader Jason Pierce takes Daniel Dylan Wray through a thoughtful selection of soul, gospel, country, jazz and R&B deep cuts Photo by Sarah Piantadosi “I've been dreading doing this to be honest,” laughs … | Continue reading
Elori Saxl Drifts and Surfaces Commissioned by Third Coast Percussion, Tigue and the Guggenheim Museum, a suite of long electro-acoustic meditations explore the fragmented nature of time Drifts and Surfaces by Elori Saxl Elori Saxl’s music ripples like the water under an ice shee … | Continue reading
Wayne Gooderham explores the influence of Hubert Selby Jr's transgressive masterpiece on popular music; and on the gender sensibilities of The Smiths, Van Morrison and The Velvet Underground in particular. CW: Some may find the language quoted in this article that describes LGBTQ … | Continue reading
Sote Sound System Persepolis Ata Ebtekar's latest re-imagines the Iranian landscape as an ecstatic sonic geography Sound System Persepolis [DIAG065] by Sote Sound System Persepolis, the recent release by the 45-year-old Iranian electronic musician Sote, plays with boundaries and … | Continue reading
Forty-five years after it was first released, Joseph Burnett returns to Young's fifth solo record, an album that marked an angered transition from Harvest, bolstered by some of his bleakest and greatest moments. This feature was first published on 9 August 2014 In a curious twist … | Continue reading
Oneida Expensive Air Oneida continue to ride their experimental pysch-rock wave on their brand-new album Expensive Air by Oneida Oneida is more than just a musical project but a project born of multi-faceted creatives wearing multiple hats. Planting themselves deep within the fou … | Continue reading
Music and art exhibitions in support of Hackney NFP picture house Dalston institution The Rio Cinema has been part of cultural life in Hackney for 50 years but in recent years, it has been facing one existential threat after another. You can do your part to help keep the doors of … | Continue reading
The track was recorded by the late Steve Albini at his Electric Audio studio The Breeders singer and guitarist Kim Deal has released a new solo single, 'Coast'. Marking Deal's first solo release for 4AD under her own name, the track, which you can listen to below, was recorded by … | Continue reading
It features music by Emptyset, ZULI and Roly Porter, among others Emptyset, photo by Camille Blake Subtext, the label run by Emptyset's James Ginzburg has shared details of a 20th anniversary compilation, titled Cybernetics, Or Ghosts? – Stories From Myths To A.I. Spanning 15 tra … | Continue reading
It features music by Emptyset, ZULI and Roly Porter, among others Emptyset, photo by Camille Blake Subtext, the label run by Emptyset's James Ginzburg has shared details of a 20th anniversary compilation, titled Cybernetics, Or Ghosts? – Stories From Myths To A.I. Spanning 15 tra … | Continue reading
In this month’s antidote to the algorithm, Jeremy Allen takes us up to the far north of Norway and the emergence of the country’s techno scene Wikimedia Commons By Mitja Podreka The so-called Bergen Wave of Norwegian techno might have gained currency outside of its homeland durin … | Continue reading
The new album from Brainfeeder Records’ latest signing is as dizzying, complex and contradictory as life itself, finds Claire Biddles In an interview with Ryo Miyauchi for the experimental music newsletter Tone Glow, the producer and songwriter Hakushi Hasegawa is asked whether t … | Continue reading
Rhodri Davies WYTH A box of eight great records from the almost irritatingly brilliant Welsh harpist WYTH (8 x solo album set) by Rhodri Davies For an instrument with such a rich, thousands of years long history, our mainstream cultural view of the harp is absurdly limited. The w … | Continue reading
The track features vocals from South London singer-songwriter Ruthven Overmono have released a new single, titled 'Gem Lingo'. Featuring vocals from South London singer-songwriter Ruthven, the new cut was first debuted by the duo during a broadcast on New York's The Lot Radio alo … | Continue reading
It's Sparhawk's first full-length release since losing his wife and LOW co-founder, Mimi Parker, to cancer in 2022 Alan Sparhawk, co-founder of the band LOW, is to release his debut solo album later this year. Titled White Roses, My God, it spans 11 tracks and marks Sparhawk's fi … | Continue reading
The new edition takes in the full remastered album, as well as bonus cuts produced around the same time as the record Photo by Kevin Cummins Suede are reissuing their second album, Dog Man Star, to mark its 30th anniversary. The full original record has been newly remastered for … | Continue reading
The new edition takes in the full remastered album, as well as bonus cuts produced around the same time as the record Photo by Kevin Cummins Suede are reissuing their second album, Dog Man Star, to mark its 30th anniversary. The full original record has been newly remastered for … | Continue reading
Former Wild Beast Tom Fleming's One True Pairing project, Clarissa Connelly and many more have been added to this year's sprawling lineup One True Pairing, photo by Jenny Lane EFG London Jazz Festival has added another wave of acts to the lineup for its 2024 edition, taking place … | Continue reading
tQ tote bags and a handful of remaining limited edition T-shirts are now on sale to non-subscribers After a priority sale to our subscribers last week, our limited edition The Quietus T-shirts created in partnership with 1 Of 100 are now available to all. Only a handful of the T- … | Continue reading
Following new album Sentir Que No Sabes and ahead of her guest curation at this year’s Le Guess Who?, Mabe Fratti takes Laura Snapes through thirteen favourite records spanning her Central American adolescence, cult dream pop and French post-punk Zeligs Photo by Andrea Ballesta F … | Continue reading
The publisher of Mark Fisher's Capitalist Realism and Eugene Thacker's In The Dust Of This Planet parts ways with imprints after 15 years. Portrait by Eddie Otchere Tariq Goddard the co-founder and publisher of Zero & Repeater books is stepping down from both titles today, it has … | Continue reading
Scarcity The Promise Of Rain Conductor of the Glenn Branca Ensemble channels black metal riggs and post-hardcore dissonance into a fierce emotional gut-punch, finds Alex Deller The Promise of Rain by Scarcity Scarcity’s 2022 debut, Aveilut, was a startling piece of work: both an … | Continue reading
It will be released via the US artist's own Late Music label Sarah Davachi has shared details of her first album in two years, The Head As Form'd In The Crier's Choir. The double-LP is comprised of seven pieces of music written by Davachi between 2022 and 2024. The work featured … | Continue reading
In his first psych rock roundup to take place under a Labour government, JR Moores welcomes a bright new era Red Kross, photo by Wanda Martin In the recent election campaign Keir Starmer kept his cards to his chest in order to lure swing voters to his party and infuriate Owen Jon … | Continue reading
Orange Goblin frontman, “Big” Ben Ward, was infamous for drinking all comers under the table. But now he's gone sober and on new album, Science, Not Fiction, has embraced reason – up to a point. Words: Dan Franklin. Main portrait by Tina Korhonen. Astrophotography by Giancarlo Er … | Continue reading
Pleasure Planet Pleasure Planet Upbeat debut from the new band of Ex-Hercules & Love Affair vocalist and Firehouse Records founder, Kim Ann Foxman Pleasure Planet by Pleasure Planet Part of club music’s great power is that it simultaneously provides a source of community whilst f … | Continue reading
Ahead of a double shift at Krankenhaus Festival, Adrian Flanagan releases new music today on Golden Lion Records Acid Klaus - P.T.S.D By Proxy (GLS018) by Golden Lion Sounds The Walter White of Walkley, the Heisenberg of Hillsborough, Mr Adrian Flanagan, has returned under his Ac … | Continue reading
Listen Here is an anthology of sounds. This month John Doran is challenged & invigorated by the things he hears on an inspirational trip to Prague. Portrait by Al Overdrive, design courtesy of Daniel Hall “You say you are a socialist and you say you hate Nazis but that is contrad … | Continue reading
Neil Luck Eden Box Peculiar rituals in a forest in Germany produce wild sonic environments, a remixed river and a soggy organic techno Eden Box by Neil Luck The artist Eden Box’s 1981 oil painting Stranger on the Shore depicts an odd pastoral. A woman sits on a beach, illuminated … | Continue reading
Clairo Charm The 25-year-old American pop phenom turns again to older recording styles to infuse her graceful third album with the texture of ’60s and ’70s soft rock and soul When Claire Cottrill relocated to a small Massachusetts town nestled among the Berkshire and Catskill mou … | Continue reading
Friday 12 July sees the open-eared duo man the decks at the home of Acid Horse supported by... a robot drummer? Fresh from another successful mission DJing at Glastonbury synths & snooker fiend Steve Davis & the wild man of Glastonbury Tor Kavus Torabi return to the home of tQ-ap … | Continue reading
The record is preceded by lead track 'Late Fragment' Photo by Daria Shestakova Dialect, the moniker of Andrew PM Hunt, has a new album on the way for RVNG Intl, titled Atlas Of Green. Marking Hunt's second full-length release for the label, after 2021's Under~Between, the 12-trac … | Continue reading
The band have enlisted a number of Rocket Recordings-affiliated acts to remix tracks from last year's 'Hive' LP Teeth Of The Sea are releasing a new limited edition cassette and digital EP, Get With The Program. Led by the title track, which appeared on last year's Hive LP, it al … | Continue reading
The artist's fifth studio album has been remastered for its updated release Photo by Petra Gall Diamanda Galás' fifth studio album, Saint Of The Pit, is being reissued. Due out in September, the album has been fully remastered for its updated release, which arrives off the back o … | Continue reading
The artist's fifth studio album has been remastered for its updated release Photo by Petra Gall Diamanda Galás' fifth studio album, Saint Of The Pit, is being reissued. Due out in September, the album has been fully remastered for its updated release, which arrives off the back o … | Continue reading
It features new tracks by the likes of Jeff Mills, Karenn, Kode9 and Steffi Dekmantel is marking the upcoming 10th edition of its flagship Amsterdam festival with a 44-track compilation, Dekmantel Ten: A Decade Of Dekmantel Festival. Set for digital release and in a 7x12-inch vin … | Continue reading
It features new tracks by the likes of Jeff Mills, Karenn, Kode9 and Steffi Dekmantel is marking the upcoming 10th edition of its flagship Amsterdam festival with a 44-track compilation, Dekmantel Ten: A Decade Of Dekmantel Festival. Set for digital release and in a 7x12-inch vin … | Continue reading
The European platform for innovative music and audiovisual art has announced 54 artists it will be working with over the next year SHAPE+, a European Union-funded platform for innovative music and audiovisual art, has announced the list of artists that it will be working with for … | Continue reading
2K88 Shame Polish producer (Strata, Syny, Etamski) bends and twists old school Polish hip hop into strange new shapes, finds Jared Dix SHAME by 2K88 Producer Przemysław Jankowiak has been busy in the Polish underground for a good long while under many guises. Most recently this y … | Continue reading
The Polish sound artist's latest album evokes strange hypnagogic states formed from zithers, ocarinas, bamboo flutes, and whistles Photo by Riccardo Caspani I remember the first time I saw Antonina Nowacka. It was in The Kitchen at the Hotel Forum during the Unsound Festival, whe … | Continue reading
We love it when our subscribers send in suggestions of things for us to talk about – but do we love what they’re suggesting? Is Eurythmics’ soundtrack to the 1984 film 1984 doubleplusgood or does it send John Doran into his own personal Room 101? Find out here. In this month’s Lo … | Continue reading
The album is back on vinyl for the first time since its original 1986 release Cocteau Twins and Harold Budd's 1986 collaborative album The Moon And The Melodies is getting a first-time reissue. Marking the first time the record has been made available on vinyl since its original … | Continue reading
It marks the artist's first solo release with the UK label Mica Levi has released a new song through Hyperdub, titled 'Slob Air'. Clocking in at just over 12 minutes, the track marks Levi's first solo release with the UK label, and comes backed by a video, which you can watch bel … | Continue reading
Bashy Being Poor Is Expensive Fifteen years after his last album (and with a gaggle of prestigious film and TV roles now under his belt), Ashley Thomas returns to the grime sound of his early mixtapes and his own memories of growing up in Hammersmith and Kensal Rise “Mill Hill an … | Continue reading
From Nigerian jùjú to American R&B, Ibibio Sound Machine’s Eno Williams speaks to Alastair Shuttleworth about some of the music that shaped her life, ahead of a set at this year’s Green Man A decade on from their eponymous debut album, Ibibio Sound Machine’s fifth record Pull The … | Continue reading
Unlike 80s pop’s synthetic bombast, says Toby Manning, some of the era’s best music was defined by a sophisticated smoothness whose ambivalence captured the period’s contradictions Few albums purr ‘mid-80s’ more seductively than Sade’s Diamond Life, which captures, in its style a … | Continue reading
'Bubblegum XX' will take in a remastered re-release of the late artist's album across several formats Beggars Arkive and the estate of Mark Lanegan are to mark the 20th anniversary of the late artist's classic album Bubblegum with an extensive reissue. Bubblegum XX will see the o … | Continue reading
The record sees the Hungarian artist blend club-ready techno sounds with experimental rhythmic structures Gábor Lázár is releasing an album through famed experimental electronic music label raster. Titled Reflex, the seven-track record sees the producer blend club-ready techno so … | Continue reading