As Elaine Kraf's The Princess of 72nd Street is added to the Penguin Modern Classics roster, Kat Lister re-examines the author's legacy and talks to Kraf's daughter about putting together the pieces of the life of one of the most neglected and most radical novelists of the 1970s … | Continue reading
John Doran remembers his favourite filmmaker David Lynch, but also praises a true artist, a mapmaker and draughtsman who recorded the weird zones and dimensions of life. Portrait by Josh Telles One of the highlights of a working trip to Prague last spring was a visit to the Kafka … | Continue reading
The Weather Station Humanhood Canadian singer Tamara Lindeman works through mental health issues to make the personal universal Humanhood by The Weather Station Sometimes, maybe even oftentimes, the best way to deal with the problems life throws at us is to remember to stay in th … | Continue reading
The ingenious director of Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet had been living with emphysema for a period of time, he revealed last year David Lynch, the visionary director and writer of films such as Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive and the much-loved TV series Twin Peaks, has died at th … | Continue reading
The 12-track record is out in March Loraine James is releasing a second album under her Whatever The Weather alias. Comprised of 12 tracks, Whatever The Weather II follows on from James' first record under the moniker, which came out in 2022. In the interim, she's released her th … | Continue reading
He's also shared a video for lead single 'It's A Mirror' Perfume Genius has shared details of a new album, titled Glory. Spanning 11 tracks, the new record was made collaboratively by the artist, real name Mike Hadreas, alongside a group of musicians that included various figures … | Continue reading
The Legendary Pink Dots So Lonely in Heaven The increasingly accurately named Anglo-Dutch experimental rock return with yet another one – this one's a brooder set to a set of arrangements that feel strangely comforting, finds Richard Foster So Lonely In Heaven by Legendary Pink D … | Continue reading
Subtitled 'Another Mississippi Sunday Morning', this record of prisoners' songs is folk music like you've never heard it before Parchman Prison Prayer: Another Mississippi Sunday Morning was recorded in the course of a single day at Parchman Farm, the vast Mississippi State Penit … | Continue reading
It marks the first full-length new project from the techno outfit since 2010's Feed-Forward Sandwell District have a new album on the way, titled End Beginnings. Following on from 2010's only previous full-length studio album by the techno project, Feed Forward, which was reissue … | Continue reading
In his Baker's Dozen, the Circle frontman talks about converting people to the Dead; why Pori might have the highest concentration of Cardiac fans in Europe, and what he learned from Faust's Hans-Joachim Irmler Photo by Arttu Merimaa The music Jussi Lehtisalo loves the most drive … | Continue reading
Kez Whelan kicks off another year in metal, rounding up a host of scorching new records to see you through the winter chill Lifeless Dark Black metal fans have been spoilt for choice of late, with no shortage of suitably grim records to match the sub-zero temperatures we’ve been … | Continue reading
Fabio Mina Existence / Resistance The flute seems to be having a moment right now, but Italian-born Mina is pushing the instrument further than most Fabio Mina - Existence / Resistance by Okum Fabio Mina uses his flute as a playground. The Rimini-born musician’s compositions grow … | Continue reading
As Lias Saoudi-fronted fruity techno troupe Decius prepare to release second album Vol. II (Splendour & Obedience), they speak to Luke Turner about dirt on the dancefloor and why their explicitly horny music is a safe space to unleash things that ought not be repressed For 20 yea … | Continue reading
Quinton Barnes CODE NOIR The Quebecois rapper's third full-length release is giving hip hop for an era of Amazon delivery drones, Artificial Intelligence, and post-Frank Ocean sexual ambiguity, finds Ryan Diduck CODE NOIR by Quinton Barnes Few young rappers have the ability to co … | Continue reading
No Man Is An Island (Volume 2): A Guide To More Choice Studio One Pressings is the second edition in a series of books on the imprint A new book about the legendary reggae and dub label Studio One is set to be published later this month. No Man Is An Island (Volume 2): A Guide To … | Continue reading
The release focuses on the project's full-length release between 1989 and 1996 Adrian Sherwood's On-U Sound label is to release a new anthology compilation focused on the works of Dub Syndicate, one of the imprint founder's various projects. Out Here On The Perimeter (1989-1996) … | Continue reading
The third full-length effort from Nicolás Jaar and Dave Harrington's collaborative project is out next month DARKSIDE have shared details of a new album, Nothing. Spanning nine tracks, it marks the third full-length release from the duo of Nicolás Jaar and Dave Harrington, who, f … | Continue reading
Tech whoppers the world over are obsessed with eternal life. But, argues Professor John Tregoning of Imperial College, scientific research increasingly suggests that the music we love can have a huge boost to our immune system and health The narrative around extending life has be … | Continue reading
Moonchild Sanelly Full Moon A suite of new tracks shows the visionary South African artist coming into her own singular aesthetic, finds Arusa Qureshi When Moonchild Sanelly released her second studio album Phases in 2022, there was a major emphasis on the project’s collaborative … | Continue reading
Artist and musician passes away after a long illness Alastair Mackinven, the musician, artist, painter, writer, and teacher, has died at the age of 53, following a long illness. In recent years Mackinven was best known for his visual art, but since the mid-90s he was a driving fo … | Continue reading
In our fiftieth antidote to the algorithm, David McKenna takes us back half a century to Naples, where the influence of a nautical culture and American military radio created a music scene as fertile and chaotic as the city itself Alan Sorrenti (image: Wikipedia Commons) If you’v … | Continue reading
Franz Ferdinand The Human Fear With their sixth album, the stalwart Glaswegian indie rockers prove they still have plenty to say, finds C. J Thorpe-Tracey The Human Fear by Franz Ferdinand It’s been six years since the previous Franz Ferdinand record, Always Ascending, with a hit … | Continue reading
Deep Cabaret Matchless Bagpipes and hurdy-gurdy collide with guttural growls and serpentine grooves for a wild freak folk jamboree Matchless by Deep Cabaret Certain music lends itself particularly well to specific physical media. For instance: Black Sabbath on vinyl, Autechre on … | Continue reading
The American artist also known as Hayden Silas Anhedönia digs deep into the twilit territories of Southern Gothic fiction and experimental drone Photo credit: Silken Weinberg Cult fame isn’t what it used to be. Last year, the opinions of Chappell Roan, a drag artist with one albu … | Continue reading
The actor, comedian and musician takes Patrick Clarke through an eclectic list of his favourite records, from a teenage obsession with Tubular Bells to the London pub where Danger Mouse worked behind the bar Photo by Ben Meadows Growing up, Matt Berry’s house was not a musical on … | Continue reading
As The Transfiguration Of Blind Joe Death turns 60, Will Snelling explores how the record's combination of bare-bones intimacy and haunting atmosphere, post modern edge and inherent tension loom large over myriad artists today On The Transfiguration Of Blind Joe Death, the ‘Ameri … | Continue reading
Nida, Block Dog & African Diplomat Black Label EP New hip hop from Abidjan combines righteous polemic with experimental production, finds Arusa Qureshi While hip-hop from Africa’s Ivory Coast hasn’t necessarily penetrated the mainstream music world yet, there is a growing scene i … | Continue reading
Noel Gardner kicks off another year in the undergrowth of New Weird Britain with an eclectic selection of thick psychedelia, inchoate delirium, dreamy folksong and sesh gremlin techno Bridget Hayden, photo by Richard Mulhearn Bridget Hayden’s brand new album Cold Blows The Rain ( … | Continue reading
Ayumi Ishito (feat. Kevin Shea and George Draguns) Roboquarians, Vol. 2 Saxophonist Ayumi Ishito makes her horn sound like everything and anything – bar a saxophone, that is Roboquarians, Vol. 2 (feat. Kevin Shea and George Draguns) by Ayumi Ishito Japanese-born, New York-based s … | Continue reading
Myriad Myriads All The Hits Bye bye 2024, hello 2025. Bye bye Bass Clef, hello Myriad Myriads… Jon Buckland welcomes the artist's new identity with open arms All The Hits by Myriad Myriads No sooner has the artist formerly known as Bass Clef reinvented himself as Myriad Myriads, … | Continue reading
Here's everything we've covered at The Quietus in the final two months of 2024, compiled for the listening pleasure of tQ's subscribers As one of your many, many perks for becoming a Quietus subscriber, we’re compiling a specially-curated, playlist for our readers every month. Gi … | Continue reading
Your final tQ subscriber download of the year comes from none other than our albums of the year chart toppers Ex-Easter Island Head, who speak to Patrick Clarke about a prolific year, their love of "good old fashioned showbiz", and the sublime live performance captured for this r … | Continue reading
In the final antidote to the algorithm of 2024, Daniel Spicer takes tQ's subscribers back to the sweet yet sorrowful sounds of festive doo-wop Was there ever a style of music as dripping with sentimentality as doo-wop? Originating among Black communities in major US cities in the … | Continue reading
As festive season darts mania once again takes over the UK with the annual PDC World Darts Championship, Travis Elborough travels back to 1979 and John Samson's documentary about the rise of Eric Bristow At the final of the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, 16-year-old rank outs … | Continue reading
Our French music columnist reflects on the brilliance of France (the band), and picks his 20 favourite records from 2024 Bosc, photo by Nicolas Godin Just as I was wondering how to round of the year with this column – I made the mistake of cramming big stuff like the French elect … | Continue reading
Laura Cannell A Year Of Lore Coming to an end this month, Laura Cannell's latest serialised project is a monumental achievement sure to captivate the latent folklorist in all of us, says Bernie Brooks A YEAR OF LORE - 12 tracks curated from 12 EPs by Laura Cannell Throughout, a f … | Continue reading
Here's a special bonus playlist for our subscribers featuring all of the tracks included in our top 50 of the year We're nearly at the end of a big year for The Quietus, with our regeneration done and dusted, readership going up, and yet more of our readers signing up to become s … | Continue reading
Here are our favourite tracks of the last 12 months, as voted for by tQ staff and core writers While catching up on reactions earlier this month to our list of the year’s best albums, I was amused to come across a Reddit thread in which some people seemed to think Charli xcx’s BR … | Continue reading
Cate Brooks Prismatics The glossy idealism of consumer electronics is given a sinister twist in the latest from the English electronic artist aka The Advisory Circle https://soundcloud.com/belburymusic/prismatics?utm_source=clipboard&utm_campaign=wtshare&utm_medium=widget&utm_con … | Continue reading
In an exclusive extract from his new book, Dark Dungeon Music, the author and Ancient Meadow Records founder explores his love for the Tolkein-inspired, synth-based metal genre Ben Schnitz of Lone Sentinel and Sorrowman Most of my earliest core memories are of finding great joy i … | Continue reading
With its focus on the 1970s career of Leonard Rossiter and its mordant metaphysics of the moist, Sophie-Sleigh Johnson's Code: Damp might just be the most original book yet to emerge from Repeater publishing, finds Tim Burrows The Christmas special of Rising Damp is perhaps the c … | Continue reading
Following news of the death of the pioneering London producer Lennie De Ice, Wrongtom charts the course of his standout anthem ‘We Are I.E.’ – and argues its case as a surreal Christmas record Lennie De Ice skanking to Mini Mart Sound System at Lloyd Park, Walthamstow in 1985 (Wi … | Continue reading
As his score with Tobe Hooper for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre gets an official release, 50 years on, Wayne Bell speaks to Charlie Brigden about doing justice to an all-time classic, previously-unheard material, and getting his father to imitate a pig Photo courtesy of Wayne Bell … | Continue reading
Our electronic music columnist looks back at dance music culture in 2024, and presents his top 30 tracks from the last 12 months Objekt, photo by CCL I was disappointed (and simultaneously glad to notice we share similar sentiments) to see the latest First Floor newsletter discus … | Continue reading
The event for radical new music takes part in four cities in North Portugal next month, featuring showcase gigs and a three-day conference Portugal’s showcase event for radical new music, SQUARE, has completed its lineup for next year’s event, which takes places across four citie … | Continue reading
Alice Hebborn Saisons Low-key ecofeminist instrumentals provide a sophisticated and engrossing listen for Tom Bolton Saisons by Alice Hebborn Alice Hebborn’s debut album is an immersion in nature starting in spring. It’s a counter-seasonal release, but no less welcome for it. How … | Continue reading
Will Wiesenfeld has also shared a video for the record's lead track, 'Sea Of Men' Baths has shared details of his first studio album since 2017, titled Gut. Spanning 11 tracks, work on the follow-up to Romaplasm began before the COVID-19 pandemic and was ultimately completed in e … | Continue reading
It's not yet known whether the deal means there's new music on the way from the group Pulp have signed a record deal with Rough Trade Records. In a statement, the band said: "Rough Trade have managed Pulp for over 30 years so it feels great to be finally on the label. We did it!" … | Continue reading