...and pick five highlights from their time at the South London heavy doof haven ahead of final outing this month As most of you will know, London venue Corsica Studios is to close in its current incarnation later this year – a cruel loss for those of us who love a room where cla … | Continue reading
From a visceral return to roots from Converge to Cryptic Shift’s epic new death metal space opera, Kez Whelan reviews his first batch of great new metal for 2026 Cryptic Shift, photo by Murry Deaves As we hurtle into yet another new year, I’m still catching up on great records f … | Continue reading
Ahead of Traidora's appearance at Supersonic festival, Stephanie Phillips speaks to experimental guitarist and Crass collaborator Eva LeBlanc about her need to see herself reflected in sound Eva LeBlanc has always been direct. Those closest to the Chilean artist have often notice … | Continue reading
Daniel O'Sullivan & Richard Youngs Persian Carpets The second collaboration between Daniel O’Sullivan and Richard Youngs is a very different beast to their last: a pair of minimal improvisations for zither and piano Persian Carpets by Daniel O'Sullivan & Richard Youngs Experiment … | Continue reading
Off the back of an incendiary debut record that was one of 2025’s best rock albums, Leather.head speak to Cal Cashin about the importance of keeping things political, uncompromising collaborations with poet Zia Ahmed, the reclamation of emo and more Leather.head’s Mud Again, thei … | Continue reading
Nilza Costa Cantigas The Salvador de Bahia-born singer creates songs that refuse all explanation CANTIGAS by Brutture Moderne Label Do you need a sensitivity to divine forces to be drawn into Nilza Costa’s new album? Not necessarily. But it does require a willingness to listen to … | Continue reading
John Quin presents a hormonally loaded take on Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader’s classic of male alienation We hear a festinating beat, those sinuous nocturnal saxophones, see a belch of street steam. A ghostly yellow cab glides across the screen in slow motion. The anxious dri … | Continue reading
In an exclusive extract from his new book, Body of Work: How the Album Outplayed the Algorithm and Survived Playlist Culture, author Keith Jopling looks at the curious phenomenon of the 'vanishing LP' – as well as the ones that didn't A classic album in the “post-album” age of st … | Continue reading
The rare RIAA-certified award for 'Harness Your Hopes' is currently available for an auction prize of over £4,000 Screenshot Pavement's Bob Nastanovich has donated his own RIAA gold disc to an auction to support Margate music venue WhereElse. The gold disc was given to Nastanovic … | Continue reading
Proceeds from the track featuring the late guitarist will be donated to the New Art Studio, who support refugees and asylum seekers through art therapy Seb Rochford has shared 'Til The Day I'm Gone', a new track via his Finding Ways project, featuring the late guitarist Patrick W … | Continue reading
Mary Chiney celebrates the soundtrack to Akinola Davies Jr.'s debut feature film, depicting a single eventful day in Lagos, during 1993 My Father's Shadow (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Duval Timothy & CJ Mirra The summer of 1993 in Lagos exists in the collective memory … | Continue reading
Roshi Nasehi, a Welsh Iranian artist, speaks to fellow musicians about the dangers of allowing the protest movement to be hijacked by hard left anti-imperialist ideologues and outlines how practical help can be offered to those currently suffering in Iran Graffiti in Khorramabad … | Continue reading
Sam Slater Lunng Sam Slater's highly collaborative new LP plays out like an elegy for a world and way of living we’ve yet to lose but are on the verge of losing, says Bernie Brooks Lunng by Sam Slater Lunng is the title of Sam Slater's third namesake LP. With two N’s. I say it ou … | Continue reading
Dele Fadele looks back to The Bad Seeds album that has odd parallels with gangsta rap. This feature was first published in 2016 In the mid-1990s, I spotted Nick Cave's distinct figure at London's Subterrania venue, under The Westway, for gigs by Wu-Tang Clan leader GZA and Metho … | Continue reading
In the return of his quarterly column exploring bold new takes on traditional music and sounds, Patrick Clarke speaks to the figures behind the new Black British Folk Collective about their story so far, and reviews eleven new records including harsh noise bodhran, an extraordina … | Continue reading
In the return of his quarterly column exploring bold new takes on traditional music and sounds, Patrick Clarke speaks to the figures behind the new Black British Folk Collective about their story so far, and reviews eleven new records including harsh noise bodhran, an extraordina … | Continue reading
Manchester’s Mandy, Indiana haver never sounded so direct, so fierce, so angry as on this, their second album, a record which forcefully calls out rape culture and toxic masculinity amidst racing polyrhythms and a barrage of noise Photo Credit: Charles Gall The striking cover art … | Continue reading
Annie Hogan Tongues In My Head Intense but beguiling, former Marc Almond and Einstürzende Neubauten collaborator conjures sensual rituals and half-dirges Annie Hogan is something of a quiet icon of goth and post-punk. A longtime friend of Marc Almond, she put on early Soft Cell s … | Continue reading
The Liverpool festival will host ØXN, Mohammad Syfkhan and more this May Outer Waves has confirmed plans for its second edition, taking place across two days this May. Following its inaugural edition last year, the Liverpool festival will return once again with programming taking … | Continue reading
When There Is No Sun draws on the Arkestra's 2022 album Living Sky, as well as a 2023 release celebrating Sun Ra's poetry Ricardo Villalobos has curated a new remix compilation of work by Sun Ra Arkestra. The 12-track When There Is No Sun sees the likes of Underground Resistance, … | Continue reading
The band's second album is getting an updated release to mark its 45th anniversary Clock DVA's 1981 album Thirst is getting reissued. Marking 45 years since its original release, the band's second studio LP has been newly remastered especially for the updated edition. The reissue … | Continue reading
As he prepares to embark on his first ever headline music tour, Peter Capaldi takes Jude Rogers through 13 records that have defined his life, from the parallels between Talking Heads and Doctor Who, to the time he found himself in a room with Kate Bush Photo by Ray Burmiston Pe … | Continue reading
Harry Sword explores the world of the cult London shop and record label – one of the most vital imprints for adventurous leftfield heavy metal – offering ten entry points into one of the most beguiling and bewitching catalogues out there Crypt of the Wizard have ploughed an idios … | Continue reading
Shackleton Euphoria Bound More dreamstates and haunted dancefloors from the Lancashire-born producer in permanent exile Euphoria Bound by Shackleton The gamification of the music industry isn’t a choice anymore, it is part of the hustle and grind. As the discourse flits from topi … | Continue reading
The jungle producer's second album for the label is out in March Screenshot Xylitol, the production moniker of Catherine Backhouse, has a new album on the way for Planet Mu. Spanning 10 tracks, Blumenfantasie builds on the melodic jungle sounds of Backhouse's previous LP for the … | Continue reading
Arca, photo by Bryan Berrios Arca has remixed Robyn's recent single 'Sexistential'. Pushing the original cut further into club music territory, the Venezuelan artist's take on the song features her own vocals. You can listen to it below. In a statement, Arca said: "I've loved Rob … | Continue reading
Your Rum Music roundup returns for 2026, where Jennifer Lucy Allan presents early AOTY contenders from Silvia Tarozzi, Tashi Dorij and more Silvia Tarozzi, photo by Giorgio Giliberti January feels like it's been three months long. I made few resolutions. I will be writing half a … | Continue reading
Bloody Head Bend Down And Kiss The Ground Nottingham quartet drag noise-rock and psych into some dank, unwholesome places Bend Down And Kiss The Ground by bloody head Bloody Head have been lurking at the fringes for some ten years now, occupying a greasy, hard-to-clean crevice wh … | Continue reading
Dispel the winter gloom! Our subscribers can catch up with all the music we wrote about last month Even though January’s always a bit of a quiet month for releases we’ve still got a fair wedge of music for our Subscribers to kick off 2026, with the playlist featuring the likes of … | Continue reading
Ahead of the release of new album Domestic Bliss and an appearance at Acid Horse festival in May, the amniotically-linked trio speak to Archie Forde London trio Voka Gentle have been playing music together in some form “since the womb”, their guitarist, William J. Stokes tells me … | Continue reading
Geologist Can I Get a Pack of Camel Lights? Animal Collective member smashes multiple genres into dizzying, kaleidoscopic combinations Can I Get A Pack Of Camel Lights? by Geologist Can I Get a Pack of Camel Lights? is the phrase that Brian Weitz, the man behind the moniker ‘Geol … | Continue reading
The origins of hip hop may be indelibly associated with New York's Five Boroughs – and the South Bronx, in particular. But in the 1980s, Long Island's De La Soul – and near contemporaries like Biz Markie, Public Enemy and Rakim – brought a new suburban sensibility to the genre. I … | Continue reading
The US artist's score for Julian Charrière's film is coming out through her own Awe label Screenshot Laurel Halo is set to release her soundtrack for Julian Charrière's film Midnight Zone. Spanning nine tracks, the US artist's original score was produced especially for the film, … | Continue reading
Andrew Holter praises Paul Weller for throwing down a gauntlet to fans via cosmopolitan eclecticism and for ceding a large amount of creative control to new collaborators Imagine it’s Friday 16 March 1984. The National Union of Mineworkers declared a nationwide strike on Monday a … | Continue reading
With 2026 off to a flyer (musically at least), tQ's staffers select the albums and tracks that stood out in January There was a time when compiling a best-of list for January felt like scraping the barrel, artists and labels holding fire on their best music until the blossoming o … | Continue reading
With 2026 off to a flyer (musically at least), tQ's staffers select the albums and tracks that stood out in January There was a time when compiling a best-of list for January felt like scraping the barrel, artists and labels holding fire on their best music until the blossoming o … | Continue reading
The Soft Pink Truth Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever? Matmos's Drew Daniel takes its furthest step yet from its roots in the club; still sounds absolutely joyous Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever? by The Soft Pink Truth A common theme through The Soft Pink Truth’s re … | Continue reading
Even within a genre increasingly filled with aberrations, Qasu's debut represents an odd yet scintillating proposition Photo: Mark Vella A Bleak King Cometh is like a molotov cocktail casually tossed into the stave church of black metal orthodoxy. There might be tremolo-picked ri … | Continue reading
The record features A$AP Rocky, Tame Impala and more Screenshot Thundercat has shared details of his first album in six years, titled Distracted. The US artist's fifth studio LP comprises 15 tracks and includes contributions from A$AP Rocky, Tame Impala, Mac Miller, Willow, Chann … | Continue reading
Still In A Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers And The Reinvention Of Rock, 1984–1994 acts as a sequel of sorts to the writer's 2005 book on post punk xr:d:DAE39iP3VgU:3340,j:7078943332719261553,t:23112812 Simon Reynolds is releasing a new book. Set to arrive via publishing house White Rab … | Continue reading
Prostitute, Milkweed and more will play the Birmingham event this April Photo by Robert Barrett Supersonic has shared details of its stripped-back 2026 edition. The Digbeth, Birmingham festival will take place earlier in the year, moving away from its usual late August date to tw … | Continue reading
Nick Hudson reports from Georgia with his guide to the gripping, eclectic and unpredictable music currently being produced in the Tbilisi underground, and how the city's musical communities are stepping up in the face of significant repression Protests in Georgia, photo by Jack H … | Continue reading
Erik Hall Solo Three Minimalist music by Laurie Spiegel, Glenn Branca, Steve Reich and Charlemagne Palestine reconfigured as nimble-fingered solo works Solo Three by Erik Hall Minimalist music takes on many forms. It encompasses works made of short phrases that interlock and repe … | Continue reading
The drone metal band's Instagram page said the venue "put politics above music and have cancelled the show tonight" Earth's show at Bologna venue TPO last night (January 27) didn't go ahead because Dylan Carlson, the band's frontman and sole permanent member, reportedly objected … | Continue reading
"It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbours, and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renée Good," the US artist said in a statement Bruce Springsteen has released a new protest song which takes aim at Donald Trump and United States Immigration and Cus … | Continue reading
Dialect Full Serpent Andrew P.M. Hunt makes music for small speakers and close quarters, a tender kind of futurism Full Serpent by Dialect In just the first three weeks of 2026, the world has become more uncertain than it has been in the entire past twelve months. Low temperature … | Continue reading
Ian Wade meets Peaches in Soho to discuss the 13 records that have shaped her life and work, from Lil' Kim to Laurie Anderson, disco to krautrock Photo by The Squirt Deluxe With Peaches’ new album No Lube So Rude arriving next month, the temptation to call it a comeback seems, we … | Continue reading
Ian Wade meets Peaches in Soho to discuss the 13 records that have shaped her life and work, from Lil' Kim to Laurie Anderson, disco to krautrock Photo by The Squirt Deluxe With Peaches’ new album No Lube So Rude arriving next month, the temptation to call it a comeback seems, we … | Continue reading