Anniversary
All this and Ian McShane too: Grace Jones’ Slave To The Rhythm at 40
Keith Kahn-Harris celebrates a sometimes glorious, occasionally infuriating, always baffling album that remains entirely of its time
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West Virginia Snake Handler Revival “They Shall Take Up the Serpents”
Strychnine, speaking in tongues and ramshackle rockabilly spits forth from West Virginia’s last remaining snake handling church
A Quietus Interview
Plans That They Made: Hüsker Dü Interviewed
Stevie Chick talks to Bob Mould and Greg Norton about blazing a trail in hardcore, the uneasy switch from independent to major label and their complex relationship with Grant Hart, plus paving the way for Pixies and Nirvana. Cover portrait courtesy of Greg Norton
Punk
Straight Hedge! Noel Gardner Reviews Punk & Hardcore for October
Noel G is back again to blast away Autumnal blues with "wicked sick stick-thin machinified aquatic death rock", Iranian diaspora HC, the grotty AF Brainbombs and Eva Leblanc's Traidora (featured in the main portrait)
Live Reviews
An Elated Sense of Unity: The Live Return of Cabaret Voltaire
As Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson bring Cabaret Voltaire back to life at the Sheffield's FORGE warehouse as part of the Sensoria Festival, Daniel Dylan Wray is knocked sidewise by a set of visceral power, and moving tribute to Richard H Kirk
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Live Reviews
An Elated Sense of Unity: The Live Return of Cabaret Voltaire
As Stephen Mallinder and Chris Watson bring Cabaret Voltaire back to life at the Sheffield's FORGE warehouse as part of the Sensoria Festival, Daniel Dylan Wray is knocked sidewise by a set of visceral power, and moving tribute to Richard H Kirk
Baker’s Dozen
Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives
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A Quietus Interview
Plans That They Made: Hüsker Dü Interviewed
Stevie Chick talks to Bob Mould and Greg Norton about blazing a trail in hardcore, the uneasy switch from independent to major label and their complex relationship with Grant Hart, plus paving the way for Pixies and Nirvana. Cover portrait courtesy of Greg Norton
Baker's Dozen
Strings to the Bow: Sudan Archives’ Baker’s Dozen
From the artists and musicologists who fuelled a fascination with traditional string instruments to the songs that make her cry - via a memorable encounter with Erykah Badu and more, Sudan Archives selects 13 pieces of music that have shaped her life
Strange World Of...
The Strange World Of… Galaxie 500 Rarities
Thirty-five years after they burned slow and bright, Galaxie 500 remain one of indie rock’s most quietly untouchable constellations. In conversation with Dean Wareham, Naomi Yang and Damon Krukowski, Brian Coney provides ten points of entry to the dimmer recesses of their back catalogue
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Anniversary
All this and Ian McShane too: Grace Jones’ Slave To The Rhythm at 40
Keith Kahn-Harris celebrates a sometimes glorious, occasionally infuriating, always baffling album that remains entirely of its time
The Portal
Explore 15 Years Of Cultural Wayfinding
Each week we conjure up a miscellany of tQ writing from the mists of time for you. Most often random. Sometimes themed. Always enthralling.
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How Sheffield Film Tales From A Hard City set the Scene for Pulp’s Different Class
Daniel Dylan Wray argues that the depiction of Steel City life in a little-known 1995 film (currently being celebrated in an art exhibition and series of screenings) acts as a "companion and contrast piece" to Jarvis Cocker & co's commercial breakthrough, released the same year. Black and white still photography by Bill Stephenson.
