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Here are our favourite tracks of the last 12 months, as voted for by tQ staff and core writers
Here are our favourite tracks of the last 12 months, as voted for by tQ staff and core writers
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
Our French music columnist reflects on the brilliance of France (the band), and picks his 20 favourite records from 2024
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
As the US reels from the re-election of Donald Trump, Jesse Dorris finds solace and inspiration in a fine weekend of concerts curated by Polish festival Unsound, from hunkering down to basement techno to riding the drone of Kali Malone and Sunn O))). Photos by Lawrence Sumulong.
Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives
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On 3 December 1984, Wham! released a Christmas single that over the years would lose none of its power despite becoming a sonic monolith of the festive season. Ian Wade reflects on how the song has haunted his life, and the strange melancholy of a Christmas pop death.
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Explore The PortalAfter Dhruva Balram's family emigrated from India to Canada, he came of age in a new city, the optimistic soundtrack provided by emerging megastar Drake. Here he celebrates the breakthrough mixtape which provided the background to first love but also looks back and asks, what went wrong?
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
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