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tQ’s Exclusive Monthly Round-Up Playlist: January 2025

Here's everything we've covered at The Quietus this month, 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.

Across almost more than five hours of music, you’ll find comeback bangers from The Moonlandingz and Marie Davidson, lush alt pop from Perfume Genius and Japanese Breakfast, transfixing gloom from Ethel Cain and Masma Dream World, the best of the world’s experimental fringes, plus the picks of our metal, folk, New Weird Britain and cassettes columns and more!

On top of all that, don’t forget that as a subscriber you also get links to our regular specially curated ‘Organic Intelligence’ playlists, exploring the weirdest and wonderfullest musical niches, from the sound of mid-70s Naples to noise in 2020s Tokyo.

In order to listen to the playlists, you’ll need the link – you can become a Quietus Low Culture or Sound & Vision tier subscriber here. And FYI, the playlist is but one of the perks you could receive as a Quietus Subscriber. Our latest Low Culture podcast features John Doran and Luke Turner’s Sonic Youth slamdown and is live now, as are heaps of exclusive releases for our Sound & Vision tier members from none other than 2rana 3crana, Ex-Easter Island Head and Bruise Blood, exclusive essays on the likes of the music of Sin City, the Eric Bristow darts doc Arrows, Patrick Keiller’s London, Kathleen Hanna, the BBC’s 1981 The Lord Of The Rings adaptation and more. More is being announced very soon indeed, and rest assured it’s not to be missed. Access your playlists below the Steady paywall here:

You can access the playlist on Spotify here.

You can access the playlist on Apple Music here.

You can access the playlist on TIDAL here.

You can access the playlist on Deezer here.

You can access the playlist on Qobuz here.

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