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The Strange World Of… Marissa Nadler
As she gears up for the release of her latest album New Radiations, Marissa Nadler guides Irina Shtreis through her sprawling discography via 10 essential tracks
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The Shape of Free Pop to Come: Giant Claw Interviewed
Keith Rankin, aka Giant Claw, speaks to Natalie Marlin about leaning deep into pop music, carving it all up and assembling something completely unique on new album Decadent Stress Chamber
Black Sky Thinking
Three Album Run: How 20th Century Metal Never Bettered Slayer’s Unholy Trilogy
Reign In Blood, South Of Heaven and Seasons In The Abyss form a trio of records that revolutionised 20th century heavy metal. Dan Franklin makes the case. All photographs by Maria Jefferis
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At Breaking Point: Black Sabbath’s Sabotage Revisited
50 years on, Joe Banks examines the point at which everything started to go wrong for Black Sabbath... even though they were still getting it right. This feature was originally published on 7/6/2015
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North American Music: tQ in The Twin Cities, by Natalie Marlin
In the first edition of a new series exploring underground and left-field music from North America, Natalie Marlin delivers an insider's guide to the frantic, uninhibited and queer-driven energy of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul underground, and picks out five essential new releases from the cities' most exciting artists
Baker’s Dozen
Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives
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Anniversary
At Breaking Point: Black Sabbath’s Sabotage Revisited
50 years on, Joe Banks examines the point at which everything started to go wrong for Black Sabbath... even though they were still getting it right. This feature was originally published on 7/6/2015
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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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Creating A Songwriter: The 13 Albums That Made Thundercat
The virtuoso bassist takes Rob Hakimian through his musical life story with a baker's dozen that traces his trajectory from kid messing with his parents' records to the in-demand player that he is today. Photographs by The1Point8.
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“Want to Change My Clothes, My Hair, My Face”: How Springsteen Helped Me Come Out
In an exclusive edited extract from Niko Stratis’s new book The Dad Rock That Made Me A Woman, the award-winning Canadian writer explores trans identity, the music of the American heartlands and how the Boss changed her life for good
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