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A London Dreaming: Iain Sinclair’s Lud Heat At 50
On the fiftieth anniversary of his seminal 'book of the dead hamlets', author Iain Sinclair talks to Robert Davidson about London in the 70s, Hawksmoor churches and Arthur Machen
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Reissue of the Week – The Blue Album by K. Frimpong & His Cubano Fiestas
Mary Chiney celebrates the timely reissues of a highlife album for the ages; no mere postcard from the past but an essential atmosphere once more accessible to all
Anniversary
Good Grief: Sonic Youth’s Washing Machine at 30
SY biographer Stevie Chick looks back three decades to Kurt Cobain, Neil Young and what might just be Gordon, Moore, Ranaldo & Shelley's finest moment
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Music of the Month: The Best Albums and Tracks of September 2025
tQ's staffers have sifted through the stream of September's music, and returned with a selection of shiny golden nuggets
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Rockfort! French Music for September, Reviewed by David McKenna
In his latest French music round-up, David McKenna looks at what the French mean by ‘electro’ and delves into new releases from a multi-faceted Franco-Senegalese artist, guitar-and-damaged-turntable improv and more
Baker’s Dozen
Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives
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Low Culture Essay
Low Culture Essay: Arusa Qureshi on the Tony Hawk Pro Skater Soundtracks
Arusa Qureshi was never allowed a skateboard, but the soundtracks to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series of computer games were a vital introduction to music – one that, she argues, was far more effective than today's algorithm-driven discovery mechanisms
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Cut the Crop: Agriculture Interviewed
While black metal history is often the story of errant youth reaping chaos, Agriculture plough their own furrow. Dan Franklin meets a band who sow explosive seeds via songwriting and then reap joyous brinkmanship onstage. Main portrait by Olivia Crumm
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Low Culture Essay
Low Culture Essay: Arusa Qureshi on the Tony Hawk Pro Skater Soundtracks
Arusa Qureshi was never allowed a skateboard, but the soundtracks to Tony Hawk's Pro Skater series of computer games were a vital introduction to music – one that, she argues, was far more effective than today's algorithm-driven discovery mechanisms
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Good Grief: Sonic Youth’s Washing Machine at 30
SY biographer Stevie Chick looks back three decades to Kurt Cobain, Neil Young and what might just be Gordon, Moore, Ranaldo & Shelley's finest moment
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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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“I’m Going to Make People Fall in Love With This Song” JD Twitch Interviewed
On the eve of the release of their much anticipated Fabric mix and an appearance at the London club, Keith McIvor (aka JD Twitch) chats to John Doran about the ongoing Optimo (Espacio) project now that their revered Glasgow night is no more...
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Hypnosis for Cats: Ben Pester’s Expansion Project Playlist
Ben Pester's brilliantly surreal new book is a "horror novel about office work" where the monster is a business park. Here he takes us through the songs he played while writing and the songs the book seems to summon for him now it's finished and (almost) out in the world
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Death, Angels & Magic: Daniel Spicer On Elvis Presley’s Way Down
In our monthly subscriber-only essay Daniel Spicer has a Proustian rush listening to Elvis Presley's career concluding single Way Down, is reminded of the fragility of existence and is catapulted back into a childhood of ageing teds, biker gangs and wyrd Cornish magic...
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Low Culture Podcast Seven: Mariam Rezaei On Turntablism
The seventh in our subscriber only series of podcasts features Mariam Rezaei talking about the often misunderstood art of turntablism and the pros and cons of having one foot in the hip hop camp and one foot in the world of experimental music