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Shortparis
Яблонный сад ('Apple Orchard')

Wrecking pop and rebuilding it from the ruins, Shortparis return with what may be the finest record to date, finds Richard Foster

Low Culture Podcast

Low Culture Podcast: Jeanie Finlay On Lola Montes

It's a cinematic Low Culture podcast this month as Jeanie Finlay speaks to us about Max Ophüls' 1955 film Lola Montes

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The Quietus International

Anois, Os Ard: July In Irish Underground Music Reviewed By Eoin Murray

In the tenth edition of our column on the sounds emanating from the Irish undergrowth, Eoin Murray finds arboreal sound art and speaks to Lankum’s Ian Lynch about his Fire Draw Near podcast

Albums of the Year so far

The Quietus Albums Of The Year So Far Chart 2021

At the year's half-way mark, all of tQ's editorial staff, core writers and columnists have voted for their essential 2021 albums released between mid-December 2020 and mid-June

Reviews

The Go! Team
Get Up Sequences Part One

Perennial underdogs The Go! Team return with clattery beats and bittersweet party tunes, still as boisterous and rambunctious as ever, finds Ed Power

Art

Into The Dataverse: Ryoji Ikeda At 180 The Strand

Ryoji Ikeda take over the basement of the Vinyl Factory's massive exhibition space at 180 The Strand. The impression is overwhelming, but where is the heart? asks Sam Mackay

Books

Scriber Optics: The Other Black Girl By Zakiya Dalila Harris

Zakiya Dalila Harris's brilliant debut speaks of pride and prejudice in the world of publishing

Film

Are We Human? Steven Spielberg’s A.I. At 20

Steven Spielberg's strongest and strangest film set the tone and pace for the filmmaker's most prolific period in the 2000s – and has aged gloriously, finds Sam Moore

Reviews

One Bok
Zodiac Beats Volume 1 & 2

One Bok (aka Night Slugs' Bok Bok) returns with a psychogeographic foray that truly brings it, finds Nick Roseblade

Reissue of the Week

Black Sabbath’s Sabotage Super Deluxe Reviewed

Never judge an album by its cover, says John Doran, because in the case of this week's lead reissue at least, you're likely to miss out on a resonant classic

Film

Betrayed By Our Nature: Ben Wheatley’s In The Earth

In a world where our relationship to safety is changing beyond repair, Ben Wheatley’s In The Earth offers a bombastic psychedelic escape. But, asks Kiran Acharya, are we emerging into heaven or hell?

Reviews

Front & Follow & The Gated Canal Community
You Can Never Leave

Despite the label's official retirement, Front & Follow records is back with a compilation inspired by an estate agents' video

Album of the Week

Justified & Ancient: Duane Pitre Explores Alternative Tuning In The Harmonic Series II

With works by Kali Malone, Caterina Barbieri, Tashi Wada, and others, American musician Duane Pitre assembles a thrilling compendium of works employing the scintillating sound of Just Intonation

A Quietus Interview

The Experience Of Weightlessness: Spirit Of Gravity Turns 20

Robert Barry looks back over two decades of collective effort to provide a platform for weird, messy, experimental, DIY music in Brighton; an effort undiminished by pandemic or the 'Riki Tik's incident'...

Film

Offline Objects: Terre Thaemlitz Interviewed

To celebrate the release of biographical film 'Terre Thaemlitz: Give Up On Hopes And Dreams', Blaise Radley sat down with the inimitable Terre Thaemlitz

Monthly Playlists

tQ’s Exclusive Monthly Round-Up Playlist: June 2021

For tQ subscribers, here's all the ace new music we've covered on the site this June, compiled into one handy mega-playlist!

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Baker's Dozen

Music Waits For You: LoneLady’s Favourite Albums

From singing along with Neneh Cherry on her way to school to a lockdown obsession with Durutti Column, Julie Campbell, aka LoneLady, takes Elizabeth Aubrey through the thirteen definitive records of her life

Electronic

Hyperspecific: Dance Music For June Reviewed By Jaša Bužinel

Our electronic music columnist Jaša Bužinel is back with a list of 25 certified summer bangers and eight additional reviews, including new music by Blawan, Perlia, Felinto and Morwell

Reviews

Birds Of Maya
Valdez

Philadelphia's Birds of Maya show a brutality bordering on the sublime, finds Alex Deller

Reviews

Birthday Ass
Head of the Household

Brooklyn's Birthday Ass are as free-spirited and rambunctious as their name suggests, finds Zara Hedderman

Rum Music

Rum Music For June Reviewed By Jennifer Lucy Allan

TQ's Rum Music correspondent Jennifer Lucy Allan reacquaints herself with the club and recounts her month of listening, from Rusyn folk songs to syrupy productions from São Paulo and fireworks made rhythmic

Reviews

Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion
Let The Soil Play Its Simple Part

Pulitzer Prize-winner Caroline Shaw joins the New York percussion quartet for a suite of songs melding folk elements with modern composition

Electronic

If Only You Knew: Grime & Drill For June Reviewed By Aaron Bishop

Aaron Bishop selects his highlights from the UK underground scene including projects and singles from names such as Little Simz, Wretch 32, Meekz Manny and A2

A Quietus Interview

A Beautiful Space: Mick Harris Of Scorn Interviewed

Our man from San Francisco Ned Raggett talks to the former Napalm Death Drummer and driving force behind Scorn about battling on against the odds and finally finding some peace and satisfaction. All portraits courtesy of Helen Harris

Books

Hajar Press: The Indie Publisher With Anti-Racism At Its Core

Hajar Press is an independent political publishing house run by and for people of colour, with new books either recently published or soon to come from Sarah Lasoye, Jamal Mehmood, Heba Hayek, Yara Hawari, Cradle Community & Lola Olufemi. Tope Olufemi talks to founders, Brekhna Aftab and Farhaana Arefin

Books

Home Sweet Home Counties: Will Burns’ The Paper Lantern

The Paper Lantern, debut novel by English poet Will Burns explores a part of the UK that is curiously under-romanticised (but politically over-influential)

Art

Fast Times At Great Neck High: Larry Poons On Painting And Time

With a survey of half a century of work currently on view at Almine Rech, American painter Larry Poons talks about Beethoven, baseball, and the teacher who believed in him as an artist before he did himself

Reviews

L’Rain
Fatigue

Woozy and cinematic, L'Rain's second album explores emotional growth in fragments and kaleidoscopic swirls, finds Georgie Brooke

A Quietus Interview

Life Cycles: An Interview With caroline

New Rough Trade signings caroline speak to Patrick Clarke about how they went from roots in choral music, Appalachian folk and post-punk to creating extraordinarily atmospheric longform pieces. Plus, the premiere of a stunning live performance of 'Skydiving onto the library roof'

Reviews

BLACK CLOUD SUMMONER
TOTAL FUCKING GODHEAD

With close to 30 releases to his name in just the last four years, Nottingham noise artist BLACKCLOUDSUMMONER is nothing if not prolific. Nick Roseblade finds horrfic beauty in his latest

Album of the Week

The Third Wave: Former Things By LoneLady

Julie Campbell’s third LoneLady record offsets temporal anxieties with sparkling synth pop melodies in her most ambitious album to date, finds Zara Hedderman

Metal

Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For June Reviewed By Kez Whelan

Who wasted their time in lockdown? Not the metal acts currently putting out live recordings and concept albums, says Kez Whelan

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“It’s Entertainment, You Know?” Trevor Horn’s Favourite Albums

Producer and innovator Trevor Horn guides Jude Rogers through 13 favourite albums, telling tales of how Kraftwerk led him to breaking the Official Secrets Act and tripping to Yes

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Shortparis Яблонный сад ('Apple Orchard')

Low Culture Podcast: Jeanie Finlay On Lola Montes

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Shortparis
Яблонный сад ('Apple Orchard')

The Go! Team
Get Up Sequences Part One

One Bok
Zodiac Beats Volume 1 & 2

Front & Follow & The Gated Canal Community
You Can Never Leave

Birds Of Maya
Valdez

Birthday Ass
Head of the Household

Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion
Let The Soil Play Its Simple Part

L’Rain
Fatigue

BLACK CLOUD SUMMONER
TOTAL FUCKING GODHEAD

Deftones
Private Music

Wolf Alice
The Clearing