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Yukika
Timeabout

Japanese-born K-pop star Yukika accelerates the sonics of late 70s disco towards thrilling new zones, finds Verónica A. Bastardo

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Hyperspecific: Dance Music For Spring Reviewed By Jaša Bužinel

For the latest edition of Hyperspecific, Jaša Bužinel looks at recent DJ stream highlights and reviews eight brilliant albums and a peculiar compilation from Rochelle Jordan, Lea Bertucci, Andy Stott, Khalab & M'berra Ensemble and more

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The Sorrows Of Young Nick Cave: A Review Of Boy On Fire By Mark Mordue

Matilda Munro reviews Mark Mordue's new book on the early life of a Bad Seed

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Glüme
The Internet

With a touch of old school Hollywood glamour, the debut album from new Italians Do It Better signing Glüme makes for a subtly strange and alluring record, finds Will Salmon

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The Whiteness Of Indie Rock: An Extract From Why Solange Matters

In an exclusive extract from her new book *Why Solange Matters*, Stephanie Phillips explores the significance of appropriation in indie music

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Round & Round, You’re Turning Me: An Interview with Rachel Maclean

With a new solo show opening at Edinburgh's Jupiter Artland in a week, Rachel Maclean talks to Fisun Güner about film-making, fairytales, and looking forward

Film

A Mann’s World: Style, Masculinity And James Caan In Thief

Released 40 years ago this year, Michael Mann's debut Thief offered a prototype for the neo-noir action thriller about the American city – and it remains one of the best first features ever, finds Adam Solomons

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For Those I Love

The eponymous debut from Dublin producer/songwriter David Balfe is full of savage joy, finds Johny Lamb

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

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

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Music of the Month

Music Of The Month: The Best Albums And Tracks Of April 2021

Here are the ten best albums and the eight best singles of April 2021, as selected by tQ's office staff

Baker's Dozen

Pillars Of Childhood: Lafawndah’s Favourite Music

In this week's Baker's Dozen, Lafawndah picks the thirteen pieces of music that made her "want to say things," from Schubert to Busta Rhymes via Midori Takada and Lady Saw

Reviews

Plastic Ono Band
Ultimate Collection

A lavish box set edition of the Plastic Ono Band's 1971 debut shows a band pushed forward by one person's singular genius – and that genius was Yoko Ono all along

Album of the Week

One In A Million: Tony Allen’s Brilliant Swansong

Featuring collaborations with Skepta, Ben Okri, and Danny Brown, the final album from afrobeat legend Tony Allen offers a fitting coda to one of music's great second acts, finds Jeremy Allen (no relation)

Reviews

IU
Lilac

IU's fifth album, Lilac, shows an artist far too inventive and eclectic to be constrained by a term like k-pop, finds Verónica A. Bastardo

Beyond The Hits

Pet Shop Boys, Beyond The Hits

tQ contributors and friends of the site pick a multitude of Pet Shop Boys bangers that were never hit singles, from their finest B-sides to their top album tracks and more

A Quietus Interview

Lockdown Playground: An Interview With Alicia Breton Ferrer

Rotterdam noise-rock musician Alicia Breton Ferrer spent lockdown going solo. A year later, she's emerged with a unique and intense document of a time like no other

Electronic

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

Aaron Bishop selects his highlights from the UK underground scene including projects and singles from names such as DC, Central Cee, M1llionz and Enny

Reviews

Saint Jude
Bodies of Water

Bodies of Water is a neat collection of tranquil house tunes in association with Slow Dance and Tmwrk Records, finds Laviea Thomas

Anniversary

A Definitive Rant: The Fall’s Slates 40 Years On

Hayley Scott looks back four decades to the EP – or album if that's the way you see it – that really go things rolling when it came to what The Fall were about

Rum Music

Rum Music For April Reviewed By Jennifer Lucy Allan

Jennifer Lucy Allan is back with new electronic music from Peru, wobbling organs and off kilter synths from Japan and Arizona, plus the Hardy Guidey Man doing covers of the Rolling Stones in this month’s staycation in The Zone

Reviews

girl in red
if i could make it go quiet

The debut album by Norway's girl in red is a record to cherish and learn off by heart, finds Cat Caie

Books

Infinite Continuous Nows: The Liminal Zones Of Izumi Suzuki

New translations of the pathbreaking SF stories of Izumi Suzuki feel like transmissions from a lost future that ended long ago, finds Calum Barnes

Art

Seeing In Fragments: The Misshapes & Monuments Of Robert Mangold

Pace London surveys forty years of work by the American minimalist painter, Robert Mangold

Books

“Make Something Out Of This”: Drumbo On The Making Of Trout Mask Replica

In an exclusive extract from his book Beefheart: Through The Eyes Of Magic, band member John 'Drumbo' French recalls the making of Trout Mask Replica

Film

Sisters With Transistors: Discovering Electronic Music’s Female Innovators

A new documentary is exploring the rich history of female composers at the forefront of electronic music – Madeleine Seidel speaks to director Lisa Rovner to find out more

Reviews

Andy Stott
Never The Right Time

Manchester's Andy Stott feels more washed out than dubbed out on his latest collection, finds Liam Inscoe-Jones

A Quietus Interview

Once And Again: An Interview With Julia-Sophie

On the release of her second solo EP of hypnotic avant-pop, Oxford-via-Lyon musician Julia-Sophie speaks to Patrick Clarke about a storied career that's taken her from major label decadence to DIY brilliance

Album of the Week

Licence To Drill: RV’s Rico Vondelle Mixtape

In the new mixtape from North London's RV, Denzil Bell catches a glimpse of the future of drill

Reviews

Colin Webster
vs Amp

Playing his sax through Fender Twin and Bassman amplifiers, Sex Swing and Dead Neanderthals collaborator Colin Webster provides a thrilling journey for Noel Gardner

Anniversary

The Mother Of Reinvention: Julian Cope’s Peggy Suicide 30 Years On

Peggy Suicide was the first marking and mapping out of a new Julian Cope, says Richard Foster; one who kept us sane and questing for new ideas at the dawn of the 90s

A Quietus Interview

Balancing Act: An Interview With Howie Lee

Howie Lee talks new album Birdy Island, a blend of traditional Chinese folk and club production that strikes a beautiful balance between the human, the artificial, the ancient and the organic

Baker's Dozen

Minimalist Requirements: Gareth Jones’ Favourite Music

Pioneering producer and engineer Gareth Jones takes Ned Raggett on a journey through his thirteen favourite albums, from the elegance of Can to the wit of Karlheinz Stockhausen via Robert Wyatt, Wendy Carlos and more

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Yukika
Timeabout

Glüme
The Internet

Plastic Ono Band
Ultimate Collection

IU
Lilac

Saint Jude
Bodies of Water

girl in red
if i could make it go quiet

Andy Stott
Never The Right Time

Colin Webster
vs Amp

Jennifer Walshe
ALL THE MANY PEOPLS

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Full Moon

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Patina

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The Fiery Margin

偏執症者 (Paranoid)
Satyagraha