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Strange World Of...

The Strange World Of… France, La Nòvia & Friends

David McKenna goes deep with hurdy-gurdy powered drone giants France and the La Nòvia collective which has, for over a decade, been responsible for breathing new life into French folk music

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Creamer

Ren Schofield's new grot-coated offering is the sound of him tilting back to a rock sensibility, writes Noel Gardner

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Kristen Gallerneaux
Strung Figures

The Michigan artist has created a time-warping sonic collage with a beat you can dance to, finds Dustin Krcatovich

Film

Inside Zohra, Afghanistan’s First All-Female Orchestra

Musician turned filmmaker Dan Blackwell shines a light on Zohra, Afghanistan's first female-led orchestra, in new film Sisters. Nilgin Yusuf meets the director

Books

Kit Mackintosh’s Neon Screams Playlist

The writer of a righteous new Repeater Books title kicks back against claims of retro-stasis

Art

Bringing The Noise: Yuri Suzuki’s Sonic Bloom

The Margate-based sound artist is trying to disrupt London's newfound silence, writes Aida Amoaka

Music of the Month

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

Here are the very best tracks and albums of August 2021, as selected by tQ staffers, from Bulbils to The Bug via Joy Orbison, Liars and more

Reviews

Fleece
Stunning & Atrocious

Montreal's queer quartet return with an aural comfort blanket, writes Zara Hedderman

Reissue of the Week

Reissue Of The Week: Daniel Patrick Quinn & One More Grain

Two odds and sods compilations offer to reveal the singular brilliance of Daniel Quinn, says Richard Foster, despite the stubborn artist not making this revelation easy on anyone, let alone himself

Album of the Week

Let The Wrecking Ball Loose: ‘Fire’ By The Bug

Kevin Martin has embraced his inner Hulk for The Bug's first abum in seven years, writes JR Moores

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The Atoms That Made Us: Manic Street Preachers Interviewed

Nicky Wire tells Patrick Clarke how insecurity, glitzy 70s pop and the loss of his parents influenced Manic Street Preachers' new album The Ultra-Vivid Lament

Reviews

Red Velvet
Queendom

The K-pop group mellow out but their singalong lyrics and catchy hooks remain, finds Verónica A. Bastardo

Electronic

Hyperspecific: Dance Music For August Reviewed By Jaša Bužinel

Jaša Bužinel discusses the current trend of “abstract futurism” in the realm of (digital) artworks, while also reviewing releases from TSHA, Joy Orbison, Jana Rush, LMajor and more

Baker's Dozen

Teen Beat: Miki Berenyi’s Favourite Albums

From her teenage adoration of Julian Cope to days spent trawling through the record collection of the local library, Miki Berenyi guides Stephanie Phillips through the 13 albums that made her

Metal

Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For August Reviewed By Kez Whelan

Kez Whelan is here to see off Summer with all that is unholy and rotten in the multiple worlds of heavy metal

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Lorde
Solar Power

Lorde's third album is a deceptively sun-kissed record underpinned by a hint of menace, finds Ed Power

Live Reviews

Moving Mountains: Green Man Festival 2021 Reviewed

Long one of the UK's finest festivals, even by its own lofty standards Green Man's triumphant 2021 return is an edition for the ages, find Patrick Clarke and Julian Marszalek

Psych Rock

Columnfortably Numb: Psych Rock For August Reviewed By JR Moores

JR Moores takes a look at the latest psychedelic offerings, after a bit of on-brand '90s nostalgia. Home page photograph: Paper Birch

Reviews

TJO
Dispatches From the Drift

A series of fragile driftworks from the LA-based multi-instrumentalist

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Deafheaven
Infinite Granite

Don't be fooled by the subtler shifts in the band's fifth album - they are still capable of reaching intense heights, says Rob Hakiman

Books

Dawn Of Thrash: Metallica, The Early Days

In an exclusive extract from his new book, Metallica: The $24.95 Book, Ben Apatoff describe the tortuous early days of the world's biggest metal band

Art

Messthetics: An Interview With Karla Black

With a show of sculptures currently on view at the newly re-opened Fruitmarket in Edinburgh, Karla Black talks to John Quin about Actionism, quantum physics, and the future

Reissue of the Week

Reissue Of The Week: Kling Klang’s The Esthetik Of Destruction

Darran Anderson explores the chaos and misadventure of Kling Klang and their newly reissued The Esthetik Of Destruction, music that sounds like it could have been made yesterday or tomorrow

Reviews

The Arctic Flow
Lost You Long Ago

Lost You Long Ago finds South Carolina's The Arctic Flow in a lovelorn, wistful mood, finds Simon Heavisides

Film

Beautiful Violence: Prano Bailey-Bond On 1980s Horror Censor

With her feature debut Censor, writer-director Prano Bailey-Bond sheds light on 1980s Britain during the video nasties era. Tom Seymour interviews the filmmaker to find out more

Baker's Dozen

Master Blaster: Kevin Richard Martin’s Baker’s Dozen

The artist also known as The Bug talks to Jennifer Lucy Allan about the records that changed his life, from anxious encounters with African Head Charge in Weymouth to being blasted by Swans at the ICA

Album of the Week

Homesick Astronaut: Hinged By Maarja Nuut

On Maarja Nuut's latest album, Richard Foster finds a restless sonic explorer

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Andrew Wasylyk
Balgay Hill: Morning in Magnolia

Andrew Wasylyk takes a welcome stroll through the park on this playful series of (mostly) instrumentals

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Xhosa Cole
K(no)w Them, K(no)w Us

After a string of standout collaborations, the twenty-four year old saxophonist really lets rip on this debut album, finds Nick Roseblade

New Weird Britain

New Weird Britain In Review For August By Noel Gardner

Noel Gardner romps through Summer with a veritable NWB greatest hits... Home page photo: Lucy Railton and Kit Downes by Cristina Marx/Photomusic

The Quietus International

New Weird Ukraine Part One: Bringing Home The Bacon

In the first of our reports from the Ukrainian underground, journalist Yaryna Denysyuk reports on punk and post-industrial scenes while drawing attention to feminist and LGTBQI issues as well as drawing some links between smoky bacon and gabber

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

The Strange World Of… France, La Nòvia & Friends

Container Creamer

Kristen Gallerneaux Strung Figures

Inside Zohra, Afghanistan’s First All-Female Orchestra

Kit Mackintosh’s Neon Screams Playlist

Bringing The Noise: Yuri Suzuki’s Sonic Bloom

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

Fleece Stunning & Atrocious

Reissue Of The Week: Daniel Patrick Quinn & One More Grain

Let The Wrecking Ball Loose: ‘Fire’ By The Bug

The Atoms That Made Us: Manic Street Preachers Interviewed

Red Velvet Queendom

Hyperspecific: Dance Music For August Reviewed By Jaša Bužinel

Teen Beat: Miki Berenyi’s Favourite Albums

Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For August Reviewed By Kez Whelan

Lorde Solar Power

Moving Mountains: Green Man Festival 2021 Reviewed

Columnfortably Numb: Psych Rock For August Reviewed By JR Moores

TJO Dispatches From the Drift

Deafheaven Infinite Granite

Dawn Of Thrash: Metallica, The Early Days

Messthetics: An Interview With Karla Black

Reissue Of The Week: Kling Klang’s The Esthetik Of Destruction

The Arctic Flow Lost You Long Ago

Beautiful Violence: Prano Bailey-Bond On 1980s Horror Censor

Master Blaster: Kevin Richard Martin’s Baker’s Dozen

Homesick Astronaut: Hinged By Maarja Nuut

Andrew Wasylyk Balgay Hill: Morning in Magnolia

Xhosa Cole K(no)w Them, K(no)w Us

New Weird Britain In Review For August By Noel Gardner

New Weird Ukraine Part One: Bringing Home The Bacon

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Creamer

Kristen Gallerneaux
Strung Figures

Fleece
Stunning & Atrocious

Red Velvet
Queendom

Lorde
Solar Power

TJO
Dispatches From the Drift

Deafheaven
Infinite Granite

The Arctic Flow
Lost You Long Ago

Andrew Wasylyk
Balgay Hill: Morning in Magnolia

Xhosa Cole
K(no)w Them, K(no)w Us

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Memento Mori: Mexico City

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Live God