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Radical Reading List: The Past & Present Of The Left Book Club

In the 1930s and 40s, the Left Book Club introduced a generation to radical ideas, today we speak to the people reviving it for the 21st century

He Makes You Think He’s Lost When He’s Won: On Chadwick Boseman

The devastating news of the death of Chadwick Boseman, the actor whose intelligent vulnerability redefined portrayals of Black heroes for a beseiged generation, brought the world to the halt. Soma Ghosh remembers the late, great artist

Throwing Muses

Sun Racket

Throwing Muses first album in seven years is a stunning return to form that manages to sound both tough and tender. Its ten songs evince an empathic strength that serve as a welcome balm to the difficult times we’re currently living through, finds Sean Kitching

Lana Del Rey

Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass

A spoken word album by Lana De Rey (with additional music by Jack Antonoff) proves to be everything Nick Roseblade ever wanted from a Lana Del Rey album

Savage Pencil On The Underside Of Edwardian Culture

Legendary comic book artist and writer Savage Pencil discusses three Edwardian underground figures: Montague Summers, Austin Osman Spare and Louis Wain

The Quietus Low Culture Podcast: Episode One

The first of the many perks to come directly to you, dear Subscriber

Ad Cor, Ad Culus: The Passion Of Special Interest

Punk and rave combine to form a heady brew in the latest release by New Orleans' Special Interest, finds Noel Gardner

Sam Prekop

Comma

Sam Prekop of Shrimp Boat and the Sea and the Cake delivers an album of deftly composed modular synth tracks that sounds just lovely, finds Johny Lamb

The Quietus’ Top 50 Needle Drop Moments In Film

Crystallising the euphoric moments where sound and vision collide, the Quietus contributors sift through the archives to celebrate their 50 favourite music cues on the big screen

Duval Timothy

Help

Mixing high art, downtempo electronics and a jazzy sensibility, Duval Timothy's new album drifts woozily between past, present and future, finds Kashif Sharma-Patel

Autotelia

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Impossible Syllables: Lucrecia Dalt’s Favourite Albums

In this week's Baker's Dozen, Lucrecia Dalt speaks to Matthew Neale about her love of jazz, crafting an alter-ego for her new record, and the delimiting forces of language

Idris Ackamoor and The Pyramids

Shaman!

For the first time in an illustrious career, the cosmic bandleader looks backwards instead of forwards, finding something resembling euphoria from detritus

We Are 12! Celebrate By Becoming A Subscriber & Get Loads Of Perks

As tQ turns 12 we're launching a new subscriber system - read on to find out how you can help keep the site alive while also getting access to exclusive music, podcasts and editorial

Red Brut

Cloaked Travels

The second LP from Rotterdam experimentalist Red Brut is a thrilling journey through inner and outer space, finds Richard Foster

Acid Communism, British Style: Carl Neville’s Eminent Domain Reviewed

Sound art, free beer and acid communism meet in Carl Neville's brillianty imagined political thriller, finds Paul Raven

The Enthusiasm: Carl Neville’s Eminent Domain Playlist

"A staggeringly ambitious and original work of political science fiction," (according to our review today), Carl Neville's Eminent Domain imagines a socialist utopia in the "People’s Republic of Britain". Here, the author picks the tracks that accompanied its writing

Hacking The Street: Bill Posters’ Guide To Guerrilla Theatre

In an exclusive extract from his new book, The Street Art Manual, award-winning artist, author and agitator Bill Posters talks guerrilla theatre and situationist performance

Music Of The Month: The Best Albums And Tracks Of August 2020

2020 limps on, but the music remains amazing. Here's August's very best music to see you through, selected by tQ staff

Run Dangan Run: How Japan Paved The Way For ‘Run Lola Run’

Thomas Tykwer's disorienting time-bending thriller Run Lola Run lit a spark for independent cinema in the 1990s – but a Japanese film paved the way just two years before. James Balmont writes on Dangan Runner, now on BFI Player

Brigid Mae Power

Head Above the Water

The lap steel keens, the band sounds great, but it's the songwriting that remains the highlight of Brigid Mae Power's third album, finds Johny Lamb

Triplet Rhythms & Occultist Hardcore: Lila Tirando A Violeta’s Limerencia Reviewed

Veering towards abrasive discord, Lila Tirando a Violeta inflects electronic futurism with the folk rhythms of traditional Latin music.

Todd W. Emmert

Unintentionally Marginalized

Whether calling himself Shortman or Inspector 22 or collaborating with Edward Madill under the name Loose Medicine, Todd W. Emmert has consistently produced forward-thinking music on the edges of the underground, finds Nick Roseblade

Low Culture 17: The Last Of Us & The Unprecedented Dramatisation Of Violence

Back in the days when terrifying viral pandemics were still confined to the fiction section, says Ross McIndo, The Last Of Us found a way to tug at our heartstrings while it clawed at our insides. **Contains spoilers** Screengrabs courtesy of Naughty Dog

The Pleasure Of Discomfort: Siavash Amini’s Favourite Music

Siavash Amini discusses his 13 favourite albums with Jennifer Lucy Allan, including the power of romanticism, weeping over the death of Leonard Cohen, and why Nils Frahm has a lot to answer for. Photo by Selma Pour-Amin

Rum Music For August Reviewed By Jennifer Lucy Allan

Jennifer Lucy Allan hears strings to evoke fog, sleep and the resurrection of a 200-year-old instrument in this month's Rum Music

Returning To The Shadows: Ulver Interviewed

With a new album and a book that looks back on their 25-year career, Ulver might be howling at the moon one last time. Dan Franklin asks Kristoffer Rygg whether their carefully maintained mythology will let them go

Anthems & Legacies: An Interview With Special Interest

Following the release of 'The Passion Of', Stephanie Phillips speaks to New Orleans punks Special Interest about the POC punk community and being part of a legacy

Edikanfo

The Pace Setters

Funk horns and polyrhythmic drumming weave together in this classic Brian Eno-produced record from 1981

The Best Batch Yet? Captain Beefheart’s Doc At The Radar Station Revisited

For Sean Kitching, it's Don Van Vliet's penultimate album, 'Doc At The Radar Station', that best encapsulates his singular artistic vision. As the album turns 40 this month, former manager Gary Lucas, and band member Eric Drew Feldman, recall working with the man

Jon Hassell

Seeing Through Sound

In the second volume of his Pentimento series, trumpet player and composer Jon Hassell updates his 'Fourth World' idea for the new world of tomorrow, finds Danijela Bočev

Friends Reunited: Lou Reed And John Cale’s Songs For Drella Revisited

In Songs For Drella, which is reissued this month, Andrew Holter finds a seance for Andy Warhol but also a touching study of friendship regained that can bring a tear even to an atrocity cataracted millennial eye