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Everything’s Connected: Omar Rodríguez-López Favourite LPs

Former At The Drive In and Mars Volta member Omar Rodríguez-López speaks to Stevie Chick about the records that shaped his life, from Latin traditionals to how Janet Jackson got him into punk

The Emperor’s New Briefs: IDLES’ Ultra Mono Reviewed

IDLES have been touted as the voice of a generation, but they may be better suited to novelty pop-up cafés, finds JR Moores

Evicshen

Hair Birth

The debut album from Somerville, MA's Victoria Shen is a corroscating folio of sonic art, finds Richard Foster

Columnfortably Numb: Psych Rock For September Reviewed By JR Moores

August's psych and noise-rock offerings include music suitable for blasting across the solar system, avoiding Wetherspoons and having a nice walk in the countryside, writes JR Moores

Andrew Wasylyk

Fugitive Light and Themes of Consolation

Dundee's Andrew Wasylyk meditates on the river Tay with a deft hand and a loving glance in this third part of a trilogy on Scotland's east side

Brothers Of Invention: Silver Apples & Graham Sutton In Conversation

Simeon Coxe and Graham Sutton talk with Russell Cuzner about the new Silver Apples album, vegetarian vampires and the joys of the bootleg

The Exhilaration Of Discovery: Simeon Coxe’s Favourite Albums

The Silver Apples main man writes us his own Baker's Dozen, taking in Fats Domino and Portishead by way of Sun Ra and Spacemen 3

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

Aaron Bishop selects his top picks from the UK rap scene including returns for Bugzy Malone and Nines, and heat from Hardy Caprio, Skepta, Octavian and more

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Certified Heavy Kats

Early 00s dance-punk survivors may not be breaking any moulds, but if you like fun, thrills and shopping, you might just like this, finds David Burke

The Strange World Of… William S Burroughs

Ahead of the UK edition of his book, William S. Burroughs And The Cult of Rock ‘n’ Roll, author Casey Rae selects ten sonic artifacts featuring literature’s most iconic outlaw

Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews For September

Tristan Bath is going on sabbatical. This month he passes the Walkman over to Daryl Worthington, so he can guide you through the best tape releases, from melancholy hip hop to grinding digital ecosystems of sound

Duma

Duma

Kenyan duo Duma bring the Nairobi metal scene to Kampala's Nyege Nyege Tapes label

All She Ever Looked For: Kate Bush’s Never For Ever, 40 Years On

Kate Bush’s third album is not her most celebrated but, Ben Hewitt argues, it might be her most pivotal – the start of her transition from artist to auteur

Islands In The Dream: The Art Museums Of Teshima & Naoshima

In the middle of Japan's inland sea, a small group of islands offer up unique experiences of works by James Turrell, Walter De Maria, Yayoi Kusama, and others

A Hero’s Death: Can Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’ Really Save Cinema?

With Christopher Nolan's much delayed, long-awaited new thriller finally in cinemas, it feels time to reassess the director's near-Messianic status, Brogan Morris finds

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

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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