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Foundations Of Rock: Buzzcock Steve Diggle’s Baker’s Dozen

Steve Diggle guides Stephanie Phillips through the records that shaped him, from the girl across the road who introduced him to The Beatles and Bob Dylan to the sensual allure of late era Supremes

Solidarity Beyond Borders: Why Artist Visas Are More Than A Brexit Issue

The ending of visa-free travel for artists threatens the livelihoods of many musicians, especially in the underground. Yet while fighting for change to these Brexit rules, we must consider the wider implications for those beyond the EU, and how attitudes to migration reflect Britain's colonial history, argue Fielding Hope, Mariam Rezaei and Stewart Smith

(G)I-DLE

I burn

A new mini-album (G)I-DLE more than lives up to the group's reputation for stretching the boundaries of K-pop, finds Verónica A. Bastardo

Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For January Reviewed By Kez Whelan

Don't worry about the metal whoppers taking part in the recent attempted coup, says Kez Whelan, there are a lot more relevant statements being made out there...

Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews For January By Daryl Worthington

From a beautiful choral take on a Fluxus classic, to euphoric German anti-folk, Daryl Worthington finds there’s all kinds of escape through tape this January

Shame

Drunk Tank Pink

Shame's second album proves wonderfully restorative for Zara Hedderman

A Kind Of Magic: Wardruna Teach Us To Laugh At Ourselves Again

Purveyors of the old ways, you might think the Norwegian group belongs to a distant past and culture. Dan Franklin is surprised how much their music helps us understand ourselves today

Haroon Mirza / Jack Jelfs

The Wave Epoch

Conceived with Jack Jelfs during a 2018 residency at CERN, *The Wave Epoch* finds Haroon Mirza on apocalyptic form, finds David Burke

Touching From A Distance: An Interview With Tarek Atoui

Tarek Atoui's Cycles in 11, currently on display at Bait Al Serkal is Sharjah, represents a decade of work, collaboration, and experimentation for the Lebanese sound artist. He talks to Cathy Wade about instruments, collaboration, and the crucial importance of real contact

Postcards From A Mongrel Nation: How Therapy? Defied The Troubles

With the publication of Simon Young's authorised biography, *So Much for the 30 Year Plan*, Eamon Sweeney looks back at the troubled career of Northern Ireland's Therapy?

Lice

Wasteland: What Ails Our People Is Clear

Lice provide a much needed stiffener in the midst of all the murk, finds Will Ainsley

Straight Hedge! Noel Gardner Reviews Punk & HC For January

Noel Gardner opens the first instalment of this column for 2021 by taking a look at current punk acts "whose lyrics and outlook are for and about the Black community". Home page photograph of Twisted Thing

Kacy & Clayton and Marlon Williams

Plastic Bouquet

Canadian roots duo team up with Pacific country singer-songwriter Marlon Williams for an album that is equally steeped in tradition and refreshingly modern, finds Lara C Cory

Bard On A Wire: Sleaford Mods’ Spare Ribs Reviewed

From Conservatism to consumerism, there's plenty in contemporary Britain to attract the lyrical ire of Jason Wiliamson. But, argues JR Moores, there's a lot more to Sleaford Mods than needlsharp commentary on the everyday present

Of Cakes & Men: Sleaford Mods Interviewed

Luke Turner talks to Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn about masculinity, pornography and home baking. Photos thanks to Alasdair McLellan

Getting To The Point: Anthony Fantano’s Favourite Albums

With over two million subscribers to his YouTube channel, Anthony Fantano has caused a revolution in music journalism. In this week's Baker's Dozen he talks Max Pilley through 13 favourite albums, from ODB to MIA, Laurie Anderson and LCD

Beautify Junkyards

Cosmorama

New on Ghost Box, Portugal's Beautify Junkyards release their fourth album, a rich and many-faceted thing, according to Will Salmon

Heavy Is The Head: Divide And Dissolve Interviewed

Heavy duo Divide And Dissolve aim to destroy white supremacy through overwhelmingly intense music. They speak to Patrick Clarke about ideology, Indigineity, and inevitable backlash

Complete Communion: Jazz For January Reviewed By Peter Margasak

2021 isn’t exactly off to a promising start after last year’s endless dumpster fire, but jazz and improvised music continues to cope with limitations in creative ways, says Peter Margasak

Mala Herba

Demonologia

Mala Herba' debut album *Demonologia* feels like a disco at a witchy ritual, finds Nick Roseblade

The Strange World Of… Bolt Thrower

Bolt Thrower, an influential death metal band formed in Coventry in 1986 have bequeathed the world a formidable back catalogue. Kez Whelan is on hand to help you pick your way through it

Tom Furse

Ecstatic Meditations

The Horrors' Tom Furse offers up something warm for the cold winter nights. A welcome antidote, finds Julian Marszalek

What Foul-Mouthed Singer Kunt & The Gang Tells Us About Offence in 2021

Kunt & The Gang's offensive attack on Boris Johnson was one last year's top-selling singles. Tim Burrows looks at the work of the Essexploitation songwriter and argues that there's still an important place for his brand of offensive pop in 2021

In Praise Of John Cale, The Superior Velvet, By Daniel Dylan Wray

It seems odd to argue that a member of one of the most celebrated rock bands of all time, the Velvet Underground, is under-appreciated, says Daniel Dylan Wray in this subscriber only essay, until you consider just how absent he is from conversations about popular music

Low Culture Podcast Five: John Higgs On Iron Maiden & Eddie The Head

The fifth in our series of subscriber only podcasts sees KLF and William Blake author John Higgs talking about the deep, esoteric history of the heavy metal mascot that embodies the spirit of one of the world's biggest bands

Low Culture Podcast Four: John Doran & Luke Turner Look Back At 2020

The fourth of our subscriber only podcasts features tQ co-pilots John Doran and Luke Turner looking at the best music and books of 2020 as well as looking forward to next year

tQ’s Exclusive Monthly Round-Up Playlist: November And December 2020

Here's hours upon hours of the brilliant new music we've covered here at tQ over the last month and a half, compiled into one handy playlist!

Spool’s Out: The Best Tapes Of 2020

Daryl Worthington brings the year in cassettes to a close, with 2020’s best tapes, and the year’s best tape label

TQ Sound & Vision Subscribers To Get Joint JK Flesh & GNOD EP

The Winter Solstice Session is here with bastions of the underground Justin Broadrick and GNOD working together for the first time and this is pretty much a definition of a dream come true for John Doran

Nature Is Healing? Our Relationship With The Non-Human In COVID-19

Coronavirus has forced us to reexamine our relationship with the non-human, argues Luke Turner as he explores far-right interest in environmentalism and questions of who has access to or rights over our green spaces. This is an extract from Unsound Festival's forthcoming Intermission essay collection

Let’s Waste Some Time: Quietus Best Movie Moments Of 2020

The Old Country: Steve Von Till’s Baker’s Dozen

The long-serving Neurosis guitarist and singer shares his deep dive favourites; 13 albums which have shaped the way he looks at music and informed his writing and solo work as Harvestman and Steve Von Till