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2019 In Film: Do Things Still Go Bump In The Night?

With more Kubrick, Myers, and King than ever before, the landscape of horror cinema is moving forward in circles – but where do we go beyond 2019? Mat Colegate reflects on the year behind us

2019 In Books: Quietus Writers Pick The Year’s Best Fiction & Non-Fiction

From Kevin Barry to Shoshana Zuboff, Quietus writers pick their favourite books of 2019

Quietus Reissues etc. Of The Year 2019 (In Association With Norman Records)

Our 100 favourite reissues, soundtracks, mixes live albums, compilations and miscellany for the last 12 months, as selected by Jennifer Lucy Allan, Robert Barry, Tristan Bath, Charlie Brigden, Patrick Clarke, John Doran, Christian Eede, Noel Gardner, Ella Kemp and Sean Kitching

2019 In Art: Quietus Writers Pick The Year’s Best Exhibitions

As the year draws to a close, Craft/Work's regular scribes pick shows by Tomás Saraceno, Cady Noland, Nam June Paik, Keith Piper and more

Void Hands

Split Shapes & Divisive Models

Nick Roseblade struggles with the new Void Hands album – but when he gets into it, he really gets into it

Columnus Metallicus: Kez Whelan’s Top Metal Albums Of 2019

I Am Not A Gun: The Iron Giant, 20 Urgent Years On

Seemingly intended for children at the time of release, The Iron Giant offered a clear message of empathy and a call to arms to be a better human being. 20 years on, this plea couldn't feel more needed, finds Millicent Thomas

How Rosalía’s Music Is A Journey To The Heart Of Divided Spain

Rosalía has been one of pop's standouts in recent years and, says Ben Cardew, her music provides a way for outsiders to understand the complexities of contemporary Spanish politics. Photo thanks to Primavera Sound / Sergio Albert

Spool’s Out: The Best Tapes Of 2019 With Tristan Bath

Tristan Bath brings another year of music released on cassette tape to a close, and picks 2019’s 10 best tapes, and the year’s best tape label

Royal Trux

Quantum Entanglement

Listening to their new greatest hits collection on Fat Possum, Adam Lehrer asks, do we really need any more Royal Trux?

Sam Mallet

Wetlands

In the music of the late Mauritian-Australian composer Sam Mallett, Dustin Krcatovich hears an ambient, synth-led sound just made for these times

Columnfortably Numb: The Best Psych Of 2019 By JR Moores

JR Moores dons his High Fidelity hat to round up the best psych and noise rock records of 2019

Why Celebrities & Brands Can No Longer Hide Their Political Allegiances

As the most significant general election in decades looms, Nathalie Olah questions celebrities and brands who like to make vague political statements but don't take a stand to say who, exactly, they're endorsing

Straight Hedge! Noel Gardner On The Best Punk & HC Of 2019

Our head Gardner is close to rounding off a decade of blazing Noel's Straight Hedge columns... but before that there's one last task for this year: rounding up ten of the best and the best of the rest when it comes to punk, HC &c.

Medhane

Own Pace

Amidst the clamour of New York rap collective sLUms, the voice of Medhane remains unique, finds Liam Inscoe-Jones

Croatian Amor & Varg2TM

Body Of Carbon / Fuck Varg

A collaboration between Croatian Amor of Copenhagen's Posh Isolation label and Varg2TM (formerly just 'Varg') plus a solo 12" by Varg all on his lonesome please the ears of Noel Gardner

Story Of An Émigré: The Culture Clashes Of Three Colours: Red

The final entry in the acclaimed trilogy – and the last in director Krzysztof Kieślowski’s career – Three Colours: Red is a sorrowful essay on love and brotherhood. Adam Solomons looks at the powerful film 25 years on

Not Looking For A New England: Alex Niven’s New Model Island

Alex Niven's new book delves into the meaning – and the problem – of England. He talks to Michael J. Brooks about Cool Britannia, Corbyn, and the Queen

Down To The Woods: 50 Years Of Khitruk’s Soviet Winnie The Pooh

A.A. Milne's beloved stories of a small round bear have been adopted around the world – but the Disney cartoon isn't the only screen counterpart worth remembering, finds Ian Wang

Like An Octopus On The Citizen: What Even Is A Blade Runner?

Before *Blade Runner* was a film by Ridley Scott, it was the title of a movie treatment by William Burroughs. Before that, it was a novel by Alan E. Nourse. As the Burroughs book gets re-issued by Tangerine Press, Richie Troughton unfurls the whole tale

Unknown Venuses: Renee So At The De La Warr Pavilion

Renee So's show at the De La Warr Pavilion uses archetypal forms to forge a unique personal language

Rum Music: Jennifer Lucy Allan’s 2019 Favourites

Jennifer Lucy Allan surveys standouts from her inaugural year at the Rum Music controls, and looks forward to getting her hands dirty in 2020

Rockfort! French Music For Winter Reviewed By David McKenna

David McKenna rounds up the best pop, rock, hip hop &c. releases from France

Omar Souleyman

Shlon

Syria's number one wedding singer is back with his most cohesive album to date, finds Nick Roseblade

Picture This: Are Any Books Truly Unfilmable?

With Denis Villeneuve's new take on Dune now just shy of a year away, the question of which stories we tell onscreen arises once more, finds Thomas H. Sheriff

Aaron Einbond with Matilde Meireles and Yarn/Wire

Cities

The third release from Claudia Molitor and Tullis Rennie's Multi Modal imprint, goes deep into the inner life of the urban soundscape

Rival Dreamer: Burial’s Tunes, 2011 to 2019

Beneath the crackle and hiss, Adam Lehrer finds a portal to a better future in a new compilation of Burial's 12"s and EPs

A Baker’s Dozen Special! Acid Arab’s Guide To MENA Bangers

Jeremy Allen sits down with Acid Arab for a whirlwind tour through their essential belters from the Middle East and North Africa

New Weird Britain: Noel Gardner’s 2019 Round-Up

Noel Gardner looks back at the no audience but too many names DIY underground during 2019 and serves up his ten of the best and his ten of the rest

Harald Austbø

Ontwaak

A wild stab of pop eccentricity, Harald Austbø's *Ontwaak* fizzes with energy, finds Richard Foster

Making Good Their Escape: Black Country New Road Interviewed

John Doran meets the BC,NR frontman Isaac Wood to speak about Kurt Vonnegut, Kendall Jenner and the hidden advantages of having an "irritating" vocal style

New Weird Russia – #5 The Diaspora

Richard Foster looks at music made by the Russian diaspora, specifically those in Berlin. Modern classical stews, crossborder tricksters, spaced out nostalgists, free lovers, and dance floor deconstructors feature