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Oooff, Ken! It’s John Shuttleworth’s Baker’s Dozen!

As he prepares to head off on a major UK tour, South Yorkshire's finest electronic artiste John Shuttleworth delves into his dusty loft to find 13 favourite records, from Harry Secombe to The Beatles, Mrs Mills and Leo Sayer

Ugly Beauty: The World Of Inturist

Jenya Gorbunov of Moscow’s brilliant Inturist and гш / Glintshake gives a rare interview, to Richard Foster, where we learn about ugly design, quotidian absurdisme, and why playing live should employ the whole body

Listen Deeper: The Strange Case Of Iannis Xenakis & Pauline Oliveros

Iannis Xenakis has long been seen as a titan of modern composition, written about in awed tones, the subject of innumerable retrospectives. Yet why, asks Dan Siepmann, has his work for so long overshadowed non-male artists like Pauline Oliveros?

Field Music

Making a New World

Another Field Music album, another set of curious musical curve balls…

A Portal To Other Worlds: Laura Cannell On The Music Of The Dark Crystal

Musician Laura Cannell reveals how hearing as well as seeing The Dark Crystal film was responsible for a musical epiphany and talks us through the soundtrack to the recent Netflix Age Of Resistance prequel

Cybernetic Witch Cult

Absurdum ad Nauseam

Cybernetic Witch Cult's *Absurdum Ad Nauseum* captures a heady, trippy energy with some of the wild energy of King Gizzard, finds Tom Coles

Dance The Ghost With Me: An Interview With The Wraith

Living his life in black, Julian Marszalek considers the darkside of LA’s musical lineage with darkpunks The Wraith

Material Decay: Ryan Foerster’s Accursed Share

At Clearing, Brooklyn, artist Ryan Foerster documents the decay of the modern world

The Bleeps & Clonks Of Cabaret Voltaire & Sweet Exorcist

In an exclusive extract from his new book Join The Future, a history of Sheffield bleep techno, Matt Anniss details Cabaret Voltaire's conversion to club sounds and the birth of Sweet Exorcist

Lap Me Up: The Surrealism Of Sexy Beast At 20

Jonathan Glazer made a hot, high-stakes Geezer film in Sexy Beast – but the film's legacy 20 years on is more interesting when considering its background in surrealism, finds Thomas H. Sheriff

Georgia

Seeking Thrills

With its winning combination of infectious pop hooks and classic house drum sounds, Georgia's debut is a delirious thrill ride, finds Rob Hakimian

WaqWaq Kingdom

Essaka Hoisa

Beneath an anarchic exterior of gabberised enka, Waqwaq Kingdom's *Essaka Hoisa* bears a mournful inner core, finds Antonio Poscic

Mountains Collapsed Into Streams: Debris By Keeley Forsyth

The debut by Keeley Forsyth makes for a startling and boldly honest record, finds Lara C. Cory

Thirty Pounds of Bone & Philip Reeder

Still Every Year They Went

Recorded on a fishing trawler, with all the attendant sounds of the sea, Thirty Pounds of Bone and Philip Reeder's mournful shanties evoke the passing of a whole way of life, finds Tom Bolton

Joyous Things & Dark Clouds: Outlands & Art Funding In 2020

A completely free event in Milton Keynes featuring the wonderful Body Vice celebrates the best of weird/ DIY/ underground culture in Britain, says Rob Hakimian, but does it signal darker times ahead?

Kamilya Jubran & Werner Hasler

Wa

Kamilya Jubran and Werner Hasler's Wa is a challenging, expansive record, finds Luke Cartledge

Psychedelic Motherhood: Faith Coloccia Of Mamiffer Interviewed

Kez Whelan speaks to Faith Coloccia of Mamiffer about the intersection of faith, family and art

Ecco2k

*E*, the debut album by Drain Gang member Ecco2k does little to dispel the artist's sense of mystery, finds Zac Cazes

Circuits Have A Life Force: Squarepusher Interviewed

In the run up to Squarepusher’s fifteenth studio release and performance at the 2020 CTM Festival in Berlin, Adam Quarshie caught up with him to discuss the tragic events that preceded the album, his early years in Chelmsford and his relationship to technology

Diamonds In The Rough: The Sympathetic Stress Machines Of The Safdie Brothers

From Daddy Longlegs to Uncut Gems, filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie thrive in high-octane environments with chaotic heroes. Their four features to date show a singular preoccupation with anxiety-driven protagonists without ever losing humanity, finds Kambole Campbell

Moviedrone! Charlie Brigden’s Best OST Albums Of 2019

From Midsommar and Us to box sets of classic horror and sci-fi, it's been a great year for movie music, says Charlie Brigden

Shining Starr: DJ Premier Interviewed

One Of The Best Yet isn't simply another posthumous rap LP. Angus Batey talks to DJ Premier about its difficult genesis

Quietus Albums Of The Year 2019 (In Association With Norman Records)

These are our favourite albums of the last 12 months as voted for by Jennifer Lucy Allan, Robert Barry, Tristan Bath, Louise Brown, Patrick Clarke, John Doran, Christian Eede, Noel Gardner, Ella Kemp, Sean Kitching, David McKenna, JR Moores, Luke Turner and Kez Whelan

Behold! Winter’s Quietus Comics Round Up Column

With a look back at the best of 2019, it’s the latest roundup of new comics from Pete Redrup & co

Rockfort! The Best French Music Of 2019 Rounded Up By David McKenna

2019 was double in quality when it came to French music... which is why David McKenna's doubled the length of his end of year top ten

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