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Cash For Gold: Josh Safdie Talks Robert Pattinson And Good Time

The Safdie Brothers are the directorial heirs apparent to that school of filmmaking that encompasses Scorsese, Friedkin and Cassavetes. Steven T Hanley caught up with Josh Safdie to talk about their new film, the Robert Pattinson starring Good Time

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Karine Polwart with Pippa Murphy
A Pocket Of Wind Resistance

The soundtrack from a lauded theatre production, a multilayered portrait of life on (and flying above) a Midlothian peat bog. By Tom Bolton

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Hyetal
Youth + Power

Bristol producer David Corney’s third album as Hyetal, with more bass, extra melody and added vocals. By Ammar Kalia

A Quietus Interview

“The Whole Album Is Just Therapy To Me”: The Last Skeptik Interviewed

The North London producer talks to Olamiju Fajemisin about the creative processes behind his new album, mental health and why he’ll always record in his bedroom

Album of the Week

In Love, With Love: Björk’s Utopia

The new album from Björk is the light and pleasure to Vulnicura’s darkness and pain, but there’s much more to it than that, says Lottie Brazier

Metal

Your Heavy Metal Hits For November

In her first Columnus Metallicus, Cheryl Carter aka our new harbinger of doom-tunes proffers Aosoth, Cannibal Corpse, All Pigs Must Die and more.

Baker's Dozen

On Her Radio: Pauline Black’s 13 Favourite Albums

The Selecter leader and one of 2 Tone's most formidable figures takes Lois Wilson from Jimmy Cliff to Björk in this list of the LPs that shaped her

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Nadah el Shazly
Ahwar

A perfect, soaring amalgamation of traditional Egyptian song with experimental takes on performance and instrumentation.

Reviews

Circuit Des Yeux
Reaching For Indigo

From singer, musician and artist Haley Fohr, a very modern record rooted in the avant-garde music of 50 years ago.

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Klein
Tommy

Her debut on Hyperdub, a deeper and utterly unique cut from producer and singer Klein. By Olamiju Fajemisin

Reviews

Escape-Ism
Introduction To Escape-Ism

The debut release from a new Ian Svenonius project, full of imagination, revolution and the jerky dirty urge to dance.

Reviews

Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Metaphors: Selected Soundworks from the Cinema of…

A compilation of tracks and soundworks from the filmography of Thai director and practising artist Apichatopong Weerasethakul. By Sukanya Deb.

Reissue of the Week

Magma’s Retrospektïẁ, Reviewed By Snooker’s Steve Davis

Steve Davis, our favourite snooker player and our favourite Magma fan, walks us through the new reissues of their 1981 live albums.

Anniversary

Radical Chic: A Velvet Insurrection

Chic’s first album not only refined and redefined disco. It was an act of aesthetic and political defiance, says David Bennun

Live Reviews

Here Is Bliss: The Ecstatic Music Of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda

At London Jazz Festival, members of the Sai Anantam Ashram sing the extraordinary bhajans of Turiya Alice Coltrane.

Strange World Of...

The Strange World Of… Björk

Author of the recent 33 1/3 book on Homogenic, Emily Mackay offers us ten points of entry into Björk's bewilderingly large body of work

The Quietus International

Full Clip: October and November’s Hip Hop Reviewed

Is the rise of Dave emblematic of a new golden age for British rap? Tara Joshi considers the growth of the scene in the past year, plus reviews of October and November’s releases.

Art

Cézanne With A Thousand Faces: Post-Impressionist Portraits

Fisun Güner marvels at the fusion of figure and foliage in the National Portrait Gallery's exhibition of Paul Cézanne's portraits

Art

Stop, Look, And Listen: Soundtracks At SFMOMA

Will Jennings listens to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s landmark exhibition of sound art

Beyond The Hits

Bad Boy Boogies: AC/DC, Beyond The Hits

Quietus writers pick 20 of the best AC/DC album tracks, B-sides and live cuts, proving the Aussie masters are much more than Back In Black and Highway To Hell.

Books

Read An Extract From The Digital Critic By Theodora Hawlin

In 1967 Roland Barthes wrote an obituary for the author. He may have been getting a little bit ahead of himself, says digital criticTheodora Hawlin...

Reviews

TootArd
Laissez-Passer

On their first international release, TootArd address the fraught definition of borders and identity in the most joyous way possible

Reviews

Charlotte Gainsbourg
Rest

The Renaissance Woman finally takes the helm for a glittering reinvention of Ed Banger disco.

Film

In It With You: Documentary Play Your Gender Reviewed

Lottie Brazier takes a look at a new documentary highlighting sexism behind the scenes in the music industry

Live Reviews

Liverpool Music Week 2017, And The Gentrification Of Merseyside Music

At Liverpool Music Week 2017, Patrick Clarke looks at the past, present and potentially grim future of a city whose music scene is caught in the flux of gentrification.

A Quietus Interview

Applauding Deconstruction: An Interview With Hua Dong Of Re-TROS

After eight years in the wilderness, Beijing trio Re-TROS have just released the sublime Before The Applause but all is not as it seems. Brendan Telford speaks with Hua Dong about their rebirth

Album of the Week

Chip Thrills: Diggin’ In The Carts Reviewed

Short, sharp, sweet and influential: a compilation of 80s and 90s Japanese video game music from Hyperdub.

Reviews

Mavis Staples
If All I Was Was Black

Anger, love and the audacity of hope shine through on this third collaboration with Jeff Tweedy.

Reviews

Max Loderbauer
Greyland

On his second solo album (after 2013's Tranzparenz), Berlin producer, remixer and experimental techno don Max Loderbauer takes an organic, exploratory approach.

Anniversary

20 Years On: Endless Nameless By The Wildhearts Revisited

As The Wildhearts' Endless, Nameless Turns 20, JR Moores looks back on Britrock's greatest moment of nihilistic self-sabotage

Baker's Dozen

Tell-tale Pulsations: Laraaji Picks His 13 Favourite Albums

From the Faces Of The Christ to the Sounds of Nature, ambient master Laraaji picks the 13 albums that shaped him

Reviews

Lawrence Rothman
The Book Of Law

Lawrence Rothman's debut album is an investigation into identity and queerness, says Emma Madden with its eyes on the cosmos.

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Cash For Gold: Josh Safdie Talks Robert Pattinson And Good Time

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Karine Polwart with Pippa Murphy
A Pocket Of Wind Resistance

Hyetal
Youth + Power

Nadah el Shazly
Ahwar

Circuit Des Yeux
Reaching For Indigo

Klein
Tommy

Escape-Ism
Introduction To Escape-Ism

Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Metaphors: Selected Soundworks from the Cinema of…

TootArd
Laissez-Passer

Charlotte Gainsbourg
Rest

Mavis Staples
If All I Was Was Black

Max Loderbauer
Greyland

Lawrence Rothman
The Book Of Law