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Shagged Out: At Frieze 2017

Delighted by Magritte, stunned by Penone, Fisun Güner tells us what not to miss and what gets nul points at Frieze 2017 and Frieze Masters

Working For The Organism: Claire Van Lubeek’s Baby Bar

Deborah Holman discusses Claire van Lubeek's Baby Bar project, on display at 1.1 project space, Basel, Switzerland

St. Vincent

MASSEDUCTION

Annie Clark's extraordinary new album: thirteen songs of fractured identity that form a cohesive, compelling whole.

‘Ave A Go If You Think You’re Dekkard Enough: Blade Runner 2049 Reviewed

Dennis Villeneuve's sequel to Ridley Scott's sci-fi masterpiece is in cinemas now, Mat Colegate takes a look for The Quietus

Once More With Feeling: Philip K Dick And Blade Runner

With Blade Runner 2049 in cinemas now, Robert Bright looks back at the interior and exterior worlds of Philip K. Dick

Ninos Du Brasil

Vida Eterna

Vampires, batucada and a 303 - there is plenty to love on the new album from Ninos Du Brasil.

Moses Sumney

Aromanticism

The Californian singer takes an ethereal journey into solitude

Show 52 – 05/10/2017

The Performance Of A Lifetime: The Granite Shore’s Suspended Second

Who knew an album of global, personal and spiritual disappointment could sound so beautiful, so uplifting? By Mick Middles.

Emmanuel

Rave Culture

Emmanuel Beddewela flies high and hits hard with an album of solid banging rave-loving techno tunes.

Trying Everything on: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith’s Baker’s Dozen

With her sixth full-length album set for imminent release, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith takes Christian Eede from influential minimalism by Steve Reich to new age ambience by Midori Takada over the course of her Baker's Dozen

Jon Hassell

Dream Theory In Malaya (Fourth World Volume Two)

A long-forgotten ambient treasure, reissued after 36 years. By Tom Bolton.

Unsane

Sterilize

Oddly comforting bicycle-chain-being-fed-through-an-industrial-meat-grinder riffs, sinewy rhythm section and pained yowling from Unsane.

David Grubbs

Creep Mission

Hardcore-punk-turned-psych-crusader-turned-academic David Grubbs invites us back into his playful, thoughtful world.

The Strange World Of… Test Dept

Ahead of this weekend's Assembly Of Disturbance festival in London, Alexei Monroe speaks to the veteran industrial band Test Dept about their long and varied history of music, art and activism

It Ain’t That Deep Either Way: A New Pop Column With Anna Cafolla

Cardi B is on top, Kelela is industrial, Nadine Coyle is meme-able, and Anna Cafolla is here with her first, fabulous tQ pop column

Transforming, Vibrating: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds Reviewed

As the cult of Nick Cave gets bigger and bigger, so his material gets sparser and more intimate. Can Skeleton Tree really work in an arena? Lord yes, says Patrick Clarke

Wand

Plum

Wand emerge from their rich psychedelic swamp with a new harmonic and lyrical articulacy.

Return To The Dark Valley: Santiago Gamboa Interviewed

Internationally acclaimed Colombian novelist, philologist, journalist and former diplomat Santiago Gamboa talks to Sean Kitching about the paradox of evil, Michel Houellebecq and the question of the afterlife

30 Years On: The Wedding Present’s George Best Revisited

Michael Hann looks back The Wedding Present and the rush to fill the void left by the Smiths splitting up; he finds an album that hasn't aged as well as it could have by a band he still loves

Noel’s Straight Hedge: Your Punk & Hardcore For October

Freewheeling hardcore rammage and more in this month's punk and HC round-up, including Permission, The Side Eyes and Sissy.

UUUU

UUUU

Members of Wire and Coil create a new and beautiful beast with this deliriously powerful debut.

The Master In Downward-Facing Dog: Sikh Painting And Cultural Appropriation

In this deep-diving long read, Gurmeet Singh explores the complex interplay of reference and appropriation in Sikh painting, Kundalini yoga, and Western art styles

Surreal Estate: London Stock At Safehouse Peckham

London Stock, an exhibition by Nick Barrett, unpicks the absurdities of London's housing market

Albums Of The Month: Music We’ve Loved In September

The tQ office favourites from the past four weeks of new releases, including Princess Nokia, Gary Numan, Botanist and Leyland Kirby.

Leyland Kirby

We, So Tired Of All The Darkness In Our Lives

"It's not free because I place no value on this work. It's free because I mean it," says Leyland Kirby of his beautiful, generous new album.

Zola Jesus

Okovi

Nika Danilove returns to Brooklyn's ever-discerning Sacred Bones label after an extraordinary metamorphosis.

Why We Should Listen To Texas Chainsaw Massacre’s Score As Musique Concrete

Following the sad passing of Master of Horror Tobe Hooper, Charlie Brigden talks to composer Wayne Bell about the work that went in to the soundtrack of his most infamous and terrifying work, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Philosophy And Neon: What Makes A Good Philip K. Dick Film?

With Blade Runner 2049 released next week, Sep Gohardani takes a look back at film adaptations of Philip K Dick's work and asks what makes them successful, or not as the case may be.

I Saw The Fourth Horse: Liverpool Psych Fest Reviewed

At the sixth mind-expanding Scouse gathering, the vibes are apocalyptic but the grooves are wild. Featuring Gnod, The Black Angels and more.

Resistance Is Fertile: Snapped Ankles’ Come Play The Trees

As gentrification strangles our public life and culture, the fightback can be found in fecund hedges and crevices across the country. This new weird Britain is going to win, says Eoin Murray - and it sounds great

Columnus Metallicus: Your Heavy Metal Hits For September

Stride past the turgid patriarchy, says Kez Whelan, and rejoice in this autumn's righteous, furious, glorious metal offerings.