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Low Culture Essay
The Velvet Underground Live In 1969 At 50
Half a century after the release of one of the all-time great live albums, John Doran argues that the Velvet Underground only really hit their true peak after they lost Nico, Warhol and Cale. This feature was first published on 2 April 2020
A Quietus Interview
Beyond The Band: Geordie Greep Interviewed
Coming swiftly after the dissolution of Black Midi, Geordie Greep sets out on his own with an album informed by the music of Latin America, Brazil in particular. Ahead of the release of The New Sound, Eden Tizard speaks to Greep about the audacious new record. Cover photograph by James Potter
Cassettes
Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews for September by Daryl Worthington
In September’s report from the cassette fringes, Daryl Worthington explores Beirut-founded label Ruptured, and reviews tapes of blistering noise, slinky punk-funk, library music and the self-proclaimed best producer in the Middle East
Listen Here
Lakeland Echoes: Wind, Rock, Fell, Rain & Sea Power’s Krankenhaus
In the latest edition of our new column, Luke Turner reflects on the connection between Sea Power and the music of the landscape that surrounds their Krankenhaus festival. Photos by Paul Hudson of Down At The Front except Esk pics by Luke Turner.
Music Downloads
tQ Subscriber Release: Nurse With Wound
Steve Stapleton has been helming the surreal and riotous psychedelic industrial experimental unit NWW for 45 years now. John Doran and Russell Cuzner look at their new release available to only tQ subscribers today and examine what makes them special
Anniversary
What We Do With What We Have: Björk’s Medúlla Turns 20
Medúlla is arguably the point at which Björk turned from creating pop to a journey into the radically obscure, but in reality it is one of the most fully realised examples of an artist pushing the boundaries of what pop music can be and do, writes Matthew Barton
A Quietus Interview
Oasisters: Meet Liam & Noel’s 21st Century Female Fan Army
On the anniversary of Definitely Maybe and news of comeback gigs, author Anna Doble, speaks to a new generation of young women who are getting ready to show the world that Oasis belong to them. Main picture: a selfie by Bella Perozzi
Opinion & Essays
The Labels Shaping a New Ukrainian Underground Part 2: Money, Money, Money…
In the latest edition of New Voices Ukraine, tQ's new collaboration with 20ft Radio, Neformat, the British Council and Ukrainian Institute, Yaryna Denysyuk of Neformat continues her look into Ukrainian DIY record labels. Having surveyed those attempting utopian collective approaches in part one, this time she examines the unavoidable downsides of running a label during wartime
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