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Bar Italia
Tracey Denim

There is no mystery to the London trio; it's all there in the music, finds Zara Hedderman

Black Sky Thinking

Do You Have Plans For 4 Sept 2640? On Music Of Extreme Duration

Benjamin D. Duvall looks at what the longest musical performances in history teach us about the current climate crisis

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Adjunct Ensemble
Sovereign Bodies / Ritual Taxonomy

Featuring the combined talents of Felispeaks, Catherine Sikora Mingus, Mariam Rezaei, Amy Ní Fhearraigh, Stephen Davis, Darren Beckett and Oscar Cassidy, Jamie Thompson's ensemble is best when it goes big, finds Vanessa Ague

A Quietus Interview

Nostalgic For A Future: An Interview With Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan

Gordon Chapman-Fox speaks to Julian Marszalek about The Nation's Most Central Location, the latest album from his retro-futurist synth project exploring the unrealised optimism and ultimate disappointment of England's New Towns

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Overmono
Good Lies

Already named Best Live Act by DJ Mag, Overmono's debut LP delivers on the promise of their early EPs, finds Laviea Thomas

Books

The Loudest, Dirtiest, & Nastiest: Andrew Lauder On Motorhead

In an exclusive extract from his new book (written with Mick Houghton), Radar Records founder Andrew Lauder recalls the origins of Motorhead

Reviews

Potter Payper
Real Back In Style

Finally releasing his debut album after a decade in the game, Potter Payper gives it everything, finds Denzil Bell

Electronic

Hyperspecific: Dance Music For May Reviewed By Jaša Bužinel

Jaša Bužinel considers how best to hunt for musical discoveries in the age of algorithmic determinism, and reviews cutting-edge releases by Blawan, Metrist, DJ Danifox, Rắn Cạp Đuôi Collective, REZZETT, ZULI and more

Reviews

Colin Stetson
When We Were That What Wept For The Sea

Colin Stetson's urgently composed dedication to his father proves that beauty and horror, fear and longing can exist at the same in the sublime of nature, says Guia Cortassa

Album of the Week

From Caustic To Cuddly: Memorials’ Music For Film

Comprised of two very different soundtracks, one earthy and the other extra-terrestrial, Electrelane’s Verity Susman and Wire’s Matthew Simms debut as Memorials is a show of remarkable daring and versatility

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Patrick Wolf
The Night Safari

After several years absence, Patrick Wolf returns as singular a pop star as he's ever been, finds Luke Turner

Reviews

House Of All
S/T

The debut album from a supergroup of former Fall members deserves to be approached, consumed and judged on its own merits. And merits there are aplenty, says Julian Marszalek

Books

Psychedelic Reason & The Post-Industrial City: Acid Detroit By Joe Molloy

Written by Detroit native Joe Molloy, Acid Detroit explores the physical, temporal and affective topography of America's most haunted city

Baker's Dozen

Shields Against The World: Mat Osman’s Baker’s Dozen

From growing up on The Carpenters to reconnecting with music in his "wilderness years" Suede bassist turned novelist Mat Osman takes Luke Turner through his Baker's Dozen of favourite recordings

Books

The Wild Frontier: Mike Jay On Psychonauts & The History Of Drugs

Mike Jay's latest book, Psychonauts, is published today by Yale. Here he talks to John Doran about what we can learn by studying the pre-60s history of drugs, followed by an extract on the early 19th century nitrous oxide craze

Reviews

Alison Goldfrapp
The Love Invention

For her first album sans-Will Gregory, Alison Goldfrapp is full of disco sparkle – but it's the more melancholy numbers where it gets interesting, finds Siobhán Kane

A Quietus Interview

What Will Remain Is Love: Marta Salogni Interviewed

Music For Open Spaces is an album inspired by landscape recorded by the late musician Tom Relleen with partner Marta Salogni. She talks to Kat Lister about the 'long journey' this music has taken

A Quietus Interview

It’s Supposed To Not Work: Mandy, Indiana Interviewed

The Manchester band speak with Alastair Shuttleworth about shouting in shopping centres and recording in caves, and collaging noise, punk and electronic dance music in their sprawling debut album.

Books

Hard To Find And Far To Seek: In The Wake Of A Saint With Benjamin Myers

Benjamin Myers finds dreamlike inspiration in the life of a seventh-century Northumberland saint. Words by Jim Hilton

A Quietus Interview

You Hum It, I’ll Play It: James Ellis Ford Interviewed

After building a home studio the SMD musician and Arctic Monkeys and Depeche Mode producer James Ford picked up no less than 18 instruments – and a microphone – in order to make his beguiling debut LP. Words by Jeremy Allen. All portraits by Pip Bourdillon

Reviews

Dave Lombardo
Rites Of Percussion

Slayer's sticks man takes the drum-only album to new heights of intensity, finds Jeremy Allen

Reviews

a.P.A.t.T.
We

The Liverpudlian avant-garde pop multimedia ensemble return with another audacious rebuttal of the restrictions of genre and taste, says Sean Kitching

Reviews

The Minus Touch: Ed Sheeran’s Subtract Reviewed

Who'd want to kill off the ancient art of the album review? Ed would! Despite this JR Moores buckles on the kneepads and braces himself to deliver the final verdict on this fine (yes, fine) album...

Reviews

Nathan Fake
Crystal Vision

Nathan Fake looks back to move forward, finds Siobhán Kane

Album of the Week

The Angel Of History: Shackleton Becomes The Purge of Tomorrow

Under new moniker, The Purge of Tomorrow, Shackleton's new album The Other Side of Devastation offers up a dubby disintegration loop through time, finds Daryl Worthington

Reviews

deVon Russell Gray / Nathan Hanson / Davu Seru
We Sick

Summoning up the trembling freak-outs of the Art Ensemble of Chicago and the spiritual jazz of Alice Coltrane, a trio album with volcanic levels of fire in its belly

Low Culture Podcast

The Low Culture Podcast: John & Luke On Heart Of The Congos

This month the Quietus Editors talk about the 1977 vocal reggae album by The Congos, widely held to be one of the greatest Jamaican LPs and an example of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry’s Black Ark Studio at the height of its power

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Metal

Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For May Reviewed By Kez Whelan

In his latest guide to the best in brand new metal, Kez Whelan assesses the strengths and weaknesses of Metallica's 72 Seasons, and reviews the latest offerings from Esoctrilihum, Orme, Dødheimsgard and more

Reviews

Yossari Baby
Inferiority Complex

Channeling creative insecurity as a DIY act of post-punk defiance, Yossari Baby are far more than just another post-punk band, finds Jonathan Wright

A Quietus Interview

Stone To The Bone: Squid Interviewed

Ollie Judge and Anton Pearson of modern rock band Squid take a walk past the neolithic burial chambers and chalk horse carvings of Wiltshire with John Doran to explain the genesis of their singular new album, O Monolith. All portraits by Maria Jefferis

Reviews

Alex Paxton
Happy Music For Orchestra

Chaotic, frenzied and maximised sensation is the order of the day for Alex Paxton’s gloriously childlike new LP, finds Alastair Shuttleworth

Playlists

tQ’s Exclusive Monthly Round-Up Playlist: April 2023

Here's hours upon hours of the brilliant new music we've covered here at tQ over the last month, compiled into one handy playlist!

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Bar Italia Tracey Denim

Do You Have Plans For 4 Sept 2640? On Music Of Extreme Duration

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Nostalgic For A Future: An Interview With Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan

Overmono Good Lies

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Potter Payper Real Back In Style

Hyperspecific: Dance Music For May Reviewed By Jaša Bužinel

Colin Stetson When We Were That What Wept For The Sea

From Caustic To Cuddly: Memorials’ Music For Film

Patrick Wolf The Night Safari

House Of All S/T

Psychedelic Reason & The Post-Industrial City: Acid Detroit By Joe Molloy

Shields Against The World: Mat Osman’s Baker’s Dozen

The Wild Frontier: Mike Jay On Psychonauts & The History Of Drugs

Alison Goldfrapp The Love Invention

What Will Remain Is Love: Marta Salogni Interviewed

It’s Supposed To Not Work: Mandy, Indiana Interviewed

Hard To Find And Far To Seek: In The Wake Of A Saint With Benjamin Myers

You Hum It, I’ll Play It: James Ellis Ford Interviewed

Dave Lombardo Rites Of Percussion

a.P.A.t.T. We

The Minus Touch: Ed Sheeran’s Subtract Reviewed

Nathan Fake Crystal Vision

The Angel Of History: Shackleton Becomes The Purge of Tomorrow

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The Low Culture Podcast: John & Luke On Heart Of The Congos

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Bar Italia
Tracey Denim

Adjunct Ensemble
Sovereign Bodies / Ritual Taxonomy

Overmono
Good Lies

Potter Payper
Real Back In Style

Colin Stetson
When We Were That What Wept For The Sea

Patrick Wolf
The Night Safari

House Of All
S/T

Alison Goldfrapp
The Love Invention

Dave Lombardo
Rites Of Percussion

a.P.A.t.T.
We

Nathan Fake
Crystal Vision

deVon Russell Gray / Nathan Hanson / Davu Seru
We Sick

Yossari Baby
Inferiority Complex

Alex Paxton
Happy Music For Orchestra