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Art

Things Fall Apart: Mona Hatoum Builds The Impossible

A large sculpture by the London-based Lebanon-born artist poses some lofty questions about our precarious and unsteady existence, finds Geoff Cowart

Books

A Thumbs-Up To The People We Liked: How We Used Saint Etienne To Live

In an exclusive extract from his new book How We Used Saint Etienne To Live, Ramzy Alwakeel looks back to the early tape experiments behind 'So Tough' and Foxbase Alpha

Columns of the Year

Rum Music: The Best Of 2022 Reviewed By Jennifer Lucy Allan

Jennifer Lucy Allan plucks her essential releases from this year's onslaught of sonic activity in the Zone, from hurdy gurdy and home-made modulars to gamelan and music made under Swedish bridges

Film

If These Walls Could Talk: The Stone Tape At 50

Nigel Kneale’s BBC ghost story still haunts the fields of parapsychology and cinema 50 Christmases since it first aired, finds Sean McGeady

Anniversary

Sad Season: Ze Records’ Christmas Album, 40 Years On

Ian MacMillan looks back 40 years to Ze Records’ classic festive compilation, and finds a Yuletide ‘state of the nation’ that captured an America burdened with financial struggle, loneliness, broken relationships and malaise

Reviews

Martin Rev
To Live / Les Nymphes

Misunderstood upon their release at the beginning of the century, these two album by Suicide's synths man now sound full of life, finds Jeremy Allen

Reviews

SZA
SOS

The St Louis-born vocalist takes the horny-sad vibes to a whole other level, finds CJ Thorpe-Tracey

Columns of the Year

Rockfort! The Best French Music Of 2022

From mind-warping hip hop to riotous machine funk, titanic techno-folk to transformative organ compositions, 2022 was a golden year for French music. David McKenna rounds up his ten favourite releases of the year

Album of the Week

The Loudest Silence: Hildur Guðnadóttir’s Score For Women Talking

The original soundtrack to Sarah Polley’s *Women Talking* is about transition from helplessness to action, finds Irina Shtreis

Columns of the Year

Columnfortably Numb: The Best Psych Rock Of 2022

After detailing a few major changes that are happening at The Quietus, JR Moores champions his favourite psych rock records of the year

Reissue of the Week

Zelig In Fun Fur: David Bowie’s Divine Symmetry

As sterling new boxset Divine Symmetry gives new twists to old favourites from Hunky Dory, Matthew Lindsay looks back to find Bowie at the juncture between one-hit-wonder and era-defining superstar

Reviews

Ghostface600
Tugg Melodies Ape Colours

The Catford MC takes a reflective turn on his latest mixtape

In Conversation

A Postman Chat: Joe Thompson & Kevin Boniface On Art & Royal Mail

One-time postman, Sean Kitching, talks to musician and label boss, Joe Thompson, and author and photographer, Kevin Boniface, about the ups and downs of the profession in the current perilous political and economic climate

Reviews

The Transcendence Orchestra
Dreams, Waking Thoughts and Incidents

Anthony Child and Daniel Bean conjure up the sound of monumental earthworks and unknowable seas in an attempt to reach beyond all of it, says Bernie Brooks

Tracks of the Year

The Quietus’ Top 50 Tracks Of 2022

Here are our favourite songs of 2022, ranked and compiled for your listening pleasure

Columns of the Year

Straight Hedge: The Best Punk And Hardcore Of 2022

Noel Gardner looks back at 2022's best punk and hardcore releases, picks his top ten from the year and rounds up a handful that got away

A Quietus Interview

The Quest Begins: An Interview With 404 Guild

After a decade of side quests and splinter projects and the tragic loss of a bandmate, West Sussex hip hop foursome 404 Guild have finally released their debut album. They speak to Cian Kinsella about why now is the time for their long-awaited full length project

Columns of the Year

New Weird Britain: 2022 In Review By Noel Gardner

Noel Gardner reflects on another year of bold and boundary-breaking sound from New Weird Britain, and rounds up his ten favourite releases plus ten great albums that flew under his radar

Reviews

Pedro Vian & Mana
Cascades

The collaborative album by Pedro Vian and Daniele Mana amplifies the liminal space, finds Irina Shtreis

Art

Afraid Of The Dark: Horror At Somerset House

From the outrageous to the grotesque, The Horror Show currently on view at Somerset House features melon-twisting work by Anne Bean, Laura Grace Ford, Jeremy Millar and others

Books

Underground Resistance: Electronic Warfare For The Sonic Revolutions

In an exclusive extract from his new book *Assembling a Black Counter Culture*, DeForrest Brown, Jr. places the Detroit techno second-wavers in the context of US police brutality and European exploitation

Art

The Stands Of Time: Casual Culture On Display

An exhibition at Walker Art Centre explores The Art of the Terraces, through work by Steve Randall, Jamie Holman, Satch Hoyt and others

Film

Happy Ending: How Guillermo Del Toro Reinvented The Fairytale

The story of Pinocchio has, in the hands of Guillermo del Toro, ended up in fascist Italy – but it makes total sense in the Mexican auteur's world of monsters, finds Nathaniel Ashley

Columns of the Year

Inner Ear: The Best Central And Eastern European Music Of 2022

Jakub Knera looks back at the last year in Central and Eastern European music, and chooses his 20 favourite albums of 2022

Reviews

Leftfield
This Is What We Do

Nearly two decades on from *Leftism* and seven years since their last album, Leftfield return with eleven cuts of pumping positivity

Reissues etc. of the Year

Quietus Reissues Etc. Of The Year 2022 (In Association With Norman Records)

These are our favourite reissues, compilations, live albums, mixes, OSTs and etceteras of the last 12 months, as voted for by tQ staff, columnists and core writers

Reviews

BIBI
Lowlife Princess: Noir

The twisted musical mind of a highly conceptual pop artist who has much to say

Album of the Week

Memento Mori: You Will Always Be By Dylan Henner

Newness and comforting familiarity are in conversation on Dylan Henner’s *You Will Always Be*, another great ambient record about death

Columns of the Year

Spool’s Out: The Best Tapes Of 2022

Daryl Worthington rounds up the best tapes of 2022, and looks back on a golden year for the global cassette scene, where underground artists built worlds more immersive, more absurd and more ambitious than ever

Low Culture Podcast

Low Culture Podcasts: Looking Back On 2022

In the latest subscriber-only Low Culture podcast, John Doran and Luke Turner give up some of the secrets of how our annual chart is compiled

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Reviews

Lea Bertucci
Xtended Vox

This compilation curated by the NYC-based sound artist, featuring cuts by Phil Minton, Audrey Chen, and Cansu Tanrikulu (as well as Bertucci herself, with Ben Vida), proves at once enlightening and at times amusing, for Daniel Hignell

Columns of the Year

Hyperspecific: The Best Electronic Music Of 2022

Jaša Bužinel surveys this year's trends in electronic dance music and presents his top albums of 2022 and ten that got away

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Communication Breakdown: An Interview With Wrangler

With the release of their debut album as Wrangler, John Doran meets Benge, Stephen Mallinder and Phil Winter to discuss technology, paranoia and the legacy of Cabaret Voltaire

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Things Fall Apart: Mona Hatoum Builds The Impossible

A Thumbs-Up To The People We Liked: How We Used Saint Etienne To Live

Rum Music: The Best Of 2022 Reviewed By Jennifer Lucy Allan

If These Walls Could Talk: The Stone Tape At 50

Sad Season: Ze Records’ Christmas Album, 40 Years On

Martin Rev To Live / Les Nymphes

SZA SOS

Rockfort! The Best French Music Of 2022

The Loudest Silence: Hildur Guðnadóttir’s Score For Women Talking

Columnfortably Numb: The Best Psych Rock Of 2022

Zelig In Fun Fur: David Bowie’s Divine Symmetry

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A Postman Chat: Joe Thompson & Kevin Boniface On Art & Royal Mail

The Transcendence Orchestra Dreams, Waking Thoughts and Incidents

The Quietus’ Top 50 Tracks Of 2022

Straight Hedge: The Best Punk And Hardcore Of 2022

The Quest Begins: An Interview With 404 Guild

New Weird Britain: 2022 In Review By Noel Gardner

Pedro Vian & Mana Cascades

Afraid Of The Dark: Horror At Somerset House

Underground Resistance: Electronic Warfare For The Sonic Revolutions

The Stands Of Time: Casual Culture On Display

Happy Ending: How Guillermo Del Toro Reinvented The Fairytale

Inner Ear: The Best Central And Eastern European Music Of 2022

Leftfield This Is What We Do

Quietus Reissues Etc. Of The Year 2022 (In Association With Norman Records)

BIBI Lowlife Princess: Noir

Memento Mori: You Will Always Be By Dylan Henner

Spool’s Out: The Best Tapes Of 2022

Low Culture Podcasts: Looking Back On 2022

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Martin Rev
To Live / Les Nymphes

SZA
SOS

Ghostface600
Tugg Melodies Ape Colours

The Transcendence Orchestra
Dreams, Waking Thoughts and Incidents

Pedro Vian & Mana
Cascades

Leftfield
This Is What We Do

BIBI
Lowlife Princess: Noir

Lea Bertucci
Xtended Vox

Deftones
Private Music

Wolf Alice
The Clearing

Various Artists
The Alien Territory Archives: A Collection of Radical, Experimental, & Irrelevant Music from 1970s San Diego