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Are You Receiving? Killing Joke As Post Punk Pioneers

Killing Joke have entered their 45th year with a new single and sold out show at the Royal Albert Hall. John Doran wonders when they, and select other goth peers, will be recognised as post punk innovators

Books

A New Form Of Beauty: How Virgin Prunes Changed A Nation

John Robb speaks to tQ about his monolithic new book The Art Of Darkness: A History Of Goth, and shares an exclusive extract detailing the rise of Virgin Prunes, Lypton Village, and the indelible mark they left on their native Dublin

Low Culture Podcast

A Goth-Off for Goth Week! The Cure’s Pornography vs Disintegration

John and Luke debate the relative merits of two landmark records from the goth titans

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Spirit of Hamlet
Northwest of Hamuretto

Membersd of Minutemen, Acid Mother's Temple and Clang Quartet team up, mixing comedown riffs and blasts of agitation

Art

Ways Of Voicing: Sonia Boyce Is Devoted To These Singers

In a remarkable collaboration with Tanita Tikaram, Errollyn Wallen, Poppy Ajudha, Tanita Tikaram, Sofia Jernberg and Jacqui Dankworth, Golden Lion winner and Royal Academician Sonia Boyce celebrates the voices of women of colour

Books

Songs For You: Lucy O’Brien’s Ten Essential Karen Carpenter Tracks

From early solo singles to deep cuts and stand-out moments, Lucy O’Brien, author of *Lead Sister: The Story of Karen Carpenter*, dives into lesser known tracks as well as a few more familiar favourites

Film

Donkey Power: The History Of Cinema’s Favourite Sidekick

There's a trend for donkeys in 2023 Oscars favourites, but cinema's relationship with the animal traces much further back, finds Thomas H. Sheriff

Reviews

Sleaford Mods
UK Grim

Andrew Fearn and Jason Williamson return, just as pissed off as ever, finds Hayley Scott

Reissue of the Week

Compilation Of The Week: House Of God – Brum As Fuck

Jared Dix ponders 30 years of legendary Birmingham 'techno' club, House Of God, on the release of a celebratory box set, Brum As Fuck

Black Sky Thinking

You Suffer: How A One Second-Long Song Represents The Age Of Anxiety

Novelist Benjamin Myers reflects on the 1.316 second-long track 'You Suffer' by grindcore titans, Napalm Death, and what it says about the age of anxiety we all live in

Album of the Week

Border Radio: The Ceiling Reposes By Lia Kohl

Twisting the dial and tapping at her cello, for composer Lia Kohl music is a daily practice, finds Vanessa Ague

Reviews

Babybaby_explores
Food Near Me, Weather Today

The trio from Rhode Island respond to the imperfections of the world with a haiku-like long play, finds Irina Shtreis

The Quietus International

Rockfort! French Music For March Reviewed By David McKenna

In his latest survey of the French fringes, David McKenna celebrates polyvalent drummer and composer Jean-Baptiste Geoffroy, a thrilling Franco-Japanese collaboration, a fusion of folk and reggaeton and French-Algerian R&B. Homepage photo, PoiL Ueda by Paul Bourdrel

Reviews

Robbie & Mona
Tusky

Deliberately dark with subtle jazz elements, experimental project Robbie & Mona are picking up where they left off on their latest album Tusky

A Quietus Interview

A Forbidden Spell: Fire-Toolz Interviewed

Antonio Poscic talks to Angel Marcloid about AI, nostalgia and her incredible future fusion Fire-Toolz project. Portraits by Eliza Janus

Reviews

Massimo Pupillo feat. Malcolm McDowell
Songs Of Stone

The If… and Clockwork Orange star brings his larger than life charisma to bear on an album of drones and drama from Zu's Massimo Pupillo, finds Daniel Hignell

A Quietus Interview

Personal Anthems: An Interview With Heinali

Oleg Shpudeiko speaks to Jakub Knera about his sonic memories of his home in Ukraine, his return post invasion, and processing it all on new album Kyiv Eternal

Reviews

Natalia Beylis and Eimear Reidy
She Came Through the Window to Stand By the Door

An album recorded in a church in County Leitrim conjures worlds within worlds for Daryl Worthington

Books

The Act Of Ruminating: An Interview With Sophie Mackintosh

Following 2018’s Booker longlisted *The Water Cure* and 2020’s *Blue Ticket*, Sophie Mackintosh’s latest book marks the author’s first foray into historical fiction. In an interview with Miles Ellingham she talks interiors, wash houses and the fickleness of memory

Art

Many Infinities: The Vital Canvases of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

To get a handle on Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's paintings, turn off the audio guide and turn up the music, finds Poppy Richler

Film

Hide And Seek: Pakistan’s Remarkable Joyland

The first Pakistani film to be shortlisted for an Oscar, Joyland is a defiant family portrait tackling gender expectations, finds Cici Peng

Reviews

Spektral Quartet, Julia Holter, Alex Temple
Behind the Wallpaper

Julia Holter adds measured grace to a song cycle about personal transformation

Reissue of the Week

Reissue Of The Week: Felt’s Gold Mine Trash & Bubblegum Perfume

From fiercely puritanical post-punk aesthetes to open-minded artistic explorers: across two career-spanning compilations, Felt present a unique interpretation of a decade they professed to despise, writes Ben Graham

Album of the Week

Cloudy With A Chance Of Glowsticks: Kate NV’s WOW

The latest collection of oddities from electronic-pop artist Ekaterina Shilonosova explore a deep inner world, writes Skye Butchard

Reviews

Free Love
Inside

Free Love’s latest LP of exploratory tunes is dangerously nice, says Bernie Brooks

Baker's Dozen

Stop, Collaborate And Listen: Meg Remy’s Favourite Albums

On the verge of new album Bless This Mess, Meg Remy of U.S. Girls takes Skye Butchard through a Baker’s Dozen dominated by her friends and collaborators

Reviews

Max Syedtollan
Disposables

Glasgow-based composer decomposes

Film

A Man’s Job: Asif Kapadia And Akram Khan On Creature

Asif Kapadia and Akram Khan address female abuse, post-colonial inheritance and the beauty and pain of male artistry in conversation with Soma Ghosh

Playlists

tQ’s Exclusive Monthly Round-Up Playlist: February 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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Are You Receiving? Killing Joke As Post Punk Pioneers

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Songs For You: Lucy O’Brien’s Ten Essential Karen Carpenter Tracks

Donkey Power: The History Of Cinema’s Favourite Sidekick

Sleaford Mods UK Grim

Compilation Of The Week: House Of God – Brum As Fuck

You Suffer: How A One Second-Long Song Represents The Age Of Anxiety

Border Radio: The Ceiling Reposes By Lia Kohl

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Rockfort! French Music For March Reviewed By David McKenna

Robbie & Mona Tusky

A Forbidden Spell: Fire-Toolz Interviewed

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Personal Anthems: An Interview With Heinali

Natalia Beylis and Eimear Reidy She Came Through the Window to Stand By the Door

The Act Of Ruminating: An Interview With Sophie Mackintosh

Many Infinities: The Vital Canvases of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye

Hide And Seek: Pakistan’s Remarkable Joyland

Spektral Quartet, Julia Holter, Alex Temple Behind the Wallpaper

Reissue Of The Week: Felt’s Gold Mine Trash & Bubblegum Perfume

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

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Spirit of Hamlet
Northwest of Hamuretto

Sleaford Mods
UK Grim

Babybaby_explores
Food Near Me, Weather Today

Robbie & Mona
Tusky

Massimo Pupillo feat. Malcolm McDowell
Songs Of Stone

Natalia Beylis and Eimear Reidy
She Came Through the Window to Stand By the Door

Spektral Quartet, Julia Holter, Alex Temple
Behind the Wallpaper

Free Love
Inside

Max Syedtollan
Disposables

Miss Grit
Follow The Cyborg