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Some Velvet Mourning: Lynne Ramsay’s Morvern Callar At 20

A subversive portrait of grief and working-class ennui, Morvern Callar set the tone for Lynne Ramsay's power in capturing emotional and ethical dislocation, finds Josef Steen

Metal

Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For November Reviewed By Kez Whelan

As the nights grow longer, Kez Whelan delivers your essential guide to brand new heavy metal, featuring reviews of Cloud Rat, Worm, Dead Neanderthals and more

Reviews

Soft Crash
Your Last Everything

Debut collaboration from two heroes of the Italo body music scene, Phase Fatale and Pablo Bozzi

Playlists

tQ’s Exclusive Monthly Round-Up Playlist: October 2022

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

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A Quietus Interview

Clear Waters: An Interview With Aoife Nessa Frances

Aoife Nessa Frances speaks to Jessica Wrigglesworth about how early morning ocean swims and the eclectic soundtrack to childhood drives through the Irish countryside inspired her second album Protector

A Quietus Interview

Northern Powerhouse: An Interview With Acid Klaus

'K-Y jelly, jump leads, viagra and a double espresso martini for breakfast' - Adrian Flanagan talks his debut Acid Klaus album and over 20 years of precarious DIY musicianship

Reviews

Horse Lords
Comradely Objects

The Baltimore quartet fuse bluegrass, house, post-punk and free jazz in wild new combinations, finds Noel Gardner

Books

Searching for the Celtic Soul Rebels: Scottish Pop, 77–84

Hungry Beat: The Scottish Independent Pop Underground Movement (1977–1984) by Douglas MacIntyre and Grant McPhee with Neil Cooper tells the story of independent music north of the border

Books

Lawrence Sells Books, Writes Us Tips: Mozart Estate Frontman Sells His Collection

The man at the helm of Felt, Denim and Go-Kart Mozart unpacks his library for your delectation

Music Downloads

Our Own Traditions: Laura Cannell And Lori Goldston Interviewed

Jakub Knera talks to Laura Cannell and Lori Goldston about East Anglian churches, the possibilities of string instruments, and their new release recorded exclusively for Quietus Sound + Vision subscribers

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Reissue of the Week

Reissue Of The Week: Celtic Frost’s Dance Macabre

John Doran surveys a luxurious new boxset of Celtic Frost's mid-80s peak, and finds one of the most extraordinarily prolific and innovative bands of that decade

Music of the Month

Music Of The Month: The Best Albums And Tracks Of October 2022

tQ's top ten albums of October 2022 have arrived, plus a smattering of bangers released over the last month, all compiled for your listening pleasure

Reviews

Moin
Paste

Post-rock, live dub and some increasingly threatening spoken word – it's all in the mix with the latest from Joe Andrews, Tom Halstead and Valentina Magaletti, finds Noel Gardner

A Quietus Interview

Long Weekend At Vinny’s: An Interview With Vinny Moonshine

Vinny Moonshine's Kevin McGorey talks to his friend and label boss Bernie Brooks about the eight year journey that brought him to his second album, Mass Extinction Fairy Tale, streaming in full ahead of release with tQ below

Reviews

Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson
Landvættirnar fjórar

Microtonal music for sextet that sounds like the weather

Album of the Week

Fiddlers On The Doof: Decius Vol.1

Lias Saoudi, Fats McCourt, Maggie The Cat and Douglas Lucas join the brothers May for a sordid mandisco manifesto

Baker's Dozen

Echo’s Answers: Carla Dal Forno’s Bakers Dozen

Carla Dal Forno takes tQ through thirteen albums that have shaped her life and work, from the life-changing experience of discovering Broadcast to the constant inspiration of Una Baines

A Quietus Interview

New Expression: LUCI Interviewed

North Carolina-born, New York-based LUCI speaks to Alex Rigotti about developing a ‘new genre’, her relationship to John Coltrane and her eclectic new EP Juvenilia

Reviews

Sea Moss
SEAMOSS2

Portland duo make an unruly racket sound like a whole heap of fun, finds Jon Buckland

A Quietus Interview

Rethink Your Relationships: Horse Lords Interviewed

Ahead of their appearance at Le Guess Who? Festival next month, Jakub Knera speaks with Baltimore quartet Horse Lords about their new record, politics and architecture in their music and how the pandemic changed the way they play

Reviews

Jean-Michel Jarre
Oxymore

The French synthesizer wizard pays tribute to his former mentor at the GRM, Pierre Henry

Live Reviews

Different Worlds: Unsound Festival 2022 Reviewed

At the 20th edition of Krakow’s Unsound Festival, Jakub Knera focusses on the event’s wide-ranging program of Eastern European artists, and finds a cornucopia of sonic juxtapositions, and a series of thought-provoking discussions

Psych Rock

Columnfortably Numb: Psych Rock For October Reviewed By JR Moores

JR Moores sifts through the latest batch of psych releases, some of which were not recorded by King Charles III & The Lizard Wizard. Homepage photo, Solar Corona by Sara Sofia de Melo

Reviews

Cakes Da Killa
Svengali

The New Yorker's second album finds him in a more romantic mood, still heaps of fun, finds Arusa Qureshi

Books

New Hollywood Vs Mutant Cinema: The Flipside Of US Cinema, 1960s–80s

Joe Banks talks to the authors of a critical reappraisal of American filmmaking in the late twentieth century

Art

Claws For Thought: Crab Museum Wins Hearts & Minds For Eco-Revolution

Ned Suesat-Williams, his brother Bertie, and Chase Coley run what may be the world's only museum dedicated exclusively to decapod crustaceans. Joseph Flaig investigates

Film

Reel Sounds Vol. 5: Electrophonique, Hargrove And More At Doc ‘N’ Roll 2022

Combing through the vast array of music documentaries showcasing independent talent, Neil Fox previews this year's Doc 'N' Roll festival

Reviews

Oxbow & Peter Brötzmann
An Eternal Reminder Of Not Today: Live At Moers

Oxbow and Peter Brötzmann come together like peanut butter and jelly for a nightmare soul revue, says Bernie Brooks

Reissue of the Week

Reissue Of The Week: Kylie Minogue’s Impossible Princess

Impossible Princess is the most personal, spiky and surprising chapter of Kylie Minogue’s career, says Nick Levine, as the unfairly maligned record receives a new reissue to mark its 25th anniversary

Reviews

Angeline Morrison
The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of Black British Experience

The Cornish singer reintegrates tales of Black British experience into the English folk tradition

Album of the Week

Clean On Your Bean: Man With The Magic Soap By Persher

The duo of Jamie Roberts (Blawan) and Arthur Cayzer (Pariah) leave behind the acid froth for some maggoty post-genre techsludge

Live Reviews

Dustbowl Delights: Houghton 2022 Reviewed

Following a raft of cancellations in recent years due to freak weather and the COVID-19 pandemic, Craig Richards' Houghton festival finally returned for its third edition last month, and it was well worth the wait, finds Christian Eede

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Soft Crash
Your Last Everything

Horse Lords
Comradely Objects

Moin
Paste

Guðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson
Landvættirnar fjórar

Sea Moss
SEAMOSS2

Jean-Michel Jarre
Oxymore

Cakes Da Killa
Svengali

Oxbow & Peter Brötzmann
An Eternal Reminder Of Not Today: Live At Moers

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The Sorrow Songs: Folk Songs of Black British Experience

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