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Discordant of Tunbridge Wells: Joeyfat Interviewed
With a reputation as bricks-and-mortar shorthand for Little England conservatism, you might be surprised to know that Tunbridge Wells has long had a thriving musical underground. Alexander Tucker speaks to scene stalwarts Joeyfat, currently being celebrated with a compilation and reissues on Wrong Speed Records
Anniversary
A Retreat Into Silence: Slowdive’s Pygmalion At 30
Ridiculed and written off, Slowdive produced a meditative post rock masterpiece before quietly splitting up. Joe Banks reflects on why no one was listening at the time, and why we all need to listen now. This article was originally published in 2020
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tQ Subscriber Release: 2rana 3crana
After a period of personal tragedy and physical rehabilitation, Gum Takes Tooth’s Jussi Brightmore celebrates life with his new project 2rana 3crana, mixing drag, industrial and Afro-Portuguese dance music. He takes Alastair Shuttleworth through the story behind it, and a special EP exclusively for tQ subscribers
Reissue of the Week
Reissue of the Week: Angherr Shisspa (Revisited) by Kōenjihyakkei
Tatsuya Yoshida of Ruins' lifelong love of Magma lead him to form the band Kōenjihyakkei. Warren Hatter reckons that their fourth album Angherr Shisspa is the point at which he created something that eclipsed the work of his inspiration
Low Culture Essay
Low Culture Essay: Patrick McKemey on the Musical Architecture of SimCity
In this month's subscriber essay, Patrick McKemey eulogises the genre-melding soundtracks to the SimCity universe of games, sonic portals between the London suburbs and digital utopias built in his teenage bedroom
A Quietus Interview
Opposites Attract: Manic Street Preachers Interviewed
The Manics have abandoned the ideologies and cultural touchstones that once defined them, and approached their fifteenth record with "no MO," says James Dean Bradfield. He speaks to Patrick Clarke about how it's left him with a rare sense of freedom in a world where "reality resembles fiction"
Anniversary
Music, Magic and Mystery: 25 Years of D’Angelo’s Voodoo
A quarter of a century ago, a constellation of stellar artists performed a kind of musical alchemy in a fabled New York studio. Voodoo has lost none of its allure and retains all of its impact 25 years on. How did they do this, a still dumbfounded Angus Batey asks
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