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The Woman With The Sun In Her Head: Nancy Holt’s Mirrors Of Light

John Quin shines a light at the late Nancy Holt’s work currently on show in Berlin

Home Is Where The Horror Is: The Uncanny Tales Of Adam Nevill

With his second screen adaptation, No One Gets Out Alive, recently added to Netflix, plus a new novel, Cunning Folk, Adam Nevill brings the eerie to our most intimate spaces, finds Sean Kitching

Film

I Should Have Been There: Depeche Mode’s 101 Revisited

As Depeche Mode reissue the film and live album documenting the 101st and final show of their colossal 1988 tour, Ned Raggett reflects with regret on how he turned down the opportunity to see the gig in person, and revisits it on Blu-Ray 33 years on

Reissue of the Week

Reissue Of The Week: Doug Carn & Black Jazz Records

With the Real Gone reissue of the excellent Adam's Apple released today, Daniel Spicer takes a look at the history of artist-run, independent label Black Jazz Records

Reviews

Hen Ogledd
No Wood Accepted

Dawn Bothwell, Rhodri Davies, Richard Dawson and Sally Pilkington roll around getting filthy, but still manage to leave Johny Lamb wanting more

Film

Performing Beauty And Charm In Suspicion At 80

Alfred Hitchcock's Suspicion might have turned 80 this year, but remains as relevant as ever regarding star image and the danger of male beauty and charm, finds Gabriela Almeida

Cassettes

Spool’s Out: The Best Tapes Of 2021

Daryl Worthington looks back the year in cassettes, and finds the underground in buoyant, triumphant, monolith smashing health

Album of the Week

The Blood Of Songs: Jamire Williams’ But Only After You Have Suffered

Having previously collaborated with Solange, Jeff Parker, and Blood Orange, drummer-composer Jamire Williams steps to the fore with a searing solo album of soulful poetics

Reviews

Myen
Neodorsal

An album available to buy as a USB thumb drive with “wearable nose piece” offers a bracing experience for Nick Roseblade

Live Reviews

Born Under Punches: Le Guess Who? 2021 Reviewed

Plenty of festivals have been cancelled or postponed over the last two years, but what happens when stringent new measures are introduced part way through an event? John Doran, Richard Foster and Marius Hrdy report from Utrecht

Punk

Straight Hedge! The Best Punk Of 2021

Noel Gardner looks back over 2021 and selects ten albums from his tQ column, plus another ten that got away

Reviews

Daniel Wyche
Earthwork

Guitarist and composer Daniel Wyche embraces the cycle of days and seasons on this explorative album of electronic soundscapes, percussion and stringed instruments

Reissues etc. of the Year

Quietus Reissues Etc. Of The Year 2021 (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

Strange World Of...

The Strange World Of… Takuroku

As Cafe Oto winds down its lockdown label Takuroku after 195 releases, Stewart Smith discusses ten entry points to the experimental music series with senior producer Fielding Hope

Reviews

Mabe Fratti + Concepción Huerta
Estática

A collaboration between Cellist Mabe Fratti and sound artist Concepción Huerta offers glimmers of melody amidst the bustle and commotion, finds Nick Roseblade

Remember Them…

Remembering Louise Woodcock

Much loved performance artist, musician, comedian and DIY instigator Louise Woodcock died recently. Fergal Kinney talks to the people who knew her best. CW: this article talks about mental ill-health and suicide

Columns of the Year

Columnus Metallicus: The Best Heavy Metal Of 2021

Kez Whelan casts his eye back over the last 12 months to bring you this collection of unmissable albums

Albums of the Year

Quietus Albums Of The Year 2021 (In Association With Norman Records)

These are our favourite albums of the last 12 months, as voted for by tQ staff, columnists and core writers. Illustration by Lisa Cradduck

Reviews

C Joynes
Poor Boy on the Wire

Serial collaborator C Joynes branches out on his own with a battery of old guitars

Reviews

Jingle Hell: Tariq Goddard Reviews Christmas Music

Given Repeater Books supremo Tariq Goddard is pre-eminently deep and crisp and even, we set him the task of reviewing this year's seasonal music

Art

Inner Listening: Sound & Image In The Work of Lubaina Himid

With her biggest solo show to date currently on view at Tate Modern, Lubaina Himid and her collaborator Magda Stawarska-Beavan talk about memory, performance, and listening

Books

Burden Of Proofs: Crime Fiction For Christmas

The latest instalment of Angus Batey’s regular Quietus crime fiction column tackles new books by Mick Herron, Lee Child, Chris Offutt, Abir Mukherjee, S.J. Bennett, Michael Connelly, Ray Celestin and Alexandra Benedict

Reviews

MY DISCO
Alter Schwede

Nearly twenty years in, MY DISCO’s latest, commissioned for Melbourne’s Flash Forward arts programme, contains some of their most fascinating work, says Bernie Brooks

Reissue of the Week

Reissue Of The Week: Tomislav Simović’s Visitors From The Galaxy Remixed

Visitors From The Galaxy was a landmark in Yugoslav-Czech cinema and it featured a groundbreaking soundtrack as well. Danijela Bočev enjoys a recently remixed version of its OST and wonders what it says about the future

Live Reviews

Blowing The Walls Out: Boundaries Festival Sunderland Reviewed

Joe Murray braves falling masonry, snow drifts and gale-force winds in order to attend the inaugural Boundaries festival and comes away feeling that the future is local. Home page photograph of Andrew DR Abbott

Low Culture Podcast

Low Culture Podcast 16: AGF On East German Rock Group Silly

This month for Low Culture and Sound & Vision subscribers, John Doran and Richard Foster talk to Antye Greie, aka AGF, about her teenage love for Eastbloc 90s rockers Silly

Subscribers

Reviews

Nukuluk
Disaster Pop

London experimental hip hop crew Nukuluk have carved a special place in the heart of Georgie Brooke

Album of the Week

Heavy Weather: Metta, Benevolence. BBC 6 Music: Live By Sunn O)))

A daytime radio session for Mary Anne Hobbs on 6 Music finds Sunn O))) at their most material and elemental, finds Jon Buckland

Reviews

Om Unit
Flux

With deep basslines and skittering beats, Om Unit goes from strength to strength on his latest EP, finds Nick Roseblade

Reviews

Pamela Z
Echolocation

This re-issue of Pamela Z's debut from an offshoot of RVNG Intl offers a timely reminder of the breadth and brilliance of the American composer-performer's work with the voice and electronics

Strange World Of...

The Strange World Of… Shit And Shine

We're really made up that one of our favourite sonic entities, Shit And Shine, has recorded an epic Singularity track for our Sound & Vision subscribers. Here JR Moores talks to Craig Clouse in order to offer a ten track guide to his epic S&S back catalogue

Baker's Dozen

The Power And The Beauty: Tori Amos’ Favourite Music

From bonding with her daughter over Dolly Parton and Cocteau Twins to being starstruck by Billy Joel and Elton John, Tori Amos takes Lisa Jenkins through thirteen tracks that have defined her life and career

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The Woman With The Sun In Her Head: Nancy Holt’s Mirrors Of Light

Home Is Where The Horror Is: The Uncanny Tales Of Adam Nevill

I Should Have Been There: Depeche Mode’s 101 Revisited

Reissue Of The Week: Doug Carn & Black Jazz Records

Hen Ogledd No Wood Accepted

Performing Beauty And Charm In Suspicion At 80

Spool’s Out: The Best Tapes Of 2021

The Blood Of Songs: Jamire Williams’ But Only After You Have Suffered

Myen Neodorsal

Born Under Punches: Le Guess Who? 2021 Reviewed

Straight Hedge! The Best Punk Of 2021

Daniel Wyche Earthwork

Quietus Reissues Etc. Of The Year 2021 (In Association With Norman Records)

The Strange World Of… Takuroku

Mabe Fratti + Concepción Huerta Estática

Remembering Louise Woodcock

Columnus Metallicus: The Best Heavy Metal Of 2021

Quietus Albums Of The Year 2021 (In Association With Norman Records)

C Joynes Poor Boy on the Wire

Jingle Hell: Tariq Goddard Reviews Christmas Music

Inner Listening: Sound & Image In The Work of Lubaina Himid

Burden Of Proofs: Crime Fiction For Christmas

MY DISCO Alter Schwede

Reissue Of The Week: Tomislav Simović’s Visitors From The Galaxy Remixed

Blowing The Walls Out: Boundaries Festival Sunderland Reviewed

Low Culture Podcast 16: AGF On East German Rock Group Silly

Nukuluk Disaster Pop

Heavy Weather: Metta, Benevolence. BBC 6 Music: Live By Sunn O)))

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Hen Ogledd
No Wood Accepted

Myen
Neodorsal

Daniel Wyche
Earthwork

Mabe Fratti + Concepción Huerta
Estática

C Joynes
Poor Boy on the Wire

MY DISCO
Alter Schwede

Nukuluk
Disaster Pop

Om Unit
Flux

Pamela Z
Echolocation

Mclusky
The world is still here and so are we