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Reissue Of The Week: Great Noises That Fill The Air

A collection of Arts Council Of Great Britain documentaries featuring music, poetry and performance, originally made between 1976 and 1996, have just been compiled by BFI. Kevin Mccaighy appraises films whose gaze meet our own

Reviews

Big Lad
Power Tools

Out now on Hominid Sounds, the new Big Lad record is a sweaty, high octane rush, finds Jared Dix

Organic Intelligence

Organic Intelligence I: Swedish Prog

Our first subscriber-only newsletter sees Jennifer Lucy Allan singing the praises of Swedish Prog

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Film

Femininity And Fandom: Spirited Away At 20

Though celebrated for its consideration of the environment and consumerism, the Studio Ghibli powerhouse also deserves attention for how it unpacked gender, or refused to, finds Joe Molander

Reviews

Saint Etienne
I’ve Been Trying To Tell You

Saint Etienne's first sample-driven record since 1993 finds the group looking backwards to the future, finds Zara Hedderman

Album of the Week

Up, Up, And Away: Moor Mother’s Black Encyclopedia Of The Air

Camae Ayewa may have joked that this is her 'sell out' album, but for Eden Tizard, *Black Encyclopedia Of The Air* finds Moor Mother at her most expansive and open

Baker's Dozen

They Call Me Music: RP Boo’s 13 Favourite Albums

RP Boo takes tQ through the 13 records that shaped him, from playing with DJ Rashad to the life-changing experience of seeing Prince’s Purple Rain, his mother’s love of James Brown and his uncle’s introduction to 808 State

Film

Inspiration And Implementation: Olivier Assayas On His Key Films

To mark the Blu-Ray release of a new box set of his films, Olivier Assayas takes Greg Hyde through the major questions of his biggest titles, from Sonic Youth to Personal Shopper

Reviews

Genevieve Murphy
I Don’t Want To Be An Individual All On My Own

Composer and sometime collaborator with Martin Creed and The Ex, Genevieve Murphy delivers a one-woman show with haunting depth, finds Vanessa Ague

Punk

Straight Hedge! Noel Gardner Reviews Punk & HC For September

Noel Gardner once again scales the filth ridden summits and strolls the verdant valley floors of international punk rock. Home page photograph Neon Christ live by Chuck Gill

A Quietus Interview

Technology Rewires Your Brain: Lee Gamble Interviewed

Adam Quarshie catches up with Lee Gamble to discuss Flush Real Pharynx, a complex and multifaceted series of albums tracing a period of both inner and outer turmoil

The Quietus International

Rockfort! French Music For September Reviewed By David McKenna

In his latest look at French releases, David McKenna surveys the effervescent rap scene and reviews a terror-stricken but cathartic album by Rien Virgule, Stranded Horse’s kora-laced folk and a couple of tasty tapes. Home page photo: Ateyaba

Reviews

Art School Girlfriend
Is It Light Where You Are

Polly Mackey's debut is suffused with longing, but it's the beats and percussion that take centre stage, finds Amanda Farah

Low Culture Essay

Holy Apoplexy: Jeremy Allen On Arthur Brown The God Of Hellfire

In this month's subscriber only Low Culture essay, Jeremy Allen recalls how, as a teenage evangelical Christian, his brain was warped by an early encounter with the God Of Hellfire, Arthur Brown

Subscribers

Reviews

Lawrence English
A Mirror Holds the Sky

An album of deftly designed field recordings from the Amazon proves an awe-inspiring experience for Antonio Poscic

Art

Reimagining the Biennial Industry: Momentum in Norway

Will Jennings visits an island art event struggling for context after its curator was sacked - could a place-based approach save it?

Books

‘I Wish I Was Neil Young’: The Story Of Butthole Surfers

An extract from JR Moores' new book, Electric Wizards: A Tapestry of Heavy Music, follows the career of the always puerile, always inventive noise rock group

Film

20 Years On: The People Who Captured 9/11 Up Close

Twenty years after the disaster, four people who recorded astonishing footage of 9/11 speak to Eliz Mizon about their experience, and their relationship to the infamous footage they captured

Reviews

Alchemy Of A Second Golden Age: Iron Maiden’s Senjutsu Reviewed

Jeremy Allen gets to grips with Iron Maiden's epic but not sprawling seventeenth album

Album of the Week

Anxiety Is Our Natural State: Hey What by Low

Low follow Double Negative with an equally enthralling effort that encourages us to stop worrying and learn to live through fear, finds Hayley Scott

Reissue of the Week

Reissue Of The Week: Spiritualized’s Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Patrick Clarke recalls a teenage rite of passage with Spiritualized's third album proper as the soundtrack, and considers how it sounds now, in 2021, that the dust has settled

Film

Stationary Peaceful Protest: Xhosa Cole Interviewed

Ahead of his appearance at Flatpack Festival, where he is rescoring Sidewalk Stories, award winning musician Xhosa Cole talks to Fergal Kinney about Handsworth, BLM and British jazz

Reviews

Peter Gregson
Patina

The cellist-composer finds presence in absence for his fifth LP, finds Brian Coney

Remember Them…

Omar Going – On Michael K. Williams’ Sudden Passing

Manu Ekanayake reflects on the passing of once-in-a-lifetime actor Michael K Williams, saying he should be remembered for his intent, and more than just the one role that will come to define him

Reviews

Chris Carter
Electronic Ambient Remixes Vols 1 and 3

These Mute reissues reaffirm the ex-Throbbing Gristle artist's place as master of minimal, writes Johny Lamb

Baker's Dozen

Survival Songs: John Grant’s Baker’s Dozen

John Grant takes tQ through the 13 albums that have defined his life and guided him through tough times, from the beauty of Fad Gadget to the joy of Bernard Fevre, via Ennio Morricone, Kate Bush and more

A Quietus Interview

A Nomad’s Life: An Interview With Elvin Brandhi

Ahead of Donaufestival, experimental noise artist Elvin Brandhi speaks to Stephanie Phillips about letting go on stage, travelling to Uganda with the Nyege Nyege collective, and listening to a Rihanna sample for five hours

A Quietus Interview

Puffer, Tapper, Blower: MrUnderwood’s Acoustic Modular Synth

The instrument maker and sound artist Sam Underwood talks to Jennifer Lucy Allan about his latest mechanical adventure – a modular synth that swaps filters for miniature bellows and oscillators for rotating platters

Reviews

Candyman OST
Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe

The artist AKA Lichens has riffed on the original score as a gateway to sinister new heights, finds Charlie Brigden

Strange World Of...

The Strange World Of… Low

Low’s Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker go deep into their back catalogue, speaking to Daryl Worthington about everything from Christmas songs to dub versions, Misfits impressions, and their breathtaking new album

Reviews

Cypro
I Have Eaten From The Timbrel I Have Drunk From The Cymbal

Mira Martin-Gray hacks new possibilities from a Roland SH-101, writes Daryl Worthington

A Quietus Interview

Layers Upon Layers: An Interview With Phonodelica

Drawing upon sound samples, classical training in piano and personal and wider histories, Donia Jarrar spoke with Ned Raggett about creating the Phonodelica project, dealing with teenage friends dissing her about Björk and when her parents mistook a guitar for a train

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Reissue Of The Week: Great Noises That Fill The Air

Big Lad Power Tools

Organic Intelligence I: Swedish Prog

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Saint Etienne I’ve Been Trying To Tell You

Up, Up, And Away: Moor Mother’s Black Encyclopedia Of The Air

They Call Me Music: RP Boo’s 13 Favourite Albums

Inspiration And Implementation: Olivier Assayas On His Key Films

Genevieve Murphy I Don’t Want To Be An Individual All On My Own

Straight Hedge! Noel Gardner Reviews Punk & HC For September

Technology Rewires Your Brain: Lee Gamble Interviewed

Rockfort! French Music For September Reviewed By David McKenna

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Holy Apoplexy: Jeremy Allen On Arthur Brown The God Of Hellfire

Lawrence English A Mirror Holds the Sky

Reimagining the Biennial Industry: Momentum in Norway

‘I Wish I Was Neil Young’: The Story Of Butthole Surfers

20 Years On: The People Who Captured 9/11 Up Close

Alchemy Of A Second Golden Age: Iron Maiden’s Senjutsu Reviewed

Anxiety Is Our Natural State: Hey What by Low

Reissue Of The Week: Spiritualized’s Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

Stationary Peaceful Protest: Xhosa Cole Interviewed

Peter Gregson Patina

Omar Going – On Michael K. Williams’ Sudden Passing

Chris Carter Electronic Ambient Remixes Vols 1 and 3

Survival Songs: John Grant’s Baker’s Dozen

A Nomad’s Life: An Interview With Elvin Brandhi

Puffer, Tapper, Blower: MrUnderwood’s Acoustic Modular Synth

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Big Lad
Power Tools

Saint Etienne
I’ve Been Trying To Tell You

Genevieve Murphy
I Don’t Want To Be An Individual All On My Own

Art School Girlfriend
Is It Light Where You Are

Lawrence English
A Mirror Holds the Sky

Peter Gregson
Patina

Chris Carter
Electronic Ambient Remixes Vols 1 and 3

Candyman OST
Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe

Cypro
I Have Eaten From The Timbrel I Have Drunk From The Cymbal

Manslaughter 777
God’s World