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Many of the post-punk generation like to sit on Facebook moaning about how the LOL-addled youth of today lack the political gumption of their forebears. David Stubbs, on the other hand, got stuck in making fanzines with a bunch of teenagers and found that a new generation are far from apathetic
The Quietus staff are fully occupied moving office today, so we left the website in the capable hands of Mr Agreeable, and suggested he might like to review music from East India Youth, Factory Floor, Sunn O))) and Fat White Family
Quietus writers and staff have chosen their favourite tracks of the year so far for your delectation. Contains monstrously long Spotify playlist. Where's my damn croissants says John Doran after two days of compiling
East India Youth's self-released, bedroom-crafted TOTAL STRIFE FOREVER was one of our surprise discoveries of this year, and swiftly graduated to regular Quietus office listening. A karaoke session later, he tells Laurie Tuffrey how the record came together