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Reviews 9

Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal for March Reviewed by Kez Whelan

Columnfortably Numb: The Best Psych Rock Of 2021

Melvins

Working With God

Columnfortably Numb: Psych For February Reviewed By JR Moores

Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal Album Reviews For July

Melvins

Basses Loaded

Horns Up Ya Shitters! A Columnus Metallicus For May

Haunting The Palace: ATP’s I’ll Be Your Mirror Slayer Day Reviewed

Melvins

Nude With Boots

Articles 6

Anniversary

Food For Thought: An A To Z Guide To Melvins’ Stag

To celebrate the 25th birthday of Melvins' bonkers eighth album, JR Moores presents a users' manual to what the hell was going on

Books

From Dusk Til Doom: Reading Harry Sword’s Monolithic Undertow

New book Monolithic Undertow promises "an outer stellar orbit of sounds underpinned by the drone”. Mathew Lyons follows the thread from the dawn of time to Sunn O))) and Sarah Davachi
Baker's Dozen

The Weirder The Better: Buzz Osborne Of Melvins’ 13 Favourite Records

Melvins founder King Buzzo takes tQ through a list of his thirteen favourite records, from Tom Waits to Butthole Surfers via PiL, Pixies and The Who
A Quietus Interview

“Melvins saved my life”: An interview with Crystal Fairy’s Teri Gender Bender

Before her alt-rock supergroup release their debut LP, Teri Gender Bender speaks to JR Moores about the magic of collaboration
Anniversary

The Sound Of Impact: Noise Rock In 1986

So here's a question: was noise rock healthier in 1986 than it is today in 2016? Noel Gardner spends today and tomorrow trying to answer this question. Today - here's his overview of 12 months of noise rock three decades ago
Black Sky Thinking

Quietus Writers’ Top 40 Noise Rock Tracks

It's noise rock week on the Quietus. Here is a primer for those that don't know and a reminder for those that do with contributions from John Calvert, Kate Hennessy, John Doran, Sharon O'Connell, Daniel Dylan Wray, Matt Ridout, Noel Gardner, Kevin McCaighy, Rory Gibb, Dustin Krcatovich, Jeremy Allen, Sean Kitching, Joe Banks, JR Moores, Matt Evans, Kiran Acharya, Nick Hutchings, Julian Marszalek, Tony F Wilson and Dale Sawa Berning

Baker’s Dozen Appearances 5

Baker's Dozen

Life In Death: Shane Embury’s Baker’s Dozen

Napalm Death stalwart Shane Embury takes Kez Whelan through his thirteen favourite records, from his friendships with Repulsion and Cardiacs to his early years shaped by Venom and AC/DC
Baker's Dozen

Organs Of Ecstasy: Ben Chasny’s Favourite Albums

Questing experimental guitar hero Ben Chasny, aka Six Organs Of Admittance, tells Ben Graham about 13 records that influenced his playing and shaped his worldview, from psychedelic Japanese noise rock to American Primitive acoustic fingerpicking

Baker's Dozen

Bring Back The Sounds: Tim Cedar Of Part Chimp’s Baker’s Dozen

Following the release of their latest LP IV, Tim Cedar takes Matt Ridout on a journey from Spacemen 3 to the Velvet Underground through his Baker's Dozen. Photo by Steve Gullick.
Baker's Dozen

Self-Confident Weirdos: Kavus Torabi’s Favourite Albums

With Knifeworld's second album The Unravelling just out, Matt Evans gets the top albums rundown from the band's leader and prolific multi-instrumentalist
Baker's Dozen

Primary Colours: Faris Badwan Of The Horrors’ Favourite Albums

With their new album Luminous released yesterday, The Horrors' frontman picks out some of his favourite (and, in fact, least favourite) illustrated covers in an artistic Baker's

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