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A Thousand Words: Artists, Critics, & Curators Choose Books On Art

Artists, critics and curators talk about the art books that sustain and inspire them

Stasi In Their Eyes: Barbara Reviewed

Priscilla Eyles watches Christian Petzold's taut DDR drama, which won the Berlinale Silver Bear for Best Director and opens in UK cinemas today

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Baker's Dozen

Again, Melancholy: Sarah Cracknell’s Favourite Albums

Off the back of releasing her second solo LP, Red Kite, the singer-songwriter and Saint Etienne member diligently jogged her memory, picked her 13 top records and made annotations. She talks Gary Kaill through her notes

Baker's Dozen

The Business Of Forever: Theo Hutchcraft Of Hurts’ Favourite Albums

The lead singer of classy, continent-conquering synth duo Hurts, about to release their third album, Surrender, goes from Phil Spector to Nine Inch Nails via UK hip-hop and Bulgarian folk songs as he picks his top 13

Baker's Dozen

Bleak Psychedelia: Michael Gira Of Swans’ Favourite Albums

Michael Gira's mighty Swans play live at London's Koko this Thursday, 15th November. In advance of the show, Joseph Burnett speaks to the man himself about thirteen of his favourite albums, from Miles Davis and Gorecki to Throbbing Gristle and Pink Floyd

Art

TateShots: Exploring Connections Between Music & Art

The Quietus chats to Nicola Probert, creator of an excellent new series of interviews with musicians discussing their involvement with, and appreciation of, the visual arts

Books

Postcards From A Mongrel Nation: How Therapy? Defied The Troubles

With the publication of Simon Young's authorised biography, *So Much for the 30 Year Plan*, Eamon Sweeney looks back at the troubled career of Northern Ireland's Therapy?

News

London Film Festival Preview: Room 237

Hidden meanings doc about The Shining screens at the 56th London Film Festival, ahead of its nationwide theatrical release on October 26

Baker's Dozen

Songs Are Syringes: Kristin Hersh On Her Favourite Tracks

Throwing Muses are releasing Purgatory/Paradise, their first album in a decade, so Kristin Hersh met up with John Doran to discuss her favourite records (not albums)

Baker's Dozen

“Shy People Telling Small Stories, Quietly”: Jeanie Finlay’s Favourite Films

Jeanie Finlay, director of Sound It Out and The Great Hip Hop Hoax picks her favourite films, and talks about the final days of fundraising on her next documentary, Orion

Baker's Dozen

A Zola Jesus Baker’s Dozen: 13 LPs By Women Who Inspired Me To Sing

Zola Jesus (Nika Rosa Danilova) gives us a special Baker's Dozen - 13 albums by female singers who inspired her to find her own voice

Baker's Dozen

Shields Against The World: Mat Osman’s Baker’s Dozen

From growing up on The Carpenters to reconnecting with music in his "wilderness years" Suede bassist turned novelist Mat Osman takes Luke Turner through his Baker's Dozen of favourite recordings

Books

The Last Monday On Earth: Mark Fisher’s Postcapitalist Desire

Enrico Monacelli dives into a collection of Mark Fisher's final lectures

Black Sky Thinking

Warriors of the Wasteland: How Heavy Metal Survived 1995

30 years on, Keith Kahn-Harris tries to make sense of one of metal's most confusing years and considers what actually makes a genre

Baker's Dozen

Pieces Of Life: Gaspar Noé’s Favourite Films

On the release of his new film Vortex, Gaspar Noé takes Patrick Clarke through an intense and adventurous Baker's Dozen of favourite films, and the lessons they've taught him on the extent of human cruelty and the joy of shocking an audience

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A Thousand Words: Artists, Critics, & Curators Choose Books On Art

Stasi In Their Eyes: Barbara Reviewed

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The Multitudes in Us: Kae Tempest’s Favourite Records

Sheer Momentum: Jack Barnett of These New Puritans’ Favourite Music

The Quietus Albums of the Year So Far 2025 (In Association with Norman Records)

Uneasy on the Ear: An Interview with Lola De La Mata

Inner Ear: Serbian Music for April by Jakub Knera

Noel Gallagher Selects His Thirteen Favourite Albums

“This is My Happening – and it Freaks Me Out!”: 10 of the All-Time Weirdest Rock’n’Roll Movies

Reissue of the Week: The Three E.P.’s by The Beta Band

Instant Grounding: Patrick Wolf’s Favourite Albums

Simulation Dismantled: Beside Myself by DJ Haram

Songs Are Syringes: Kristin Hersh On Her Favourite Tracks

God Tier: Tyler Hyde of Black Country, New Road’s Favourite Albums

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Again, Melancholy: Sarah Cracknell’s Favourite Albums

The Business Of Forever: Theo Hutchcraft Of Hurts’ Favourite Albums

Bleak Psychedelia: Michael Gira Of Swans’ Favourite Albums

TateShots: Exploring Connections Between Music & Art

Postcards From A Mongrel Nation: How Therapy? Defied The Troubles

London Film Festival Preview: Room 237

Songs Are Syringes: Kristin Hersh On Her Favourite Tracks

“Shy People Telling Small Stories, Quietly”: Jeanie Finlay’s Favourite Films

A Zola Jesus Baker’s Dozen: 13 LPs By Women Who Inspired Me To Sing

Shields Against The World: Mat Osman’s Baker’s Dozen

The Last Monday On Earth: Mark Fisher’s Postcapitalist Desire

Warriors of the Wasteland: How Heavy Metal Survived 1995

Pieces Of Life: Gaspar Noé’s Favourite Films

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A Thousand Words: Artists, Critics, & Curators Choose Books On Art

Stasi In Their Eyes: Barbara Reviewed

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The Multitudes in Us: Kae Tempest’s Favourite Records

Sheer Momentum: Jack Barnett of These New Puritans’ Favourite Music

The Quietus Albums of the Year So Far 2025 (In Association with Norman Records)

Uneasy on the Ear: An Interview with Lola De La Mata

Inner Ear: Serbian Music for April by Jakub Knera

Noel Gallagher Selects His Thirteen Favourite Albums

“This is My Happening – and it Freaks Me Out!”: 10 of the All-Time Weirdest Rock’n’Roll Movies

Reissue of the Week: The Three E.P.’s by The Beta Band

Instant Grounding: Patrick Wolf’s Favourite Albums

Simulation Dismantled: Beside Myself by DJ Haram

Songs Are Syringes: Kristin Hersh On Her Favourite Tracks

God Tier: Tyler Hyde of Black Country, New Road’s Favourite Albums

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Previously Read

Again, Melancholy: Sarah Cracknell’s Favourite Albums

The Business Of Forever: Theo Hutchcraft Of Hurts’ Favourite Albums

Bleak Psychedelia: Michael Gira Of Swans’ Favourite Albums

TateShots: Exploring Connections Between Music & Art

Postcards From A Mongrel Nation: How Therapy? Defied The Troubles

London Film Festival Preview: Room 237

Songs Are Syringes: Kristin Hersh On Her Favourite Tracks

“Shy People Telling Small Stories, Quietly”: Jeanie Finlay’s Favourite Films

A Zola Jesus Baker’s Dozen: 13 LPs By Women Who Inspired Me To Sing

Shields Against The World: Mat Osman’s Baker’s Dozen

The Last Monday On Earth: Mark Fisher’s Postcapitalist Desire

Warriors of the Wasteland: How Heavy Metal Survived 1995

Pieces Of Life: Gaspar Noé’s Favourite Films

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