A Quietus Interview

Shit and Shine

New Confusion

Sonic shock and awe, auditory rapid domination, and roiling low frequencies with the fluid power of a ballista, Shit and Shine’s *New Confusion* is a mangled collection of heavy magic and strange genre digressions clotted with sheer brilliance. Will Ainsley explains why

Martyrdöd

Elddop

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith Details New LP, ‘Let’s Turn It Into Sound’

The album, which is out in August, is described as "a puzzle" by Smith

Tame Impala

Currents

WATCH: New Deadcuts Video

Post-punkers share video for title track from recent EP; check it out below

Staraya Derevnya

Garden window escape

Psychedelic septet tread the line between motorik groove and full-blown freak-out, finds Rosie Solomon

Keane

Perfect Symmetry

Music Of The Month: The Best Albums And Tracks Of August 2021

Here are the very best tracks and albums of August 2021, as selected by tQ staffers, from Bulbils to The Bug via Joy Orbison, Liars and more

Low Culture Podcast: Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary, by M.R. James

This month John and Luke head all the way back to 1904 to experience the thrills, chills and outright horrors of a modern compendium of ghoulish tales

Full Clip: January and February’s Hip Hop Reviewed

How are people still so surprised at rap ruling festival lineups? Tara Joshi considers the backlash to a wave of festival announcements, along with reviews of January and February’s hip hop releases.

Paws For Thought: Tara Joshi On Disney’s A Goofy Movie

In this month's Low Culture essay, Tara Joshi goes back to 1995 and Disney outlier A Goofy Movie, a surprisingly deep examination of the trials of adolescence and fitting in