Support The Quietus
Our journalism is funded by our readers. Become a subscriber today to help champion our writing, plus enjoy bonus essays, podcasts, playlists and music downloads.
10 reccomended entry points into an artist’s back catalogue
Kevin Mccaighy takes a close look at one of the most important American independent rock labels of the 80s and 90s, finding ten points of entry into a bewilderingly large back catalogue, in the shape of gems from Unsane, Today Is The Day, Cows and Mudhoney
With their first new album in 16 years arriving this Friday, now is the perfect time to investigate Arab Strap and why they are one of the UK’s most beloved underground bands. They take Rob Hakimian through their discography, from regular weekends ‘on a permo’, to reckoning with the green-eyed monster, to their recent rejuvenation
Henry Rollins is 60 on Saturday. Given how he has dedicated himself to becoming hardcore punk's most prominent renaissance man, it's become easier to forget about the music that made him. Andrew Holter chooses ten points of entry to his large and forbidding back catalogue
As they release their fifteenth album Future Teenage Cave Artists, Deerhoof take Patrick Clarke on a freewheeling ride through ten highlights from their career, from doing laundry halfway through a gig to the remote island school that set a ballet to their music
Julian Marszalek spoke with colleagues and fans of the pioneering musician Rowland S Howard, including Mick Harvey, Lydia Lunch, Harry Howard, Genevieve McGuckin, Jonnine Standish, Daniel Miller and Henry Rollins, in order to get to grips with his work
Ahead of the release of Givin’ It That, a ten CD Chas & Dave retrospective, Nick Roseblade explores how the Cockney duo tapped into one version of what it means to be British and what that now means in a time when being British isn't that great
From DIY beginnings in McCarthy, to situationism, to establishing the influential Duophonic Records, to influencing future bands like Deerhunter, Lottie Brazier charts the remarkable voyage of one of France and Britain’s most successful co-achievements besides the Channel Tunnel: Stereolab
Daniel Higgs has built a legacy in the pursuit of his own spiritual truth. Ahead of an appearance at Terraforma festival he talks Matthew Neale through his back catalogue, with detours via mass media indoctrination, a drive-by shooting, and the mystery of how cassettes work