Reviews

Under The Rock: A Soundtrack By Benjamin Myers

With his new book Under the Rock out now on Elliott & Thompson, author Ben Myers gives us an exclusive playlist of songs and sounds that weave in and out of the book

Fever Ray

Plunge

On her second album as Fever Ray, Karin Dreijer transforms lust into something radical and liberating.

30 Years On: Run DMC’s Back From Hell Revisited

The New York trio's poorly-received fifth album gets a reappraisal from Angus Batey, who finds lessons about social pressure, creative limits and sonic exploration gone awry within its tracks

tQ’s Exclusive Monthly Round-Up Playlist: July 2022

Here's hours upon hours of the brilliant new music we've covered here at tQ over the last month, compiled into one handy playlist!

LISTEN: Factory Floor Remix Shift Work

Duo deliver EP of punchy analogue techno cuts; listen to a remix by Factory Floor below

An Exactly Drawn Dawn: How Factory Revolutionised Record Design

In an exclusive extract from the new book, FAC 461 Factory Records: The Complete Graphic Album, label co-founder Tony Wilson reflects on what made the look of Factory Records so outstanding and how the Happy Mondays managed to offend Genesis P. Orridge

LISTEN: Toydrum Remix Noel Gallagher

Former U.N.K.L.E. duo get let at In The Heat Of The Moment from the new High Flying Birds album

Alva Noto To Release Fourth Xerrox Album

The producer's new album continues a series which he launched in 2007

Lost John Coltrane Album Set For Release

A lost John Coltrane album dating back 55 years features two unheard original tracks from the artist

Life After Dark: A History Of British Nightclubs

In an extract from his new book, After Dark: A History of British Nightclubs and Music Venues, Dave Haslam considers the importance of these spaces not just personally and communally, but also in shaping music history

Gerry Read

Jummy

Don’t Be Afraid, You’ve Just Got Your Eyes Closed: Notes From The Aldrei

Fermented meat, unethical fur coats and ego-free musicians: Part One of a personal perspective of Mugison’s Aldrei fór ég suður Festival in the West Fjords of Iceland. Words and pictures by Wyndham Wallace (except author portrait by Natalia Gundel)

Sonic Onslaughts: Sunday At Field Day Reviewed

Bryan Brussee, Ben Graham, Julian Marszalek and Luke Turner round up some of the highlights from the sun-baked and rock-leaning second half of this year's festival. Photographs by Valerio Berdini

WATCH: Cassetteboy Does Boris

Le Guess Who? Adds 46 Artists To 2021 Lineup

William Basinski, Pa Salieu and faUSt are among those newly joining the bill

All The Feels: Megan Nolan’s Acts of Desperation

Acts of Desperation, the debut novel by Megan Nolan, holds up a searingly intense mirror, finds Tara Joshi