The best releases from the past calendar month
Not sure we really need Halloween this year (or last year, come to think of it). Still, as the global horror show continues, Brecht is thankfully proven forever right: there will also be singing, about the dark times. And some squelchy rave.
It's that time again. The month is over, things are beginning once more, and The Quietus is here to redress any imbalance it may have helped create. Bringing together the best music we reviewed in September, and the best of what we didn't, we present our 12-times yearly attempt at cosmic realignment
In baring our faults for the world to see, we give ourselves a chance to fix them. In that vein, we've collected together the best new music you might have missed in August - and the best of what somehow managed to pass us by
Here at The Quietus it seems we're not quite the all-seeing eye after all — just a few degrees off of omniscience. And, with that in mind, sometimes we miss things. Our unquestionable omnibenevolence, on the other hand, well, that's got us trying to correct ourselves for your benefit
In the second instalment of this undeniably consummate column, Quietus staff pick their favourite albums, EPs, tracks and reissues of the month, shining a light on things we've not managed to cover on the site and nodding toward a handful of the best of what's already been reviewed
In the first of a new column, Quietus staff pick their favourite albums and EPs of the month not covered on the site and a handful of the best of what's already been reviewed. Comments are open (with cautious optimism), so let us know what you'd have chosen