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Terraforma Exo Adds Lorenzo Senni, Rrose and More to 2025 Programming

The event will take place across three editions in Milan, Rome and Palermo

Metal Modernism Comes To Portugal!

TQ Editor John Doran & film maker artist Sapphire Goss present What Is This That Stands Before Me? in Porto on Thursday night... free entry!

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Nadine Shah to Release Live Album, ‘Live In London’

It was recorded during her gig at London's O2 Forum Kentish Town last November

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Stars Of The Lid’s Debut Album, ‘Music For Nitrous Oxide’, to be Reissued

The remastered release marks the record's 30th anniversary

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Brian Eno, Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja and Others Sign Open Letter to Field Day about KKR Ownership

More than 50 artists have called upon the London festival to "publicly distance itself" from its parent company over its financial ties to Israel

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Marianne Faithfull’s Albums for Decca to be Reissued

Proper Records will oversee new vinyl and CD releases of her self-titled album, Come My Way, North Country Maid and Loveinamist

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OUTER WAVES Reveals Full Lineup for 2025 Edition

The Liverpool music and arts festival will welcome Ex-Easter Island Head, GONG and more in late May

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Soft Cell Remix Album ‘Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing’ Set for Reissue

The album has been newly remastered, while the updated edition also takes in reworks by Erasure, Daniel Miller and others

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The Bug Reveals New EP, ‘Burials / Mud’

It features vocal versions of tracks from last year's Machine LP

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Unsound Confirms 2025 Theme and Event Dates

A trio of events in Kraków, Osaka and New York will this year centre on a concept dubbed 'WEB'

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Remembering Alan Lamb, by Lawrence English

As is the wont of a true artist, Alan Lamb's practice grew out of a chance encounter. Hearing the aeolian song produced by phone lines went on to propel him into becoming one of the pioneers of Australian exploratory sound practice

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Matmos Share Video for Recent Single ‘Changing States’

The visual focuses on the metallic objects used to make the song

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Supersonic Festival Adds aya, Penelope Trappes and More to 2025 Lineup

Six Organs Of Admittance and Jackie-O Motherfucker have also joined the bill

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Ben Chasny and Norberto Lobo on New Carlos Paredes-Inspired Collaboration

Ben Chasny, aka Six Organs Of Admittance, and Portuguese guitarist Norberto Lobo, speak to Patrick Clarke about their new creative partnership, instigated during a Tremor Festival residency marking the centenary of the legendary Carlos Paredes

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Lorenzo Senni Unveils First Full Release in Five Years, ‘Canone Infinito Xtended’

The seven-track release is billed as an extended accompaniment to 2020 song 'Canone Infinito'

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Dekmantel Completes 2025 Festival Lineup

18 more acts have been added to the bill with the announcement of this year's Radar stage, which will be live-streamed online

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Remembering David Thomas of Pere Ubu, by Sean Kitching

Long-time fan Sean Kitching celebrates the legacy of a true ‘Crocus Behemoth’ of the avant garde, post punk, underground rock and pop Americana, David Thomas, who passed away yesterday after a long period of ill-health

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Pathways Uncovered: David Lynch Remembered

John Doran remembers his favourite filmmaker David Lynch, but also praises a true artist, a mapmaker and draughtsman who recorded the weird zones and occult dimensions of life. Portrait by Josh Telles

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Lennie De Ice Remembered, and the Story of ‘We Are I.E.’

Following news of the death of the pioneering London producer Lennie De Ice, Wrongtom charts the course of his standout anthem ‘We Are I.E.’ – and argues its case as a surreal Christmas record

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Remembering J Saul Kane, by Wrongtom

After news broke this week of the death of pioneering DJ, producer and musician J Saul Kane, aged 55, Wrongtom pays tribute to his trailblazing – and often overlooked – work under Depth Charge, The Octagon Man and many other guises

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Remembering Françoise Hardy, by David McKenna

Our French music columnist David McKenna reflects on how falling head over heels for the music of Françoise Hardy set him on the course he’s still following to this day, and reflects on the many peaks from her extraordinary career

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Cinematic Santas – The Least Convincing And Naughtiest Santas on Film

In the spirit of humbuggery, The Quietus looks at some of the worst excuses for Santa ever to disgrace the silver screen, and provides Top Trumps-style stats on their performance. Whether they're slightly implausible or just plain evil, this bunch is a disgrace to the ruddy uniform.

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Terraforma Exo Adds Lorenzo Senni, Rrose and More to 2025 Programming

Metal Modernism Comes To Portugal!

Nadine Shah to Release Live Album, ‘Live In London’

Stars Of The Lid’s Debut Album, ‘Music For Nitrous Oxide’, to be Reissued

Brian Eno, Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja and Others Sign Open Letter to Field Day about KKR Ownership

Marianne Faithfull’s Albums for Decca to be Reissued

OUTER WAVES Reveals Full Lineup for 2025 Edition

Soft Cell Remix Album ‘Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing’ Set for Reissue

The Bug Reveals New EP, ‘Burials / Mud’

Unsound Confirms 2025 Theme and Event Dates

Remembering Alan Lamb, by Lawrence English

Matmos Share Video for Recent Single ‘Changing States’

Supersonic Festival Adds aya, Penelope Trappes and More to 2025 Lineup

Ben Chasny and Norberto Lobo on New Carlos Paredes-Inspired Collaboration

Lorenzo Senni Unveils First Full Release in Five Years, ‘Canone Infinito Xtended’

Dekmantel Completes 2025 Festival Lineup

Remembering David Thomas of Pere Ubu, by Sean Kitching

Pathways Uncovered: David Lynch Remembered

Lennie De Ice Remembered, and the Story of ‘We Are I.E.’

Remembering J Saul Kane, by Wrongtom

Remembering Françoise Hardy, by David McKenna

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