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Sheer Momentum: Jack Barnett of These New Puritans’ Favourite Music

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The Quietus Albums of the Year So Far 2025 (In Association with Norman Records)

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Confronting & Celebrating the Limits of the Body: Black Sabbath Live at Villa Park

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Reissue of the Week: The Three E.P.’s by The Beta Band

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“This is My Happening – and it Freaks Me Out!”: 10 of the All-Time Weirdest Rock’n’Roll Movies

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Instant Grounding: Patrick Wolf’s Favourite Albums

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Running Free: Tuff Times Never Last by Kokoroko

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Baker's Dozen

God Tier: Tyler Hyde of Black Country, New Road’s Favourite Albums

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The Perfect Beat: Arthur Baker’s Baker’s Dozen

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Rope Ladders From Heaven: William Doyle’s Favourite Records

Ahead of his excellent latest album, Great Spans of Muddy Time, William Doyle - fka East India Youth, whose debut EP was first ever record released on The Quietus Phonographic Corporation - talks us through his Baker’s Dozen. William Doyle photo by Ryan MacPhail

Baker's Dozen

What I’m Aiming For: Peggy Seeger’s Favourite Music

In this week's Baker's Dozen, Peggy Seeger guides Amah-Rose Abrams through favourite records from Paul Simon, Norah Jones, Tom Paxton.. plus! Flanders & Swann!

Black Sky Thinking

Dread Magnificence: LSD, Selected Ambient Works II & The Psychic Death of Aphex Twin

The word 'ambient' is a misdirection worthy of the greatest illusionist, says John Doran, SAW2 is the work of a modern electronic composer, intent on destroying the boundaries between himself and the material of Cornwall which inspired him

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Most Popular

Sheer Momentum: Jack Barnett of These New Puritans’ Favourite Music

The Quietus Albums of the Year So Far 2025 (In Association with Norman Records)

Confronting & Celebrating the Limits of the Body: Black Sabbath Live at Villa Park

Inner Ear: Serbian Music for April by Jakub Knera

Noel Gallagher Selects His Thirteen Favourite Albums

Uneasy on the Ear: An Interview with Lola De La Mata

Reissue of the Week: The Three E.P.’s by The Beta Band

“This is My Happening – and it Freaks Me Out!”: 10 of the All-Time Weirdest Rock’n’Roll Movies

Instant Grounding: Patrick Wolf’s Favourite Albums

Running Free: Tuff Times Never Last by Kokoroko

University McCartney, It’ll be OK

God Tier: Tyler Hyde of Black Country, New Road’s Favourite Albums

The Perfect Beat: Arthur Baker’s Baker’s Dozen

Previously Read

Rope Ladders From Heaven: William Doyle’s Favourite Records

What I’m Aiming For: Peggy Seeger’s Favourite Music

Dread Magnificence: LSD, Selected Ambient Works II & The Psychic Death of Aphex Twin

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