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Baker's Dozen

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

Albums of the Year so far

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

Black Sky Thinking

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

The Quietus International

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

Books

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

Baker's Dozen

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

Metal

Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal for July Reviewed by Kez Whelan

Album of the Week

Running Free: Tuff Times Never Last by Kokoroko

Baker's Dozen

Look into the Shadows: Peter Murphy’s Favourite Albums

Anniversary

What’s Wrong With Being Sexy? Species turns 30

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Live Reviews

An Aura Of The Mythic: Prince Live, By Simon Price

In the wake of the sad news of his passing, revisit the time self-confessed Prince nutter Simon Price witnessed the first proper gig of the great man's surprise London takeover (and a second one the same night)

The Quietus International

Rockfort! French Music For October Reviewed By David McKenna

In his latest dispatch from the French fringes, David McKenna looks at Irish and British labels providing great homes for Gallic experimentalists, cosmopolitan pop, abstract rap and the latest avant-folk releases. Homepage photo: Audrey Carmes by Julia Henderson

Baker's Dozen

Semi-Chaotic Elements: Ekoplekz’ Favourite Albums

With his third album on Planet Mu out, Nick Edwards gives us an in-depth trawl through his top 13 LPs, a Baker's Dozen that scans his formative 90s electronica influences and acts as a "reference point" to Reflekzionz

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Music Downloads

tQ Subscriber Release: Nurse With Wound

Steve Stapleton has been helming the surreal and riotous psychedelic industrial experimental unit NWW for 45 years now. John Doran and Russell Cuzner look at their new release available to only tQ subscribers today and examine what makes them special

Baker's Dozen

A New Dance: Dele Sosimi’s Favourite Albums

Following the release of his new album You No Fit Touch Am earlier this year, the Fela and Femi Kuti collaborator, lecturer and exponent of all things Afrobeat gives Richie Troughton a playback of his all-time top 13 LPs

Baker's Dozen

“I Don’t Like Cool Stuff”: The Bakers Dozen Of Billy Childish

Easter Monday is Billy Holiday! Wild Billy Childish of the Medway Towns tells Phil Hebblethwaite about his 13 favourite records; or tells him about 13 records at least...

News

Death Waltz Recording Co. Launching Soon

First batch of collectible classic soundtracks announced

Baker's Dozen

Kjetil’s On The Boil: Arabrot’s Favourite 13 LPs

As we gear up for a mighty basting at Desertfest, Arabrot main man Kjetil Nernes talks us through his 13 favourite albums

Baker's Dozen

Party Pieces: Andy Burnham’s Favourite Albums

The Mayor of Greater Manchester takes Fergal Kinney through 13 records that shaped him, via his days as a Hacienda regular and his children introducing him to Big Thief

Baker's Dozen

Human Interactions: Agnes Obel’s Favourite Albums

With two UK dates bringing her European tour to a close next week, the Danish singer-songwriter self-pens us a top albums rundown

Books

Forwards Not Forgetting: Owen Hatherley Interviewed

Jamie Sutcliffe talks to the firebrand of architechtural criticism Owen Hatherley about his recent book A New Kind Of Bleak. Main photo by Agata Pyzik

News

Like Joy Division Never Happened – A 1996 Playlist

David Stubbs, author of new Repeater title 1996 And The End Of History, looks beyond reductive narratives to bring us a YouTube playlist

News

Gazelle Twin And More For Supersonic

Gazelle Twin leads the first announcement for this year's Supersonic

Reviews

Richard Youngs
Belief

Exquisite under-the-counter pop from a playful, melancholy inventor.

Album of the Week

Angels & Demons At Play: Swirling By The Sun Ra Arkestra

The first new album in decades from the legendary Sun Ra Arkestra is a welcome addition to the group’s legacy, finds Peter Margasak

Black Sky Thinking

The Church Of The New Atheism: Alain De Botton’s Epistles Examined

Siobhan McKeown ploughs through Alan De Botton's Religion For Atheists and finds it - along with other New Atheist texts - lacking

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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

Instant Grounding: Patrick Wolf’s Favourite Albums

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

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

Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal for July Reviewed by Kez Whelan

Running Free: Tuff Times Never Last by Kokoroko

Look into the Shadows: Peter Murphy’s Favourite Albums

What’s Wrong With Being Sexy? Species turns 30

Previously Read

An Aura Of The Mythic: Prince Live, By Simon Price

Rockfort! French Music For October Reviewed By David McKenna

Semi-Chaotic Elements: Ekoplekz’ Favourite Albums

tQ Subscriber Release: Nurse With Wound

A New Dance: Dele Sosimi’s Favourite Albums

“I Don’t Like Cool Stuff”: The Bakers Dozen Of Billy Childish

Death Waltz Recording Co. Launching Soon

Kjetil’s On The Boil: Arabrot’s Favourite 13 LPs

Party Pieces: Andy Burnham’s Favourite Albums

Human Interactions: Agnes Obel’s Favourite Albums

Forwards Not Forgetting: Owen Hatherley Interviewed

Like Joy Division Never Happened – A 1996 Playlist

Gazelle Twin And More For Supersonic

Richard Youngs Belief

Angels & Demons At Play: Swirling By The Sun Ra Arkestra

The Church Of The New Atheism: Alain De Botton’s Epistles Examined

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Belief