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This Is My Music: Dean Wareham’s Favourite Albums

April Clare Welsh gets a rundown of the former Galaxie 500 frontman's all-time top 13 LPs before he comes to the UK to tour in support of his debut solo album next week

Anniversary

Passion Always Wins: Kate Bush In 1978

When looking back over Kate Bush's astounding career, critics are often quick to gloss over her first two albums. Here Matthew Lindsay looks at 1978 as the most crucial year in her development, and the crucible for much essential music

Baker's Dozen

The Exhilaration Of Discovery: Simeon Coxe’s Favourite Albums

The Silver Apples main man writes us his own Baker's Dozen, taking in Fats Domino and Portishead by way of Sun Ra and Spacemen 3

Baker's Dozen

Bleak Psychedelia: Michael Gira Of Swans’ Favourite Albums

Michael Gira's mighty Swans play live at London's Koko this Thursday, 15th November. In advance of the show, Joseph Burnett speaks to the man himself about thirteen of his favourite albums, from Miles Davis and Gorecki to Throbbing Gristle and Pink Floyd

Books

Throat / Place / Tender: Oliver Zarandi’s Tender Body Horror

Ahead of the launch of his debut collection of short stories, Oliver Zarandi writes about dysmorphia, eating disorders, and body horror

Art

Falling Down The K-Hole: Art And Virality At The Frieze Art Fair

A discussion between Generation X author Douglas Coupland and artist-trend forecaster Emily Segal sends tQ writer Robert Barry deep into the art fair sublime

The Quietus International

Inner Ear: Ukrainian Music For March Reviewed By Jakub Knera

In his latest report from the contemporary music scenes of eastern and central Europe, Jakub Knera looks at Ukraine’s powerful electronic underground

Live Reviews

Hope And Repulsion: The Quietus At Field Day 2016

Braving the mud for the festival's tenth anniversary — and with performances from PJ Harvey, Holly Herndon, Skepta and Fat White Family — Luke Turner, Lottie Brazier, William Doyle, Laurie Tuffrey, Emily Mackay, Glen Mcleod, Christian Eede and Julian Marszalek get stuck in to one of the UK's most varied and exciting festival bills. (Photographs by Valerio Berdini)

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The Waeve – City Lights

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This Is My Music: Dean Wareham’s Favourite Albums

Passion Always Wins: Kate Bush In 1978

The Exhilaration Of Discovery: Simeon Coxe’s Favourite Albums

Bleak Psychedelia: Michael Gira Of Swans’ Favourite Albums

Throat / Place / Tender: Oliver Zarandi’s Tender Body Horror

Falling Down The K-Hole: Art And Virality At The Frieze Art Fair

Inner Ear: Ukrainian Music For March Reviewed By Jakub Knera

Hope And Repulsion: The Quietus At Field Day 2016

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The Waeve – City Lights

Most Popular

Instant Grounding: Patrick Wolf’s Favourite Albums

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

Inner Ear: Serbian Music for April by Jakub Knera

Music of the Month: The Best Albums and Tracks of June 2025

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

The Strange World Of… Part Chimp

Look into the Shadows: Peter Murphy’s Favourite Albums

New Weird Britain in Review for July by Noel Gardner

“Want to Change My Clothes, My Hair, My Face”: How Springsteen Helped Me Come Out

Reissue of the Week: Coil’s Black Antlers

Build Back Better: Greatest Heads by Al Karpenter

Ain’t it the Truth: Robert Lloyd of Nightingales’ Favourite Music

Artists Only? Jonathan Gould’s Book on Talking Heads and Downtown New York

Previously Read

This Is My Music: Dean Wareham’s Favourite Albums

Passion Always Wins: Kate Bush In 1978

The Exhilaration Of Discovery: Simeon Coxe’s Favourite Albums

Bleak Psychedelia: Michael Gira Of Swans’ Favourite Albums

Throat / Place / Tender: Oliver Zarandi’s Tender Body Horror

Falling Down The K-Hole: Art And Virality At The Frieze Art Fair

Inner Ear: Ukrainian Music For March Reviewed By Jakub Knera

Hope And Repulsion: The Quietus At Field Day 2016

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