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WATCH: New Cuz Video

Cuz share video for new single 'France Gnarl'; watch it below

Quietus Albums Of The Year 2020 (In Association With Norman Records)

These are our favourite albums of the last 12 months as voted for by Jennifer Lucy Allan, Bobby Barry, Aaron Bishop, Patrick Clarke, John Doran, Christian Eede, Noel Gardner, Fergal Kinney, Ella Kemp, Sean Kitching, Anthea Leyland, Peter Margasak, David McKenna, JR Moores, Luke Turner, Kez Whelan and Daryl Worthington. Illustration by Lisa Cradduck

LISTEN: New Wild Beasts!

Stream two brand new tracks - and download one of 'em - from the tQ favourites, and take a look at their GIF-novel, those modern chaps

Floating Points To Oversee Next Late Night Tales

Floating Points' addition to the Late Night Tales compilation series takes in soul, jazz and folk rarities

Richard Dawson

2020

2020 by Richard Dawson may be the British songwriter's most accessible album, but it still finds room for plenty of barbs, finds Johny Lamb

T.Rex

The Slider

WATCH: Factory Floor & Simon Fisher Turner

First look at the preview clip for the upcoming ICA collaboration

At Leisure: Low’s Alan Sparhawk On American Football

Alan Sparhawk gives the tragically uncoordinated Luke Turner a lesson in American Football in our latest Quietus At Leisure film

Injury Reserve

By The Time I Get to Phoenix

Following the death of Stepa J. Groggs in 2020, Injury Reserve weave new music from some of the rapper's final verses

Compiling & Filing: Jan St. Werner’s Favourite Albums

With his operatic performance-cum-radio play Miscontinuum released as an album earlier this year, the Mouse On Mars man takes Nick Hutchings on a trawl of his favourite avant-garde and experimental records

Bakers Dozen: Liam Gallagher and Andy Bell’s 13 Favourite Albums

Speaking on behalf of Beady Eye, Messrs Liam Gallagher and Andy Bell tell us their favourite records

All Of This Is Coming Your Way: R.E.M.’s Automatic For The People

Twenty-five years after the release of REM’s Automatic For The People, Stewart Smith looks back on a masterpiece of nostalgia and loss that still retains its mysteries

Magical Experiences: James Holden’s Favourite Albums

Following last year's feral The Inheritors album, Border Community label head James Holden is about to take his newly developed live show on tour, including to Field Day and Sonar Barcelona. Rory Gibb catches up with him to discuss thirteen favourite and formative albums, improvisation and atheist spirituality

Venue Licensing Laws To Be Amended?

Live Music Bill currently passing through House Of Commons proposes to remove some of the licensing restrictions on small music venues

Karen Gwyer And More For Peckham Series

Karen Gwyer, Felicita and more among names to take part in new performance series in Peckham over the summer

LISTEN: Threadfest 2016 Mixtape

Get ready for this month's Threadfest with a preview mixtape below