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Albums of the Year so far

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

Baker's Dozen

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

Black Sky Thinking

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

The Quietus International

Inner Ear: Serbian Music for April by Jakub Knera

Baker's Dozen

Instant Grounding: Patrick Wolf’s Favourite Albums

Books

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

Baker's Dozen

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

Metal

Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal for July Reviewed by Kez Whelan

Baker's Dozen

Look into the Shadows: Peter Murphy’s Favourite Albums

Reissue of the Week

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

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Strange World Of...

The Strange World of… Susan Alcorn

The American composer and pedal steel player who died earlier this year left behind a formidable body of work; Jakub Knera provides ten points of entry

Books

Theme & Variations: An Interview With Juliet Jacques

Variations, the debut short story collection from Juliet Jacques, explores a hidden histor of trans and non-binary Britain. She talks to Enrico Monacelli about identity, secrecy, and nationhood

A Quietus Interview

Green Shoots: Richard Dawson And Sally Pilkington On Lockdown Project Bulbils

From lockdown in Newcastle, Richard Dawson and Sally Pilkington have released over thirty new albums and counting under the new moniker Bulbils in an effort to cope with the coronavirus crisis. They tell Patrick Clarke the story of their beautiful new band.

A Quietus Interview

Everybody Knows We Got Nowhere: A Rare Interview With The Heads

Jimmy Martin talks to reclusive Bristolian psychedelic warriors The Heads about being the UK's best cult rock group. Essential moral and technical guidance from their "whipping boy, dogsbody and chief enthusiast" Mr Simon Keeler

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Most Popular

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

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

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

Inner Ear: Serbian Music for April by Jakub Knera

Instant Grounding: Patrick Wolf’s Favourite Albums

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

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

Noel Gallagher Selects His Thirteen Favourite Albums

What’s Wrong With Being Sexy? Species turns 30

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

Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal for July Reviewed by Kez Whelan

Look into the Shadows: Peter Murphy’s Favourite Albums

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

Previously Read

The Strange World of… Susan Alcorn

Theme & Variations: An Interview With Juliet Jacques

Green Shoots: Richard Dawson And Sally Pilkington On Lockdown Project Bulbils

Everybody Knows We Got Nowhere: A Rare Interview With The Heads

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