Playlists

Full Clip: Daveed Diggs’ Favourite Albums

From the foundational inspiration of George Clinton to Bay Area hip hop, and the lifechanging experience of witnessing Prince's last ever show, Clipping MC Daveed Diggs takes Stevie Chick through the soundtrack of his life

The Strange World Of… Saint Etienne

After 35 years of reinventing British pop, Saint Etienne’s Bob, Pete and Sarah are hanging up their samples, synthesisers, feather boas and football strips for good. Jude Rogers offers 10 ways into their always surprising, genre-splicing back catalogue, from their early days with C86 bands and Andrew Weatherall to their final, star-filled album

“Being Different isn’t Something to Take Lightly”: Jarvis Cocker Interviewed

Pulp are back with their first new album in nearly a quarter of a century; Jarvis Cocker joins us to talk about More, but also outsider art in America, an attic full of wonder in London and revolution versus violence in Sheffield. Words by Darran Anderson. All portraits by Tom Jackson

The Strange World Of… Fugazi

Ahead of the release of a documentary film, JR Moores laments Fugazi’s absence yet remains wary of a comeback, offering some “stupid fucking words” on the band that never ceased getting better until they stopped altogether

The Strange World Of… Laurie Anderson

As the avant-garde legend unveils her epic new multimedia performance ARK: United States V, Alastair Shuttleworth picks out ten key tracks from her otherworldly discography

The Strange World Of… Yoko Ono

Despite the predictably & performatively negative reaction the Japanese artist inspires in some critical quarters, it is clear she has been responsible for a cavalcade of bangers over the decades. With a new retrospective at the Tate Modern, Jeremy Allen explores her back catalogue

No Boundaries: Dennis Bovell’s Baker’s Dozen

From his time working on classics like The Pop Group's Y, The Slits' Cut and Janet Kay's Silly Games, to the inspiration of Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles, Dennis Bovell takes Neil Kulkarni through his thirteen favourite records

The Strange World Of… Low

Low’s Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker go deep into their back catalogue, speaking to Daryl Worthington about everything from Christmas songs to dub versions, Misfits impressions, and their breathtaking new album

Dawn To Dusk: Richard Dawson’s Favourite Albums

Tales of the oddest record shop on Tyneside and much more as Richard Dawson guides Jennifer Lucy Allan through an unsurprisingly diverse selection of records in this week's Baker's Dozen

The Strange World Of… Madlib

Eden Tizard takes a look behind the bewildering array of aliases and the huge back catalogue in order to ask, who is Madlib?

The Strange World Of… Idris Ackamoor

The director of spiritual jazz group The Pyramids, Idris Ackamoor, talks to Sean Kitching and provides ten points of entry into his formidable body of work

Give A Million Percent: Jlin’s Baker’s Dozen

As rumours build of a collaboration between Jlin and Aphex Twin, the Indiana producer & writer of our 2015 Album Of The Year caught up with tQ to talk through 13 of her favourite songs and records

tQ’s Exclusive Monthly Round-Up Playlist: August 2025

Catch up with everything we wrote about last month

Subscriber Playlist: What we Wrote About in July

Catch up with the sweet, saucy and stern sounds of tQ's summer 2025

tQ’s Exclusive Monthly Playlist: Catch up with June 2025

Four hours of sounds from the month that was

tQ’s Exclusive Monthly Playlist: Catch up with May 2025

Catch up on the sounds we wrote about last month

tQ’s Exclusive Monthly Round-Up Playlist: April 2025

Here's a playlist of everything we've covered at The Quietus this month, compiled for the listening pleasure of tQ's subscribers

tQ’s Exclusive Monthly Round-Up Playlist: March 2025

Here's everything we've covered at The Quietus this month, compiled for the listening pleasure of tQ's subscribers

tQ’s Exclusive Monthly Round-Up Playlist: February 2025

Here's everything we've covered at The Quietus this month, compiled for the listening pleasure of tQ's subscribers

tQ’s Exclusive Monthly Round-Up Playlist: January 2025

Here's everything we've covered at The Quietus this month, compiled for the listening pleasure of tQ's subscribers

tQ’s Exclusive Monthly Round-Up Playlist: November and December 2024

Here's everything we've covered at The Quietus in the final two months of 2024, compiled for the listening pleasure of tQ's subscribers

tQ’s Subscriber Playlist: Our Top 50 Tracks of 2024

Here's a special bonus playlist for our subscribers featuring all of the tracks included in our top 50 of the year

tQ’s Subscriber Playlist: Our Top 100 Albums of 2024

This month's subscribers playlist is a special end of year edition, rounding up every single record in this year's best of 2024 chart (that we could find on streaming)

tQ’s Exclusive Monthly Round-Up Playlist: October 2024

An audio catch up with everything we’ve been writing about on tQ – five hours of bangers and more!

tQ’s Exclusive Monthly Round-Up Playlist: September 2024

Here's everything we've covered at The Quietus this month, compiled for the listening pleasure of tQ's subscribers

Cut the Crop: Agriculture Interviewed

While black metal history is often the story of errant youth reaping chaos, Agriculture plough their own furrow. Dan Franklin meets a band who sow explosive seeds via songwriting and then reap joyous brinkmanship onstage. Main portrait by Olivia Crumm

“Being Different isn’t Something to Take Lightly”: Jarvis Cocker Interviewed

Pulp are back with their first new album in nearly a quarter of a century; Jarvis Cocker joins us to talk about More, but also outsider art in America, an attic full of wonder in London and revolution versus violence in Sheffield. Words by Darran Anderson. All portraits by Tom Jackson

Let The Song Speak For Itself: Shirley Collins Interviewed

Ben Graham speaks to one of the true living heroes of English folk music, Shirley Collins. Pictures at Cafe Oto taken by Steve Hopper

It’s All About the Respect: Raekwon Interviewed

Ahead of new album Fly International Luxurious Art, the rapper talks to Cian Traynor about life lessons, the early days of Wu-Tang and the importance of leaving a legacy

A Demon In The Drift: Kate Bush Interviewed

To mark Kate Bush's return to live performance, we're republishing this interview, originally posted in 2011, where John Doran talked to one of the UK's most indomitable and peerless artists about her then-new album 50 Words For Snow

Cracking Up: Scott Walker Interviewed

Sometimes, when it seems like the whole world’s going to Hell around you, the healthiest thing to do is laugh. John Doran, writing for The Stool Pigeon and The Quietus, talks to Scott Walker about his devastating new album Bish Bosch.

A Will Of Iron: John Cale Interviewed

As John Cale prepares his first album for Domino, Robert Barry speaks to the musician and composer about his life and work, from Stockhausen to Warhol and the Velvets to Nico and the present day

The Whole World In Her Hands: Bjork Interviewed

As Bjork launches Biophilia, Luke Turner heads to Iceland to discuss technology, the environment, her country, musical education and the genesis of this astonishing project

“I Feel Like I’ve Just Begun”: An Interview With PJ Harvey

Ben Hewitt meets Polly Harvey to discuss singing about things that really matter and avoiding self-righteousness on her new album Let England Shake

Beyond The Radar: Autechre Interviewed

John Robb talks to Sean Booth, one half of electronic duo Autechre, about how their experience of Manchester's burgeoning hip-hop and electro scenes influenced them for years to come

You Terrible Cult: Electric Wizard Interviewed

In the latest issue of _The Stool Pigeon_, Jus Oborne of doom titans Electric Wizard promises new album for 2010. "I want the man in the street to spit at me", he tells John Doran . . .

Doom With A View: Sunn O))) Discuss Monoliths And Dimensions

We Want Candi – Soul Legend Candi Staton Interviewed

Candi Staton is one of the most consistently underrated vocalists of all time, says John Doran, after talking to the soul singer

The Strange World Of… Saint Etienne

After 35 years of reinventing British pop, Saint Etienne’s Bob, Pete and Sarah are hanging up their samples, synthesisers, feather boas and football strips for good. Jude Rogers offers 10 ways into their always surprising, genre-splicing back catalogue, from their early days with C86 bands and Andrew Weatherall to their final, star-filled album

The Strange World Of… Fugazi

Ahead of the release of a documentary film, JR Moores laments Fugazi’s absence yet remains wary of a comeback, offering some “stupid fucking words” on the band that never ceased getting better until they stopped altogether

The Strange World Of… Laurie Anderson

As the avant-garde legend unveils her epic new multimedia performance ARK: United States V, Alastair Shuttleworth picks out ten key tracks from her otherworldly discography

The Strange World Of… Yoko Ono

Despite the predictably & performatively negative reaction the Japanese artist inspires in some critical quarters, it is clear she has been responsible for a cavalcade of bangers over the decades. With a new retrospective at the Tate Modern, Jeremy Allen explores her back catalogue

The Strange World Of… Low

Low’s Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker go deep into their back catalogue, speaking to Daryl Worthington about everything from Christmas songs to dub versions, Misfits impressions, and their breathtaking new album

The Strange World Of… Madlib

Eden Tizard takes a look behind the bewildering array of aliases and the huge back catalogue in order to ask, who is Madlib?

The Strange World Of… Idris Ackamoor

The director of spiritual jazz group The Pyramids, Idris Ackamoor, talks to Sean Kitching and provides ten points of entry into his formidable body of work

The Strange World Of… Alice Coltrane

Stewart Smith takes a look at the astounding back catalogue of Alice Coltrane and finds ten points of entry for the curious

Feurio!!!! The Strange World Of Einstürzende Neubauten

On the occasion of a "Greatest Hits" show in honour of their 35th anniversary, Sand Avidar-Walzer revisits a dozen notable moments from a rich and diverse back catalogue.

The Strange World Of… Tori Amos

With her fourteenth album recently released, the prolific singer-songwriter and composer sat down with Alex Macpherson to reflect on some of the more overlooked moments in her back catalogue

David Sylvian’s Guide To The Work Of David Sylvian

A new compilation, A Victim Of Stars 1982-2012, celebrates thirty years of solo work by David Sylvian, who guides Wyndham Wallace through some of its highlights.

Odd Future: Youth and Young Manhood

After Tyler The Creator signed to XL recently, John Calvert decided to sift through hundreds and hundreds of tracks to bring you the best - and most distressing - music from the Odd Future collective

The Strange And Frightening World Of . . . Basic Channel

Angus Finlayson is here to take the newcomer gently by the hand and to introduce them to the sublime techno frequencies of Basic Channel . . .