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EFG London Jazz Festival Adds Tortoise and More to 2025 Lineup

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Sex & Trainers In Berlin: Xaver Von Treyer’s The Torino Scale

Kevin E.G. Perry travels to Berlin to see a showcase performance of Xaver Von Treyer's new audiovisual project in the slightly bizarre setting of an Adidas shop, and takes the opportunity to further explore the city's relationship with music

Reviews

Lyra Pramuk
Delta

A dozen artists – including Colin Self, Eris Drew, Kara-Lis Coverdale and Hudons Mohawke – remix and re-interpret Lyra Pramuk's Fountain, with awesome results, finds Hanah Pezzack

Baker's Dozen

The Sound of Light on Water: Jon Hopkins’ Favourite Music

Ahead of new album Ritual and a headline set at this weekend's Green Man, Jon Hopkins takes Elizabeth Aubrey through an eclectic Baker's Dozen spanning adolescent favourites, ambient rarities, gifts from the algorithm and the soundtracks to his travels across the globe

Reissue of the Week

The Seasons Wheel: Jude Rogers On The Watersons’ Frost And Fire

As The Watersons' 1965 classic Frost And Fire receives a new reissue, Jude Rogers examines the band's unabashed and unpretentious approach to folk music

News

Crammed Discs Delves Into The Archives For New Release Series

Around 250 rare tracks from the late '80s and '90s will be digitally reissued over the next 18 months

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EFG London Jazz Festival Adds Tortoise and More to 2025 Lineup

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Instant Grounding: Patrick Wolf’s Favourite Albums

The Strange World of… Jon Spencer

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Low Culture Essay: James Cooray Smith on David Lynch Sitcom, On The Air

O Superfan: How Rock & Pop’s Elite Screw their Loyal Supporters – and why it won’t Work

Reissue of the Week: Coil’s Black Antlers

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

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

Look into the Shadows: Peter Murphy’s Favourite Albums

Bakers Dozen: Joy Division & New Order’s Stephen Morris On His Top 13 Albums

In-Between Days: Wind, Again by Sary Moussa

Stephen O’Malley
But Remember What You Have Had

Previously Read

Sex & Trainers In Berlin: Xaver Von Treyer’s The Torino Scale

Lyra Pramuk
Delta

The Sound of Light on Water: Jon Hopkins’ Favourite Music

The Seasons Wheel: Jude Rogers On The Watersons’ Frost And Fire

Crammed Discs Delves Into The Archives For New Release Series

Don’t Miss The Quietus Digest

Help Support The Quietus in 2025

EFG London Jazz Festival Adds Tortoise and More to 2025 Lineup

Most Popular

Instant Grounding: Patrick Wolf’s Favourite Albums

The Strange World of… Jon Spencer

Inner Ear: Serbian Music for April by Jakub Knera

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

Low Culture Essay: James Cooray Smith on David Lynch Sitcom, On The Air

O Superfan: How Rock & Pop’s Elite Screw their Loyal Supporters – and why it won’t Work

Reissue of the Week: Coil’s Black Antlers

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

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

Look into the Shadows: Peter Murphy’s Favourite Albums

Bakers Dozen: Joy Division & New Order’s Stephen Morris On His Top 13 Albums

In-Between Days: Wind, Again by Sary Moussa

Stephen O’Malley But Remember What You Have Had

Previously Read

Sex & Trainers In Berlin: Xaver Von Treyer’s The Torino Scale

Lyra Pramuk Delta

The Sound of Light on Water: Jon Hopkins’ Favourite Music

The Seasons Wheel: Jude Rogers On The Watersons’ Frost And Fire

Crammed Discs Delves Into The Archives For New Release Series

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Stephen O’Malley
But Remember What You Have Had

Lyra Pramuk
Delta