Patrick Clarke

Songs In The Wonky Of Life: Audiobooks’ Now! (In A Minute)

Is it the deep wonky weirdness that makes them amazing, or is it just that Evangeline Ling and David Wrench are two extraordinary musicians having a brilliant time? Either way, this debut album is a beautiful batshit triumph

Blancmange

Wanderlust

Musically, Neil Arthur has entered a new realm, but as a lyricist he’s really doing something highly distinctive

Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert Announce Christmas LP

One of 2018's best collaborations will follow up their excellent 'Here Lies The Body' with 'Ghost Stories For Christmas' in December

LISTEN: Black Midi & Jerskin Fendrix Collab For Xmas Album

Hear Black Midi and Jerskin Fendrix team up on their contribution to a forthcoming Christmas compilation by some of Brixton's best bands

Sly & The Family Drone Are On Tour!

Britain's finest purveyors of titanic, ear-shattering noise are on tour this month. We strongly suggest you attend.

Gaika And Gazelle Twin Live Podcast And Gig

tQ is partnering with The Attenborough Centre For The Creative Arts and totallyradio this week for a live podcast recording with Gaika and Gazelle Twin before a double-header gig

PREMIERE: The DSM IV – ‘Racist Man’

Guy McKnight's new project The DSM IV unveil the video for 'Racist Man', premiering exclusively with tQ below

INTERVIEW: Jim Jones Talks The Sonics + More

As Jim Jones and the Righteous Mind prepare to support the legendary The Sonics at The Garage this week, we catch up with Jones to talk his love for the garage rock veterans, running two groups at once and more

LISTEN: New John Grant Single And Tour Dates

Hear the latest taste of John Grant's forthcoming album 'Love Is Magic', and check out a string of new UK tour dates below

The Top 100 Albums Of The Quietus’ Existence, As Picked By tQ’s Writers

As part of our ongoing celebrations of a decade of The Quietus, we asked our dozens upon dozens of fantastic contributors to pick their favourite albums of the site's existence. Below is their top 100, with an introduction by tQ staff writer Patrick Clarke

Black Midi, Audiobooks And More For 100 Club All Dayer

Fred Perry Subculture's All Our Tomorrows are featuring a new music line-up for the ages at The 100 Club next week.

Årabrot

Who Do You Love

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

King Of Cowards

A second and even richer dose of heaviosity from our favourite band of unwieldy name and hammering riffs

Phase Five Of The Caretaker’s Everywhere At The End Of Time

The latest stage of The Caretaker, aka Leyland Kirby's astounding ongoing project about "dementia, its advance and its totality" is here

LIVE REPORT: Fuzz Club Eindhoven

With their two-day takeover of Eindhoven's Effenaar, independent label Fuzz Club prove that there's still immense power, pleasure and joy to be had with a psych fest done right

Totally Weird: Milhões De Festa Reviewed

In beautiful Barcelos, in a small serene park by the River Cávado, we soak up radical ideas and extraordinary performances from Gazelle Twin, UKAEA, Natalie Sharp, 700 Bliss and Marilyn Misandry

Manic Street Preachers’ This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours Turns 20

The Manics' five million selling fifth album is still derided by some hardcore fans to this day, which is a shame, says Patrick Clarke, as it remains their most coherent and effective political statement to date

LISTEN: Big Joanie Announce Debut LP

It's the first of the new 'Daydream Library Series', from Eva Prinz and Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace Library publishing house

LISTEN: New Liars Track And LP Announcement

Liars will release a new 17-track album in September, billed as a 'sequel' to 2017's brilliant 'TFCF'

JAMs Hint At Further Plans With Cryptic Video

With the first annual Toxteth Day Of The Dead upon us, it would seem that the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu have something more in store

LISTEN: New audiobooks + LP Announcement

Audiobooks have announced their debut album, and a brand new track 'Mother Hen'

PREMIERE: RMFTM & 10,000 Russos LP

The band formerly known as Radar Men From The Moon and Portuguese psych warriors 10,000 Russos have teamed up for a monolith of a joint LP

Yossarians

Ambition Will Eat Itself

The ever-mutating Manc collective have released another belter

Gently Tender To Play The Next Quietus Social

Join tQ DJs and excellent London newcomers Gently Tender for the latest edition of our fabulous Quietus Social this September

LISTEN: New Yossarians Mini Album

The Yossarians are back with a stellar new mini-album. Listen in full below

World Unscene Announces Series Of London Gigs

One of the organisers behind a new series of gigs platforming music from around the world tells us about the ethos of World Unscene

WATCH: Exclusive New Pigs x 7

They of unwieldy name have returned with a killer new track 'Shockmaster'. Watch a video recorded live at Blank Studios below

Various

Onda De Amor

On Soundway, 16 synthesized Brazilian hits that never were, from 1984​-​94

International Teachers Of Pop Announce Tour

New nerd disco project from The Moonlandingz founders and The Soundcarriers' Leonore Wheatley hits the UK this October

WATCH: New Aphex Twin Video

Hear the first taste of Aphex Twin's Collapse EP below

TUSK Festival Announces Film Programming

TUSK Festival has unveiled its film programming for this year's October festival

WATCH: New Manics Video

Welsh trio share new footage for 'People Give In', from their latest record Resistance Is Futile