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Jas Shaw & Simon Lord Discuss Their tQ Valentine’s Bonus Subscriber-Exclusive Release

As it's Valentine's Day we're showing how much we love our top Subscriber Plus tier supporters by giving them bonus music – here, former Simian members Jas Shaw and Simon Lord discuss how they combined vocals, long form production and the inspiration of Slavoj Žižek on their twinkling epic
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tQ Subscriber Release: R. Aggs

Ray Aggs speaks to Zara Hedderman about the music created during their Samarbeta residency earlier this year, exploring their relationship with folk music as a person of colour, and released exclusively to tQ subscribers today. Plus, exclusive footage documenting its process, courtesy of Low Four
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Geordie Greep

The New Sound

Ex-Black Midi frontman shuffles of his band and let's loose, but has he has lost his way in the process, asks Zara Hedderman
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Becker & Mukai

Spirit Only

With guests including Dani Croston, Yama Warashi, Kadialy Kouyate and Alexis Taylor, this London duo produce a vivid high, crested by commanding beats and thunderous synth injections
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Pleasure Planet

Pleasure Planet

Upbeat debut from the new band of Ex-Hercules & Love Affair vocalist and Firehouse Records founder, Kim Ann Foxman
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Fer Franco

Ritos de Paso

Debut from Guatemalan producer marks a promisibng combination of tonal dexterity and unhurried pacing, finds Zara Hedderman
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Genghis Cohn

Iron Day

The year's second release from Genghis Cohn, finds the bard of North London settling into a Victorian coaching house with a flagon of ale to regale us all with tales of murderous maids and hedgehogs
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VÄLVĒ

Tiny Pilots

VÄLVĒ's second record takes inspiration from daydreams and adventures to produce a record at once soothing and startling, finds Zara Hedderman
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Jockstrap

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Coby Sey and others feature on remixed and re-worked tracks from the Mercury nominated-I Love You Jennifer B
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Popular Music

Minor Works

New band from ex-Parenthetical Girls frontman build worlds in a wonderfully detailed collection of songs, finds Zara Hedderman
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Genesis Owusu

STRUGGLER

A multi-faceted follow-up to the much-touted *Smiling with No Teeth* proves a record of thrilling contrasts, for Zara Hedderman
A Quietus Interview

Delayed Gratification: An Interview With DreamTX

Nicholas Das speaks to Zara Heddermann about how retreating into a cabin in upstate New York provided the time and space he needed to turn a period of displacement into amorphous and entrancing new album as DreamTX

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Georgia

Euphoric

Bolstered by a new collaborator, Georgia's follow-up to the Mercury-nominated *Seeking Thrills* shows new vulnerability, still backed by a thrilling set of beats, finds Zara Hedderman
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Siena Liggins

FLOOZY

The Michigan-born artist reaches back to the late 90s/early 00s pop platinum age with an album of short, sharp bangers, finds Zara Hedderman
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ANOHNI and The Johnsons

My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross

ANOHNI is back with the Johnsons – and sounding more soulful more impassioned than ever, finds Zara Hedderman
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Bdrmm

I Don’t Know

Despite a tricky birth, the second album from the Hull quartet builds and expands on the successes of its predecessor, finds Zara Hedderman
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Squid

O Monolith

The follow-up to *Bright Green Field* finds the London quintet working on a far broader canvas, finds Zara Hedderman
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Decisive Pink

Ticket To Fame

Kate NV and Angel Deradoorian team up for an album of buoyant electro-pop and carefree spirit, fidns Zara Hedderman
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Bar Italia

Tracey Denim

There is no mystery to the London trio; it's all there in the music, finds Zara Hedderman
A Quietus Interview

Happy Accident: An Interview With Lunge

Husband and wife Mark ‘Arp’ Cleveland and Viva Seifert speak to Zara Hedderman how “a pandemic and a horrendous accident” led to the formation of their new band Lunge

Low Culture Essay

Two North Wests: An Interview With Oh Baby And Kelley Stoltz

Oh Baby and Kelley Stoltz discuss their new collaboration for The Quietus’ subscriber exclusive Singularity series, and draw the lines between the music of 1960s West Coast America, and North West English post punk

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Yo La Tengo

This Stupid World

Time slips out of joint on a warm Sunday walk for the veteran New Jersey trio
A Quietus Interview

Always Be Scared: An Interview With Gilla Band

Upon the release of their new album Most Normal, Gilla band discuss curating Sonic City festival in Belgium, the importance of being uncomfortable when you make music, going bald, and the influence of country singer Ray Price

A Quietus Interview

Up In Arms: An Interview With Heartworms

Following the release of her Speedy Wunderground debut ‘Consistent Dedication’, Heartworms’ Jojo Orme speaks to Zara Hedderman about the influence of everything from Scissor Sisters to Spitfires

A Quietus Interview

Tell Them How You Feel: An Interview With Jockstrap

As they prepare to release one of the year’s most sonically ambitious albums in the form of their debut I Love You Jennifer B, Georgia Ellery and Taylor Skye of Jockstrap discuss emotional catharsis, ambitious homemade visuals, sexuality, classical music and Kanye West
Art

Echo’s Answer: New Sound Art From Ireland

An exhibition in Co. Meath explores the contemporary resonances of Alvin Lucier's classic 1969 work, I Am Sitting in a Room
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Cosmic Analog Ensemble

Expo Botanica

The cinematic arrangements of Lebanese producer Charif Megarbane are sure to put a bounce in your step, finds Zara Hedderman
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Dylan Moon

Option Explore

Dylan Moon's second album makes for a dense, if uneven listen, but gve it time and you'll find plenty to love, finds Zara Hedderman
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Hercules & Love Affair

In Amber

Andy Butler and friends return with their most experimental release to date, finds Zara Hedderman
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Jasmyn

In The Wild

The debut from the former Weaves singer provides instant gratification for Zara Hedderman
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Hannah Peel & Paraorchestra

The Unfolding

Hannah Peel's collaboration with an ensemble of disabled and non-disabled musicians playing analogue, digital and assistive instruments proves spellbinding for Zara Hedderman
Baker's Dozen

Silver Linings: Tamara Lindeman’s Baker’s Dozen

From her challenging relationship with Joni Mitchell to the picks from the thriving music community in her native Toronto, The Weather Station’s Tamara Lindeman takes Zara Hedderman through thirteen albums that shaped her songwriting
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