Bartók

Desert Storm: Mike Vest Of Bong Interviewed

On the eve of their appearance at Desertfest, Bong guitarist Mike Vest speaks to Matt Ridout about the philosophies behind their new album We Are, We Were And We Will Have Been. Band portraits by Mike Savage

“It’s Not Easy Listening”: Thirty Years Of Pure Fucking Mayhem

On their 30th anniversary - with an appearance at Oya Festival booked and a new album ready for release - John Doran looks beyond the murder, the suicide, the extremism and the immolation, and talks to Mayhem's founder Necrobutcher about their radical music and nothing else

Not Safe For Work: Drumcunt Interviewed

Bass! How low can you go? Pretty far... says John Doran after interviewing Drumcunt

Kora! Kora! Kora! Toumani And Sidiki Diabaté Interviewed

Representing the 71st and 72nd generations in a griot family, master kora players Toumani And Sidiki Diabaté are interviewed by Richie Troughton about Mali, tradition and hip hop

Peer Reviewed: Kelly Moran Interviews Prurient… And Vice Versa

Contemporary composer and pianist Kelly Moran speaks to industrial techno maven, Dominick Fernow in an exclusive two-way interview that gets to grips with practice and inspiration, speaking from one artist directly to another

Forwards Not Forgetting: Owen Hatherley Interviewed

Jamie Sutcliffe talks to the firebrand of architechtural criticism Owen Hatherley about his recent book A New Kind Of Bleak. Main photo by Agata Pyzik

William Basinski

A Red Score In Tile (reissue)

Merzbow

Merzbient

tQ’s Exclusive Monthly Round-Up Playlist: October 2022

Here are hours upon hours of brilliant new music we've covered here at tQ over the last month, compiled into one handy playlist!

tQ Columnists Recommend Bandcamp Labels You Should Buy From Today

With Bandcamp set to donate 100% of their share from sales made today in response to Donald Trump's Executive Order banning citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries from entering the US, tQ's columnists have got together to recommend labels you should be purchasing records from

Klara Lewis

Ingrid

for her third solo release on Editions Mego, Klara Lewis moves into long form experimentation with a single twenty minute track for cello and electronics

Something Of Substance: An Interview With Billy Nomates

As she releases the first track 'Heels' - which you can listen to below - from a new EP, Billy Nomates, aka Tor Maries, speaks to Patrick Clarke about class barriers, the fragility of DIY musicianship, and the government's 'sinister' disregard for an industry on the edge of collapse