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Live Reviews
Bringing Home The Brecons: Green Man 2024 Reviewed
Big Thief, Lonnie Holley, Lynks, Nadine Shah, Omar Souleyman and others triumph in another excellent instalment of Green Man. Alastair Shuttleworth reports on a weekend that again strengthens its claim to be one of the UK’s best music festivals. All photos by Jan Rijk / dutchpix.com
Baker's Dozen
No Repeats: Tunde Adebimpe’s Favourite Albums
In the wake of his debut solo album, the TV On The Radio vocalist looks back to his longstanding love of mixtapes for an eclectic Baker's Dozen – taking in 60s psychedelia, hip hop, krautrock, dub, IDM, and his eight-year-old daughter's love of Lightning Bolt
Low Culture Essay
The Low Culture Essay: Jeanette Leech on Elastica’s The Menace
In this month's essay, Jeanette Leech seeks to reclaim the legacy of Elastica's vastly underrated second album from prurient mutterings about drug addiction and the collapse of Britpop, celebrating Mark E. Smith collaborations and the birth of M.I.A.
A Quietus Interview
Shake Up the Space: An Interview with upsammy and Valentina Magaletti
Ahead of the North American premiere of their ongoing collaboration at this year’s MUTEK Festival, upsammy and Valentina Magaletti speak to Jennifer Lucy Allan about architecture as an instrument, and striking a balance between turbulence and clarity
Opinion & Essays
The Labels Shaping a New Ukrainian Underground Part 2: Money, Money, Money…
In the latest edition of New Voices Ukraine, tQ's new collaboration with 20ft Radio, Neformat, the British Council and Ukrainian Institute, Yaryna Denysyuk of Neformat continues her look into Ukrainian DIY record labels. Having surveyed those attempting utopian collective approaches in part one, this time she examines the unavoidable downsides of running a label during wartime
In Conversation
Peer Review: Peter Strickland Interviews Cosey Fanni Tutti… and Vice Versa
Ahead of the release of her new album 2t2, Cosey Fanni Tutti is interviewed by inimitable film director Peter Strickland, before the tables are turned, with both parties free from any kind of interference from us
