Daniel Avery

TateShots: Exploring Connections Between Music & Art

The Quietus chats to Nicola Probert, creator of an excellent new series of interviews with musicians discussing their involvement with, and appreciation of, the visual arts

Sheer Momentum: Jack Barnett of These New Puritans’ Favourite Music

Ahead of their show at this year’s Skaņu Mežs festival, Jack Barnett of These New Puritans takes Claire Biddles through an eclectic Baker’s Dozen, taking in everything from flamenco and Greek traditional music to Steely Dan and Bob Dylan

Rum Music For April Reviewed By Jennifer Lucy Allan

Jennifer Lucy Allan is back with new electronic music from Peru, wobbling organs and off kilter synths from Japan and Arizona, plus the Hardy Guidey Man doing covers of the Rolling Stones in this month’s staycation in The Zone

“One Last Midnight”: Why You Should Be Watching True Detective

Sean Kitching urges those currently in the dark to immerse themselves in the even darker and check out True Detective, currently showing in the UK on Sky Atlantic. Contains mild spoilers

LISTEN: Jenny Hval – That Battle Is Over

New album Apocalypse, girl's first single - give it a play below

The Absence Of Alice Coltrane – Reflections On Spiritual Eternal

In 1975, Alice Coltrane left the Impulse label and moved to less-jazzy more-rocky Warner Bros, where she made three studio albums in three years – Eternity, Radha-Krsna Nama Sankirtana and Transcendence – just remastered and reissued all together as Spiritual Eternal. They mark a key turning point in Coltrane’s journey away from jazz and the music industry – except Alice Coltrane never moved on from anything, she just kept on going and growing

Saint Etienne

Home Counties

Honour The Darkness: An Interview With NYX

NYX drone choir founder Sian O’Gorman speaks to Harry Sword about the Deep England project, Gazelle Twin and their hypnotic, transcendent choral reimagining of Pastoral

I Can See You Still: Richard Thompson’s Across A Crowded Room at 40

40 years on from its release, Wayne Gooderham revisits the second album Richard Thompson recorded in the wake of his split from wife Linda, and finds a subtle, off-kilter – and unfairly overlooked – mid-career masterpiece (and an utterly essential live sister album)

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Moh Lhean

Ein Zei Bri Here: Lightning Bolt Interviewed

Brian Chippendale and Brian Gibson are back with their sixth album as Lightning Bolt (and their first for Thrill Jockey, recorded after a break of five years). Suzie McCraken is on hand to ask the questions

Inner Ear: The Best Central and Eastern European Music of 2025

Jakub Knera rounds off the year in Central and Eastern European music with a reflection on how the region's complex ecosystem is reflected in its cultural output, and a selection of 2025's key albums and reissues

If Only You Knew: Grime & Drill For June Reviewed By Aaron Bishop

Aaron Bishop selects his highlights from the UK underground scene including projects and singles from names such as Little Simz, Wretch 32, Meekz Manny and A2

Approaching Grey: Lawrence English On Manga

The Australian composer and Room40 records boss recalls his childhood discovery of the work of Japanese Manga artist Yoshihisa Tagami and the influence it exerted on his new album, Approach

False Idol: Park Jiha Interviewed

As the K-Music 2022 Festival begins in London, Alex Rigotti speaks with Park Jiha about the nuances of playing piri and the tension between nation and identity in her work

An Aura Of The Mythic: Prince Live, By Simon Price

In the wake of the sad news of his passing, revisit the time self-confessed Prince nutter Simon Price witnessed the first proper gig of the great man's surprise London takeover (and a second one the same night)