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A Droning In The Eire: Jennifer Walshe On The Irish Avant-Garde

A new project has begun to explore and document the wealth of experimental music in Ireland's past. Ian Maleney speaks to the Aisteach Foundation's Jennifer Walshe about ecclesiastical drone, bog-dwelling noise musicians and a hitherto uncelebrated group of queer composers

Like Jesus Christ Superstar With Depression: Beak> Discuss Their new Album

As they surprise-release their first album in six years, the Bristol trio speak to Alastair Shuttleworth about how ambiguity, a Welsh farmhouse and a departed pet all played a part in their astonishing new music. Cover portrait by Andre Habermann

Dean McPhee

Astral Gold

The Bradford guitarist's fifth album takes Roy Montgomery and Manuel Göttsching on a trip deep into the old weird Yorkshire

2019 In Books: Quietus Writers Pick The Year’s Best Fiction & Non-Fiction

From Kevin Barry to Shoshana Zuboff, Quietus writers pick their favourite books of 2019

Ink From The Eyes: Jerusalem In My Heart Interviewed

Lebanese-born Montreal-based musician Radwan Ghazi Moumneh tells Lottie Brazier about the evolution of his project combining electronics with traditional Arabic instruments and documenting a changing Beirut on record

Russell Haswell

Respondent

Haswell's latest mini-LP on Diagonal is properly idiosyncratic noise techno

Love Songs And Monster Songs: Jad Fair’s Favourite Albums

As Half Japanese gear up for a brand new album this summer and a UK show in September, frontman Jad Fair takes Sean Kitching through thirteen favourite records from Howlin’ Wolf to Lord Invader

Inspiral Carpets

Dung 4 (Reissue)

LISTEN: Lisa Hannigan Covers Nick Drake

Have a listen to Hannigan's version of 'Black Eyed Dog' from the tribute album Way To Blue released next week

Steven Warwick

Moi

Abandoning his former Heatsick moniker, Steven Warwick provides pranksterism with a purpose on new album *Moi*, finds Eden Tizard

WATCH: Marianne Faithfull & Anna Calvi

Video for collaborative single from upcoming LP Give My Love To London

Music For Falling Through Life: Peter Broderick’s Favourite LPs

Ahead of his appearance at the Southbank Centre as part of Erased Tapes' tenth birthday celebrations later this year, Peter Broderick speaks to Elizabeth Aubrey about 13 records that inspired him, from Dylan to Arvo Part and Philip Glass

Supersonic Festival Adds aya, Penelope Trappes and More to 2025 Lineup

Six Organs Of Admittance and Jackie-O Motherfucker have also joined the bill

Romance In The Air: Rewire 2025 Reviewed

Richard Foster needs a sit down after a spell-binding weekend taking in sonic veterans, new pioneers, and a waterborne performance that is like "some absurd clash of Handel, Stockhausen and Jerome K Jerome"

LISTEN: Om Unit’s Sonar Set

Stream a set by Om Unit, on Red Bull Music Academy's stage at Sonar Festival yesterday

Confessions Of A Heretic: An Extract From Nergal’s Thund’rous Tome

Behemoth frontman Adam 'Nergal' Darski is publishing his memoirs in English with the help of occasional Quietus writer Mark Eglinton. Here we present an extract about the black metal musician's act of apostasy