Liturgy

Jlin

Black Origami

Hekla

Turnar

Theremin virtuoso Hekla Magnúsdóttir’s third album is austere and uncompromising, but it more than rewards careful listening

Supersonic 2010: Michael Gira Talks About Swans And Hair Shirts

Michael Gira says that being in Swans used to be like "trudging up a sand hill wearing a hair shirt, being sprayed with battery acid, with a midget taunting you". In which case, why has he resurrected the project, asks Frances Morgan

tQ’s Exclusive Monthly Round-Up Playlist: January 2025

Here's everything we've covered at The Quietus this month, compiled for the listening pleasure of tQ's subscribers

Music and Wartime in Ukraine, Part Two: Our Choice, Our Future

In the latest edition of New Voices Ukraine, tQ's new collaboration with 20ft Radio, Neformat, the British Council and Ukrainian Institute, Yaryna Denysyuk continues her inquiry into the war's cultural front, and looks ahead to an uncertain and dangerous future

Poems In People: An Interview With Richard Hawley

With his first three solo albums due for reissue, Richard Hawley talks them over with Julian Marszalek in an in-depth interview taking in pop music, his hometown of Sheffield and why mortality's never far from his mind

PULP Reform!

Full line-up for Primavera and Hyde Park

The Shape of Free Pop to Come: Giant Claw Interviewed

Keith Rankin, aka Giant Claw, speaks to Natalie Marlin about leaning deep into pop music, carving it all up and assembling something completely unique on new album Decadent Stress Chamber

Organic Intelligence XXXIII: South African 3-step

3-step is a new evolution within South African dance music, writes Skye Butchard in the latest instalment of our antidote to the algorithm

Backxwash

Only Dust Remains

The latest album finds the Zambian-Canadian rapper in reflective mode, bathed in warm synths and more melodic percussion to balance the darkness

Reissue Of The Week: Mark Lanegan’s Bubblegum

Bubblegum is a great rock record that said important things about pop, says Toby Manning

Long Distance Communication: An Interview With Sabina

Jeremy Allen meets up with the musical polyglot and Brazilian Girls frontwoman to discuss her debut solo album, Toujours

INTERVIEW: Matt Berry

We talk to the actor and multi-instrumentalist about his excellent new album, Kill The Wolf

Nothing Else Matters: An Interview with bdrmm

As they announce third LP Microtonic, Hull foursome bdrmm tell Alex Rigotti how they stared into the abyss left by lockdown and found themselves liberated by rave music and a healthy dose of nihilism

Micachu & the Shapes: No Pigs Were Harmed In The Making Of This LP

For their latest, Good Sad Happy Bad, experimental pop group Micachu & The Shapes sank a few then confined themselves to a rehearsal space for a stripped-down, marathon recording session; some metal ensued, as they tell DJ Pangburn

Getting off the Bus: Loula Yorke Interviewed

During the last two years, Loula Yorke has released six albums and a mixtape and she's only just getting started. Joe Muggs talks to the modular synthesist about a background in raving and activism, and why it's time to start thinking of herself as an artist