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Momentum And Noise: An Interview With Sex Swing

As they prepare to release their almighty second album _Type II_, Sex Swing speak to Patrick Clarke about aggression, refinement and gruesome album art

A Man Escaped: The Style Council’s Confessions Of A Pop Group 30 Years On

Dismayed by the relative failure of Red Wedge, The Style Council find solace soundtracking the bleak state of the nation while pushing the possibilities of pop. Paul Weller discusses one of his more overlooked albums with Lois Wilson

WATCH: Jon Hopkins Video For Reissue

New video for track taken from Jon Hopkins' debut album following its reissue last week; watch below

Rockfort! French Music For November Reviewed By David McKenna

In the final look at the French scene in 2021, David McKenna reviews releases from L’Ocelle Mare, Aquaserge and the new star of French drill Ziak, and rounds up a few overlooked gems. Home page photograph: Soporific

Nadine Shah Details New Album, ‘Filthy Underneath’

The album "chronicles a period of unprecedented turbulence" in the artist's life, a press release says

Moor Mother

The Great Bailout

Powered by pervasive drones and industrial electronics, the latest album from Camae Ayewa follows the money

The Shock Of The Neu! Michael Rother & Green Man Festival Reviewed

Good yeoman of the bar! Pour Julian Marszalek a foaming pint of nut brown ale as he has penned his Green Man festival review...

Hyper Edited Fragments: Jan Nemeček interviewed

Tristan Bath meets multifaceted Serbian electronic musician Jan Nemeček at Elevate Festival to talk about techno, minimalism, Yugoslavian acid rock, and the ongoing transformations of Belgrade’s music scene

Rum Music: Some Thoughts On Silence

In this edition of Rum Music, Michael Begg looks at the problems inherent in a recent compilation of 'silent' music, and Stephen Graham heads to King's Place for a selection of live explorations of silence

Tony Iommi Diagnosed With Lymphoma

Black Sabbath guitarist diagnosed with the early stages of lymphoma

Cinematic Quality: Blanck Mass’ Favourite Albums

He's just released his second solo album, Dumb Flesh, and is set to play tQ's stage at The Great Escape on Friday. Before that, the Fuck Buttons man gives James Benge the rundown of his top 13 records

Broken Spines: Past & Future Tense (Literary Highlights Of 2013 & 2014)

Not one to be left out, the Quietus Literary Supplement offers up a (not-quite-so-comprehensive) list of its own - our favourite books of 2013, and possible gems of the year-to-come - compiled by friends, contributors and our very own editors

Deep Listening: Bérangère Maximin Interviewed

Cindy Stern offers her unique insights into - and talks to - the incomparable electroacoustic composer Bérangère Maximin

Post-Dubstep, Post-Olympic: On SBTRKT & “Bollocks Music”

SBTRKT's new album Wonder Where We Land represents the apex of dubstep morphed into marketable navel-gazing romantic mithering. Is this closer to nu-folk than you might expect and the sound of post-Olympic Britain, asks Joe Kennedy

Silent Servant

Negative Fascination

Complete Communion: The Best Jazz Of 2022

tQ's jazz and improvised music columnist Peter Margasak picks his ten favourite recordings of the year, as well as a few additional observations and under-the-radar developments in the scene