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The Top 100 Albums Of The Quietus’ Existence, As Picked By tQ’s Writers

As part of our ongoing celebrations of a decade of The Quietus, we asked our dozens upon dozens of fantastic contributors to pick their favourite albums of the site's existence. Below is their top 100, with an introduction by tQ staff writer Patrick Clarke

Diamanda Galás To Release New Solo Piano Work

The 21-minute piece is based on Georg Heym's expressionist poem, 'Das Fieberspital (The Fever Hospital)'

PREMIERE: RMFTM & 10,000 Russos LP

The band formerly known as Radar Men From The Moon and Portuguese psych warriors 10,000 Russos have teamed up for a monolith of a joint LP

The Residents

Doctor Dark

Stalwart Californian weirdos create a three-act avant-metal opera inspired by Judas Priest’s notorious 1990 trial for supposedly satanic subliminal messages

The Legacy Of The AACM: Anthony Braxton And Henry Threadgill Live In London

Anthony Braxton and Henry Threadgill’s double headliner at EFG London Jazz Festival is a reminder of the astounding achievments of their musical collective AACM, says Stewart Smith

Pet Shop Boys

Electric

Coil Interview & Extract From England’s Hidden Reverse

The American writer Derek de Koff got in touch with us recently to offer us this rarely seen or read Coil interview (with John Balance and Peter Christopherson) from 2001. And we've also got a long extract from David Keenan's excellent England's Hidden Reverse on the narcotic and artistic influences on Love's Secret Doman. Thanks to Luke Cartledge & Mark Pilkington

Ralfe Band

Attic Thieves

Perc Announces New EP On Own Label

Perc will release the Three Tracks To Send To Your Ghost Producer EP next month

Gary Wilson To Play London

Cult New York artist to play UK debut at London's Shacklewell Arms alongside Vindicatrix next week

Definitely Dusty: Lucy O’Brien’s Ten Essential Springfield Tracks 

From BBC sessions to unreleased tracks, Lucy O'Brien, author of Dusty: The Classic Biography, dives deep into some of the lesser known corners of the Dusty Springfield back catalogue

Rejoin The Tribe: Sleater-Kinney’s Janet Weiss Interviewed

This week, the seminal Washington trio released their first album in a decade. In an in-depth interview, drummer Janet Weiss tells Emily Mackay about No Cities To Love's genesis, being figureheads to a new generation of riot grrrl-inspired bands and being a part of the feminist conversation. Photographs courtesy of Brigitte Sire

Unfinished Business: New Order Interviewed

Don't call it a comeback... John Doran talks to New Order about their best album in a quarter of a century

Robyn And More For Roskilde 2019

Robyn, Tears For Fears and more join the bill for next year's Roskilde festival

What Will Remain Is Love: Marta Salogni Interviewed

Music For Open Spaces is an album inspired by landscape recorded by the late musician Tom Relleen with partner Marta Salogni. She talks to Kat Lister about the 'long journey' this music has taken

Pleasure Planet

Pleasure Planet

Upbeat debut from the new band of Ex-Hercules & Love Affair vocalist and Firehouse Records founder, Kim Ann Foxman