Method Man

I Thrive on Auto-Destruction: An Interview with Prolapse

As they return from a 26 year studio hiatus sounding fresher than ever, Prolapse speak to Derek Walmsley about the benefits and pitfalls of defying the 90s mainstream, self-sabotage, empathy with the downtrodden and the growing spectre of mortality

Martyn, Ramadanman, Appleblim On New Aus Music Comp

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Straight Hedge! The Best Punk and HC of 2025

Noel Gardner caps off his 15th year as our punk and hardcore columnist with a roundup of the 10 best records of 2025, and reviews of 10 more that got away

New Weird Britain in Review for September by Noel Gardner

Noel Gardner's guide to the greatest in the British underground returns, with vaporous synths, leftfield new age bubblers, avowedly fuck-off noise music and more

SML

How You Been

Progressive, sprawling, and infinitely interesting trance-jazz from LA's pre-eminent sideman supergroup

Pulse Emitter

Tide Pools

Daryl Groetsch submerges the listener in warm pads and playful jazz harmonies, music that ebbs and flows and washes over you in appropriately satisfying waves

Madonna Unveils ‘Confessions On A Dance Floor’ LP Sequel

The new record was produced alongside Stuart Price, who worked on the first Confessions... offering

Why Labour’s Proposals to Ban Ticket Touting don’t go far Enough

While music biz expert Eamonn Forde welcomes government plans to close the exploitative "secondary ticket" market, he argues that more needs to be done to help consumers and artists alike

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

Catching up With KAOS: Politics & Powerful Electronics at 22nd Anniversary

Lee Adams of the legendary LGBTQIA+ techno night KAOS discusses next week's anniversary event, the Athens experimental arts and music scene, and noise as political resistance

The Strange World Of… Ladytron

With their eighth album Paradises out this week, Simon Price asks Ladytron founder Daniel Hunt to shed some light (and magic) upon ten entry points into the Scouse-based synth lords' (and ladies') pristine body of werk. And for top tier subscribers revelation is at hand via an essential playlist

The Strange World Of… Ed Kuepper

Chris Pugmire offers us ten entry points into the back catalogue of Ed Kuepper of Australian iconoclasts The Saints, Laughing Clowns, and solo and collaborative renown

New Weird Britain: 2025 in Review by Noel Gardner

From avant folk to post-post-club computer music, via several doses of Cornish soundsmithery and a tribute to former Tottenham defender Ledley King, Noel Gardner presents his 10 favourite releases from New Weird Britain in 2025, and rounds up 10 more that got away

How men are? The Preposterously Testosterone-fuelled Taxi Driver turns 50

John Quin presents a hormonally loaded take on Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader’s classic of male alienation. For top tier subscribers to this site, click below for a 'Quietus Essentials Playlist' guide to the cinematic music of Bernard Herrmann

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Purple Mountains

Purple Mountains

Silver Jews' David Berman is back with his first new music for over a decade. Purple Mountains' eponymous debut is a fine and moving addition to his oeuvre, finds Noel Gardner