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The Greatest Guitar Riffs In The World (Better Than Sweet Child O’Mine)
Profoundly depressed by a new poll which supposedly “reveals” the nation’s taste in rock riffs, Joel McIver – who is such a guitar geek that he wrote a book last year called The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists – provides 20 far more interesting alternatives
A Quietus Interview
Space Rock The Final Frontier: Sir Patrick Moore On Pop
From 'Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun' to 'Supermassive Black Hole' Joel McIver played Sir Patrick - the greatest living Englishman with a monocle - interplanetary rock and pop and asked him about the science behind the songs
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Baker's Dozen
Sense Of Absurdity: Jonathan Higgs Of Everything Everything’s Favourite Albums
The Manchester indie band's frontman gives Christopher Sanders a tour of the formative records of his teenage years, and explains why they, along with Australia's longest-running soap opera, have made a lasting impression
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The Quietus International
The Quietus International: Chilean Music Reviewed by Álvaro Molina
In the latest edition of our journey through the global underground, Álvaro Molina examines the steadily-diversifying sounds of Chilean DIY, from abstract hip hop to ambient deep listening, and picks out five crucial new releases
Music of the Month
Music of the Month: The Best Albums and Tracks of March 2025
From a revelatory debut of Chilean post punk to gargantuan sound design, via left-field trad fiddles, sonic euphoria, and proof that dance music still has space for innovation, tQ's staffers round up the best that March had to offer
Album of the Week
Dulce et Indecorum: Throbbing Gristle in Berlin
A new boxset from England's notorious "wreckers of civlization" gathers together live recordings and unreleased studio material from the time of their brief mid-00s reunion. Dale Cornish finds the group as wonderfully indigestible as ever
