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Piss, Porn, Shit, Sex & Sewing: On The Road With Xiu Xiu
Intense in noise and sexuality, Xiu Xiu's Angel Guts: Red Classroom is one of the Quietus' LPs of the year thus far. Here, Jamie Stewart guides Luke Turner through the mundanity, insanity, violence and deviance of years on the road. Warning - may make you ill or aroused
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The Strange World of… Jon Spencer
For 40 years, Jon Spencer has been playing a mutant strain of rock & roll. Here he offers Mark Andrews 10 entry points to his vast back catalogue, from his earliest days in Pussy Galore, through the Blues Explosion all the way up to his still-nameless new band
Opinion & Essays
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
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
