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Moor Mother

Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes

Moor Mother's latest album, *Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes* offers a highly politicised journey through time and space, finds Bob Cluness

tQ’s Exclusive Monthly Round-Up Playlist: November and December 2024

Here's everything we've covered at The Quietus in the final two months of 2024, compiled for the listening pleasure of tQ's subscribers

WATCH: Supernormal Live Sets

Check out full sets from this year's Supernormal by Tomaga, JK Flesh and Ashtray Navigations

Seven Fela Kuti Records To Be Reissued In New Box Set

The fifth release in Partisan Records' reissue campaign is co-curated by Femi Kuti and Coldplay's Chris Martin

Two Poems By: Harry Burke

This week's new writing comes once again from London, and again in the form of excellent new poetry, this time via Harry Burke

Tape Adapter: November’s Hip Hop Mixtapes Reviewed by Gary Suarez

As 2015 careens to a close, hop in the Coupe and check out some of the latest mixtapes to weather the imminent winter. Also peep the Top 20 Best Hip Hop Albums of 2015 list below

Watching The World Go By: On Takeshi Kitano’s A Scene At The Sea

Takeshi Kitano is often presented as the model gangster auteur, yet the apotheosis of his early period – turning 30 this year – prioritises the calm art of people watching above all else, finds Blaise Radley

A World That’s Gone: Suede’s Dog Man Star 30 Years On

At odds with the world, with reality, with Britpop and with each other, Suede were in a terrible place as they wrote and recorded Dog Man Star. But, writes Matthew Lindsay, it's the album that would end up as their masterpiece. This feature was originally published in 2014

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The Fall

Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews For May By Tristan Bath

A series of dreamworlds populate May’s best cassette tape releases as picked by Tristan Bath, including Teleplasmiste's British ruralism, Merry Peers’ surreal trips, digital ayahuasca from Prague’s Izanasz, and a pair of anonymous untraceable synth tapes

Thirteen Masks: Jarboe’s Favourite Music

Jarboe guides Spyros Stasis through 13 favourites in this week's Baker's Dozen, taking in the likes of Arvo Pärt, Kendrick Lamar, Janis Joplin and her relationship with Swans

Things Learned At Motel Mozaique Festival

Our Man In Rotterdam, Richard Foster, heads for Motel Mozaique and discovers Black Midi, Melanie de Biasio and Lubomyr Melnyk are highlights of a giddy showcase festival

French Mountain Arts Residency CAMP Details 2023 Season

Actress, Sarah Davachi and more will take part in intimate workshops

Low Culture Podcast Six: Nadine Shah On Robert Palmer

The sixth in our series of subscriber-only podcasts features Nadine Shah talking about how Robert Palmer's 1994 album Honey helped through her Mum's illness and, as unlikely as it sounds, how it has influenced her music

LISTEN: Jodorowsky Score Reissue Clips

Have a listen to tracks from the scores of The Holy Mountain, El Topo and The Dance Of Reality, due on Finders Keepers next year

Full Clip: 2017’s Best Hip Hop

After a rich year of introspective bars, and production that’s veered between glossy cloud rap and dark trap, Tara Joshi considers the best hip hop of 2017.