Silver Scrolls

Sarah Nixey

Night Walks

Third solo album from former Black Box Recorder vocalist is a triumph of hallucinatory avant pop

Praise Be! The Quietus’ Favourite Religious & Spiritual Records

Ahead of the Easter weekend, the Quietus writers select a huge list of their favourite religious and spiritual records, from across the spectrum of belief systems, denominations and musical styles

North-South Divide: In Conversation With David Peace & Luke Haines

Stuart Evers speaks to the rock 'n' roll auteur and Faber's superstar author about the role of the outsider, the shadow history of music and mining nostalgia

How Rosalía’s Music Is A Journey To The Heart Of Divided Spain

Rosalía has been one of pop's standouts in recent years and, says Ben Cardew, her music provides a way for outsiders to understand the complexities of contemporary Spanish politics. Photo thanks to Primavera Sound / Sergio Albert

Low Culture Essay: Harry Sword On The Flashman Papers

In this month's Low Culture essay, commissioned exclusively for tQ subscribers, Harry Sword makes the case for George MacDonald Fraser's Flashman series of novels being a fine lesson in the grim reality of British history, and the literary equivalents of the music of Throbbing Gristle and Iron Maiden

The Women Moving Ukraine’s Underground, Part 2: Thinking About the Future

In the second instalment of New Voices Ukraine, tQ's new collaboration with 20ft Radio, Neformat, the British Council and Ukrainian Institute, Yaryna Denysyuk of Neformat continues her investigation into the role of women in the country's wartime music scene, and seeks out the figures who will shape the future

The Nightingales

No Love Lost

Dean Blunt Releases New Babyfather EP, ‘icl’

The four-track record is out through his own World Music label

A Postman Chat: Joe Thompson & Kevin Boniface On Art & Royal Mail

One-time postman, Sean Kitching, talks to musician and label boss, Joe Thompson, and author and photographer, Kevin Boniface, about the ups and downs of the profession in the current perilous political and economic climate

Rework: Maps Speaks To A Certain Ratio

With A Certain Ratio contributing an ambitious re-work to Maps' new series of EPs, which premieres exclusively with tQ, the band's Jez Kerr and Maps' James Chapman get together to talk the art of a good remix, the importance of limitation, and why drive-in gigs just simply won't suffice

Touching The Big Mind: Jah Wobble Interviewed

Duncan Seaman sits down with Jah Wobble for a career spanning chat about working with members of Can, Bill Laswell's "for real" theft of Jackson Pollock's paint spatters and Zen Buddhism

“The Spirit”: Mike Watt Of The Missingmen’s Favourite Albums

Currently in the middle of a European tour, the Minutemen, Dos and Firehose founder pares down his record collection to give John Calvert his thirteen all-time top LPs

Quietus Writers Choose Their Best TV Of 2012

Adey Lobb has polled the Quietus TV writters to find out what our favourite shows of last year were. Thanks to April Welsh, Austin Collings, Julian Marszalek, Joe Clay, Terry Staunton, Neil Kulkarni and Alex Niven

Rum Music: Jennifer Lucy Allan’s 2019 Favourites

Jennifer Lucy Allan surveys standouts from her inaugural year at the Rum Music controls, and looks forward to getting her hands dirty in 2020

Another Eden: The Phantom Threads Of Billie Zangewa

A Quiet Fire, the debut UK show by Malawi-born artist Billie Zangewa at Brighton CCA, weaves a thought-provoking web for John Quin

Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews For October By Daryl Worthington

Autumn’s coming, and Daryl Worthington finds it’s bringing a globe spanning mix of radical sonics, ocean deep ambience and hyperactive ecstasy from the tape scene