Solange

Deerhoof to Remove Music from Spotify

The band are making the move in protest of chief executive Daniel Ek’s military investments

Dutch Uncles

Out Of Touch In The Wild

PJ Harvey Wins Second Mercury Prize

Polly Jean takes the prize for a second time for latest album Let England Shake

RP Boo

Legacy

The Quietus is 17! We’re Celebrating With New Playlists for our Subscribers

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Saagara

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Wacław Zimpel’s wild sax and electronica meets Carnatic musical traditions in a collaboration with Giridhar Udupa, Aggu Baba, Mysore N. Karthik and K. Raja

Sufjan Stevens

Carrie & Lowell (10th Anniversary Edition)

On its tenth anniversary, the Midwestern singer-songwriter returns to his classic autobiographical album with a new release featuring previously unreleased demos and outtakes. Listening to now double-disced record anew, Kat Lister finds a profound meditation on the nature of grief

LISTEN: Carla Bozulich’s Quieter With Track-By-Track Guide

American musician Carla Bozulich guides us through the inspiration and creation of her new album for Constellation, Quieter

A Droning In The Eire: Jennifer Walshe On The Irish Avant-Garde

A new project has begun to explore and document the wealth of experimental music in Ireland's past. Ian Maleney speaks to the Aisteach Foundation's Jennifer Walshe about ecclesiastical drone, bog-dwelling noise musicians and a hitherto uncelebrated group of queer composers

tQ’s Exclusive Monthly Round-Up Playlist: September 2024

Here's everything we've covered at The Quietus this month, compiled for the listening pleasure of tQ's subscribers

My Bloody Valentine Confirm First Live Show in Seven Years

The band will play Dublin's 3Arena in November 2025

Low Culture Essay: A Tale of Two Normans – Wrongtom On Beats International’s ‘Dub Be Good To Me’

In this month's Low Culture Essay, Wrongtom weaves the life of his jazz pianist grandad into his encounter with Norman Cook & co's 1990 hit single, and explores how it changed his own musical trajectory

Lucrecia Dalt

A Danger to Ourselves

Joined by David Sylvian and Juana Molina, Lucrecia Dalt finds wild abandon in minimalist electronics and eerie soundscapes, finds Lina Adams

Oh Sees

Face Stabber

Whether its Oh Sees, Orinoka Crash Suite, OCS, Orange County Sound, The Ohsees, The Oh Sees, or Thee Oh Sees, John Dwyer's records can be an enjoyably discombobulating experience, finds Nick Roseblade

LISTEN: David Lynch – Are You Sure

First play of new track from The Big Dream, out next month

Jon Hassell To Reissue ‘Vernal Equinox’

The 'Fourth World' pioneer's 1977 album has been fully remastered