The KLF, The Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu

What Kind Of Party Doesn’t Have A DJ? On Politics & Grime

Grime's enthusiasm for Jeremy Corbyn has been one of the oddest moments of an already strange general election campaign. But, argues Jeffrey Boakye, perhaps the two worlds of politics and the music of London's streets aren't so different after all

Dread Magnificence: LSD, Selected Ambient Works II & The Psychic Death of Aphex Twin

The word 'ambient' is a misdirection worthy of the greatest illusionist, says John Doran, SAW2 is the work of a modern electronic composer, intent on destroying the boundaries between himself and the material of Cornwall which inspired him

The Shock Of The End: Krakow’s Unsound Festival Deconstructed

Unsound Krakow this year lived up to its theme of The End, says Rory Gibb, via collapsing old buildings, digital asphyxiation, predatory techno and pop star grotesques

From The Archives: The Boy Who Would Fly, Michael Jackson In 1983

To mark his recent death, we have reproduced Barney Hoskyns' 1983 NME piece on the King of Pop

Spools’s Out: Your Tape Releases For May

New electronic sounds from AJA, EQ Why, and Honnda sit alongside drone rock and outsider bedroom pop in Tristan Bath’s typically atypical summary of the month’s best tape releases

HBO’s Beware The Slenderman: A Very Modern Tragedy

This unsettling documentary about child-on-child violence is difficult to watch, but an important and powerful piece of work, says John Tatlock ****Contains mild spoilers****

Nimble Rhythms: Beatrice Dillon’s Workaround

Beatrice Dillon weaves disparate threads into a masterwork with her debut LP Workaround, says Kristen Gallerneaux

“We Were Engulfed By Acid Vapour” – Samsara’s Mark Magidson Interviewed

Erin Lyndal Martin chats to producer Mark Magidson about the final instalment in the wordless, non-narrative movie trilogy he created with director Ron Fricke, ahead of its theatrical release next week

There’s Always A Story: Martin Carthy’s Favourite Music

Martin Carthy speaks to Patrick Clarke about his 13 favourite records, his love for the new wave of traditional musicians, encounters with Bob Dylan and The Beatles and more

The Sorrows Of Young Nick Cave: A Review Of Boy On Fire By Mark Mordue

Matilda Munro reviews Mark Mordue's new book on the early life of a Bad Seed

Go East! Gay London Celebrates With Miss Grace At Lovebox

It's a fruity Sunday at Lovebox, as the gentlemen's gentlemen take over the disco with help from Grace Jones, Chic, umpteen hot drag queens and "the world's first travelling homo disco". Andy Thomas gets down. Photographs thanks to Katja Ogrin

Pleasurable Delirium: Things The Quietus Learned At Sónar 2014

Last week, the Quietus relocated to Barcelona for Sónar Festival, one of the year's major electronic music summits. Angus Finlayson, Luke Turner, Rory Gibb and Ben Cardew report back on some of the life lessons they took home with them

tQ’s Exclusive Monthly Round-Up Playlist: March 2021

For tQ subscribers, here's all the ace new music we've covered on the site this March, compiled into one handy mega-playlist!

Jane Birkin

Enfants D'hiver

J-Do, Roger Robinson & Krautrock Karaoke

Dub poetry and DIY Krautrock action at May 14 date of tQ editor's An English Trip book tour

Reissue Of The Week: LCD Soundsystem’s The Long Goodbye

As LCD Soundsystem's supreme 2011 gig receives a lavish 10th anniversary reissue, Ian Wade delves into a completist's dream of a performance, and ponders the significance of 'farewell' gigs