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Telepathic Relations: An Interview With Shabazz Palaces

The astral hip hop of Seattle's Shabazz Palaces conjures up a disorienting and thrilling patchwork of shifting moods and sensations. Laura Snoad speaks to vocalist Ishmael Butler about new album Lese Majesty, the science fiction of Octavia Butler, and the importance of ambiguity

A Quietus Interview

Queens Of The Stoned Age: THEESatisfaction Interviewed

Seattle-based "Empresses of Time" THEESatisfaction have just followed up a string of remarkable self-released records with their debut for Sub Pop. The duo tell Stevie Chick about bonding over music and embracing their weirdness

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Milhões de Festa Adds More Names To Lineup

American R&B, Italian garage rock and more

Previously Read

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Heinali & Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko
Гільдеґарда (Hildergard)

Recorded in a Cistercian abbey, electronic producer Oleh Shkudeiko joins forces with Ukrainian vocalist Andriana-yaroslava Saienko to pay tribute to the 12th-century German mystic

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Leo Chadburn
Sleep in the Shadow of the Alternator

The composer (fka Simon Bookish) evokes visionary worlds from the ruins of Leicestershire's coal mining and power-generating past

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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Become Latest Act to Pull Music from Spotify

They follow Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu in turning their back on the streaming platform due to military investments made by its CEO

Rum Music

Rum Music for January Reviewed by Jennifer Lucy Allan

Your Rum Music roundup returns for 2026, where Jennifer Lucy Allan presents early AOTY contenders from Silvia Tarozzi, Tashi Dorij and more

Reissue of the Week

Reissue of the Week: Squarepusher’s Ultravisitor

Squarepusher once said he has no recollection of making Ultravisitor, his “spectacle of beauty and of terror”. As the record is reissued as an expanded edition for its 20th anniversary, Siobhán Kane returns to the record’s ambiguous beauty

Anniversary

Hitting It Sideways: Last Exit To Brooklyn at 60

Wayne Gooderham explores the influence of Hubert Selby Jr's transgressive masterpiece on popular music; and on the gender sensibilities of The Smiths, Van Morrison and The Velvet Underground in particular. CW: Some may find the language quoted in this article that describes LGBTQI people & sex workers outmoded or offensive

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Nick Cave, Franz Ferdinand And More Pull Russian Tour Dates

The move comes amid Russia's invasion of neighbouring Ukraine

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Björk’s ‘Cornucopia’ Concert Film Set for Limited Cinema Release

It will be screened in almost 30 different countries between May 7 and 11

Electronic

Hyperspecific: The Best Dance Tracks from Summer 2025, Reviewed by Jaša Bužinel

As autumn approaches, tQ's electronic music columnist Jaša Bužinel compiles the tunes that have had the greatest impact on this summer's festival dancefloors, from progressive bangers to nostalgia triggers

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A Viennese Whirl: Klimt & Schiele Go Head-to-Head

At the Royal Academy, Fisun Güner trades blows with two titans of early twentieth century Viennese art

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Skaņu Mežs Reveals First Acts Playing 2025 Edition

The Latvian festival will welcome These New Puritans, Shabaka Hutchings and more later this year

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Lawrence English
Even The Horizon Knows Its Bounds

Room40 boss calls in a cavalcade of collaborators – including Jim O'Rourke, Claire Rousay, and The Necks' Chris Abrahams – for a remarkably cohesive meditation on site and space

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Pulp Release Statement on Adelaide Festival Following Boycott U-Turn

The band had initially pulled out over the festival's treatment of Palestinian writer Randa Abdel-Fattah

A Quietus Interview

Direct Approach: An Interview With Sink Ya Teeth

Norwich's very best post-punk-dance-duo Sink Ya Teeth speak to Patrick Clarke about their remarkable drive to keep creating, and how they headlined a massive Slovakian festival at one hour's notice.

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Charles Gayle, Milford Graves and William Parker
WEBO

A legendary live set from the summer of ‘91 is full of joy and fire, finds Vanessa Ague

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Sir Richard Bishop
Hillbilly Ragas

Sir Richard Bishop’s latest solo LP for Drag City finds the former Sun City Girl in fine, rambunctious form, says Bernie Brooks

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