Uncanny

As Simple As Fun: Beth Ditto’s Baker’s Dozen

As she releases new solo album Fake Sugar, Beth Ditto swears & enthuses about 13 favourite records to Louise Brown, taking in the filth of Lil' Kim to David Bowie and the queer punk of Buzzcocks via Missy Elliott and Lauryn Hill

Lana Del Rey

Honeymoon

Playing In The Wreckage: 65daysofstatic On Making Music Under Late Capitalism

Underground veterans 65daysofstatic are back with a new album diving deep into the state we're now in. Here, Paul Wolinski makes the case for staying inspired and creative under the impecunious trials of late capitalism

Smashing The Philip Glass Ceiling: Verity Susman Interviewed

Electrelane's Verity Susman is currently voyaging through a sonic world where human meets machine: organ drones, sung vocals and queer fantasies in computerised spoken word. She speaks with Bryony Beynon about audio collage and the disconnect between people and their computers

Low Culture Podcast: David Cronenberg’s Crash

In this month’s subscriber podcast, John Doran and Luke Turner rev up to discuss a 1996 erotic thriller based on the writings of JG Ballard 

Reissue of the Week: The Cure’s Mixes Of A Lost World

Rock remix projects are typically inconsistent, says JR Moores. The Cure’s latest foray into the format is a mixed bag, with the most successful moments those which somewhat stifle Robert Smith’s sadness

The Quietus International: Nyege Nyege Festival 2024

Hannah Uguru reports back from this year's Nyege Nyege Festival in Uganda, explores its role as a sanctuary for unconventional culture, and profiles five key acts from this year's event,

Radical Traditional: Folk Music for Autumn, by Patrick Clarke

In the second instalment of his guide to the best in new, forward-thinking folk music, Patrick Clarke explores the relationship between musicians old and new, and rounds up ten of the finest new releases

Man And Machine: An Interview With Meshuggah

Meshuggah's Tomas Haake speaks to Jimmy Martin on the band's bruising new album Immutable, the string of injuries that have dogged the band's career, misgivings with the way they've been marketed and more

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Ready New Album, ‘Death Hilarious’

It's out next month on Rocket Recordings

“It’s Like Being Naked”: An Interview With Husband

Italian duo Husband tell Simon Jay Catling about musical freedom, inexperience and not being swayed by clamour

“Sing Up, You F*ckers!”: A Heavenly Coach Trip To Paris

Heavenly Recordings is currently the Quietus' go-to label for smart, cosmic indie pop. Laurie Tuffrey jumps on a coach to Paris with label Pied Piper Jeff Barrett and his charges Toy, Stealing Sheep, Charlie Boyer & The Voyeurs and Temples. Photographs courtesy of Neil Thomson

Low Culture Essay: Jim Gibson on Better Things and Rural Poverty

In this month's essay, Jim Gibson unpicks the cultural myths of the idyllic British countryside as he reflects on Duane Hopkins' 2008 film Better Things in the context of his own life in a rural working class community

The Evil That Men Do: Cowards by Squid

Brighton post-punks get weirder, wilder and more exploratory with age, finds Cal Cashin

Spools Out: The Best Cassettes of 2024

Daryl Worthington rounds up his 18 favourite tapes from 2024, and his favourite cassette label of the year. From heavy metal choirs to radical turntables, revolutionary bagpipes and hooligan trombones

Reissue of the Week: Orbital 2 (The Brown Album Expanded)

'The Brown Album' pays testament to the thrilling, sometimes contradictory power of rave as a culture, just months before it splintered, says Joe Muggs