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Mark Linkous Remembered By The Artists Who Knew Him

Ahead of the release of the posthumous Sparklehorse album, Bird Machine, David Lynch, Steve Albini, John Parish, Angela Faye Martin and Jason Lytle talk to Brian Coney about the rewarding and often joyful experience of working and being friends with Mark Linkous

Columnfortably Numb: Psych Rock For February Reviewed By JR Moores

In his inaugural column of 2022, JR Moores tries to disentangle himself from a web of lies and get on with reviewing some cracking avant rock. Home page portrait: Wovenhand

Music of the Month: The Best Albums and Tracks of May 2025

Here are the albums and songs from the last month that we think you should hear, as selected by tQ's staffers

New Weird Britain In Review For March By Noel Gardner

Noel Gardner returns with his latest round-up of New Weird Britain's boldest and brightest new releases, reviewing music from Helena Celle, Kate Carr, Mantra and more

The Strange World Of… Ahmed Abdul-Malik

Daniel Spicer casts an eye over the career of pioneering jazz bassist and oud player Ahmed Abdul-Malik and suggests ten tracks that confirm his status as a crucial, if undersung, cross-cultural innovator

PREVIEW: The Great Escape

tQ are heading to Brighton for the annual new music showcase this week and here's our pick of the acts appearing, with details of our own stage below

Sudan Archives

Athena

With violin in hand, Sudan Archives' bold presence does not bow, finds Amanda Farah

Inscriber Of The Future: Remembering Richard H. Kirk

Richard H. Kirk’s astonishing and audacious music inscribed the future in which we’re presently living, says David Stubbs, as he remembers the pioneering Cabaret Voltaire musician following his death aged 65

Quietus Albums Of The Year 2019 (In Association With Norman Records)

These are our favourite albums of the last 12 months as voted for by Jennifer Lucy Allan, Robert Barry, Tristan Bath, Louise Brown, Patrick Clarke, John Doran, Christian Eede, Noel Gardner, Ella Kemp, Sean Kitching, David McKenna, JR Moores, Luke Turner and Kez Whelan

Noel’s Foul House: Your New Weird Britain Roundup For September

Getting older, getting weirder, getting down with Ana Da Silva & Phew, Blood Claat Orange, Spike & Debbie, Graham Dunning and Family Buckets

Jamie Lidell

Jamie Lidell

The Wince Of Parties: MGMT’s Sophomore Slump

We're all for artistic freedom, says Julian Marszalek, but what happens when it leads a band straight off a cliff edge?

Into The Ryanverse: Tom Clancy’s Tom Clancy

Author Tom Clancy gained fame and broad recognition for his creation of the character Jack Ryan. But perhaps his greatest creation was Tom Clancy himself, argues Chris Fite-Wassilak

New Weird Britain In Review For October By Noel Gardner

Noel Gardner unearths some East Sussex noise, the world's first modular acoustic synth, RAF early warning techno, and other odd gems from the British DIY underground

Things I Have Learned: Billy Childish On Chatham Dockyard

Easter Monday is Billy Holiday! Here the great man tells Phil Hebblethwaite about the history and legacy of the Chatham Dockyard (and why he thinks the Quietus is witless)