Punk

Rum Music: The Best Of 2022 Reviewed By Jennifer Lucy Allan

Jennifer Lucy Allan plucks her essential releases from this year's onslaught of sonic activity in the Zone, from hurdy gurdy and home-made modulars to gamelan and music made under Swedish bridges

Voivod

Target Earth

Words To The Blind: Savages And Bo Ningen In Conversation

Before they reanimate their Dadaist simultaneous poetry-inspired project at London's Oval Space tonight, Savages' Jehnny Beth & Bo Ningen's Taigen Kawabe tell Suzie McCracken about its distant origins in Britain's highest inn and why youthful rebellion lies at its heart

tQ Subscriber Release: Bruise Blood

Your latest subscriber-exclusive music is a six-track collection of dizzying noise, punishing beats and crystalline electronics courtesy of Teeth Of The Sea's Mike Bourne, who tells Patrick Clarke about how he's stepping out on his own as Bruise Blood

Straight Hedge! The Best Punk Of 2021

Noel Gardner looks back over 2021 and selects ten albums from his tQ column, plus another ten that got away

Beirut

March of the Zapotec / Holland

Straight Hedge! Noel Gardner Reviews Punk & HC For April

Do you feel lucky punk? Well do you? That's good, because Noel Gardner is back with more of the stuff you love. Home page photo: Romero

Tidiani Kone et T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo

Tidiani Kone et T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo

Welcome first re-release for a prized Benin-Mali collaboration

Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews for March by Daryl Worthington

Daryl Worthington speaks to Turmeric Acid about telepathic collaborations, and reviews tapes of free-wheeling hardanger and Andean flute improvisations, sat nav fall outs, ecstatic noise and more in March’s dive into the cassette scene

Rum Music For August Reviewed By Jennifer Lucy Allan

Woodwind multiples, early Indian electronic music, caustic Brazilian reworks and John Fahey as you've never heard him before reviewed by Jennifer Lucy Allan in this month's trip into the lesser travelled interior

Hyperspecific: Electronic Music for February Reviewed by Jaša Bužinel

Jaša Bužinel reflects the death of three beloved artists, and presents 10 outstanding electronic music releases, from world-building IDM excursions and top notch tech-house to funky jazztronica and avant-garde easy listening

A New Nineties US Edition: Bitch Magnet Interviewed

Neil Kulkarni continues his canon busting look at forgotten bands from the 1990s. This time he interviews Bitch Magnet

Secret Weapons: Luke Una’s Favourite Music

As he prepares for the second volume of his É Soul Cultura series, Luke Una takes us through 13 of his favourite tracks, from his secret dancefloor fillers to the beauty of Pharoah Sanders

Powell Vs Steve Albini!!!!

The promotion for Powell's new XL single has taken a rather unexpected avenue with a little help from Steve Albini

Alice Coltrane

The Carnegie Hall Concert

A live set from 1971, finds Coltrane – plus a band featuring Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders, Tulsi Sen Gupta and others – on inspired form, finds Antonio Poscic

New Weird Britain This March Reviewed By Noel Gardner

Noel Gardner writes in praise of sticking together, plus new releases from Slum Of Legs, Noods and Handle