Music of the Month

The Horrors’ How-It-Was-Made Guide To Skying

A couple of weeks ago, Luke Turner went to The Horrors' studio in Hackney to get the low-down on how they put together ace new LP Skying. Dave Ma was on hand to take the exclusive studio photos

Community in the Ukrainian Underground, Part One:  “Nyzhnoyurkivska”, 20 Ft Radio and The Module Project 

In the latest edition of New Voices Ukraine, tQ's new collaboration with 20ft Radio, Neformat, the British Council and Ukrainian Institute, Yaryna Denysyuk and Kseniia Yanus examine the radio stations, small events and music schools that are forming the heart of Ukraine’s underground music communities

A classic Metallica interview

Fuck Those Allies: An Interview with DJ Haram

As she shares new track 'Distress Tolerance', DJ Haram speaks to Jesse Dorris about her roots in New Jersey clubs and the Philadelphia underground, the complexities of DJing and identity, and charting her own path on debut album Beside Myself

One Small Node Of Reality Left: Applied Ballardianism

The new book by Simon Sellars is a "memoir from a parallel universe", a hybrid theory-fiction litcrit-cum-SF novel. Speaking to the author, we enter the strange world of Applied Ballardianism…

Reissue of the Week: Henry Badowski’s Life Is A Grand

Travis Elborough hails what he considers one of the greatest lost albums of all time

The Strange World Of… The La’s

Forty years on from their formation, The La’s remain misunderstood due to a flawed studio album. Will Ainsley suggests that it’s in the group’s extensive network of alternate takes, demo recordings, live sessions, and ‘lost’ tracks, though, that their timeless quality can be best appreciated

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 

Dig it: Mining The Deep Horizons Show In Middlesbrough

John Quin burrows away at a collaborative show in MIMA featuring work by Martin Creed, Theaster Gates, Hannah Rullmann and Faiza Ahmad Kahn

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

From improvisations that capture the archaeology of the internet to werewolf inspired black metal played with Cajun instruments, roaming synths, sidewinding freakouts and clipped nails, Daryl Worthington dives into the latest cassette releases

tQ’s Exclusive Monthly Round-Up Playlist: January 2025

Here's everything we've covered at The Quietus this month, compiled for the listening pleasure of tQ's subscribers

Sunn O))) Announce UK Tour Dates

Sunn O))) will bring Life Metal to London, Manchester, Glasgow and other UK cities this October

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