Jelena Sofronijevic 

Here’s Looking At You: Matmos Give Their Regards To Bogusław Schaeffer

When the avant-garde Polish composer Bogusław Schaeffer died in 2019, who but Matmos could prepare the ultimate tribute? Words by Kevin O'Rourke

Natalia Beylis

Mermaids

An old photograph and a vintage keyboard open a portal to a watery soundworld for the Irish electronic producer

Quietus Albums Of The Year 2021 (In Association With Norman Records)

These are our favourite albums of the last 12 months, as voted for by tQ staff, columnists and core writers. Illustration by Lisa Cradduck

Kamasi Washington & More Of That Jazz In Complete Communion

Stewart Smith once again takes a long draught from the jazz chalice as his Complete Communion column looks at how Kendrick Lamar is spreading the jazz gospel as he reviews Kamasi Washington, Robert Glasper, Steve Coleman, Jack DeJohnette, Cactus Truck, Alex Ward Quintet and Kit Downes

Quietus Albums Of The Year 2022 (In Association With Norman Records)

These are our favourite albums of the last 12 months, as voted for by tQ staff, columnists and core writers

Blindsided By Love: Sharon Van Etten Interviewed

After escaping an abusive relationship and earning a slew of high-profile supporters for her bare-all songwriting, Sharon Van Etten endured two years of homelessness while making her new album, Tramp. She speaks to Cian Traynor about toughening up and learning to camouflage heartache

An Indifferent Hunter: Stories Of Geography Gone Mad

Vol.1 Brooklyn managing editor Tobias Carroll writes on geographical anxiety, the near-reality of the post-apocalyptic science fiction narrative and the contemporary relationship of distrust between man and nature. (Photograph by Carlos Gutierrez)

Eric Clapton & Enoch Powell To Morrissey: Race In British Music Since ’76

During an August 1976 gig in Birmingham, Eric Clapton made racist comments and praised Enoch Powell, inadvertently inspiring the Rock Against Racism campaign. Four decades later, with Morrissey making offensive comments about Sadiq Khan and Britain reeling from Brexit, David Stubbs asks if anything has changed

Boris

Dear

Quietus Albums Of The Year 2020 (In Association With Norman Records)

These are our favourite albums of the last 12 months as voted for by Jennifer Lucy Allan, Bobby Barry, Aaron Bishop, Patrick Clarke, John Doran, Christian Eede, Noel Gardner, Fergal Kinney, Ella Kemp, Sean Kitching, Anthea Leyland, Peter Margasak, David McKenna, JR Moores, Luke Turner, Kez Whelan and Daryl Worthington. Illustration by Lisa Cradduck

Pet Shop Boys

Nonetheless

The fifteenth studio album from the indefatigable duo may not win them hordes of new fans, but it will surely warm the hearts of the devoted, finds Alfred Soto

Lie Down and Listen: Aaron Turner’s Favourite Albums

Upon the release of Sumac’s new album The Healer, Aaron Turner speaks to Jon Buckland about creating communities, having a good lie down, and the 13 records that shaped his life

A Wide Open Place: UCSD & The Birth Of Pauline Oliveros’ Sonic Meditations

In an exclusive extract from his new book, *Alien Territory: Radical, Experimental, & Irrelevant Music in 1970s San Diego*, author Bill Perrine describes the heady atmosphere of early 1970s California that led to a new era in the work of one of America's most adventurous composers

Lives Lost In Mending Gaps: Wayward By Vashti Bunyan

Mathew Lyons reviews Vashti Bunyan's memoir, Wayward

Requiem For A Scream: Suicide’s ‘Punk Mass’

John Calvert witnesses Suicide's 'last stand' at the Barbican. All pictures by Paul Heartfield

Lyra Pramuk

Hymnal

Inspired by dancefloors and slime moulds, the latest album from the multidisciplinary American artist is as opulent and heady as the music mushrooms themselves might make, finds Antonio Poscic