Robert Barry

Judas Priest, Sad Wings Of Destiny & The Birth Of Modern Metal

Four decades ago - between the release of Sad Wings Of Destiny and Sin After Sin - Judas Priest were engaged in a revolution of image and sound... one that would cement the heavy metal aesthetic for good

Box Fresh: Emma Johnston On The World’s Worst Sitcoms

Emma Johnston - or The Red Destroyer, as she's known in Hull - is our new TV columnist. Here she casts her eye over the fallout from The Persuasionists and lists the worst sitcom offenders

Noel’s Straight Hedge: The Best Punk & Hardcore Of 2017

Noel Gardner rounds up his top ten of 2017, plus an extra ELEVEN that we missed the first time round.

A Thousand Words: Artists, Critics, & Curators Choose Books On Art

Artists, critics and curators talk about the art books that sustain and inspire them

Music Of The Month: The Best Albums And Tracks Of January 2020

Here's a buyer's guide to the very best music January had to offer, from Wire to Keeley Forsyth via Algiers, Squarepusher and Katie Gately.

Music Of The Month: The Best Albums And Tracks Of July 2021

Here are the very best albums and tracks of July 2021, as selected by tQ's in-house staff

Do You Have Plans For 4 Sept 2640? On Music Of Extreme Duration

Benjamin D. Duvall looks at what the longest musical performances in history teach us about the current climate crisis

How The Baby Boomers Stole Music With Myths Of A Golden Age

Luke Turner despairs of John Lennon tooth cloning and the cultural stranglehold the baby boomer generation have over culture and the media... and asks, in our diverse modern age, might it be starting to weaken?

Green Issues: Music, Cannabis And You

Music and intoxication have gone hand in hand since prehistory, but the relationship of music and cannabis is particularly strong and complex, says Jono Podmore, a former habitual smoker, as he investigates a groundbreaking new study which may get us closer to understanding these links

Tyondai Braxton

Central Market

Love Bytes: Artists Choose Their Favourite Music By The Black Dog

To mark the year in which Spanners was reissued, musicians such as Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Mike Paradinas and Call Super heap praise on IDM/ ambient rave pioneers The Black Dog

Origin Story: Billy Woods’ Favourite Albums

As he releases acclaimed new album Maps alongside Kenny Segal, underground hip hop mainstay Billy Woods takes tQ through the thirteen records that have defined his life, from Goodie Mob to Ghostface Killah

Satirical Concerns: Looking Back At Channel 4’s 10 O’Clock Live

As the supposed answer to the Daily Show approaches the end of its run, Toby Cook takes an in-depth look at the strengths and weaknesses of this new wave of British satire

Magic Moments: Michael Head’s Baker’s Dozen

In a year that sees him finish his 'magical memoir', a new album with The Red Elastic Band and a career-spanning homecoming show in Liverpool, former Shack, Strands and Pale Fountains frontman Michael Head takes Patrick Clarke through the 13 records that shaped him

Stalker Humanoids: The ERC, Maxine Peake & Lias Saoudi Interviewed

The Eccentronic Research Council, Maxine Peake and Lias Saoudi get together with John Doran to talk tactile knobs, pop star crushes and the secret history of early electronic pop

Do Ya Wanna Funk? Paul Flynn On Hi-NRG

In our monthly subscriber-only essay, writer Paul Flynn describes being handed a flyer for an unusual literary event which acts as a madeleine, casting him back to the 1980s, and a sexual and sonic awakening. Detail from the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt photographed by the author