Dec 2, 2024 · There was a week in mid-October when The Quietus’ release schedule spreadsheet was overflowing with bounteous goodness, with over ten albums by artists we’re partial to out on the same day. This was a fantastic problem to have – we reviewed some out of release week and squeezed out extra budget from our Subscriber revenues […]

Baker's Dozen Slow Burners: Sean Johnston on the 13 Songs that Shaped A Love From Outer Space As much-loved club night A Love From Outer Space reaches its 15th anniversary, Sean Johnston – its co-founder alongside the much-missed Andrew Weatherall – picks 13 tracks that have soundtracked its journey from a Stoke Newington basement to an international community

Books Blue Lights Gleaming & Walls of Flaming Orange: The Lost Novels of Elaine Kraf. As Elaine Kraf's The Princess of 72nd Street is added to the Penguin Modern Classics roster, Kat Lister re-examines the author's legacy and talks to Kraf's daughter about putting together the pieces of the life of one of the most neglected and most radical novelists of the 1970s

May 20, 2024 · The Pet Shop Boys know what they’re doing. Whenever Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe sit down for an interview, you’re guaranteed a dynamic that’s gold dust for journalists: Tennant delivers thoughtful reflection and piquant quotes, Lowe jumps in to offer asides or take the mick – deadpan, down to earth.

Oct 2, 2024 · “The Travelling Wilburys just wanted to play with Roy Orbison. In some ways, we’re doing that too.” Stephen Malkmus muses on his latest pursuit – an ensemble that’s a bit more than just a special new band: The Hard Quartet.Featuring the Pavement frontman alongside Emmett Kelly, Matt Sweeney and Jim White, the proudly leaderless line-up could be an AI-generated schematic of indie rock ...

Baker's Dozen Strength In Strangeness: The Anchoress’ Favourite Albums Ahead of a show this Saturday at London's Southbank Centre, Catherine Anne Davies takes us through the 13 albums that have defined her life and work as The Anchoress, from childhood memories soundtracked by The Carpenters and lifechanging encounters with the Manics and PJ Harvey as a teen, to newfound infatuations with ...

Sep 18, 2024 · Many screenings are happening this month, one staged in a nuclear bunker, another followed by a walking tour of Cold War locations, several featuring specially pre-recorded Q&As.A sold-out screening at the Sheffield Film Festival this summer even featured a Q&A with its most famous extra: Michael Beecroft, a traffic warden who moonlighted as an extra on local productions, and spent just one ...

Oct 8, 2024 · Absolute Elsewhere feels like the cosmic leap into the unknown that Denver quartet Blood Incantation have been teetering on the edge of for the last couple of years. Whilst some were disappointed that 2022’s Timewave Zero was a fully fledged ambient record rather than a fusion with their usual death metal maelstrom, last year’s standalone ‘Luminescent Bridge’ single proved these two ...

Jan 17, 2024 · "I still feel I need to do something original", says Gruff Rhys as he ponders his ongoing motivation for making music. "I’m working with quite a limited palette in a way and just looking for ways to make unique music. I still feel there are things I need to try out. I still feel in […]

Oct 31, 2024 · A big reason why is simply down to Smith himself, how he literally sounds. That voice is still that voice, and it sounds like nothing has changed at all, that it’s still that feeling of half-sob, half-caress, a yearning that can trip up your heart. In a world of software fixes and AI recreations, all I can tell you is that having seen the band enough times over …