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Black Sky Thinking Beyond the Black Eyed Dog: Why Nick Drake Deserves more than ‘Indiefication’ On the fiftieth anniversary of Nick Drake's death, Rob Chapman argues that his legacy has been let down by a culture that allows his mental health struggles to overshadow his art, and that turns his songs into fodder for wellness-adjacent twee whimsy
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Opinion & Essays Music and Wartime in Ukraine, Part One: Life, or Culture? In the latest edition of New Voices Ukraine, tQ's new collaboration with 20ft Radio, Neformat, the British Council and Ukrainian Institute, Yaryna Denysyuk explores the Ukrainian musicians whose work has placed them on the cultural frontlines of the war, from 2014 to the present day
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Culture Countered. Founded in the UK in 2008, The Quietus is one of the world’s leading independent websites for quality longform writing on visionary and modernist music and culture, covering all genres with an equal weighting.
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Baker's Dozen The Archivist: Mark Webber of Pulp’s Baker’s Dozen From his first discovery of The Velvet Underground to a cruise with Father John Misty, via mixtapes personally compiled for him by Spacemen 3 and encounters with Alex Chilton, Pulp’s Mark Webber takes Jonathan Wright through his favourite records
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Books Beyond the Page: Rediscovering Sinead O’Connor As two recently released books seek to uncover the truth behind the life of the late Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor, Stephanie Phillips delves into both texts to reveal why O’Connor …
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Track-by-Track The Power Of Doubt: Liars’ Guide To New LP WIXIW After all those weird and abstract hints on the Amateur Gore tumblr, here's the information from the horse's mouth: Angus Andrew tells Luke Turner about the themes and making of new album WIXIW, their increasing use of electronics, and relationship with producer Daniel Miller
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Remember Them… “I Hope I Leave A Mountain Of Shit Unfinished” – Remembering Steve Albini Two Quietus writers, JR Moores and Alex Maiolo, pay tribute to Steve Albini who died this week, remembering him not only for his innumerable contributions to music, but his humour, his generosity, his self-awareness, and his impact on keeping communities alive.
The Quietus’ Top 75 Tracks Of 2023
2023年12月18日 — Black Sky Thinking Quietus Writers’ Top 40 Noise Rock Tracks. It's noise rock week on the Quietus. Here is a primer for those that don't know and a reminder for those that do with contributions from John Calvert, Kate Hennessy, John Doran, Sharon O'Connell, Daniel Dylan Wray, Matt Ridout, Noel Gardner, Kevin McCaighy, Rory Gibb, Dustin Krcatovich, Jeremy Allen, Sean Kitching, Joe Banks, JR ...
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The Quietus International The Quietus International: Portuguese Music Reviewed by Pedro João Santos. In the second instalment of our journey through the global underground, Pedro João Santos delivers a guide to the bold musicians, daring festivals and crucial grassroots collectives that are defining DIY music in Portugal in an era of increasing gentrification, and picks out …
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Live Reviews Joyful Transference, Against the Tide: Sunn O))) & More at Unsound New York As the US reels from the re-election of Donald Trump, Jesse Dorris finds solace and inspiration in a fine weekend of concerts curated by Polish festival Unsound, from hunkering down to basement techno to riding the drone of Kali Malone and Sunn O))).