Q's staffers welcome in a new year of music with their favourite albums and tracks released in 2025 so far It used to be that ...

Joy Orbison has shared a new standalone single, titled ‘Bastard’. Taking in vocals from London-based vocalist Joe James, the new cut shares sonic headspace with the more introspective qualities of his ...

The third and final part of the Polish artist's "alchemical trilogy" feels increasingly confined by its own concept, but ...

Room40 boss calls in a cavalcade of collaborators – including Jim O'Rourke, Claire Rousay, and The Necks' Chris Abrahams ...

Angherr Shisspa by Kōenjihyakkei is 20 years old, has just been reissued and is arguably the greatest Zeuhl album of all time ...

Coil's first album proper is an alchemist's mix of synth pop, industrial, avant garde, rage, humour and transgression ...

It was a telephone call that was both anticipated and dreaded. The summer of 1996 found me living and working 3000 miles away ...

The Manics have abandoned the ideologies and cultural touchstones that once defined them, and approached their fifteenth ...

It’s 1999, and a school IT lesson deep in the south east London suburbs. Our teacher asked who had a “home PC,” and everyone ...

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

Snapped Ankles are back with a revitalised sound and energy preaching healing and resistance through cutting a groove ...

Rammstein return with an unexpected nod to the Sound of Music… ...