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"African Head Charge captured the essence of a society grappling with its contradictions. It is the sound of diasporic cultures coming together not as an exotic, consumable sharing platter but as an army of resistance....marks a ground-breaking new chapter of a culturally significant and vital […]

Absolutely excellent piece on #Iran by #thequietus

Baroque and Roll: Halt by Foetus | The Quietus After 45 years, JG Thirlwell has decided to bring his ever-evolving Foetus project to a close with an album that reflects on the past, while casting an uneasy eye on the present. Wesley Doyle waves go...

"The end of the Foetus project has been on Thirlwell’s own terms – controlled, deliberate, and uncompromising to the last."
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The Quietus has just published David McKenna's annual "Rockfort" column celebrating the French underground in 2025. We're incredibly proud that O_U_T_R_E_N_O_I_R has been included in this selection of 20 records alongside so many talented musicians.

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It's the most wonderful time of the year.... The best of the best, every time. I always find a bunch of great music in here that I've missed #thequietus

A final posthumous release from Mika Vainio finds rich beauty, deep in the windswept sublime of the late Finnish producer's sometimes harsh digital soundscapes. Sound Hunting: Sysivalo by Ø is tQ's Album of the Week.

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I unapologetically love Jimmy Eat World, but Static Prevails is an album I rarely listen to. That’ll get a spin, and there’s a lot of other interesting stuff referenced in this article

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Massive Attack, Brian Eno, Kneecap and Fontaines DC have formed an alliance of musicians speaking out about Israel’s ongoing miltary assault on Gaza. Launching the collective via posts shared on Instagram, they will aim to support others who are subjected to “aggressive, vexatious campaigns” by pro-Israel advocates for challenging the government and military’s actions towards the Palestinian people. They said the support will particularly focus on those who are at the early stages of their careers, in order to stop them from being “threatened into silence or career cancellation” by organisations such as UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI). UKLFI reported the duo Bob Vylan to police for leading a chant of “death, death to the IDF [Israel Defense Forces]” during their Glastonbury set last month – an investigation into the matter is still ongoing. The organisation also reported the BBC for broadcasting the set, while Bob Vylan have subsequently seen several scheduled gigs cancelled after UKLFI applied pressure to promoters who had booked them. Mo Chara of Kneecap was charged with a terrorism offence in May of this year, having been accused of displaying a Hezbollah flag at a gig. The matter was reported to the police by UKLFI as Hezbollah are a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK. Kneecap also had gigs cancelled following pressure by UKLFI. The post shared today by Massive Attack, Eno and others said: “The scenes in Gaza have moved beyond description. We write as artists who’ve chosen to use our public platforms to speak out against the genocide occurring there and the role of the UK government in facilitating it. “We’re aware of the scale of aggressive, vexatious campaigns operated by UKLFI and of multiple individual incidences of intimidation within the music industry itself, designed solely to censor and silence artists from speaking their hearts and minds. “Having withstood these campaigns of attempted censorship, we won’t stand by and allow other artists – particularly those at earlier stages of their careers or in other positions of professional vulnerability – to be threatened into silence or career cancellation.” It also encourages other artists to join their alliance and to get behind their call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. They’ve also demanded that aid be immediately fully distributed to people in Gaza, and that the UK end the sale of arms to Israel.

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#OnThisDay July 15, 1983 #Bauhaus released their 4th studio album 'Burning from the Inside'. By the time the album was released, they had already broken up.
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Soulwax are set to release their first album of new material in seven years, titled _All Systems Are Lying_. Comprised of 14 tracks, the follow-up to 2018’s _Essentials_ is described by the brotherly duo of David and Stephen Dewaele as “a rock album made without any electric guitars”. They added: “We wanted to capture the feeling of a band playing electronic instruments – live, loud and loose. This record is the result of that experiment.” To mark the announcement of _All Systems Are Lying_ , the duo have shared the title track and another single called ‘Run Free’. Listen to both songs below. Alongside their work as Soulwax, the Dewaele brothers perform together as 2manydjs and run the label Deewee, which put out Marie Davidson’s latest album, _City Of Clowns_ , earlier this year. Deewee / Because Music will release _All Systems Are Lying_ on October 17, 2025. All Systems Are Lying by Soulwax

Oo, ace, new Soulwax album!!! 😎

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Go Cam Curator Go | Angus Batey | Substack A recovering music journalist returns to his roots during down time between aerospace assignments. (There'll be an explanation of the title one day.). Click to read Go Cam Curator Go, by Angus Batey, ...

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Death Of The Rock Gods: The Stones, Pussy Galore & Exile On Main Street | The Quietus The recent surfeit of press over The Rolling Stones reissue of Exile on Main Street is liver curling to say the least. Four years ago you couldn’t even buy their LPs in HMV without forking out for the...

Pussy Galore's cover of the Stones' album Exile On Main Street though.
Tis the shizniz bitches
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[interviews] The Inner Circle: Jussi Lehtisalo’s (Circle) Favourite Music. The Quietus, 15 January 2025.

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The Velvet Underground Live In 1969 At 50 | The Quietus John Doran argues that not only is the VU's Live In 1969 one of the best live LPs of all time, it's actually the apex of their output.

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