Subs Offer – Discount tickets to TQ-related fest Acid Horse 2024! Celebrate the new Quietus website on the late May bank holiday at our affiliated festival, Acid Horse in deepest Wiltshire Celebrate the new Quietus website on the late May bank holiday at our affiliated festival, Acid Horse in deepest Wiltshire
Organic Intelligence XXXI: The Pre-Trip Hop Bristol Underground In this month’s antidote to the algorithm, Jonathan Wright takes us on a trip to the fertile underground of 1980s Bristol. Photo of The Wild Bunch by @beezerphotos In this month’s antidote to the algorithm, Jonathan Wright takes us on a trip to the fertile underground of 1980s Bristol. Photo of The Wild Bunch by @beezerphotos
Low Culture Podcast: The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover This month we tuck in our napkins for an encounter with Peter Greenaway's captivating yet grim 1988 film starring Michael Gambon and Helen Mirren. This month we tuck in our napkins for an encounter with Peter Greenaway's captivating yet grim 1988 film starring Michael Gambon and Helen Mirren.
Quietus Subscriber Playlists: March Getting in early so you can enjoy them over the long Easter weekend, here are your audio round-ups of the past month on tQ. Getting in early so you can enjoy them over the long Easter weekend, here are your audio round-ups of the past month on tQ.
Low Culture Essay: Jimmy Martin on Ministry’s With Sympathy Jimmy Martin revisits Ministry’s much-maligned synth pop debut With Sympathy and asks if it’s actually Al Jourgensen’s finest work Jimmy Martin revisits Ministry’s much-maligned synth pop debut With Sympathy and asks if it’s actually Al Jourgensen’s finest work
Organic Intelligence XXX: The Baader Meinhof Bum Dungeon In this month's antidote to the algorithm, Luke Turner dives back a decade to a silly yet serious, hard and hot time for techno In this month's antidote to the algorithm, Luke Turner dives back a decade to a silly yet serious, hard and hot time for techno
Low Culture Podcast: Fairport Convention’s Liege & Lief In this month’s subscriber podcast John Doran and Luke Turner discuss a record that caused a seismic shift in British music In this month’s subscriber podcast John Doran and Luke Turner discuss a record that caused a seismic shift in British music
tQ Playlists: The best of February After a quiet start to the year releases-wise, February was a bumper month of great gear and plenty for us to write about. Tune in here! After a quiet start to the year releases-wise, February was a bumper month of great gear and plenty for us to write about. Tune in here!
Low Culture Essay: Jude Rogers On Charlotte Sometimes (a book, a song) Jude Rogers reflects on Penelope Farmer's novel Charlotte Sometimes, its influence on The Cure, and how it captures the fraught time between childhood and adolescence Jude Rogers reflects on Penelope Farmer's novel Charlotte Sometimes, its influence on The Cure, and how it captures the fraught time between childhood and adolescence
Organic Intelligence XXIX: Dope-fiend Greek rebetika Daniel Spicer boils up a pot of ironwort and heads back a century for a wonderful guide to the drug-blasted music of urban Greece in the 1920s and 30s Daniel Spicer boils up a pot of ironwort and heads back a century for a wonderful guide to the drug-blasted music of urban Greece in the 1920s and 30s
Low Culture Podcast: Octavia E Butler’s The Parable Of The Sower For February’s Low Culture pod Luke and John delve into a bleak, prophetic novel by Octavia E Butler (with some additional Depeche Mode and Fargo) For February’s Low Culture pod Luke and John delve into a bleak, prophetic novel by Octavia E Butler (with some additional Depeche Mode and Fargo)
tQ Playlists – January dusted Here's your round-up of the best music we've been writing about this past month, plus a thank you for filling in our survey Here's your round-up of the best music we've been writing about this past month, plus a thank you for filling in our survey
Low Culture Essay: Will Burns on the music of 1990s skate videos Poet and novelist Will Burns argues that skateboarding is close to dancing as he reflects on how the soundtracks of grainy DIY VHS films opened his musical mind Poet and novelist Will Burns argues that skateboarding is close to dancing as he reflects on how the soundtracks of grainy DIY VHS films opened his musical mind
Low Culture Podcast: Nico’s The Marble Index In this month’s Low Culture podcast, John and Luke go deep into the bleak midwinter of Nico’s masterpiece, The Marble Index. In this month’s Low Culture podcast, John and Luke go deep into the bleak midwinter of Nico’s masterpiece, The Marble Index.
Organic Intelligence XXVIII: Iceland before the Sugarcubes This month's antidote to the algorithm has Irina Shtreis guiding us through the inventive, often communally-made, sounds of punk and post-punk Iceland This month's antidote to the algorithm has Irina Shtreis guiding us through the inventive, often communally-made, sounds of punk and post-punk Iceland
tQ Playlists: Dipping back to 2023 Catch up with the music we wrote about in November and December via these exclusive subscriber playlists Catch up with the music we wrote about in November and December via these exclusive subscriber playlists
Organic Intelligence XXVII: A Psych Christmas In this month's antidote to the algorithm cosmic Santa JR Moores rides his riffin' reindeer around the globe to bring you a selection of psychedelic rock treats In this month's antidote to the algorithm cosmic Santa JR Moores rides his riffin' reindeer around the globe to bring you a selection of psychedelic rock treats
Eamonn Forde On The Harrods Princess Di & Dodi Statue Each year, our writer would make an Xmas pilgrimage to the Princess Di and Dodi shrine at Harrods. Here, he laments its passing and reflects on the nature of its art Each year, our writer would make an Xmas pilgrimage to the Princess Di and Dodi shrine at Harrods. Here, he laments its passing and reflects on the nature of its art
Low Culture Podcast: Farewell, 2023 We look back at recent musical outings and back over 2023, a pivotal year in which you, our subscribers, saved our bacon We look back at recent musical outings and back over 2023, a pivotal year in which you, our subscribers, saved our bacon
tQ’s albums of the year playlists are here! Over nine hours of listening to go with our list of the best albums of 2023 are now available to our top two tier subscribers Over nine hours of listening to go with our list of the best albums of 2023 are now available to our top two tier subscribers
Richard Milward On France Gall's 1968 & The Death of Yé-Yé Novelist Richard Milward explores how France Gall's album named for the year of French agitation ended up sounding a death knell for the happy-go-lucky genre of yé-yé Novelist Richard Milward explores how France Gall's album named for the year of French agitation ended up sounding a death knell for the happy-go-lucky genre of yé-yé
Organic Intelligence XXVI: Dungeon Synth Joel McIver slaps on the corpse paint to give us a trip through the gloaming forests and tinny tones of Dungeon Synth Joel McIver slaps on the corpse paint to give us a trip through the gloaming forests and tinny tones of Dungeon Synth
Low Culture Podcast: Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom This month, John and Luke discuss a controversial film that destroyed the career of one of the greats of mid-c20th British cinema This month, John and Luke discuss a controversial film that destroyed the career of one of the greats of mid-c20th British cinema
tQ Playlists: The best of October 2023 Here's your regular dosing of hours of the best new music written about on tQ – tuck in, keep the wind out. Here's your regular dosing of hours of the best new music written about on tQ – tuck in, keep the wind out.
Low Culture Essay: Ophira Gottlieb On Feltham Sings Ophira Gottlieb argues that a collaboration between Simon Armitage and the inmates of Feltham Young Offenders Institution was a notable addition to the prison lit canon Ophira Gottlieb argues that a collaboration between Simon Armitage and the inmates of Feltham Young Offenders Institution was a notable addition to the prison lit canon
Organic Intelligence XXV: The French Acid-Medieval folk revival Jennifer Lucy Allan guides us through the Medieval-inspired French folk revival, featuring Los Deu Lavarth (pictured) and the Gallic answer to Tangerine Dream Jennifer Lucy Allan guides us through the Medieval-inspired French folk revival, featuring Los Deu Lavarth (pictured) and the Gallic answer to Tangerine Dream
Low Culture Podcast: Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds On this month's podcast we discuss the most 1978 album imaginable – an rock opera adaptation of H.G. Well's dystopian classic On this month's podcast we discuss the most 1978 album imaginable – an rock opera adaptation of H.G. Well's dystopian classic
tQ Playlists PLUS vinyl & ticket give-away It's time for your subscriber-only playlists, this month with added bonus of winning a tasty Pharaoh Sanders box set and tickets for Hey Colossus' birthday do. It's time for your subscriber-only playlists, this month with added bonus of winning a tasty Pharaoh Sanders box set and tickets for Hey Colossus' birthday do.
The Lingering Presence Of Christiane F, By Christiana Spens In this month's Low Culture Essay, Chritiana Spens looks to Berlin and Christiane F, the cult film of heroin addiction and sickness, and how it haunted her own life In this month's Low Culture Essay, Chritiana Spens looks to Berlin and Christiane F, the cult film of heroin addiction and sickness, and how it haunted her own life
Organic Intelligence XXIV: Women in South Asian hip hop In this month's antidote to the algorithm, Arusa Qureshi introduces tQ's subscribers to the best female artists in the South Asian rap scene In this month's antidote to the algorithm, Arusa Qureshi introduces tQ's subscribers to the best female artists in the South Asian rap scene