As is now traditional on tQ, we combine our round-ups of the last two months of the year into one playlist and feature, to ...

A December afternoon, and I’m watching the afternoon sky turn from light to dark grey to black. An overgrown holly bush waves vigorously at me through the window. It is a stark backdrop, but one ...

Many Quietus readers will no doubt be familiar with Time Team, the archaeology programme broadcast by Channel 4 for a decade between 1994 and 2014 and recently revived online. Presented by actor Tony ...

“There is a cosmic force at play with this band!” Hey Colossus – never doing anything the easy way – have just announced their new album on Christmas Day, via a mini documentary, streaming above, ...

From venue closures to VAT, conversations around the UK’s beleaguered nightlife sector have struck a singularly gloomy tone for more than a decade. But has that pessimism become part of the problem?

Following 2018’s Booker longlisted *The Water Cure* and 2020’s *Blue Ticket*, Sophie Mackintosh’s latest book marks the author’s first foray into historical fiction. In an interview with Miles ...

Sean Kitching speaks to American author, Ronald Malfi, about his unique identity in the crowded field of dark fiction If you’ve read something you love on our site today, please consider becoming a ...

In an exclusive extract from his new book (written with Mick Houghton), Radar Records founder Andrew Lauder recalls the origins of Motorhead Six days ago, Bill Drummond interviewed Mick Houghton at an ...

Eagle-eyed tQ readers will have spotted that there was no best-of-November round-up last month, in order to make room for our ...

Every year, when we publish our round-up of the year’s best albums, the default reaction on social media and certain corners of Reddit – yes, I have scanned them on occasion I’m afraid – is to assume ...

When you look at Chino Moreno’s selections for his Bakers Dozen favourite albums, it’s hardly surprising that Deftones were able to escape the moronic nu metal mire that were at first part of. In fact ...