The Quietus Albums of the Year 2024 (In Association with Norman …
Dec 2, 2024 · There was a week in mid-October when The Quietus’ release schedule spreadsheet was overflowing with bounteous goodness, with over ten albums by artists we’re partial to out on the same day. This was a fantastic problem to have – we reviewed some out of release week and squeezed out extra budget from our Subscriber revenues […]
Body to Body: Ten Tracks That Tell the Story of Electronic Body …
Oct 26, 2024 · Emerging in late 1970s Europe, EBM (Electronic Body Music) fused hard, minimal beats with provocative lyrics and aggressive performances. Born from a stark, pulsating response to post-punk and experimental electronic scenes, EBM catalysed a wave of underground subcultures that shaped club landscapes across Europe and beyond.
The Quietus Albums of the Year 2024 (In Association with Norman …
Don’t let the Turbo-esque 80s style intro fool you, as Invincible Shield is another cast-iron ripper – if 2018’s Firepower was a return to form after misguided attempts to go prog on records like Nostradamus, then this one is arguably their most direct, powerful release since Painkiller.Rob Halford is on ridiculously good form, belting out glass-shattering falsetto with the gusto of ...
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A Quietus Interview Everything is Colour: Kristin Hersh on the Return Of Throwing Muses Kristin Hersh offers Sean Kitching the exclusive first interview about Throwing Muses’ first new album in five years, her recording process, synaesthesia, the similarities between music and stand-up comedy, and turning difficult personal situations into art …
Where Are We Now? The Night by Saint Etienne | The Quietus
Dec 12, 2024 · The band had a clear concept for The Night: to make the kind of music you listen to with your eyes closed – a ‘headphone album’, as Bob Stanley describes it.The album was made to provide solace, too, connecting back to what Benjamin Myers, in his accompanying sleeve notes, identifies as the ancient tradition of humans listening to the sounds of nature to calm and console themselves.
Special New Band: The Hard Quartet Interviewed
Oct 2, 2024 · “The Travelling Wilburys just wanted to play with Roy Orbison. In some ways, we’re doing that too.” Stephen Malkmus muses on his latest pursuit – an ensemble that’s a bit more than just a special new band: The Hard Quartet.Featuring the Pavement frontman alongside Emmett Kelly, Matt Sweeney and Jim White, the proudly leaderless line-up could be an AI-generated schematic of indie rock ...
Manic Street Preachers Detail New Album, ‘Critical Thinking’
Oct 25, 2024 · Manic Street Preachers have shared details of their 15th studio album, Critical Thinking. The new record includes the August-released single ‘Decline & Fall’, as well as new track ‘Hiding In Plain Sight’, which sees the group’s bassist and lyricist Nicky Wire step up to take lead vocals for the first time.
Not OK, Computer: Thom Yorke & Radiohead Join Artists Blasting AI
Oct 22, 2024 · According to The Guardian, letter organiser and former AI tech executive Ed Newton-Rex said: “There are three key resources that generative AI companies need to build AI models: people, compute, and data.They spend vast sums on the first two – sometimes a million dollars per engineer, and up to a billion dollars per model. But they expect to take the third – training data – for free.”
Deep Cabaret – Matchless | The Quietus
Jan 9, 2025 · Certain music lends itself particularly well to specific physical media. For instance: Black Sabbath on vinyl, Autechre on CD, Aaron Dilloway’s tape manipulations on cassette. I don’t know if it’s due to the rugged, physical performances or the nagging sense that this is a fly-on-the-wall recording of a live jam session, but something rooted in …
Straight Hedge! The Best Punk and HC of 2024
Dec 5, 2024 · There will probably never be another year in punk music where its last two digits end up serving as stylistic shorthand, in the way that 1977 and 1982 are. (Thinking about it, this seems to have been snuffed out as a practise in music generally – any number of scenes and sounds are tied immovably […]