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The Quietus @thequietus.com · Jul 7

It's here! The Quietus Albums of the Year So Far 2025.

What's at Number One? How many have you heard?

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Quietus Albums of the Year So Far 2025 graphic. Composite image made of several of the top ranking artists.

The Quietus @thequietus.com · 1h

#Peaches has shared details of her first album in 10 years, titled No Lube So Rude.

You can watch a video for lead single ‘Not In Your Mouth None Of Your Business’ here:

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Still from the new Peaches video. The artist's face in close up, surrounded by pink.

The Quietus @thequietus.com · 4h

R.I.P. D’Angelo

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Black and white photograph of D’Angelo

The Quietus @thequietus.com · 9h

"I have a passion for Japan in general and they’re a good example of contemporary Japanese pop culture that isn’t just manufactured J-pop – it really seems like it’s coming from them and I like their independent spirit"

#RonMael of #Sparks on Atarashii Gakko! - AG! Calling

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Atarashii Gakko! - AG! Calling album cover. The band apparently in mid air, with clouds.

The Quietus @thequietus.com · 11h

'Her songs owe as much to the heartland of John Cougar Mellencamp, and the raw Americana of Michelle Shocked, as they do the antics David Lynch and Julee Cruise, Night Of The Hunter and a thousand straight to video American Haunting flicks'

Cain Is Able: #EthelCain live in London

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Ethel Cain live, photograph by Connie Burke.

The Quietus @thequietus.com · 13h

On the release of their career-defining 5LP boxed set, electroclash guerilla girls Alex Murray-Leslie and Anat Ben-David guide Lucy O’Brien through 10 key Chicks on Speed moments

The Strange World Of… #ChicksOnSpeed

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Photograph of Chicks on Speed. One is dressed in a silvery costume decorated with eyes, the other is holding a theremin.

The Quietus @thequietus.com · 15h

'Anschütz’s previous work touched on a variety of electronic genres from a dark folktronica to vibrant techno, now replaced by the hard thud of her post-punk bass lines and a voice pulled from a place deep in her chest'

Rosa Anschütz - Sabbatical

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Rosa Anschütz - Sabbatical album cover. A passport-sized photograph, a lipstick, some keys and an empty pill blister pack - i.e. the likely contents of a woman's handbag.

The Quietus @thequietus.com · 1d

'Talk about a rhythm section with pedigree. Ethan Miller of Howlin Rain & Comets On Fire, on bass. On drums is Sonic Youth’s Steve Shelley. Those two cats provide the bouncy basis over which Orcutt shreds like a man possessed'

Orcutt Shelley Miller – S/T - #PsychRock For October

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Orcutt Shelley Miller – S/T album cover. A blank cover with the trio's name stamped in the middle.

The Quietus @thequietus.com · 1d

Our Strange World of #YokoOno article is now accompanied by a curated playlist of essential tracks that define her career

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Yoko Ono - Fly album cover. The artist's face with the album title printed in the corner.

The Quietus @thequietus.com · 1d

Reporting from this year's Unsound in Kraków, Jakub Knera celebrates the return of the brutalist Hotel Forum club venue, while Zachary Cooper dives into Matthew Barney and Jonathan Bepler's epic River Of Fundament

Highlights From Unsound 2025

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River Of Fundament screening at Unsound, photograph by Michal Murawski.

The Quietus @thequietus.com · 1d

This wasn’t just “post punk”, it was a whole decade’s underground experimentalism that equipped acts like Fini Tribe and Meat Beat Manifesto with the tools to join in when house and techno arrived, and to shape the future of dance music'

The Sheer Action Of #FiniTribe – 1982-1987

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Black and white photograph of the band Fini Tribe.

The Quietus @thequietus.com · 1d

Yes, of course. JR Moores often does them.

The Quietus @thequietus.com · 1d

Before he gets to grip with the latest psych and noise rock releases (Orcutt Shelley Miller,
Dusted Angel, Flesh Narc and more), @spinal-bap.bsky.social has a brilliantly bleak brainwave...

Columnfortably Numb: #PsychRock For October

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Steve Shelley, Ethan Miller and Steve Orcutt, with Orcutt pictured stood behind a large yellow hand seat.

The Quietus @thequietus.com · 1d

'Doperider is a record of great and giving calm. The cover’s lettering suggests Hawkwind at their most planetary, but the record more often encourages an investigation of its immediate surroundings by way of some lysergically-tinged soundtracks'

#TheUtopiaStrong - Doperider

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 1d

"Finding people like Miles Davis that weren’t afraid to alienate critics and even a portion of his audience was a really important thing for us, not just as a statement but also musically. I just really love this album."

#RonMael of #Sparks on #MilesDavis - Bitches Brew

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Miles Davis - Bitches Brew album cover. The sea and clouds and a flower bleeding colour up into the sky where a face looks on.

The Quietus @thequietus.com · 2d

'Third track, ‘Weirdos United’ is where it all slots together. By the time this track hits, the robots have already replaced us. They’ve won. And this unnervingly melancholic take on piston-and-wires R&B is what they celebrate with'

SickElixir by #Blawan is tQ's Album of the Week

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Blawan sat in a white armchair on a floor of fitted wood. Photo by Ryley Paskal.

The Quietus @thequietus.com · 2d

"The Who were charming to me when they were writing more situational songs. They didn’t necessarily concern world shattering issues, but instead really beautiful, miniature statements. [and] I love the artwork with the Heinz Baked Beans."

#RonMael of #Sparks on #TheWho Sell Out

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The Who Sell Out album cover. Pete Townshend has a giant deodorant under his arm and Roger Daltrey is sat in a tub filled with baked beans whilst holding a Heinz can. He also has baked beans on his face, clearly indicating that he has been eating them.

The Quietus @thequietus.com · 2d

Our Strange World of #RafaelToral article is now accompanied by a curated playlist of essential tracks that define his career

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Rafael Toral - Early Works album cover. Blocks of yellow and green.

Rafael Toral - Violence of Discovery and Calm of Acceptance album cover. Predominantly red with bird shaped arcs of white light.

The Quietus @thequietus.com · 3d

"I don’t think there’s anything that [Trump] can do that will scare his followers off. You’d think the Epstein thing would be enough for people to go, ‘This guy’s a crook,’ but it doesn’t seem to move the marker.”

Other Lives on Re-Enchanting the American Dream

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Black and white press shot of the American five-piece band Other Lives.

The Quietus @thequietus.com · 3d

"I chose it for ‘I Feel Love’. Russell and I were at a period where we were trying to find a different way of doing things, but within the same sensibility of what we are. And we heard ‘I Feel Love’ on the radio…"

#RonMael of #Sparks on #DonnaSummer - I Remember Yesterday

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 3d

@jdquin.bsky.social attends a festival of interdisciplinary performances at Luckenwalde, featuring Bendik Giske, Rae Hsu, Nazanin Noori, Discovery Zone and more

Anguish Models & Empathy Machines: Mensch Maschine Musik at E-WERK

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 3d

I like the way the revellers seem to be running away from Ashcroft and his guitar. Good call.

The Quietus @thequietus.com · 3d

'"Too pop to be experimental? too quirky for ’80s pop?…they probably make a lot more sense now than they did then’".

R.I.P. Véronique Vincent of Aksak Maboul and The Honeymoon Killers

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Véronique Vincent & Aksak Maboul
Ex-Futur Album [The Unfinished Avant-Pop Album/1980-1983] cover.

The Honeymoon Killers – Les Tueurs De La Lune De Miel album cover.

The Quietus @thequietus.com · 4d

'Let’s be honest for at least a sentence. The first single ‘Lover’ couldn’t be any more dogshit if it had been squeezed from the lampshade-wide and bright crimson sphincter of Clifford himself.'

#RichardAshcroft - Lovin’ You

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Richard Ashcroft - Lovin’ You album cover. Ashcroft holds up his guitar during sunset at the beach, but the revellers would rather walk into the ocean than listen to his nonsense.

The Quietus @thequietus.com · 4d

'Both NY Excuse and Krack come from a really heavy riff. The more I think about it, the more I think we’re really a weird indie band who can’t be indie. Like, we fail to be indie, so we end up doing it with synths.'

‘Krack’ from Nite Versions (2005) The Strange World Of… #Soulwax

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Soulwax - Night Versions album cover. Diagonal pink and white stripes.

The Quietus @thequietus.com · 4d

'This performance on BBC children’s show Blue Peter marks their shift into the national consciousness: an absurdist rendition of an American standard'

The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band – Won't You Come Home Bill Bailey (Blue Peter)
(1966) Organic Intelligence XLIX: Southend (Avant) Rock

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The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band live on Blue Peter. Black and white photograph.