Cal Cashin
@calcash.in
𝔐𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔲𝔯𝔦𝔞𝔩 𝔐𝔲𝔰𝔦𝔠 𝔚𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔢𝔯 at @thequietus.com, @sonemic.com, and in my column 'The Drift' for Loud and Quiet. #postrocksummer
do not send me any bad music.
Complete works: calcash.in
do not send me any bad music.
Complete works: calcash.in
Two of my selections are in the top ten here ... a very stellar and definitive list! Keep an eye out as you read and listen to the whole damn thing
Our favourite tracks of the past 12 months, as voted for by tQ staff, columnists and core writers. Subscribers can listen to the several hours of music that make up our various end-of-year charts via our streaming playlists.
The Quietus Tracks of the Year 2025
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The Quietus Tracks of the Year 2025
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December 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Two of my selections are in the top ten here ... a very stellar and definitive list! Keep an eye out as you read and listen to the whole damn thing
Portfolio updated; it's been a busy December on the writing front. A very fun interview with Daniel Avery, a bunch of album reviews and End Of Year bits. Easiest place to keep track of my writing is here www.calcash.in
Cal Cashin
UK-based music critic and historian, exploring weird and beautiful music.
www.calcash.in
December 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Portfolio updated; it's been a busy December on the writing front. A very fun interview with Daniel Avery, a bunch of album reviews and End Of Year bits. Easiest place to keep track of my writing is here www.calcash.in
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The Angolan-Portuguese producer's first foray on an international label provides a perfect entrypoint – not to just to one artist's sound, but to the thrilling, pulsating, grinding world of batida
DJ Narciso - DENTRO DE MIM
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DJ Narciso - DENTRO DE MIM
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December 14, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The Angolan-Portuguese producer's first foray on an international label provides a perfect entrypoint – not to just to one artist's sound, but to the thrilling, pulsating, grinding world of batida
DJ Narciso - DENTRO DE MIM
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DJ Narciso - DENTRO DE MIM
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Sonemic Interview: Daniel Avery
@danielmarkavery.bsky.social discusses the post-industrial dreamworld of 'Tremor,' the enduring influence of 'Loveless' and Andrew Weatherall, a steadfast commitment to the album format, and more in this interview with @calcash.in.
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@danielmarkavery.bsky.social discusses the post-industrial dreamworld of 'Tremor,' the enduring influence of 'Loveless' and Andrew Weatherall, a steadfast commitment to the album format, and more in this interview with @calcash.in.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Sonemic Interview: Daniel Avery
@danielmarkavery.bsky.social discusses the post-industrial dreamworld of 'Tremor,' the enduring influence of 'Loveless' and Andrew Weatherall, a steadfast commitment to the album format, and more in this interview with @calcash.in.
rateyourmusic.com/feature/sone...
@danielmarkavery.bsky.social discusses the post-industrial dreamworld of 'Tremor,' the enduring influence of 'Loveless' and Andrew Weatherall, a steadfast commitment to the album format, and more in this interview with @calcash.in.
rateyourmusic.com/feature/sone...
I think I like this more than This Heat y'know www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhhH...
Camberwell Now - The Ghost Trade (full album)
YouTube video by Naked Driver
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December 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I think I like this more than This Heat y'know www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhhH...
I wrote about DJ Narciso's ace new EP/mini-album/actually-full-album-length project for The Quietus. Muggy electronic grooves. His music is the heaviest and often the slowest of the current wave of Batida producers in Portugal, and the results are pretty psychedelic thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
DJ Narciso – DENTRO DE MIM | The Quietus
The Angolan-Portuguese producer's first foray on an international label provides a perfect entrypoint – not to just to one artist's sound, but to the thrilling, pulsating, grinding world of batida
thequietus.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I wrote about DJ Narciso's ace new EP/mini-album/actually-full-album-length project for The Quietus. Muggy electronic grooves. His music is the heaviest and often the slowest of the current wave of Batida producers in Portugal, and the results are pretty psychedelic thequietus.com/quietus-revi...
Writing a review of a very mediocre album, and realising this is the first time in a while that I've written about something that isn't Really Great
December 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Writing a review of a very mediocre album, and realising this is the first time in a while that I've written about something that isn't Really Great
Honoured to have written about Dean Blunt for L&Q’s best albums of the century (so far) alongside some really moving writing by some amazing writers loudandquiet.substack.com/p/the-best-a...
The Best Albums of the Century so far, Part 1
The first quarter of the 2020s is over – so what have been the best records released since January 2000 until now?
loudandquiet.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Honoured to have written about Dean Blunt for L&Q’s best albums of the century (so far) alongside some really moving writing by some amazing writers loudandquiet.substack.com/p/the-best-a...
I am listening to some of the Sonic Youth albums I have somehow missed in my life. They are all so good. How did they keep doing this
December 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I am listening to some of the Sonic Youth albums I have somehow missed in my life. They are all so good. How did they keep doing this
I wrote about 3 albums for this list! Seek them out! By reading every single entry!
Our chart rundowns continue with The Quietus Reissues (etc.) of the Year. The (etc) covers everything else that’s excited our ears this year, including compilations, live albums, posthumous releases, DJ mixes and box sets. Dive in! #tQCharts
tQ’s Reissues Etc. of the Year 2025
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tQ’s Reissues Etc. of the Year 2025
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December 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I wrote about 3 albums for this list! Seek them out! By reading every single entry!
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Best album of 2025 according to Pitchfork. Absolutely crazy and psych noise collage mixed with Latin American sounds. Who’s going to release it on vinyl as soon as possible? Quite a remarkable discovery.
Los Thuthanaka, by Los Thuthanaka
8 track album
losthuthanaka.bandcamp.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Best album of 2025 according to Pitchfork. Absolutely crazy and psych noise collage mixed with Latin American sounds. Who’s going to release it on vinyl as soon as possible? Quite a remarkable discovery.
Found myself watching the World Cup Draw. The programme and the ceremony are possibly the most evil, disgusting, sycophantic thing I have ever seen broadcast on TV
December 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Found myself watching the World Cup Draw. The programme and the ceremony are possibly the most evil, disgusting, sycophantic thing I have ever seen broadcast on TV
This interview with Good Night & Good Morning about their glacial one-shot slowcore masterpiece album 'Narrowing Type' epitomised why I love writing about music. The energy and love the trio had for each other moved me so much rateyourmusic.com/feature/sone...
December 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This interview with Good Night & Good Morning about their glacial one-shot slowcore masterpiece album 'Narrowing Type' epitomised why I love writing about music. The energy and love the trio had for each other moved me so much rateyourmusic.com/feature/sone...
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Always looking for the Cal bylines on the list, I call those Calbums
December 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Always looking for the Cal bylines on the list, I call those Calbums
It's the honour of a lifetime to help, in the most minor way possible, with the Rolls Royce of End of Year Lists. Love and support The Quietus always and forever
Hark! The Quietus Albums of 2025 chart is here! Prepare to be astounded, thrilled and (potentially) perplexed. tQ subscribers can also dive into selections from all 100 albums in our bumper 9-hour playlist. #tQCharts
What have been your top picks of the year?
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What have been your top picks of the year?
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December 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
It's the honour of a lifetime to help, in the most minor way possible, with the Rolls Royce of End of Year Lists. Love and support The Quietus always and forever
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Hark! The Quietus Albums of 2025 chart is here! Prepare to be astounded, thrilled and (potentially) perplexed. tQ subscribers can also dive into selections from all 100 albums in our bumper 9-hour playlist. #tQCharts
What have been your top picks of the year?
buff.ly/sltLcA7
What have been your top picks of the year?
buff.ly/sltLcA7
December 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Hark! The Quietus Albums of 2025 chart is here! Prepare to be astounded, thrilled and (potentially) perplexed. tQ subscribers can also dive into selections from all 100 albums in our bumper 9-hour playlist. #tQCharts
What have been your top picks of the year?
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What have been your top picks of the year?
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Maybe I'm ... entering my midwest emo era ... ?! This has floored me thejimyoshiipile-up.bandcamp.com/album/its-wi...
It's Winter Here, by The Jim Yoshii Pile-Up
8 track album
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November 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Maybe I'm ... entering my midwest emo era ... ?! This has floored me thejimyoshiipile-up.bandcamp.com/album/its-wi...
2025, what's been the deal with that?
A glorious year for experimental rock, jazz, and folk.
These are my favourite 75 albums of the year.
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A glorious year for experimental rock, jazz, and folk.
These are my favourite 75 albums of the year.
bentarcana.substack.com/p/2025-my-fa...
![my albums of the year. the top 50 are in alt text but too many characters to do the full 75
caroline – caroline 2
Širom – In the Wind of Night, Hard-Fallen Incantations Whisper
Hesse Kassel – La Brea
Weed420 – Amor de encava
Alpha Maid – Is this a queue?
Anna von Hausswolff – Iconoclasts
Los Thuthanaka – Los Thuthanaka
Jerskin Fendrix – Once Upon A Time… In Shropshire
Shearling – Motherfucker, I Am Both: “Amen” and “Hallelujah”…
Black Country, New Road – Forever Howlong
Quade – The Foel Tower
DJ K – RADIO LIBERTADORA !
Ethel Cain – Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You
Ciśnienie – [angry noises]
Titanic – Hagen
Richard Dawson – End of the Middle
Elkotsh – Rhlt Jdi
Kiran Leonard / No Tailgate Group – Small Brown Bed/With You Waltz
Ureuk and the Gypsies – Pungnyu
d. silvestre – O que as mulheres querem
Pastor Chris Congregation – West Virginia Snake Handler Revival “They Shall Take Up Serpents”
Chuquimamani-Condori – Edits
Neptunian Maximalism – Le sacre du soleil invaincu
France – Destino Scifosi
Invariance – Wish You Well
Milkweed – Remscéla
jawharp – Untimely Divorce of Tooth + Gum
Foot Foot – Still Waters, Empty House
Cóclea / Canut de Bon – No esperan por nadie
billy woods – G******
Maurice Louca – Barĩy (Fera)
Klein – Thirteen Sense
Candelabro – Deseo, carne y voluntad
Elizabeth A. Carver – The Cart Before the Horse
Huremic – Seeking Darkness
McKinley Dixon – Magic, Alive!
leather.head – Mud again
The New Eves – A New Eve is Rising
Gwenifer Raymond – Last Night I Heard the Dog Star Bark
Ex Agent – New Assumptions…
alice protozoa smoke – opulent familiarity, lotus horizon
Raisa K – Affectionately
Water From Your Eyes – It’s a Beautiful Place
Ata Kak – Batakari
Van Zon – All Things, All One, Aglow
SANAM – Sametou Sawtan
PulciPerla – Tatekieto
The Mountain Goats – Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan
Sary Moussa – Wind, Again
Blaq Bandana – Blaq Garden
Cóclea – Modus Operandi](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:z766dnnumdyu6larp5ol6six/bafkreifegjenqdnmnbzwfcu74wauurtefc5cd7temwotedy4c7nyraecf4@jpeg)
November 29, 2025 at 11:33 AM
2025, what's been the deal with that?
A glorious year for experimental rock, jazz, and folk.
These are my favourite 75 albums of the year.
bentarcana.substack.com/p/2025-my-fa...
A glorious year for experimental rock, jazz, and folk.
These are my favourite 75 albums of the year.
bentarcana.substack.com/p/2025-my-fa...
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someday a real Black Friday will come and wash all the scum off the streets
November 28, 2025 at 4:02 AM
someday a real Black Friday will come and wash all the scum off the streets
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The Quietus would not exist were it not for our subscribers. We're not doing a Black Friday sale as we can't afford to, but if you subscribe today, you'll be helping actual humans share their joy in music with independent editorial that's guaranteed AI-slop-free:
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November 28, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The Quietus would not exist were it not for our subscribers. We're not doing a Black Friday sale as we can't afford to, but if you subscribe today, you'll be helping actual humans share their joy in music with independent editorial that's guaranteed AI-slop-free:
thequietus.com/subscribers/
thequietus.com/subscribers/
All my end of year blurbs are done and I am once more rated above 1800. Seizing the day so hard right now
November 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
All my end of year blurbs are done and I am once more rated above 1800. Seizing the day so hard right now
Putting the finishing touches to an interview I am so genuinely happy with
November 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Putting the finishing touches to an interview I am so genuinely happy with
Well excited to dig into the new Butch Kassidy EP. Good to have something substantial from them music.apple.com/gb/album/asc...
Ascend / Like Fire - EP by Butch Kassidy on Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 3 Songs
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November 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Well excited to dig into the new Butch Kassidy EP. Good to have something substantial from them music.apple.com/gb/album/asc...
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steve smith, you scored 17 on your specialist subject, "getting hit by jofra archer"
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
steve smith, you scored 17 on your specialist subject, "getting hit by jofra archer"