'‘Eins’ begins with a nebula of Farfisa organ from Irmin Schmidt and some exotic, vaguely funky vamping from Michael Karoli – this could be Pink Floyd just after the exit of Syd Barrett'

Reissue of the Week: Can’s Live In Aston 1977

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'Twelve concise pieces that each examine poetry from all angles, breaking it down and piecing it back together again.'

Elaine Mitchener - Solo Throat is a Quietus Album of the Month for May 2024

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'Their first album, There Is A Garden, is infused with relaxed explorations of sound, a loose improv/jazz/psych music that feels open, inclusive and, at times, transcendental.'

Beings - There is a Garden

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No Quarter

“The fact that I could leave my day job and fully concentrate on IGNEA, is proof that I was doing things the right way. However, I had to learn everything on my own and through the experience of my band.”

The Women Moving Ukraine’s Underground

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'Massively influential on me. It’s that ‘dum dum dum dum dum-dum-dum’, like the feeling in Jaws. It made a really, really big impression'

annie hogan on Edvard Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, performed by Orchestra Of The Amsterdam Philharmonic Society

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'>>>> arrives out of nowhere and it’s a fine addition to the canon, made all the more amenable by the cleverly engineered surprise of it all. And seeing the whole album played live in November might be even better'

BEAK - >>>>

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UKAEA and Natalia Beylis are among the acts lined up to play this year's Boundaries Festival in Sunderland

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Boundaries Fest..

Birmingham's Supersonic Festival has added Matana Roberts to its 2024 lineup, and revealed the day splits

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Martin Rev, Suzanne Ciani, KMRU and more have contributed music to a new compilation raising money for children in Gaza

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'The essence of Ex-Easter Island Head: one small element multiplied until it adds up to something remarkable.'

Ex-Easter Island Head Norther is a Quietus Album of the Month for May 2024

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Fire Records

'The sound of the wave is incredible. Like the upper storey of a gravel factory giving way and spilling its contents onto the several thousand snare drums stored on the floor below...'

Listen Here: This week John Doran recalls a wave heard up close

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'You’ll find massive bangers from KOKOKO! and Verraco, pure beauty from Ebbb and Ex-Easter Island Head, Gnod, Beth Gibbons, Tony Njoku, Arab Strap, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Gastr Del Sol,...'

tQ’s Exclusive Monthly Round-Up Playlist: May 2024

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A collaboration between Steve Gunn, Zoh Amba, Jim White and Shahzad Ismaily sounds as fresh and lively as a spring day,

Beings - There is a Garden

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'Joe Meek again, dark rock, broody and moody. ‘Come On Back; was the one that I really loved. That reverby sound must have informed me a lot'

annie hogan on Paul And Ritchie And The Crying Shames ‘September In The Rain’ / ‘Come On Back’

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'Aston proves once again that Can remained a vital and adventurous band beyond the Damo era – in fact, throughout their entire existence as a live act'

Reissue of the Week: Can’s Live In Aston 1977

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Mute

'There's an absurdist bent to the whole thing – like knee plays for suburban surrealists; Instagram reels for avant gardists; folk songs for the extremely online... or drunk'

Jennifer Walshe, Tony Conrad - In The Merry Month Of May - Rum Music For May

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'McDowall is a man with a large and hugely credible back catalogue, and what he has made here evidences well that his experience has taught him so much about form, timbre, structure and musical dynamics'

Drew MacDowall - A Thread, Silvered and Trembling

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From Beak > to Broadcast, and Eric Chenaux to Ex-Easter Island Head, this is tQ's favourite music of the last four weeks

Music of the Month: The Best Albums and Tracks of May 2024

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'I was into the way that Syd Barrett looked, but also Epic Soundtracks, early Beatles and the Subway Sect. A lot of ideas came from 1960s French Cinema – the way young people looked in Godard and Truffaut films'

David Keenan Interviews Stephen Pastel

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'Gnod’s music is inspiring because the creativity feels so unforced, a group of people constantly using their own curiosity to push themselves creatively and challenge their audience too'

GNOD’s Spot Land is tQ's Album of the Week

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