"the autism problem" "the migration problem" "the trans problem" Never the fucking "rich white guy problem"

Hand-modelling, Crème Brulé, stolen land, and snare pummelling. Sounds like Human Leather have a new album out! Here's my review for @thequietus.com thequietus.com/quietus-revi...

Accompanied by pals Elvin Brandhi, Phew, Justin K Broadrick, Karl D’Silva, and Karl O’Connor, the latest from Alexander Tucker merges the digital with the tangible, the futuristic with the ancient, ritual with freedom #Microcorps - Clear Vortex Chamber buff.ly/qhTL8ua

Penelope Trappes (@penelopetrappes.bsky.social) AND Midwife? What a delightful combination!

That @alexandertucker.bsky.social has a new record out under his Microcorps moniker. It's a doozy. Here's my review for @thequietus.com thequietus.com/quietus-revi...

Some thoughts on 'This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll' by @danielrachel.bsky.social due out next month through @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social A thread 1/9 A vital, chilling, and impactful documentation of pop music’s incessant obsession with Nazism and the culture's willingness to look the other way...

“I’m constantly on the hunt for something interesting. And I guess when you keep doing that long enough, you eventually come across harsh noise.” For @bandcamp.com's Tape Label Report, Vilho Koivisto of Satatuhatta Tapes kindly answered some of my questions daily.bandcamp.com/tape-label-r...

'Raymond can conjure detailed imagery with little more than carefully plucked strings and dexterous fretboard scurries. The mantle that once belonged to #JohnFahey now belongs squarely to Raymond.' #GweniferRaymond - Last Night I Heard The Dog Star Bark buff.ly/6FfDe9e

To celebrate turning 70 and raise money for a charity very close to my family’s hearts, my Dad has decided to hurl himself down the side of the Spinnaker Tower. Somehow he's roped my cousin into it too. We'd be immensely grateful for any donations: www.justgiving.com/page/paul-an...

Gwenifer Raymond is in exceptional form on her new record. I banged on about occultists, rocking chairs, and marionettes in this review for @thequietus.com thequietus.com/quietus-revi... @gweniferraymond.bsky.social

Happy 500th birthday @thewiremagazine.bsky.social!

And then some cracking insight from @soundsofslomo.com, @stephenomalley74.bsky.social, @jjstannard.bsky.social, @matthewmshaw.bsky.social on heavy drone masterpiece, 'The Creep'

Just @alexandertucker.bsky.social conjuring magic from a few strummed strings last night @stoneclub.bsky.social

Jackie-O Motherfucker in mesmerising form at the Rose Hill last night.

Well worthy of your ears...

A worthy challenger for my own nightmarish artwork high/low point. I present to you the girl who kept watch over us as we slept in a Rochester hotel:

Gonna be slinging merchandise at this tonight. Swing by, give us a wave.

'Like pulverising carbon until it transforms into diamond, Nolan takes his influences, lashes them to the tracks, and runs a distorted train laden with heavy-hitting industrial beats over them...' Andrew Nolan - Monochrome Vol. 2: Tentacles of Spiritual Contagion buff.ly/4qPK4Py

Andrew Nolan's a busy chap. He's pulled together a second batch of non-album tracks in the past few months. I had some thoughts here: thequietus.com/quietus-revi... @thequietus.com

Squealing bleeps, synthesized winds and melancholy themes evoke an arid desert soundscape on the latest album from the Iranian-born electronic music composer Farshad Akbari - Echoes of Nothingness buff.ly/gJ5VOQl

Take a trip into the scorching sonic sands with Farshad Akbari's latest. Full review over @thequietus.com thequietus.com/quietus-revi...

Shifting a few records over on Discogs, if anyone's interested: www.discogs.com/seller/Pacif... I'm open to offers/combining/arranging collection so feel free to drop me a line if anything catches your eye. Will be adding to it throughout the week too...

Myers provides a voyeuristic window into the mind of a megalomaniac (among many other things) on a night his artifices crumble. It's a rollicking and compelling piece cleverly counterbalanced with @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social’ own creative meta narrative. And it's a ripper of a read.

I was 14 when the nineties ended. It's surreal to see people 20 years younger than me now walking around with the hair cuts and dress sense of those who were 10 years older than me back then. I'm sure every generation goes through it, but it's no less discombobulating when it's your turn.

The new Jasmine Guffond is mint. 'Degradation Loops' - a cathartic dismantling of her 'Yellow Bells' album - was my initial introduction but this is different: it seems to gradually disperse the Disco Elysium score across both space & time. lineimprint.bandcamp.com/album/muzak-...

The Syrian composer's solo debut sees fragments of jangling bells, cracking seeds and FM synthesis combine to make a cohesive tapestry with a rich emotional resonance, finds Jon Buckland Khaled Kurbeh - Likulli Fadāin Eqāéh [To Each Space Its Own Rhythm] buff.ly/Ni4Qln1

I loved this thread. It's heartwarming and life affirming. The trickle of maxims will give you a little hope in the potential of the world. Fair play @petefrasermusic.bsky.social

Blue Jam, fingers, spoonerisms, and fuzzy flooring. @weviestonder.bsky.social are back after a decade and a half doing who knows what. You can read my review for @thequietus.com here: thequietus.com/quietus-revi... @skamrecords.bsky.social

'Wevie Stonder's approach is akin to that of Cassette Boy, Mr Scruff, or Matmos at their cheekiest. In an era of disposable music, where the lifespan of a record rarely extends beyond its release week, perhaps the comedy album can shine?' Wevie Stonder - Sure Beats Living buff.ly/5tICsQX

Hadn't checked in on the Sylvanians for a few decades - seems like they're thriving.

The Salt Path backlash is about to blow over...

If you're ever in Ramsgate, I strongly recommend dropping into This Museum Is (Not) Obsolete. It's a playground of archaic electronics with walls of modular synths, 1000 chained musical oscillators, an owl synth, the computer terminal from an Apache helicopter, various relays and video tools...

Research

Ready yourselves cos @thequietus.com' list of the top 100 albums of the year so far has landed. There are about half a dozen reviews in there from yours truly, including a couple in the top 10. Plenty of good ear scran if you've got a few mo's.

honored to see elijah jamal asani at #7 on this strong list from @thequietus.com ❤️ thank you @pacificbeliefs.bsky.social for shining a light on this record and continuing to champion it ✨

Absolutely cracking spread of noise at @southstreetarts.bsky.social courtesy of @hownicearechips.bsky.social last night. Playworker didn't just set the tone, he assaulted it, taking an innocent guitar amp (and nearly a couple of fingers) with him.

This is practically obscene... You'd be a damned fool not to pan for the wedges of gold KD is essentially giving away in his back catalogue.

'Continues in much the same fertile vein as her post-Throbbing Gristle output. At the same time, it also appears a little more guarded, as if the candid moments in her early days have left her more cautious.' #CoseyFanniTutti - 2t2 is a Quietus Album of the Month for June 2025 buff.ly/1B5ATsR

Container tearing it up t'other night in Brighton.

Eternalism, Harry Enfield, Slowdive, and the Coca-Cola jingle... Mark Van Hoen's career-spanning collection took me to some unexpected places. My review for @thequietus.com: thequietus.com/quietus-revi...

Clear your calendar...

It's been a busy old day at the workplace so I've only just spotted this. I'm chuffed to the nines to say that I'm part of this year's London Library Emerging Writers cohort. www.londonlibrary.co.uk/the-london-l...

'Calls to mind the various rat-monikered acts you might find scuttling around Salford’s White Hotel, fronted by Tom Waits if fame had never come calling for him. His reclusiveness turning him increasingly eccentric, feral' Phil Langero - Practical Dancing (For The Modern Man) buff.ly/6PhQlre

That Phil Langero has a new jive-packed record out on @rocketrecordings.bsky.social. I slapped some thoughts together for it over @thequietus.com thequietus.com/quietus-revi...

For years I've been a big fan of the TK Maxx game: try & find the most hideous, garish item of clothing in the shop (this is coming from someone whose aesthetic abilities are essentially "does this come in black?") These contenders emerged yesterday. Then I saw the price tag. Instant champions.

Vincent Delecroix's 'Small Boat' reads like an updated version of Camus' 'The Stranger'. It tacitly rejects any easy, simplistic solutions and draws us all, emotionally, intellectually, and with great consequence, into the frame. Brutal. Just brutal.

'Composed, performed and produced fully by the artist herself, the new album by Cosey Fanni Tutti is equal parts abstract electronic experimentation and rhythmic propulsion' #CoseyFanniTutti - 2t2 buff.ly/IhkBnnN @coseyfannitutti.bsky.social‬

Finally caught Wim Wenders' Anselm. Had a few thoughts. Paul Celan. Ingeborg Bachmann. Their poetic lineagen is continued by Anselm Kiefer. He might be moving in a different medium but his Van Gogh-influenced work also deals with the harrowing reality of 1930s Germany. 1/3

The truth just turned up...

Lower Slaughter at The Hope & Ruin @humanworth.bsky.social