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Co-founder/Editor of theQuietus Co-founder of Acid Horse Writer/Editor Anti-Fascist Emile thanks you
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Rico Charges
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at some point during hour four of a call I had with
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yesterday, we both just started shouting at each other about how good this John Hicklenton Nemesis page is. Every time I go to delete the png I sent to him, start looking at it again.
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T'was a pleasure to discuss politics, culture & symbolism of the DM boot with
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for tQ Podcast. Here is a picture of my favourite pair ā vintage steelies ā as modelled ten years ago by a handsome dude who is now exactly the same height as me šŖ
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Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and itās already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope youāve all been good this year!
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Phil Harrison
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Ah, back when the internet was fun... 'JESUS CHRIST!!'
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mary anne hobbs
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WHAT DO YOU WANT? (trailer) by Joshua Bridge commissioned as part of my project with Anna Phoebe for Manchester International Festival '25 see the Short Film in full:
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Patrick Clarke
4 days ago
The new edition of my folk music column has just come out on
@thequietus.com
! 10 of my favourite new releases, from abstract banjo freakouts to Japanese court music via Herefordshire hauntings, the King of Zulu Guitar, Occitan psychedelia and much much more! (this time with the correct link)
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Radical Traditional: Folk Music for Autumn, by Patrick Clarke | The Quietus
The room that is now Dalstonās EartH Theatre first opened as a cinema in 1936, five years before the birth of Martin Carthy. In the decades since both man and room have endured swings in fortune. One ...
https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/folk-music-reviews/best-folk-music-autumn-2025-martin-carthy-earth-u-greet-goblin-band/
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Bat Winter: Charli xcx drops ace new single with John Cale called House
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Charli XCX & John Cale Unveil Noisy Wuthering Heights Collab | The Quietus
Charli XCX and John Cale have released a video for gothic pop dirge belter āHouseā, written to appear on the soundtrack for Emerald Fennellās forthcoming adaptation of Emily BrontÄās novel Wuthering H...
https://thequietus.com/news/charli-xcx-john-cale-house-wuthering-heights/
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Music writers submitting end of year polls; just checking you've heard Destino Scifosi by FRANCE.
standard-in-fi.bandcamp.com/album/destin...
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Destino Scifosi, by France
2 track album
https://standard-in-fi.bandcamp.com/album/destino-scifosi
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Magic work by Darran here.
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Super gutted not to be seeing aya later but - Judas H. Priest! - the remaining line up at
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today slays hard⦠Mo Syfkhan, Sly & The Family Drone, Deathx3 etc.
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Great profile of Roddy Bottum by the Chick Master:
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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āI was the only out queer guy in rockā: Faith No Moreās Roddy Bottum
The keyboard player on his heroin overdose, how Kurt Cobain wanted to be gay and why his memoir will ruin his Christian relativesā Thanksgiving dinner
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/nov/07/faith-no-more-roddy-bottum-queer-memoir-interview?fbclid=IwY2xjawN8D55leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA80MDk5NjI2MjMwODU2MDkAAR65YwzL9c6r7eoUtXq6UwwjxFh_UrHUnA6tenNgaCfg4ntxgsTu83Hjnt1L-Q_aem_KnCAHmnUVWVSuw8NQqDMKQ
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Buying books to read books to write books to.
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JR Moores
8 days ago
Iām Thinking Of Ending Things.
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Thatās it. Clocking off for the day. Had enough and this is begging to be listened to.
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9 days ago
A great article about The Specials, and if you scroll back up the thread there's an interesting first performance of The Tide Is High.
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If I had a gun to my head I could whittle my collection of Kate Bush records down to three albums... just... and Aerial would be one of them. Happy 20th birthday to Aerial... which only came out yesterday not 20 years ago. Surely.
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What kind of Language is this? Kate Bush's Aerial At 20 | The Quietus
Matthew Barton looks back twenty years to the Kate Bush album Aerial that seemed to take forever to arrive but was worth the wait
https://thequietus.com/opinion-and-essays/anniversary/kate-bush-aerial-review/
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The Quietus
10 days ago
Crushing Death & Grief are to celebrate two decades of their āgigs in Cambridge, gigs in East Anglia. No messing" ethos by holding a multi-venue festival in Cambridge between Friday 7 and Sunday 9 November Find out more here:
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Happy 30th birthday to Ae's Tri Repetae and shout out to everyonegoing to see them live tonight in Bristol... wish I could be there.
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30 Years On: Autechre's Tri Repetae Revisited | The Quietus
Gary Suarez looks back three decades to the album that signalled that Autechre were about to sever all ties to surrounding culture
https://thequietus.com/opinion-and-essays/anniversary/autechre-tri-repetae-review/
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Liam Inscoe-Jones
10 days ago
I wrote about the new Armand Hammer for The Quietus, clocking up dangerous numbers without a miss now
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Crushing Death & Grief
12 days ago
CD&GXX // DIY noise wrecking crew Sly & The Family Drone have spent over a decade rejecting stages, exclusivity, and their own personal safety to create epiphinal noise experiences.
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David
11 days ago
The words āpusillanimousā and ācapturedā come to mind āNorway has imposed a 56% "special tax" for oil & gas companies, alongside a 22% corporate tax rate. The proceeds..have been reinvested in its sovereign wealth fund, which is now the largest in the worldā
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Norway struck oil in the 60s. Now it has trillions. This is how Australia compares
Norway struck oil in the 1960s. Now, almost a quarter of its national budget is funded through its sovereign wealth fund. How does Australia compare with taxing its resources?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-05/lessons-for-australia-from-norways-tax-on-resources/105939048?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
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This is what I'm doing on Sunday. It'll be a belter.
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The Quietus
12 days ago
Become a Quietus Subscriber Plus tier member to access a playlist of Richard Dawson's favourite music (amongst many other wonderful perks)... Sun Ra, Circle, Nina Simone, Mr Bungle... find out what else the Geordie bard picked here:
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I can't believe how good the new Earthball album is. Just fucking phenomenal.
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Outside Over There, by EarthBall
8 track album
https://upsettherhythm.bandcamp.com/album/outside-over-there
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Mat Colegate
12 days ago
Really chuffed that I got asked to contribute to this. Some great books here, some startling omissions (I feel like I have to personally apologise to Ramsey Campbell, but that's how these sorts of things go) and a huge backlog of stuff I need to get familiar with. Truly, the horror never ends.
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Here are the 25 best pieces of Horror Fiction of the 21st century so far... | The Quietus
Welcome, dear readers to Halloween, when in the UK and US children dress as their favourite fictional horror characters (and some, misguidedly, as serial killers) to walk door-to-door asking neighbour...
https://thequietus.com/tq-charts/here-are-the-25-best-pieces-of-horror-fiction-of-the-21st-century-so-far/
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Matt Leys
12 days ago
The best Chelsea Hotel fact is that the last ever guest at the Chelsea Hotel before it closed was Reg Hollis off of The Bill. He refused to leave and called the cops
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The Quietus
13 days ago
'The design of the novel is inextricable from its meaning: a visual analogue of the experience of those lost within the houseās potentially infinite walls.' Mark Z. Danielewski ā House Of Leaves is No 6 in The Quietus 25 best pieces of
#Horror
Fiction of the 21st C
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Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. (REEL)
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The Quietus
@thequietus.com
& Freq
@freqzine.bsky.social
would be a good place to start
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With singles, I can't remember but it was very likely one of these smashers.
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The Quietus
16 days ago
Podcasts with
#GazelleTwin
on the Enfield Poltergeist and John & Luke on M.R. James. The long simmering debate over Disintegration vs Pornography comes to the boil & much more can be yours immediately Treat yourself to spooky culture with a Quietus Subscription this
#Halloween
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Not gonna hold my breath waiting for the high blood pressure horror bro paladin vanguard to go into meltdown as with the half decade fuss about Hereditary being slightly odd for a genre film (& feature a strong female lead & have themes relating to maternity).
www.indiewire.com/news/breakin...
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āTerrifierā Actress Sues for Breach of Contract,Ā Alleges Extreme Sexual Harassment in Claim
Catherine Corcoran appeared in the controversial horror film that sparked a global sensation. Now, she's suing Damien Leone and Phil Falcone. Report.
https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/terrifier-lawsuit-sexual-harassment-breach-of-contract-1235157784/
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This is great⦠and I have a fairly deep-coded unease about arachnids. If anything, this book helped me process this inherited phobia to a notable degree.
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Donāt know anything about this paper but on the face of it this looks and reads like a solid investigation.
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David Keenan
17 days ago
Psyched to announce my new novel, Boyhood, coming April 2026
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geni.us/Boyhood
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First watch of Mulholland Drive in 20 years. No hay banda!
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@jeres.bsky.social
There should be a sitcom where these two guys live in a flat together doing loads of speed and lager, shouting about Prince and losing their minds.
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Tom Reaganās Hat
15 days ago
Great news - one of the best mini-series ever with a dazzling & eccentric screenplay by Troy Kennedy Martin & superb direction by Martin Campbell is back on iplayer. If you havenāt seen it then youāre in for a real treat. Come for Bob Peck, stay for Joe Don Baker.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Edge of Darkness - Series 1: 1. Compassionate Leave
Thriller set in a world of obsessive state security. Ronald Craven is haunted by the murder of his daughter and begins his own investigation into her death.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0074p8c
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Interesting LRB sketch/profile of the Greens in thraed. I disagree with the binary idea that the left has a (fatal?) weakness for hero worship. I have at least five mates who would do a better job than Kier Starmer but there is no way that millions of people would not for any of those meffs. 1/2
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This is one of my albums of the month and ideal for a chill Saturday morning.
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Deep Red though.
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One Halloween film down⦠Donāt Torture A Duckling. Words to live by!
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Treat yourself to a subscription and get immediate access to hundreds of great essays, podcasts and playlists. And help us stay afloat⦠ta!
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One more before hiding the sweets from myself for another yearā¦
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Finally the correct occasion to play the new SunnO))) on
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Happy Hallo)))ween everyone!
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State on Norbert Colon here. I have plenty of sweets and a sunny disposition. I might be playing SunnO))) but kids are more than welcome to knock on this door.
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Is The Unutterable the best Fall album of the 21st century? Is it the best Fall LP full stop? Is it simply one of the best damn albums ever recorded? It's reissued today and Fergal Kinney looks beyond Pete Tong, ketamine and pumpkin soup to reveal its brilliance.
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Reissue of the Week: The Unutterable by The Fall | The Quietus
The Unutterable is the best 21st C LP by the mighty Fall; or is this visionary work concerning Pete Tong, ket & soup, their best period?
https://thequietus.com/quietus-reviews/reissue-of-the-week/the-fall-the-unutterable-review/
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Rocket Recordings
16 days ago
"Reaches transcendent chaos to crystalline electronic bliss.ā The Quietus Today sees the release of 'You Run Through the World Like An Open Razor', the debut album by
@bruiseblood.bsky.social
. Sadly though, the vinyl will not be in the shops until the 7 Nov.
rocketrecordings.com/products/you...
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You Run Through the World Like An Open Razor
Rocket Recordings Ā· Bruise Blood ā The Pressure (Album Release 31st of October 2025) Bruise Blood āYou Run Through the World Like An Open Razorā The taxidermy parrot had been a constant presence, ther...
https://rocketrecordings.com/products/you-run-through-the-world-like-an-open-razor
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Rocket Recordings
16 days ago
See
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live in London next week:
dice.fm/event/53nyqy...
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Bruise Blood - Album Launch + Mai Mai Mai Tickets | £13 | 6 Nov @ Paper Dress Vintage, London | DICE
Baba Yaga's Hut Presents: Bruise Blood - Album Launch \+ Mai Mai Mai Nov 6th - Paper Dress Vintage Tickets £13 BRUISE BLOOD is the solo project of Mike ...
https://dice.fm/event/53nyqy-bruise-blood-album-launch-mai-mai-mai-6th-nov-paper-dress-vintage-london-tickets?lng=en
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Rest well Pete Knifton.
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