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Co-founder/Editor of theQuietus Co-founder of Acid Horse Writer/Editor Anti-Fascist Listen to Nurse With Wound

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This is what I'm doing on Wednesday!

09.03.2026 18:45 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

as one of the commenters says "aren't Hen Ogledd, with their creativity and daftness and world-building, exactly what this shitty world needs right now?"

+ the album was released 2 weeks ago and it's bandcamp Friday ! henogledd.bandcamp.com/album/discom...

06.03.2026 13:50 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"Make It Go Woomph!" New Order's Low-Life Revisited | The Quietus New Order live in 1985 by Geoff Campbell Around the turn of the century, in the palatial halls of Le ChΓ’teau du Lac, the Bilderberg Group met to trade information. Before the symbolic burning of an ow...

was just reading this review of Low-Life and the writer described this version as β€œone of the sky-scraping high points of 80s pop culture” which nails it. The whole piece on the album is great, helped me view it through a slightly different perspective than I had been
thequietus.com/quietus-revi...

01.03.2026 22:48 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Bong II – This Time It's Personnel | The Quietus Bong II - this time it's personnel. Kez Whelan talks to Dawn Terry about why the legendary drone project are back, with some changes

Newcastle drone rock legends Bong are back as... Bong II. But the Bong (essentially) remains the same.

Here's Dawn Terry explaining what's what:

thequietus.com/news/bong-ii...

02.03.2026 08:36 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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One of the all time great internet polls was ILX trying to decide which was the best bit in Perfect Kiss 12" only to decide overwhelmingly that it was 'Frogs'.

02.03.2026 08:24 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

really looking forward to playing 🐎🧬ACID HORSE🐴 πŸ’Š the line-up is πŸ‘€ super proud to be on it!

26.02.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Getting off the Bus: Loula Yorke Interviewed | The Quietus Time is a Succession of Such Shapes by LOULA YORKE Loula Yorke is a fixture in leftfield electronic music now. She’s one of those artists whose name is a watchword for a very particular sound. In her ...

Salix is up for pre-order today! I sat down with @thequietus.com for a potted history about how I ended up making up electronic music from a cottage in Suffolk πŸŒŸβœ¨πŸ’«

23.02.2026 08:52 πŸ‘ 73 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

Got one more name to go... two at the most.

26.02.2026 19:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Acid Horse 26: tQ's Ten Essential Picks | The Quietus Noel Gardner selects ten essential acts at this year's Acid Horse festival, from The Ex to Lord Spikeheart via Bègayer & Sarah Angliss

thequietus.com/news/acid-ho...

26.02.2026 08:11 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Ex are playing Acid Horse 26!

There is a helpful Infotainment Digi-guide wrought from pixels & grammar by Noel Gardner which will appear, as if by magic in one of the social media answer squircles below containing his top ten essential acts this year (which contains The Ex of course).

26.02.2026 08:10 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

I dismantled a chair so I could hit him with bits of it. I thought the windows were going to shatter at one point.

26.02.2026 08:05 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Getting off the Bus: Loula Yorke Interviewed | The Quietus Time is a Succession of Such Shapes by LOULA YORKE Loula Yorke is a fixture in leftfield electronic music now. She’s one of those artists whose name is a watchword for a very particular sound. In her ...

thequietus.com/interviews/l...

23.02.2026 08:39 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mind-rinsing synthesist Loula Yorke is playing at this year's Acid Horse festival. Here she talks to us about youthful activism and breakcore squat parties, and why it's now time for her to finally start thinking of herself as an artist.

Grammar and pixels for those who read the next section.

23.02.2026 08:39 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

All the best Tom!

19.02.2026 08:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The live version of Psyche! from Ha! will likely always be my favourite track by Killing Joke due to it being such a punk club floor filler in Hull in 1989.

18.02.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have a stupid amount of 10”s; it’s the format I’m least keen on parting with for some reason. Slates by the Fall, Ha! by Killing Joke, several by Sonic Youth…

18.02.2026 19:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Cabaret Voltaire on stage 2025/26.

Cabaret Voltaire on stage 2025/26.

Cabaret Voltaire are to release a live album, But What Time Is It Really?, featuring 16 tracks recorded during their UK tour last year to mark 50 years since the project’s formation

Listen to the live version of β€˜Nag Nag Nag’ here:

buff.ly/lUsMQ7h

18.02.2026 18:00 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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Vecna Guy's Track Record: Jamie Campbell Bower's Favourite Albums β€œWe always had such a broad spectrum of music in our house,” explains musician and actor Jamie Campbell Bower from his flat in London. β€œWhile I was growing up, it spanned from classical music all the ...

#StrangerThings
#TheCure
@thecure.com

thequietus.com/interviews/b...

18.02.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Stranger Things' Vecna is team Pornography! I knew it...

Jamie Campbell-Bower's Bakers Dozen...

18.02.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Tim Hill's Leviathan Whispers. Black and white image of a masked individual with a staff adorned with a cloth bird, gloves for antlers and a cat sat nearby.

Tim Hill's Leviathan Whispers. Black and white image of a masked individual with a staff adorned with a cloth bird, gloves for antlers and a cat sat nearby.

Noel Gardner returns once more from Britain's sonic undergrowth, with an improv-dominated edition of New Weird Britain that also includes epic fringe folk, shuddering static from London via Beijing, and much much more

New Weird Britain in Review for February

buff.ly/iejAheG

17.02.2026 15:01 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
Jesse Jackson’s - Wattstax Music Festival Opening Speech  (1972)
Jesse Jackson’s - Wattstax Music Festival Opening Speech (1972) YouTube video by Nightloop

youtu.be/NTVwT3j_zqY?...

17.02.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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"It’s About Time We Brought Art In, Innit?" Talk Talk's The Colour Of Spring at 40 | The Quietus Wyndham Wallace pinpoints the moment Talk Talk emerged from their synth pop chrysalis, on third album The Colour Of Spring.

β€œIt’s About Time We Brought Art In, Innit?” Talk Talk’s The Colour Of Spring turns 40 today.

Locating the turning point for Mark Hollis...

thequietus.com/opinion-and-...

17.02.2026 09:56 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’m muting about ten hand wringing β€˜what y’all don’t understand is..’ mithering wazzocks from across the pond per day atm.

17.02.2026 08:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A sound like a tiger, thrashing in the water.

16.02.2026 23:07 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Just the angle I took the pic from…

16.02.2026 17:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

As long as it's F#Phrygian, I'm all for it.

16.02.2026 16:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think Bulbils would be right for a Zaireeka-style vinyl EP release where you get four EPs, each has an exactly 22 minute long track per side, unmarked, all in key. And you play four sides at the same time, never get *exactly* the same drone masterwork twice... Would take some underwriting though.

16.02.2026 15:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, it's the ideal format.

16.02.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I mean, tbf, I did buy it!

16.02.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Always. ✌️🀘

16.02.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0