Cassettes
Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews for March by Daryl Worthington
Seals versus pedal-steels, a DIY symphony of garage rock & Super Nintendo synths, and a shadowy drone crew borrowing a 12 century church; Daryl Worthington dives into the tapes of March
Playlists
Guest Playlist: Alexis Taylor
Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip takes us through the musical influences on his multifaceted new solo record Paris In The Spring, with the results compiled into a playlist exclusively for tQ Subscriber Plus tier members
Reviews
Bill Callahan
My Days of 58
The artist FKA Smog keeps on trucking, now sounding warmer than ever
Monthly Playlists
Your February Catch-up Playlist is Here
Our beloved subscribers can nab the latest mammoth musical compendia now!
Reviews
Review Columns
Baker’s Dozen
Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives
Subscriber Playlists
News
Acid Horse 26: tQ’s Ten Essential Picks
Three months to go until Acid Horse festival; Noel Gardner selects ten must sees from The Ex to Lord Spikeheart, via futurist mutant rave and ancient, hairy French-Alpine folk invocations! For top tier subscribers there's also an essential audio guide to Acid Horse past & present
Subscriber Area
Explore our Vault
of Subscriber Exclusives
A mighty thanks to all our tQ subscribers for supporting the future of independent cultural journalism.
Enter Subscriber Area
Sign up for our Free Digest Newsletter
A weekly round-up of tQ editorial delivered direct to your inbox.
News
Anniversary
Three Decades On: Sepultura’s Roots At 30
Three decades on from the release of Roots, Keith Kahn-Harris digs in to the legacy Sepultura's much vaunted sixth album. This feature was first published 15/02/21
The Portal
Explore 15 Years Of Cultural Wayfinding
Each week we conjure up a miscellany of tQ writing from the mists of time for you. Most often random. Sometimes themed. Always enthralling.
Explore The Portal
Black Sky Thinking
Eric Clapton & Enoch Powell To Morrissey: Race In British Music Since ’76
During an August 1976 gig in Birmingham, Eric Clapton made racist comments and praised Enoch Powell, inadvertently inspiring the Rock Against Racism campaign. Four decades later, with Morrissey making offensive comments about Sadiq Khan and Britain reeling from Brexit, David Stubbs asks if anything has changed
Culture
Books
Fight The Power: Chuck D on the Politics of Hip Hop
The Public Enemy frontman has always been one of rap music’s most articulate advocates, but in 2022 he shifted career from MC to university lecturer. In an exclusive extract from his new book, In The Hour of Chaos, Chuck D talks about the cultural politics of hip hop and what it means for the future
