Daily Newsletter, August 29, 2025

It’s been a hectic summer here at tQ, with the expected festival season lull in new releases failing to materialise. It makes me think of last winter, too; where once both the industry and the underground would go into festive semi-hibernation, it now seems as if the stream of excellent new music never lets up. […]

The concept of a One-Hit Wonder is practically as old as the charts themselves, but what about the albums that hit it and quit? Single albums from bands that changed our worlds…

MARGO PRICE HARD HEADED WOMAN LOMA VISTA RECORDINGS Margo Price has always been an artist whose audience didn’t care much what genre her music fell into, and yes, it more often than not falls within that often too strictly defined one that goes under the name of country music. And yes, Hard Headed Woman, her […]

Every musician needs to worry about their reputation, but sometimes the biggest artists in the world tend to be a lot more lovable than you might think.

KATY PINKE & WILL GRAEFE PATTERNS GLAMOUR GOWNS So many artists, those who are well-known and those who are not so well-known, are taking stock and reviewing what they have done so far, as well as where their inspiration comes from, and they are doing it by recording cover albums. Of course, it all starts […]

John Lennon often god a bad wrap thanks to his quick-witted nature, and his pal, Ringo Starr thought that was an unfair interpretation.

As a record collector, some albums exist more like myths than tangible objects. You come across a passing mention, just enough to spark curiosity, and soon you’re chasing shadows, trying to confirm whether the record even exists. About 15 years ago, this happened to me with a record called Modern Bible, a recording deep from the Japanese underground credited to an Angura theatre troupe named Gekidan Buraiha (“Gekidan” being a Japanese word for “theatre troupe”).

It also features Keith Moon drums – and screams

"There’s a reason the music business is considered a slimy hellhole. Be careful who you trust..."

A new Netflix documentary tells the story of Devo, and you might already know more than you think about the band.

Art rock classics, post-punk art-funk greats, soul shakers, soft rock, and indie sleaze bangers.

An absolutely wicked, top-ranking slab of primo mid-70s dub from King Tubby. Ranging from the hard-driving squelch of “Dreada Dread Dub” and “Roman Soldiers of Dub” to the trailing twinkle of “Suzie Wong Dub” it’s easy to imagine keyboardist Touter Harvey stepping onto the Mothership and tapping in for Bernie Worrell. Filtered through Tubby’s arsenal of echo, flying hi-hat, and other flick-of-the-wrist console wizardry, these dubs are heavier than two tons of high grade in the sunshine, and they’ll linger straight through to next summer.