Patrick Clarke
, May 27th, 2021 23:56
From exuberant pop to all-out brutality, via everything in-between, here are tQ s favourite albums and tracks of May 2021
I received my first dose of Pfizer vaccine yesterday, having heard from a friend of a friend of a relative of my partner that an old function hall in Woodford had some spares for walk-ins. When I got home I checked my emails and saw that I was invited to a gig. Typically, after a year and a half of waiting for such an opportunity, I m busy that day, but nevertheless if I were to stretch for a sign, it s fitting that it was the first day in weeks that the rain clouds that have been clinging over London for the last month finally went away, leaving a balmy blue sky in their place. Not to labour the point too much, but it feels like things might be getting better.
Patrick Clarke
, February 26th, 2021 09:33
Here are ten essential albums and EPs that we at tQ have been loving this last month, as well as a smattering of superb singles
With the recent announcement that the end of June
could mark the final end of coronavirus restrictions on social contact, paving the way for a summer of actual real life gigs that won t kill anyone we love, there s been a wave of newfound hope among a British music scene that s spent a year being battered to the point of near collapse. In all honesty, I ve been burned too many times by this Government s false promises to entirely allow myself to succumb entirely to that optimism, but it s palpable nonetheless.
The Quietus
, December 14th, 2020 11:58
These are our favourite tracks of the last 12 months as voted for by Jennifer Lucy Allan, Bobby Barry, Aaron Bishop, Patrick Clarke, John Doran, Christian Eede, Noel Gardner, Ella Kemp, Fergal Kinney, Sean Kitching, Anthea Leyland, Peter Margasak, David McKenna, JR Moores, Luke Turner, Kez Whelan and Daryl Worthington. Illustration by Lisa Cradduck
There s not much more I can add to what has already been said about our relationship to music in this pandemic-hit year by my colleagues Luke Turner and Patrick Clarke in their respective introductions to our lists of the year s best albums and best reissues, compilations, mixes etc.