Outside the Box: Sarah Nixey's Favourite Albums
I’ve spent half a century listening to music, so choosing only 13 albums was a huge challenge. Making lists about music is not my forte, but I started with the idea that these are among my favourite albums at this present moment. Some of these choices may seem obvious, while others might surprise you, and […]
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: George Shaw’s Favourite Records
Along the back alleys, down by the underpass, hidden in ginnels, or the places where many wouldn’t dare venture after dusk, that’s where you’ll find George Shaw walking in the shadows. His work is focused on the Tile Hill estate in Coventry and chronicles a sublime aspect of quiet, understated working class life. Nominated for […]
That’s How We Make It Our Home: Will Oldham Selects 13 Valiant Records from Louisville, Kentucky | The Quietus
The first time I went to America, in 2000, I went to Louisville, Kentucky, walking across the Big Four Bridge over the Ohio River, wandering around Germantown and Shelby Park, looking for Will Oldham. He was born there in 1970, and grew up around the sounds of hardcore, art punk and DIY. He sat obscured wearing a […]
Out of this World: Sherelle’s Favourite Records
For Sherelle, the perfect album is one that can soundtrack all the moments of your life. “I think the sound of a good album is one that, whilst cooking or on a train journey and you’ve accidentally fallen asleep, you don’t turn it off,” she tells tQ. “A certain album can be very aggressive, or […]
Vecna Guy's Track Record: Jamie Campbell Bower's Favourite Albums
“We always had such a broad spectrum of music in our house,” explains musician and actor Jamie Campbell Bower from his flat in London. “While I was growing up, it spanned from classical music all the way through to Springsteen and The The. I can’t remember it for shit, but the first show that I […]
The Reaches of Peaches: Peaches' Favourite Albums | The Quietus
With Peaches’ new album No Lube So Rude arriving next month, the temptation to call it a comeback seems, well, rude. Sure, it’s her first release in 10 years, but that’s not to say she hasn’t been busy. There have been films, a succession of features on other people’s records as well as her own […]
Keep Going: Seb Rochford’s Favourite Records
As he releases his uplifting new album about weathering tough times, the rule-breaking drummer and composer shares the records that have shaped his life – spanning Grace Jones, Thelonious Monk, Slayer and more
Good Tradition: Tanita Tikaram's Favourite Albums | The Quietus
In 1988, when Tanita Tikaram was just 19, her debut album Ancient Heart became a chart success, selling four million albums and getting her nods at the BRIT Awards. Ever since, she’s moved in and out of the music business – To Drink the Rainbow (An Anthology 1988–2019), curated and released by music journalist Pete Paphides on […]
Strings to the Bow: Sudan Archives' Baker's Dozen
Hedonism can be tricky in art – such big expression can come off as cheesy or try-hard, especially outside of the hypergloss realm of pop. But Sudan Archives sees music as a form of world-building, taking historical and cultural signposts and reshaping them into a map that connects the sacred and the synthetic, the ancient […]
Set Everything On Fire: Ron Mael of Sparks' Favourite Albums | The Quietus
Ron Mael of Sparks talks us through his favourite albums of all time from foundational free jazz freak out to cutting edge J-pop via Bach
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