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The Quietus is the biggest and most respected independent online music & culture magazine in Europe, covering music, literature, film, art, TV and popular/unpopular culture.
A fully-independent online music and culture magazine, The Quietus was founded in 2008 by award winning journalists John Doran and Luke Turner to counteract a lack of provocative, intelligent, funny and attention-grabbing criticism on the internet.
It grew rapidly from a tiny blog into a globally-respected brand which now pulls in three quarters of a million readers a month who click on two million pages. The core audience is the kind of sought-after web users who value quality writing, original thinking and in-depth coverage which they fail to find elsewhere.
In an age where churnalism, listicles and celebrity tittle-tattle are the order of the day online, The Quietus maintains its reputation for integrity and innovation as it fast approaches its tenth anniversary.
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The Quietus Hour is our weekly new music radio show which features regular specials with guests like John Lydon, Stewart Lee, Shirley Collins and more. You can listen to it with full songs on Mixcloud, download and subscribe to our podcast version or watch our recording sessions live on our Facebook Page.
A fully-independent online music and culture magazine, The Quietus was founded in 2008 by award winning journalists John Doran and Luke Turner to counteract a lack of provocative, intelligent, funny and attention-grabbing criticism on the internet.
It grew rapidly from a tiny blog into a globally-respected brand which now pulls in three quarters of a million readers a month who click on two million pages. The core audience is the kind of sought-after web users who value quality writing, original thinking and in-depth coverage which they fail to find elsewhere.
In an age where churnalism, listicles and celebrity tittle-tattle are the order of the day online, The Quietus maintains its reputation for integrity and innovation as it fast approaches its tenth anniversary.
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The Quietus Hour is our weekly new music radio show which features regular specials with guests like John Lydon, Stewart Lee, Shirley Collins and more. You can listen to it with full songs on Mixcloud, download and subscribe to our podcast version or watch our recording sessions live on our Facebook Page.
Overview
Location
United Kingdom, England, London
Employees
11-50
Founded date
2008
Mentions in press and media 16
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| Sep 11, 2025 | Things to do in Boulder Thursday, Sept. 11: Geology hike at Chautauqua | Today Geology hike: 9:30 a.m., Academic Hall, 298 Morning Glory Road, Boulder. Explore the fascinating geology of the Flatirons on a guided hike where ancient rock formations tell stories millions of years in the making. Discover the natura... |
| Jul 3, 2018 | Listen to BBC Radio's New Aphex Twin Documentary | The Cult of Aphex Twin, a new 30-minute documentary on the weird world of Aphex Twin's Richard D James, aired on BBC Radio 4 this morning. Hosted by John Doran, editor of the Quietus and host of Noisey's British Masters series, the show fea... |
| Dec 21, 2017 | The 50 Worst Hot Takes of the Year | Every week, since late August this year, I’ve been pitting two of the wildest hot takes on the internet against each other to decide which is worse. "Worst" is obviously subjective, but the aim here has always been to deconstruct ... |
| Jun 4, 2017 | Trump-era Techno & 9 More Things We Loved on the Dance Music Internet | 1. The quieter moments of Movement Movement is not just about the after hours. We've captured some of the fest's more interesting, softer, and unique moments. 2. A Marcus Kaye playlist The DJ and production world is still mourning the death... |
| Jan 27, 2017 | Embrace Day-Glo Mayhem with The Nightingales' "The Divorce That Never Was" Video | In 2009, Robert Lloyd, the bellicose frontman of post-punk legends The Nightingales, wrote a guide to solitary drinking for The Quietus. It was intentionally antagonistic, brutal, and troublingly beautiful. "Being able to lose it with ... |
| Dec 5, 2016 | A Brief History of Getting So Wasted You Forget You Created Important Pop Culture Eric Bell, the original guitarist from Thin Lizzy David Bowie Stephen King Alice Cooper Ozzy Osborne Matthew Perry Ewan McGregor Colin Farrell | When most people black out at work—say, forklift operators, or student aircraft designers—they endanger lives in the worst of cases, and at best they just embarrass themselves. But when your job is to create music, movies, or books, oftenti... |
| Feb 22, 2016 | Learning a New Language: Tim Gane on Leaving Stereolab Behind and for Cavern of Anti-Matter | When Stereolab announced their “Hiatus / Sabbatical / Pause / Intermission / Breather” in 2009, there was little doubt that multi-instrumentalist and creative director Tim Gane would use that time to relax. Hell, the very next year the band... |
| Jan 26, 2016 | Kowton Announces Debut Album 'Utility' on Livity Sound, Hear a Track Now | London producer, Kowton, has steadily built an impressive reputation for himself over the last few of years with an artful take on bass and techno, releasing well-received singles and EPs on labels like Bristol's Idle Hands and Livity Sound... |
| Sep 29, 2015 | Crusty Old Punk Producer Steve Albini Hates on Dance Music, Gets Trolled by Powell | In a very small niche of the electronic music world, promoting your new single with an email from Steve Albini—a notoriously vitriolic '90s underground rock purist known for hating on almost anything and everything—indirectly talking shit a... |
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FAQ about The Quietus
When was The Quietus founded?
The Quietus was founded in 2008.
What has the press written about The Quietus?
Parsers VC has collected 16 articles mentioning The Quietus, among them “Things to do in Boulder Thursday, Sept. 11: Geology hike at Chautauqua” (Sep 11, 2025) and “Listen to BBC Radio's New Aphex Twin Documentary” (Jul 3, 2018).
Is The Quietus still active?
Yes, The Quietus is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jun 7, 2026.