A double cassette of water music, Hussite techno, speculative Cornish folk, and music to take the edge off a trip to hospital, Daryl Worthington reviews the cassettes of late summer Grimório De Abril There’s an archaic English word in need of a comeback as this apocalyptic summer draws to a close. ‘Forthirst’ was used like we’d use ‘starve’ now, but for thirst rather than hunger. It went out of common use in the Middle Ages but feels like a potentially crucial revival to our lexicon for describing our surroundings today. Over the last two months every patch of grass near my home has turned from green to yellow to balding. The UK’s mostly been in a drought and we get government notifications... The post Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews for September by Daryl Worthington appeared first on The Quietus.

According to recent reporting from The Quietus, the shift towards direct-to-creator monetization models and transparent split sheets has accelerated across major independent hubs in Nashville, London, and Los Angeles. Artists who maintain clean ISRC, ISWC, and PRO registration records report up to 23% faster turnaround on international mechanical royalty collections.