L&Q Weekly

Discover Poor Creature, Fontaines D.C. live in London, Iron Maiden appear on legal tender, recovering Oasis addicts, Fyre Festival's fire sale

Jul 11, 2025

Track of the Week

‘Bury Me Not’ was released by Irish band Poor Creature this week as the latest track to come from their debut album All Smiles Tonight, although that record of reimagined folk songs is also out as of today. It’s hard to not want to hear the whole thing following ‘Bury Me Not’ – a song written in 1839 under the title ‘The Ocean Buried’ about a sailor who doesn’t want to be buried at sea but is anyway. In the hands of Ruth Clinton, John Dermody (both from Irish harmony group Landless) and Lankum’s Cormac MacDiarmada it turns into something as weightless as it is melancholic. The Lankum connection to Poor Creature is a big draw, but what this trio do here is lighter of touch and easier to instantly fall for than the masters of doomy drone folk. A dreamy, deep sea diver of a love song.

3 Sentence Live Review

FONTAINES D.C., FINSBURY PARK, LONDON, 21 JUNE: Now almost a year into the Romance tour, the law of diminishing returns states that Fontaines D.C. really ought to be dialling it in by now (we see you Charli). Instead, they follow a potentially scene-stealing performance from Iggy Pop-alike Amy Taylor with a triumphant set perfectly balancing mosh pit marauders with arms-aloft anthems. They end ‘I Love You’ with a screen stating “Israel is committing genocide, use your voice”, and you’re reminded how rare it is that one of the best bands in the world also have their priorities in order. Gemma Samways

Roundtable podcast: Turnstile, Addison Rae, AJ Tracey and a Kendrick classic

It’s the second installment of the Loud And Quiet Roundtable, where, this month, Sam Walton, Gemma Samways and Stuart Stubbs get the measure of 3 big albums released in June: Never Enough by US hardcore band Turnstile, Addison Rae’s shallow pop debut Addison, and Don’t Die Before You’re Dead by British rapper AJ Tracey. Listen now

Spare a thought for all the recovering Oasis addicts out there

There’s no such thing as an ex-Oasis addict. When you huffed (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? as much as some of us did in 1995, quitting is one thing, but then you’ve got to stay there. Needless to say, it’s been a tough week for a community that’s lost close friends to Dig Out Your Soul. Continue reading

Albums for your diary announced this week

Geese – Getting Killed (26 September, Partisan): There’s revived interest in New York band Geese following lead singer Cameron Winter’s late-2024, excellent solo album Heavy Metal. It’s that wobble in his throat, as on new single ‘Taxes’.
Idlewild – Idlewild (3 October, V2): The best Scottish band of the ‘90s are finally naming an album after themselves. Their tenth.
Legss – Unreal (12 Sept, self-release): The debut album from the London art-rock band has been long in the making, but new single ‘909’ shows the heavy goods are finally here. A borderline deranged lurch that could have featured on the debut from Black Country, New Road.
Soulwax – All Systems Are Lying (17 Oct, Deewee/Because): The title says it all. The Belgium electro brother’s first album in 7 years is one for the age of false information, made entirely from modular synths, live drums, tape machines and processed vocals.

Wrap this up

Heavy metal fanatics The Royal Mint have announced an Iron Maiden coin of legal tender, to celebrate 50 years of the band. Designs feature skeleton Maiden mascot Eddie, and range from £18.50 in price to £7520. Too much?
Self Esteem will curate a day of this year’s London Literature Festival, held at the Southbank Centre on 1 November. Rebecca Lucy Taylor’s day – which will conclude with performances of music and spoken word from Tom Rasmussen, Marged, Travis Alabanza and poet and comedian Pam Ayres – will also act as a launch for the musician’s debut book, A Complicated Woman. Full info for the entire 10-day festival is here.
At Loud And Quiet we’ve never believed in celebrating musicians’ birthdays. Like, ‘Happy 34th birthday, Tyler, The Creator’ posts on Instagram. But folk legend Shirley Collins turned 90 this week and we’ve actually met Shirley a couple of times and been caught in her spell. She also celebrated with a “fast version” of ‘Hares On The Mountain’. Open up the pit!
The most boring bro of them all, Billy McFarland, has put his dustbin fire of a brand, Fyre Festival, up for sale on eBay after a deal to buy the crooked company’s IP, trademark, web domain etc. “fell through”. Hopefully someone will buy and bury the name so we never have to hear it again – a fraudulent festival enterprise that still has McFarland on the hook to his original investors to the tune of $26 million.