I write about music and culture. Resident psych-rock columnist at The Quietus and Record Collector. Author of Electric Wizards: A Tapestry of Heavy Music, 1968 to the Present.
Columnfortably Numb: Psych Rock for November
Freshly dressed for Comic Con, JR Moores gets stuck into the latest psych and noise rock releases
Review: Primal Scream - Come Ahead
There used to be something interesting about Primal Scream...
Columnfortably Numb: Psych Rock for September
Before getting stuck into the latest avant rock releases, JR Moores pins his colours to the mast of Macca
Reissue of the Week: Ween’s Chocolate and Cheese
As Ween's 1994 classic gets an expanded rerelease, JR Moores finds it hard to imagine the oddball's oddballs would've thrived at any other time.
Columnfortably Numb: Psych Rock for July Reviewed by JR Moores
In his first psych rock roundup to take place under a Labour government, JR Moores welcomes a bright new era
tQ Subscriber Release: Hitiloma & Nat Sharp
JR Moores speaks to Mark Pilkington and DORANBOT-3000 (in place of our own John Doran) of Hitiloma about this month's tQ subscribers release – a collaboration with the mighty Nat Sharp recorded live at this year's Acid Horse
Still Turning Heads: The Exorcism reviewed
JR Moores casts a cynical eye over the exorcism genre and asks whether Russell Crowe's contribution to the form adds anything new.
Dead Kennedys’ East Bay Ray Interview (2022)
“Trump is obviously a hundred times worse than Reagan was.”
Columnfortably Numb: Psych Rock For May Reviewed By JR Moores
JR Moores surveys the latest psych and noise-rock releases, pines for the CD-R format and wonders what comes after perfection
“I Hope I Leave A Mountain Of Shit Unfinished” – Remembering Steve Albini
Two Quietus writers, JR Moores and Alex Maiolo, pay tribute to Steve Albini who died this week, remembering him not only for his innumerable contributions to music, but his humour, his generosity, his self-awareness, and his impact on keeping communities alive.
Obey Cobra: Mwg Drwg
From South Wales via Hell, bringing the rough distortion, the electronic disarray and the bottom-kickers
A False Ending? Fat White Family's Forgiveness Is Yours Reviewed
Each Fat White Family album feels like their last, says JR Moores, but if this one genuinely is, here are some ideas for singer Lias Saoudi
Why Prince Andrew Drama Scoop Won't End Britain's Royalist Bootlickery
This retelling of Prince Andrew's cringe-inducing Newsnight appearance overestimates its importance
Columnfortably Numb: Psych Rock For March Reviewed By JR Moores
Hoping to entice more readers, JR Moores pivots to showbiz psych rock reporting