Loud and Quiet
| Editor | Stuart Stubbs |
|---|---|
| Categories | Music |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Loud And Quiet |
| Total circulation (2012) |
32,000 |
| Year founded | 2005 |
| First issue | Jan 2005 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Website | loudandquiet.com |
Loud And Quiet is a free monthly music magazine that features new indie, alternative, electronic and rock bands and artists. Founded in January 2005, it is distributed heavily in and around London as well as 30 other UK towns and cities. Its design style is clean and minimal.
Issue 01 of Loud And Quiet featured Pete Doherty on its cover. Only 150 copies were published in a home-made fanzine style and distributed through independent record shops and clothes shops in London, England. Since then Crystal Castles, Foals, Fuck Buttons, Bat For Lashes and The Horrors have all featured on the cover.
Originally an A5 black and white publication, Loud And Quiet printed two A4 issues in 2008 before being relaunched as a newspaper to cut growing print costs.
In August 2012 the magazine's website [1] was hacked and severely damaged, forcing a new site to be built, which featured for the first time every past issue of the paper in a virtual online reader, powered by issuu.
In October 2012 it was announced that Loud And Quiet would be a media partner of Spanish/Portuguese festivals San Miguel Primavera Sound.
Loud And Quiet Recordings
To celebrate 5 years of Loud And Quiet, a small record label arm of the company was created in 2010 for the release of 'I AM V', a compilation featuring selected bands from past issues of the magazine. These included Health, Metronomy, Gold Panda and Telepathe.
In October 2011, Loud And Quiet Recordings released 'Bloodflood / Tessellate' the début single by Alt-J (∆) who were later nominated for and won Mercury Prize in 2012.
Loud And Quiet Shows
Throughout 2008/2009 Loud And Quiet co hosted live events with London indie label Dirty Bingo, promoting shows for The xx, Micachu and Factory Floor. In October 2009 the two projects together hosted the debut UK tour for San Diego band Crocodiles.
In the following years Loud And Quiet hosted the second stage at Offset Festival, a two-day DIY festival in Hainault, Essex.
External links
- loudandquiet.com - Official site
