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Live Reviews
Sculpt A Rodin From Mashed Potato: On Tour With Ecstatic Material
Outlands is a new network of promoters, arts organisations and curators putting on strange and wonderful performances in the corners of New Weird Britain. Their last tour featured Beatrice Dillon making a racket to splatter sculptor Keith Harrison's Play-Doh - Jennifer Lucy Allan reports
Black Sky Thinking
In An English Country Garden: The Much Missed Radicalism of Derek Jarman
A quarter of a century after the death of Derek Jarman in February 1994, Adam Scovell looks back at one of the most radical artists of his day, and wonders where we might find his ilk today. All images courtesy of the BFI.
A Quietus Interview
Coming Clean: George McFall Drops His Disguise
For his new album (which streams in full below), George McFall has reverted to his given name, overcoming the need for an alias like Clean George IV. He has also reined in the rock guitars in favour of a more severe synth-driven sound, and found a new target for his sharp satire: himself. Photo by Kimi Gill
Film
Shock Treatment: Piercing Director Nicolas Pesce’s Favourite Gialli
From its lurid aesthetics to its pulsing soundtrack, director Nicolas Pesce's second feature, Piercing, is a homage to the great Italian horror movies of the 1970s. Here he takes us through ten of his favourites, from Dario Argento to Lucio Fulci and beyond
Art
The Poetics Of Space: Ana Santos & Carlos Bunga At MAAT, Lisbon
Two new exhibitions at the Museum of Art Architecture and Technology (MAAT) in Lisbon, showcase Portuguese contemporary artists. Anathema, an exhibition of Ana Santos’s sculptural work and Architecture of Life, a retrospective of the installations and spaces created by Carlos Bunga
A Quietus Interview
Capital Punishment: An Interview With Gum Takes Tooth
After five tumultuous years, Gum Takes Tooth have delivered one of 2019’s early standouts in the form of new album ‘Arrow’. Patrick Clarke meets the band to talk the realities of musicianship in London, automatic writing and the story behind their stunning third record. All pictures by Eric Oliveira.
Anniversary
Calm Amidst The Storm: Low’s Debut 25 Years On
From ignorant farmers to making one of 2018’s most revered records, Low and producer Kramer talk to Daniel Dylan Wray about the making of I Could Live In Hope, the album that started it all off, ahead of their appearance at this year's Rewire festival in The Hague
Black Sky Thinking
The Mark Is Upon Them! The Musical Legacy Of Witchfinder General
Last year marked the 50th anniversary of Witchfinder General. But in a world still characterised by corruption and violence, did we learn nothing from its warnings? Sean McGeady traces the film’s musical legacy and asks what keeps us coming back to it.
The Quietus International
New Weird Russia – #2 Moscow
In the second of a series on the current Russian alternative music scene, We find out why hassles with venues and house hunting help set Moscow’s scene, tune into some wall-melting electro hybrids and try and fail to understand whatever passes for alt-jazz here. (Disclaimer, no rap!)
Black Sky Thinking
Does My Black Sun Look Big In This? Skullflower’s Patterns Of Predjudice
Late last week, veteran noise act Skullflower were dropped from the line up of Raw Power festival - yet for most of their lengthy career they have been considered apolitical. Here Dylan Miller considers the jigsaw of evidence against Matthew Bower and asks, 'What changed?'
Film
Robbing Malice Of Its Venom: Suri Krishnamma Remembers Albert Finney
The great actor Albert Finney, star of Tom Jones and Saturday Night, Sunday Morning, died from a chest infection on 7 February 2019, at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London. In a conversation edited from a telephone interview, the film-maker Suri Krishnamma remembers working with Finney on the film A Man of No Importance, which screens on BBC One this evening
A Quietus Interview
The Size Of The Ocean: Suzanne Ciani interviewed
Suzanne Ciani is an important and innovative figure in the history of electronic music, being one of the first owners and users of the Buchla modular synthesizer. Ahead of her appearance at Terraforma festival she talks to Ben Graham about the importance of spirituality in her practice
