A Quietus Interview
Definitive conversations with our favourite artists
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Is This It? Mishka Shubaly Talks Substance Abuse, Suicide and Salvation
Several dates into Mishka Shubaly's latest gruelling solo tour (the last stop of which is titled "Die of fatigue and return home in a body bag") the musician and writer speaks to Jamie Ryder about his new album, the experience of getting clean, and missing out on extreme fame by a hair's breadth
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Punky Reggae Party Politics: Vivien Goldman interview
Ahead of her concert at Pop Kultur in Berlin this summer, the esteemed journalist and author talks to David Chiu about her recording career during the late 1970s and early 1980s that included working with The Flying Lizards, John Lydon and Robert Wyatt
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Sometimes They Just Want The Heavy Stuff: Baby In Vain Interviewed
Ahead of their appearance at Roskilde Festival next week, Lola Hammerich, the guitarist and singer of Copenhagen trio Baby In Vain, speaks to Jamie Walker about writing death into music, almost losing fingertips, and why London is a dangerous place to be a touring musician
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Ring The Alarm: DJ Haram Interviewed
Ahead of an appearance at Wysing Arts Centre's annual day festival in September, Discwoman's DJ Haram speaks to Kristen Gallerneaux and Bernie Brooks about the scene in her base of Philadelphia and linking up with Moor Mother and the Discwoman collective
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She Do The Police In Different Voices: Gazelle Twin Interviewed
Ahead of this weekend’s debut performance of Pastoral at Supersonic Festival in Birmingham, Elizabeth Bernholz aka Gazelle Twin talks to John Doran about a vibrant psychic vision of English fascism and the devastating energy of motherhood
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Utopian Dreaming: Free Love Interview & New Video
Just before premiering their brand new video for single ‘Synchronicity’ here and heading out to play some UK festival dates, Free Love, the girlfriend/ boyfriend synthpop duo of Lewis Cook and Suzi Rodden, FKA Happy Meals, lounged on the grass in a Glasgow park with Claire Sawers and talked clean buzzes, future utopias and why it was time for a new name
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What He Does With What He Has: Blawan Interviewed
In 2012, Jamie Roberts, AKA Blawan, was poised on the verge of breaking through to a mainstream that he wasn't sure he wanted any part of and then fate intervened in the form of a life-threatening illness. On the release of his debut album Wet Will Always Dry, he talks to John Doran about how this ended up being a blessing in disguise
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Rhythmic Complexity: Proc Fiskal Interviewed
21-year-old Joe Powers is exploring instrumental grime as Proc Fiskal some 400 miles from its London base all the way up in Edinburgh. Ahead of the release of his debut album, he speaks to Christian Eede about sampling, the rhythms of RP Boo and his aversion to nostalgia in music
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Listening To Me: Nubya Garcia Interviewed
Saxophonist, bandleader and best jazz newcomer (officially!), Nubya Garcia is a powerful and precious force on the thriving London jazz scene. Ahead of her set at Field Day, she talks about bebop discipline, dealing with microaggressions, and how to feel the fear and play it anyway
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Remembering Stewart Lupton: An Archive Interview
The death of Stewart Lupton, former singer with New York pioneers Jonathan Fire*Eater, was announced earlier today. In this archive interview, first published in The Stool Pigeon in 2007, Phil Hebblethwaite discussed his comeback project Childballads, rivalry with The Walkmen, and his battle with drugs. Portrait by Phil Knott
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Rorschach Audio: Glenn Branca Discusses Reading, Writing & Volume
Robert Barry sits down with the no wave guitarist turned electric guitar ensemble composer, who holds court on phantom choirs, free improvisation, the emergence of no wave and Brian Eno (this archive feature was republished on 14th May 2018 on the news of Glenn Branca's death)
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Video Drone: The Elemental Sound And Vision Of Rose Kallal
Rose Kallal straddles the art and music world, says Russell Cuzner. With a performance praxis that revolves around arcane video loops, and an album of dystopic synth soundtracks recently put out on Paul Purgas of Emptyset’s We Can Elude Control label, we sat down with her to discuss how technology, astrology and the elements are the hidden forces behind her mesmeric multimedia work
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OUTLANDS: Matana Roberts And Kelly Jayne Jones Interviewed
The American saxophonist and the British sound artist are collaborating on a series of live shows programmed by the national experimental touring network OUTLANDS, which is currently travelling across the UK. Claire Sawers speaks to the duo about their work together
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Space Ritual: Dave Brock Of Hawkwind Interviewed
Steady the ship, ready the engines, sail forth through the infinite black portal of space and dream - once fitful sleep overtakes you - of turbulent purple seas over a desolate planet. It’s Hawkwind, b’gads, and Harry Sword is talking to Captain Dave Brock ahead of this weekend's Desertfest
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Me, I Disconnect From YouTube: Mart Avi Interviewed
Ahead of his appearance at Liverpool Sound City on Sunday, Mart Avi talks to Lottie Brazier about music that dreams of the future, the internet as “the mother city”, John Peel’s escapades in Estonia and coming of age with an unusual larynx
