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Barnaby Smith

Baker's Dozen

Unearthly Delights: Eric Chenaux’s Favourite Albums

Ahead of a new trio album and a show at this year's Acid Horse, Eric Chenaux takes Barnaby Smith through the thirteen albums that changed him, from the avant-garde to hip hop, traditional folksong to vintage Brazilian psychedelia and more
Books

Something A Bit More Modern: Adrian Mole At Forty

Four decades after the publication of the first Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Sydeysider and lifelong fan Barnaby Smith recalls his bewilderment at giros, joss sticks and spotted dick
Baker's Dozen

Survival Songs: John Grant’s Baker’s Dozen

John Grant takes tQ through the 13 albums that have defined his life and guided him through tough times, from the beauty of Fad Gadget to the joy of Bernard Fevre, via Ennio Morricone, Kate Bush and more
Art

Irreal Deal: Anthony Mannix & The Trouble With ‘Outsider Art’

Anthony Mannix has been called 'Australia's greatest outsider artist' but the term has proved a double-edged sword, finds Barnaby Smith
Reviews

Carlton Melton

Where This Leads

Carlton Melton's latest album is a game of two halves – but it may be their most interesting record yet, finds Barnaby Smith
Books

The Brutal Detail: Cass McCombs’ Toy Fabels

A book of poetry by American singer-songwriter Cass McCombs offers up some strange and macabre beauty, finds Barnaby Smith
Baker's Dozen

Want 13: Rufus Wainwright’s Favourite Music

Ahead of the release of his new album Rufus Wainwright guides Barnaby Smith through his favourite music, from Leonard Cohen to Eurythmics and his abiding love of opera
Art

Who Gets To Be The Artist? An Interview With Suzanne Lacy

Barnaby Smith talks to artist Suzanne Lacy about CalArts, the counterculture, and project management
Album of the Week

Dazzling Conglomeration: Hen Ogledd’s Mogic

Hen Ogledd’s third LP is a magnificent mixture of ideas, energies, angles, beings, non-beings, constructions and monsters

Reviews

Orchestra Of Spheres

Mirror

On their fourth album, the New Zealanders reach a new plateau of ingenuity, balance and coherence
Reviews

The Molochs

Flowers In The Spring

It’s derivative, and it’s good: second album from the snarling young rock&roll throwbacks

Reviews

Daniel Bachman

The Morning Star

By far Bachman's most abstract, speculative and ambitious work to date
Reviews

Mike Donovan

How To Get Your Record Played In Shops

Prolific Sic Alps and Peacers veteran makes an album of misanthropic bedroom genius

Album of the Week

Heavenly: Emma Tricca’s St Peter

On her third album - in cahoots with Steve Shelley, Jason Victor and Judy Collins - Emma Tricca finds a startling and sublime new sound

Reviews

Amen Dunes

Freedom

A momentous, unprecedentedly confessional record for the New Yorker, who’s treading new ground musically and lyrically

Reviews

Creep Show

Mr Dynamite

John Grant and Wrangler get together and create a sinister, satisfying and whole lotta fun album.

Reviews

Carlton Melton

Mind Minerals

Magnificent monotony and unearthly clamour: NorCal psych-rockers boil it down and dense it up.

Reviews

Field Music

Open Here

Field Music offer immense charm and ideological strength once again on their 7th LP
Art

Bodies That Matter: On Ai Weiwei, Artur Żmijewski, L.A. Raeven And More

At the Migros Museum in Zurich, Barnaby Smith finds an argument for pluralism in Extra Bodies – The Use of the 'Other Body' in Contemporary Art
Reviews

Dommengang

Love Jail

The rocknroll chuggers move west to LA and find sunshine, warm breezes

Reviews

Various Artists

Feel the Music! Vol. 1

Paul Major of Endless Boogie picks 12 weird (but not that weird) tracks to accompany his recent book.
Reviews

David Grubbs

Creep Mission

Hardcore-punk-turned-psych-crusader-turned-academic David Grubbs invites us back into his playful, thoughtful world.
Reviews

Wand

Plum

Wand emerge from their rich psychedelic swamp with a new harmonic and lyrical articulacy.

Art

Dangling Man: An Interview With Joshua Yeldham

Barnaby Smith talks to Australian artist Joshua Yeldham about the fruits of his latest residency at Tweed Regional Gallery in Murwillumbah
Reviews

Bill MacKay

Esker

Reviews

Nils Bech

Echo

A Quietus Interview

Wanderlust: Steve Gunn Interviewed

With Eyes On The Lines, the singer-songwriter has produced one of 2016's finest guitar albums. He tells Barnaby Smith about going from adolescent hardcore acolyte to channelling the fretboard dexterity of John Fahey
Art

Shitting Bricks: The Dada Heritage Of Mike Bouchet’s Zurich Load

At Manifesta 11, amidst celebrations of the Dada centenary, Barnaby Smith finds some very dirty art in one of Europe's cleanest cities
Reviews

Cass McCombs

A Folk Set Apart: Rarities, B-sides & Space, Junk, Etc

A Quietus Interview

Third Eye Sees All: Dr Ben Sessa On Psychedelic Drugs

Psychedelic drugs - when taken under correct supervision in the right circumstances - are some of the safest stimulants there are... so why are they still demonized? Barnaby Smith speaks to Dr Ben Sessa of Breaking Convention
Reviews

Alasdair Roberts

Alasdair Roberts

Reviews

Perfume Genius

Too Bright

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