Geoff Cowart

Strong Silent Type: Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt Configures Language, Art & Politics

An enigmatic East German artist used a typewriter and stamps to quietly disrupt the boundaries of poetry and graphic design. Geoff Cowart travelled to Potsdam to examine her creative disobedience and find out why she quit

Art

Things Fall Apart: Mona Hatoum Builds The Impossible

A large sculpture by the London-based Lebanon-born artist poses some lofty questions about our precarious and unsteady existence, finds Geoff Cowart

Art

The Bookmaker: Gerhard Richter At Ninety

To celebrate Richter’s life in print, museums and archives across Germany join forces to throw a novel 90th birthday party. Geoff Cowart visits Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie for the festivities

Art

Midnight Marauders: The Grey Organisation Return To The Scene Of The Crime

Thirty-seven years ago, a midnight attack by a provocative art collective shocked London and the swanky dealers of Mayfair. Geoff Cowart takes a trip back in time to The Mayor Gallery

Art

Teenage Kicks: Sue Webster’s Banshees Obsession

In a whirlwind of spectral paints and shocked black wigs, London artist Sue Webster watched as her obsession with Siouxsie Sioux sprang to life

Reviews

Horace Tapscott
With The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra – Live At I.U.C.C.

A new re-issue by Soul Jazz of legendary Watts bandleader Horace Tapscott strikes the right note, finds Geoff Cowart

Art

Say It Loud: The Art Of Black Power

From Tate Modern's Soul of a Nation show to Soul Jazz's Afro-Centric Visions compilation, Geoff Cowart explores the images and sonics of the black power revolution

Art

Concrete Poetry: Robert Montgomery’s Hammersmith Poem

As Robert Montgomery unveils his latest commission at Hammersmith Town Hall, Geoff Cowart catches up with the Scottish-born artist to chat modernism, Malevich, and metaphor

Art

Off The Grid: Francois Morellet At Ninety

On the ninetieth birthday of the pathbreaking French painter, Geoff Cowart surveys two exhibitions dedicated to the hallucinatory work of the co-founder of the Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel

A Quietus Interview

Chants For Socialists: Darren Hayman On William Morris

Geoff Cowart speaks to Darren Hayman about socialist song and the influence of William Morris. Photographs courtesy of Matt Grayson

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Album of the Week

Heart-to-Heart: Rufus Isabel Elliot’s Three Sexual Pieces For Violin

Composer Rufus Isabel Elliot writes music of stunning intimacy for violinist Harry Gorski-Brown

Live Reviews

PROTO-untypical: Holly Herndon Live In Brighton

The American composer and performer, along with her unique vocal ensemble, takes electronic music out of the AI box and into truly new territory, says David Bennun after attending Brighton Digital Festival at the Attenborough Centre For The Creative Arts (ACCA)

Books

An Inexhaustible Realm Of Fascination: David Lynch’s Factory Photographs

With a new book and exhibition in London, Kiran Acharya considers a surprisingly straightforward but characteristically unsettling selection of images from the subversive director

Album of the Week

Volcanic Super-Eruptions: Sly & The Family Drone’s Walk It Dry

Sly & The Family Drone's latest LP, Walk It Dry, is a rolling disaster in the very best way, says Bernie Brooks

Baker's Dozen

Music Waits For You: LoneLady’s Favourite Albums

From singing along with Neneh Cherry on her way to school to a lockdown obsession with Durutti Column, Julie Campbell, aka LoneLady, takes Elizabeth Aubrey through the thirteen definitive records of her life

Baker's Dozen

Escape To The Country: Willy Vlautin Of Richmond Fontaine’s Favourite LPs

Following the release of Richmond Fontaine's tenth and final album, You Can't Go Back If There Is Nothing To Go Back To, the singer and author talks to John Freeman about his favourite albums of storytelling escapism

Art

Power & Pain, Love & Madness: Brett Anderson Curates The Collections of Art UK

The Suede frontman curates a selection of ten paintings from the UK's public collections, in a virtual exhibition prepared exclusively for the Quietus

Baker's Dozen

Love Songs And Monster Songs: Jad Fair’s Favourite Albums

As Half Japanese gear up for a brand new album this summer and a UK show in September, frontman Jad Fair takes Sean Kitching through thirteen favourite records from Howlin’ Wolf to Lord Invader

Books

A Walk in Tottenham: Tice Cin’s Keeping The House Playlist

To celebrate the recent publication of her novel Keeping the House by And Other Stories, interdisciplinary artist Tice Cin shares songs from the archives that brought the book together

Baker's Dozen

Oh L’Amour: Vince Clarke Of Erasure’s Favourite Albums

In a festive special Baker's, Vince Clarke follows Erasure's Snow Globe album by picking out the 13 LPs that mean the most to him

Album of the Week

Grief Is Living: The Ultra Vivid Lament by Manic Street Preachers

The Manics' piano-driven fourteenth album is a thing of glacial beauty but clouded by existential doubt, says Simon Price

Baker's Dozen

Thirteen Convulsions: Geordie Greep’s Favourite Albums

Black Midi frontman Geordie Greep takes Cal Cashin through the thirteen albums that have gripped him the most, from the majesty of Bach to the mania of Léo Ferré

Live Reviews

LIVE REPORT: Donau Festival

Dissolving the barrier between musicians and artists at Donau Festival, Vienna, from Yves Tumor to Guttersnipe. Words and pictures by Pat Blashill

Rum Music

A Score For The Listener: June’s Rum Music With Russell Cuzner

Russell Cuzner just listens to music from the outer limits... because that's what he does

Reviews

Lucy Railton
Blue Veil

For her first album playing cello alone without electronics, the Berlin-based composer-performer pushes the instrument's overtones to a fever pitch, finds Levi Dayan

Anniversary

30 Years On: Iron Maiden’s Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son Revisited

Utterly ridiculous and totally fucking glorious. Harry Sword reflects on a crucial release from the Irons

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Strong Silent Type: Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt Configures Language, Art & Politics

Strong Silent Type: Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt Configures Language, Art & Politics

Things Fall Apart: Mona Hatoum Builds The Impossible

Things Fall Apart: Mona Hatoum Builds The Impossible

The Bookmaker: Gerhard Richter At Ninety

The Bookmaker: Gerhard Richter At Ninety

Midnight Marauders: The Grey Organisation Return To The Scene Of The Crime

Midnight Marauders: The Grey Organisation Return To The Scene Of The Crime

Teenage Kicks: Sue Webster’s Banshees Obsession

Teenage Kicks: Sue Webster’s Banshees Obsession

Horace Tapscott With The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra – Live At I.U.C.C.

Horace Tapscott With The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra – Live At I.U.C.C.

Say It Loud: The Art Of Black Power

Say It Loud: The Art Of Black Power

Concrete Poetry: Robert Montgomery’s Hammersmith Poem

Concrete Poetry: Robert Montgomery’s Hammersmith Poem

Off The Grid: Francois Morellet At Ninety

Off The Grid: Francois Morellet At Ninety

Chants For Socialists: Darren Hayman On William Morris

Chants For Socialists: Darren Hayman On William Morris

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Heart-to-Heart: Rufus Isabel Elliot’s Three Sexual Pieces For Violin

PROTO-untypical: Holly Herndon Live In Brighton

An Inexhaustible Realm Of Fascination: David Lynch’s Factory Photographs

Volcanic Super-Eruptions: Sly & The Family Drone’s Walk It Dry

Music Waits For You: LoneLady’s Favourite Albums

Escape To The Country: Willy Vlautin Of Richmond Fontaine’s Favourite LPs

Power & Pain, Love & Madness: Brett Anderson Curates The Collections of Art UK

Love Songs And Monster Songs: Jad Fair’s Favourite Albums

A Walk in Tottenham: Tice Cin’s Keeping The House Playlist

Oh L’Amour: Vince Clarke Of Erasure’s Favourite Albums

Grief Is Living: The Ultra Vivid Lament by Manic Street Preachers

Thirteen Convulsions: Geordie Greep’s Favourite Albums

LIVE REPORT: Donau Festival

A Score For The Listener: June’s Rum Music With Russell Cuzner

Lucy Railton Blue Veil

30 Years On: Iron Maiden’s Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son Revisited

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Horace Tapscott
With The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra – Live At I.U.C.C.

Horace Tapscott
With The Pan-Afrikan Peoples Arkestra – Live At I.U.C.C.

Lucy Railton
Blue Veil