Robert Davidson

Schattenfroh: A Fable About Totalitarianism Written in Brain-Fluid

An interview with the book’s author Michael Lentz and its translator, Max Lawton, about the German cult novel Schattenfroh, a bizarre and troubling novel for our bizarre and troubling times, and its timely appearance in an English-language edition

Books

A London Dreaming: Iain Sinclair’s Lud Heat at 50

On the fiftieth anniversary of his seminal 'book of the dead hamlets', author Iain Sinclair talks to Robert Davidson about London in the 70s, Hawksmoor churches and Arthur Machen

Reissue of the Week

Reissue of the Week: Grinderman 2

Robert Davidson hails the art of growing old disgracefully as exemplified on the second and (so far) final Grinderman album

A Quietus Interview

Moderate Chaos: Jerskin Fendrix Interviewed

Jerskin's second album Once Upon a Time... In Shropshire is a novel album of country death songs, country life songs and country love songs. But why did it take so long and how does it fit in with his growing reputation as a composer for films? Words by Robert Davidson. All photography by Tim Gutt. CW: Contains mention of suicide

Album of the Week

Out On the Edge: Crying the Neck by Patrick Wolf

Two decades on from his early successes, the English singer-songwriter finds rebirth in the eldritch landscape of the east of England

Books

An England Of The Imagination: The Small Town Weirdness Of Jean Ray

Jean Ray never visited the UK, but the stories he set there, like *The City of Unspeakable Fear*, offer up an eerie glimpse of its future, finds Robert Davidson

Books

A Fold In Space: Jean Ray’s Malpertuis

Robert Davidson looks back at the strange career of the writer dubbed "the Belgian Edgar Allan Poe"

Previously Read

A Quietus Interview

Hazy Debauchery: Comets On Fire Interviewed

Ahead of their set at the final ATP holiday camp festival this weekend, Californian noise rockers Comets On Fire tell Colm McAuliffe about reuniting, psychedelic "secret handshakes" and memories (or what's left them) of holiday camp weekenders past

A Quietus Interview

History Is Crazy: New War Interviewed

Steph Kretowicz speaks to Chris Pugmire of Melbourne's New War - signed to ATP and currently on their first visit to the UK - about politics, patriarchy, and alternative histories

A Quietus Interview

Gangster Trippin’: Ice-T Interviewed On Music, Films & America

Twenty years after his best album, O.G. Original Gangster, and his best film, New Jack City, Ice-T tells Joel McIver that things just ain't what they used to be

A Quietus Interview

Don't Be Scared Of Music: An Interview With Dobie

Dobie is one of London's best-kept secrets, a musician, producer and photographer who has worked with Tricky, London Posse, Soul II Soul and more. Now he's back with a second solo album, and speaks to Joe Clay about why his career has been all about pursuing enjoyment

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Robert Davidson

Schattenfroh: A Fable About Totalitarianism Written in Brain-Fluid

Schattenfroh: A Fable About Totalitarianism Written in Brain-Fluid

A London Dreaming: Iain Sinclair’s Lud Heat at 50