In Conversation
Artists go head-to-head
Peer Review: Peter Strickland Interviews Cosey Fanni Tutti… and Vice Versa
Ahead of the release of her new album 2t2, Cosey Fanni Tutti is interviewed by inimitable film director Peter Strickland, before the tables are turned, with both parties free from any kind of interference from us
In Conversation
Peer Review: Gazelle Twin Interviews Gary Numan… And Vice Versa
We left two of our favourite musicians, Gazelle Twin and Gary Numan, alone to answer the kind of questions they wish they were always asked, talking ghost encounters, weirdness in pop music, parenthood, the end of humanity and more
In Conversation
Peer Review: Stephen Pastel Interviews David Keenan… And Vice Versa
Ahead of the release of the This Is Memorial Device album, based on the play, which was in turn based on the novel, musician Stephen Pastel and writer David Keenan interview one another, without any interference from us
In Conversation
Peer Review: Joel Gibb Interviews Owen Pallett… And Vice Versa
We left Joel Gibb of Canadian group The Hidden Cameras and touring partner Owen Pallett alone to answer the kind of questions they wish they were always asked. Owen Pallett portrait by Jeff Bierk, Joel Gibb portrait by Alp Klanten
In Conversation
A Postman Chat: Joe Thompson & Kevin Boniface On Art & Royal Mail
One-time postman, Sean Kitching, talks to musician and label boss, Joe Thompson, and author and photographer, Kevin Boniface, about the ups and downs of the profession in the current perilous political and economic climate
In Conversation
Peer Reviewed: FOQL Interviews SIKSA… And Vice Versa
Two of Poland’s most forward-thinking underground musicians discuss running independent venues and fostering diverse crowds, decentralising the Polish cultural landscape, the state of their home country’s independent music scene, and how their art contains far more than just political activism
In Conversation
Modular Therapy: Daniel Miller And Steve Davis In Conversation
Mute Records boss Daniel Miller and former snooker champ turned kraut-psych powerhouse Steve Davis discuss their love of modular synthesisers, ill-fated Jools Holland collaborations, commandeering Elton John's ARP 2600 and more
In Conversation
Peer Reviewed: Kelly Moran Interviews Prurient… And Vice Versa
Contemporary composer and pianist Kelly Moran speaks to industrial techno maven, Dominick Fernow in an exclusive two-way interview that gets to grips with practice and inspiration, speaking from one artist directly to another
In Conversation
Rework: Maps Speaks To A Certain Ratio
With A Certain Ratio contributing an ambitious re-work to Maps' new series of EPs, which premieres exclusively with tQ, the band's Jez Kerr and Maps' James Chapman get together to talk the art of a good remix, the importance of limitation, and why drive-in gigs just simply won't suffice
In Conversation
“People Need To Fucking Wake Up” Moby & Steve Ignorant In Conversation
We got Moby and Steve Ignorant together to discuss everything that's wrong with the world in this age of Brexit and Trump and they ended up deciding to save us all by getting naked. Photos by Kim Ford and Melissa Danis, put together by Zac Leeks
In Conversation
Say Lady Say: Esmé Patterson Interviewed
For her new album, Esmé Patterson has written songs for women – Ramona, Billie Jean, Alison – who have long been silent. For everyone who's ever loved a song, then felt a sinking in their heart as they listened to its lyrics properly, this one's for you
In Conversation
“We Came From Outside”: Thurston Moore & Mark Stewart In Conversation
As The Pop Group prepare to release their first album in over three decades, Bobby Barry brings together the band's Mark Stewart with mutual fan (and fellow cloud-botherer) Thurston Moore to discuss punk, properness and Primark. Photographs courtesy of Chiara Meattelli
In Conversation
Words To The Blind: Savages And Bo Ningen In Conversation
Before they reanimate their Dadaist simultaneous poetry-inspired project at London's Oval Space tonight, Savages' Jehnny Beth & Bo Ningen's Taigen Kawabe tell Suzie McCracken about its distant origins in Britain's highest inn and why youthful rebellion lies at its heart
In Conversation
Cigarettes & Fine White Wine: Asia Argento & Alan Bishop In Conversation
Asia Argento has finished recording Total Entropy, her first full-length album. Between shooting scenes for a new film in Corsica, she speaks to Alan Bishop of Sun City Girls and Sublime Frequencies about the album, music, writing and, of course, smoking
In Conversation
A Thirsty Conspiracy: Mogwai & Douglas Gordon Talk Zidane
Later this month, Mogwai are set to perform their soundtrack to Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait live at a series of venues across the UK. Nicola Meighan joins Stuart Braithwaite and artist Douglas Gordon for an in-depth, ginger wine-fuelled conversation, taking in everything from meeting Zidane to drunken Ivor Cutler covers and resistance to authority
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