Interview
Meet: The Brighton Collective And Your New Favourite Band – Opus Kink
Brighton collective Opus Kink are taking the country by storm with their frantic groove-filled madcap mash up of punk, jazz and rock. We managed to catch them to answer some of our questions. Give us a potted history of the band The band formed in 1999 as a support group for genius problem-toddlers. After a brief 20 …
Meet: Jaret Reddick from Bowling For Soup
BM I am a little bit disappointed we don’t have flat hair Jaret today. I spent a lot of time watching your TikToks yesterday, I can’t lie. Do you enjoy how much connectivity and connection you can get with your fans on that platform? JR Yeah, for sure. It’s kind of not unlike Instagram or …
Meet: Jake Grimes From North East Hard Rockers Twister As They Set Off On Tour
Twister are a four-piece high energy rock band hailing from the North-East of the UK, consisting of: Stevie Stoker- Singer / Guitarist Jake Grimes- Guitar / Vocals Jack Corbett- Drums / Backing Vocals Ryan Lee- Bass Backing Vocals Making huge waves on the rock circuit right now, the band are about to embark on a …
Meet: Millie from Millie Manders And The Shutup
Millie and the band have been busy preparing for the Less Than Jake tour, and their own headline tour in June. The band have created a GoFundMe campaign to help get a new van for the tour (after their previous one gave up the ghost) Give us a potted history of you and your band …
Meet: Coyle Girelli The ‘Shoegaze Elvis Presley’
‘Funland’ is the title of Girelli’s second solo album. Full of catchy tunes and dominated by that hugely powerful and emotive voice, the album is one of the best this year (read our review here). I thought it was hugely important to allow the man to introduce himself and tell us who inspires him and …
Meet: The Brilliant Trio That Is Dream Wife
With the band on tour after supporting their second album ‘So When You Gonna…’, which earned both #18 UK Album Chart debut and a #1 placing in the Official Record Store Chart of Independent Retailers. The record, which was the only album in the top 20 to be produced by an all womxn / non-male engineering team, as well as the only non-major label …
Meet: Members of legendary psych/space-rock explorers Gong on their new live album Pulsing Signals
If you’re inclined toward weird and wonderful psychedelic explorations, you will undoubtedly be familiar with Gong. Since their proto-formation in 1967 with members of Soft Machine, they have been at the avant-garde of all things free-flowing, progressive and other-worldly. As the decade shifted, they released their seminal album – Magick Brother. However, it was the …
Meet: The Clockworks on recording at Abbey Road studios, getting a manager during a pandemic, and that support slot with the Pixies in the USA…..
The Clockworks headlined a gig as part of Independent Venue Week at The Factory in Worthing on 2 Feb 2022 supported by Cheap Teeth and Niches. During that set they played 5 singles and a staggering 10 more tracks which were new for the audience. It’s been six months since previous single ‘Throw It All …
Meet: Ash Gray From Venom Prison
With the release of the bands third album ‘Erebus’ (read our review here) guitarist and one of the founding members of the band Ash Gray, answered some of our questions about the band, their inspirations and what he listens to at home. Give us a potted history of the band? We started Venom Prison in …
Meet: Blues Rockers Scruffy Bear
North Yorkshires fuzzy blues rockers Scruffy Bear are catching ears everywhere after releasing their latest track ‘Stories of Strange Women’ We put some questions to the band to find out who they are and what makes them tick. Give us a potted history of the band? Hi! We’re Scruffy Bear; Georgy, Jack, Sass & Ryan. …