Interview
Say Psych: Interview: Meet the Label – Fuzz Club Records
Ahead of Fuzz Club’s Eindhoven festival offering next weekend, we caught up with their main man Casper Dee to find out more about the festival and the history behind one of our favourite labels. . Hi Casper, thanks for talking to me! Can you start by telling us more about the label, for example when …
MEET: FEHM – 80’s inspired post-punk from Leeds
Leeds post-punk outfit, FEHM, have been a respected featured on the Northern circuits for quite some time now. Their classic approach to sound has not got unnoticed, and forays South and beyond are becoming an even more regular occurrence for a band that has grown not only in reputation, but also in size. As more …
MEET: Berlin based post-punks ‘KAMOOS’
In the never ending quest to unearth bands that hang out mainly off grid in the far corner of the left field, I recently found myself wondering (that’s not a typo – it was wonderful) around Berlin chasing Bowie’s ghost with Juliette from Berlin ‘weird post-punk’ outfit Kamoos. If you want to know more about …
INTERVIEW: Milestones, Slam Dunk North- 26/06/2018
Slam Dunk was a huge blur of sun, beer, food and A LOT of bands, but we found a little time to catch up with Mark, bass player of Manchester outfit Milestones to chat about the festival, their new video and future touring plans! BM: Hey! Is this your first time playing Slam Dunk? Mark: …
Meet: Hush interview
I sit down to interview Hush in Sheffield’s Café Totem ahead of their single launch at nearby Record Junkee. Their new track “King and Queen” is reviewed here whilst their gig gets a write up over here. This interview has been a long time coming as lead singer Ben Ibbotson has been on my radar …
MEET: Jellyskin – and check out their latest single; “Judder”
I first stumbled across Jellyskin when they were first on the bill for The Vacant Lots in Leeds. I liked what I saw and heard and made a mental note of the name. Since then, their name keeps popping up, both locally and a wider afield. Following a recent support slot with Shonen Knife we …
Meet: Our Girl
We enjoyed the brilliant new single from Brighton formed / London based indie trio Our Girl, titled ‘I really like it’ (oddly enough) so much that we track down the three of them –Soph Nathan (vocals and guitar), Josh Tyler (bass) and Lauren Wilson (drums). , to find out a little more. In the midst …
Interview: Tangents plus track and playlist
The new track from Sydney-based band Tangents, ‘Terracotta’ is as hypnotic and mesmerising as their earlier EP ‘Stents and Arteries’ that I reviewed recently. I’m not sure if it’s electronica/dance music for the jazz generation or jazz for the electronica dance generation but somewhere in there there is a kernel of joy for all music …
Wussy Interview, New LP ‘What Heaven Is Like’, Summer Tour and RSD2018 Limited Edition Release
Wussy are that rare thing, a band with heart, soul and integrity, who take what they do, but not necessarily themselves, too seriously. The Cincinnati based ‘indie-rockers’ are Ohio’s forerunners of New Midwestern Psychedelia. With an extensive back catalogue of passionately crafted tracks, albums bulging with throbbing Rock and enriched with melancholic Blues. The band …
Meet: Idle Ross
I meet with up and coming Sheffield band Idle Ross’s front man Ross Green in Sheffield’s Forum ahead of the launch of the band’s debut single. Over close to three quarters of an hour we chat about the band’s influences, music, interrelationships and our shared history. [Disclaimer – I knew Ross of old, having taught …