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INTERVIEW: Escape The Fate, 21/01/18
We sat down initially with drummer Robert Ortiz and guitarist K Thrash, later to be joined by vocalist Craig Mabbitt of the band Escape The Fate to chat about everything before the release of the new album I Am Human… So here’s our rather lengthy chat covering down time on tour, setlist arguments and the …
Meet: Ryan Keen interview
Ryan Keen is quite the jet setter. For a singer-songwriter and guitar supremo who has chummed about with the likes of Ed Sheeran, supported X Factor diva Leona Lewis and toured the world in the last few years, bringing his polished, anthemic but intimate brand of music to the world, he calls Totnes in Devon …
MEET: VIOLET
Falling somewhere between the dreaminess of shoegaze and the cock surety of Brit-Pop comes Midlands outfit Violet. Having spent most of their formative year writing and recording, the band recently launched their debut single, Feel, and hit the road for a short UK tour. Gig reports back to the bunker were favourable, so we took …
INTERVIEW: Gustav Wood, Young Guns, 25/9/2017
We caught up with Young Guns’ Gustav Wood in Manchester on their latest UK Tour. Here’s what he had to say on new material, their Foo Fighters cover and musical evolution… BM: So Echoes came out last year, and it’s a lot different from anything you’ve done before- for a start your first album was …
INTERVIEW: One Day After School / Dead Sea Poems soundtrack
On September 30th West Yorkshire Post-Rock influenced band One Day, After School will perform their specially commissioned soundtrack to poet Simon Armitage’s The Dead Sea Poems. We caught up with songwriter Dean Freeman in the midst of a tough schedule of writing and rehearsing to ask how, and why. We see lots of bands writing …
Meet: Counterfeit interview, Manchester Academy 3, 19.04.2017
Now is an exciting time for Counterfeit. Having just released their debut full length album, they’re touring the UK right now experiencing new things and seeing how far they can push the limits of their live show in their current position as a band. We spoke to them before their show in Manchester to discuss …
Meet: Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann has been a constant on the music scene for many years. From her beginnings with her former band ‘Til Tuesday, she has carved out a long-lasting solo career, with nine albums to date. Her latest is the more stripped-back sounding ‘Mental Illness’. We caught up with Aimee the week before she released the …
PREMIERE: INTRODUCING SCAB HAND & THEIR DEBUT RELEASE ‘IRREGULAR BED’
Squeezing out from between the cracks in the floorboards of the garage punk underground come’s Scab Hand. They’re loud, visceral and they will make you itch. Scratch that itch and just below the surface you’ll find ex-members of Love Buzzard rubbing body parts with ex members of Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, giving us a cross …
Meet: Beartooth
After setting the alternative scene alight with their debut album ‘Disgusting’ Beartooth finally set the record straight proving their not a one and done band. The release of ‘Aggressive’ this year has opened the door to much bigger ventures; a main stage slot at Download Festival (only a week after the album was released), a …
Meet: Stillhound on the release of their debut album ‘Bury Everything’
Technically we’ve met Stillhound before, but the last time we caught up with the Edinburgh-based trio was back in July 2015. A lot has happened since then – their stunning debut album,’ Bury Everything’ (read our full review), is due to be released on 23 September and they are playing a handful of shows across …