INTERVIEW: PAUL HANLEY (THE FALL / HOUSE OF ALL / OH BROTHER! PODCAST / AUTHOR ) ON THE UPCOMING FALL FUTURES AND PASTS FESTIVAL, BAND ON THE WALL 5TH TO 7TH JUNE, AND NEW ALBUM – FALL SINGLES LIVE VOL TWO 1980-83

Having been lucky enough to have witnessed The Fall live several times from the early 90’s onwards, it’s easy to see why they were, and still are, one of the most revered bands to ever emerge from Manchester. “We are The Fall, northern white crap that talks back” they famously announced on their 1979 debut […]
The Hoosiers deliver signature dabs of eccentricity, colour and play with such consistent buoyancy, the optimism of the late 2000s somehow finds itself firmly nestled in their most recent of releases. Their latest endeavour, a sprawling, beautifully anxious exploration of the world we now live in, aims to bring a shade desperately lacking from the […]

INTERVIEW – THE HOOSIERS

INTERVIEW – FAUNA

  To celebrate the release of their irresistible, joyous debut album ’Taiga Trans’, we sent some questions to Gothenburg band Fauna. Their co-founder and bassist, Ibrahim Shabo (Ibbe), kindly told us more about the collective and how a microwave inspired one of their tracks. Could you give some background as to how the band got […]
Soweto ensemble BCUC (which stands for Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness) make politically conscious, rhythm-heavy, life-affirming music which exudes positivity. Their fifth album, ‘The Road Is Never Easy’, is set to be released on 3 April 2026 via Outhere Records and will be followed by extensive touring. Within 24 hours of emailing some questions to the […]

INTERVIEW – BCUC

FEATURE: RETROSPECTIVE – DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL – DUSK AND SUMMER: CAUGHT BY EMOTION

As the 20th anniversary of its release approaches, Mark McConville considers the impact of Dashboard Confessional’s Dusk and Summer. When pondering over a chance of hope, when the skies are grey and love has become swollen like rotten gums, we must find solace and a righteous path. And hearts buckle when they’re jolted by lives […]
Track review: Libre Y Tonto – La Madre Tirana + Ivenno Turu Turu Turu Turu I am back to this article -and to Cuenca as my article on Le Telefono- after having some time away from these words but not from the song. Included in my Wrapped of this year, I took its presence in […]

ECUADORIAN MUSIC FEATURE – PART THREE

INTERVIEW: THE LOVELY EGGS

There’s never been a band as triumphantly independent as The Lovely Eggs. A duo consisting of Holly Ross and David Blackwell who over the course of seven studio albums, and numerous EPs in the last twenty years have managed to bring their brilliant indie pop to the masses all on their own terms.  Now with the […]
Back in 1985, the brilliant guitar pop of ‘Go Out And Get Em Boy’ was the Wedding Present’s first single, and in the intervening decades, it’s fair to say that David Gedge and the Wedding Present have done exactly that. Their blend of shimmering guitar tunes, often with a rockier overtone, and lyrics capturing love […]

INTERVIEW: THE WEDDING PRESENT – CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF INDIE GREATNESS!

INTERVIEW – ROBERT FORSTER

Even though sales may not have matched the critical acclaim, Robert Forster’s career is enviable. Over 45 years since The Go-Betweens’s debut single and nearly 20 years after the tragic early death of Grant McLennan with whom he shared one of the great songwriting partnerships, he has been enjoying a prolific, late period surge and […]
A gorgeous and inventive album, Cerys Hafana’s ‘Angel’ will be released on 26 September 2025 via Glitterbeat’s tak:til label imprint. It displays Hafana’s mastery of the Welsh triple harp and sees them joined by a trio of musicians (Ursula Harrison – double bass, Amie Huckstep – alto saxophone and Lisa Martin -drums) who add ideal […]

INTERVIEW – CERYS HAFANA – HARPIST