Isle of Wight Festival 2021

I FIRST SAW THEM AT ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL 2021

I like going to music festivals very much. Not a particularly controversial statement I know, but after twenty-seven months without attending one, I’m pleased I made a last minute decision to travel to the Isle of Wight Festival 2021. The event felt a lot like other large festivals I’ve been to over the years, more […]
It’s amazing what you can learn these days, the fact you can’t get mushy peas from chip shops in Australia, is my newly acquired fact of the day. As Amyl And The Sniffers guitarist, Dec Martens, waits for his chippy order in Melbourne, by the magic of zoom we’re all together on screen to discuss […]

INTERVIEW: AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS – THEY’VE CREATED ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS YOU’LL HEAR ALL YEAR….

INTERVIEW: DEAD NATURE – FORMER SPRING KING BAND MEMBER TAREK MUSA IS BACK WITH ASTOUNDING DEBUT ALBUM

‘Watch Me Break Apart’ is the brilliant debut album from Dead Nature, the new musical project of former Spring King man Tarek Musa. It’s a shimmering indie-pop album brimming with fuzzed up melodies and a firm DIY ethos, produced in Tarek’s own Musa Studio in Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle. We caught up with him to discuss […]
You hear about bands who have met at work, college, school etc, but not so much ones who met at a distant relatives funeral! That’s how Rick and Jen, distant cousins with musical aspirations, first began the electro powerhouse that would become Oh Baby. Now with the brilliant new album ‘Hey Genius’ out, we caught […]

INTERVIEW: OH BABY – MANCHESTER/LONDON ELECTRO DUO WITH NEW ALBUM INSPIRED BY OMD, GARY NUMAN, HUMAN LEAGUE BUT WITH A MODERN TWIST ALL OF THEIR OWN

Breathless

ALBUM PREMIERE: BREATHLESS – BETWEEN HAPPINESS AND HEARTACHE DELUXE 30TH ANNIVERSARY REISSUE + Q&A WITH ARI NEUFELD

We’re delighted to present the premiere of the deluxe 30th Anniversary reissue of acclaimed Breathless album ‘Between Happiness And Heartache’. Originally released in 1991, this 30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition is pressed on Heartache Pink Vinyl. Tenor Vossa & TV Records · Breathless Between Happiness And Heartache 2021 Deluxe Reissue on Heartache Pink Vinyl Q & […]
As live music begins to emerge from its enforced hiatus, a multi-venue festival in Bolton is hoping to help kick-start a return of the marvels we’ve all been missing so dearly. To find out more we caught up with one of the organisers of the event, Ivan Crompton. Right to Roam is a brand new […]
Right To Roam Festival

INTERVIEW: RIGHT TO ROAM FESTIVAL’S IVAN CROMPTON

HUNNYBEES

A QUICK CATCH UP WITH HUNNYBEES

“I think we’re massive attention whores! I love being validated by strangers. And I think the options are: go to Morrison’s car park at two in the morning, and hope someone you know, fancies me, or, start playing music.” No, you did read that right, that is the drummer of HUNYBEES Louis Bailey stating the […]
Francis Lung creates a timeless blend of psychedelic pop, which recalls the epic song writing of Elliott Smith, Harry Nilsson and Brian Wilson infused with a playful experimental edge, his new album ‘Miracle’ is bursting with melodies which take your ears to unexpected places. Formerly the bassist in WuLyf, Francis Lung is the moniker of  […]

INTERVIEW: FRANCIS LUNG

Clear Vinyl

A QUICK CATCH UP WITH CLEAR VINYL

Music is often talked about as a great form of therapy, whether that be listening to it or creating it, there is a lot to be taken from a song that can hit you lyrically where you live. Clear Vinyl, an up and coming Sheffield band have this quality in spades, and their new single […]
Cathal Coughlan has with a new album, the brilliant ‘Song of Co-Aklan’, his first in ten years. Seamlessly blending his lyrical prowess with fine indie melodies, the former Fatima Mansions and Microdisney man has returned with possibly his greatest work yet. We caught up with him to find out what’s behind the making of one […]

INTERVIEW: CATHAL COUGHLAN