FEATURE – BEYOND THE MUSIC REPORT

Beyond The Music is much more than simply a music festival, from the 6-9 October Media City welcomed key industry figures, artists, music executives and music lovers to talk about what the future of music looks like. The 2026 theme was ‘Art is a human right’ meaning the conferences mainly focused on supporting emerging artists, […]
Celebrating their thirtieth anniversary, Baba Zula continue to seek out new approaches to music making that is marked by a refreshing unwillingness to repeat themselves. Describing themselves as sound warriors, their latest album, ‘XXX’, also reflects a willingness to confront environmental crisis and question the commodification of public life. Via email, Murat Ertel (electric saz, […]

INTERVIEW – BABA ZULA

INTERVIEW – DIRTY SLIPPERS

Lazar from the Hungarian group, Dirty Slippers, discusses their plans, recording at Abbey Road Studios and their work creating the addiction and mental health support organisation, Suliturné. First off, I’m in love with Where Did The Summer Go. It’s an indie triumph with rock undertones. Nothing is wasted and all the components work. How long […]
deary have become one of the most talked about names in shoegaze’s recent resurgence, following the release of their debut record ‘Birding’ I had the chance to sit down with the band ahead of a sold-out show at Manchester’s Pink Room earlier this year, the band discussed their influences, working with Bella Union, how they […]

INTERVIEW – DEARY

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