Interviews – Page 45

Pop essentials and a little bit more

SOMETHING IN THE AIR! – The Vapors Announce First Live Headlining Tour For 35 Years

August 20, 2016

A few weeks ago we featured the return of cult indie band Khartomb after 31 years – a rocket from the crypt we thought could never…

Edward Rogers – ‘Glass Marbles’ Set For Release Sept 2nd 2016

August 18, 2016

On September 2nd Edward Rogers will release his sixth studio album entitled “Glass Marbles”. Already released to critical acclaim in the States ; the Village Voice said “gives us a pretty good sense of what Roxy Music might have sounded like in 2016″ and The Vinyl District called it ” pop-rock classicism”. High praise for an artist born in Birmingham before moving to New York at the age of 12 just as British music exploded in America.

FEAR AND LOATHING – Self-Styled Outlaw Nahko Bear on Trump, Mass Shootings And Gun Control

August 9, 2016

Musician and activist Nahko Bear has accused Donald Trump of playing the politics of fear in his campaign for the US Presidency. Nahko, who…

Anna Rest Easy On Nordic Music, Films, and ‘My Own Private Viking’

August 9, 2016

We’re excited to announce that Anna Rest Easy (aka Ruth Dixon) is going to release a second album, the follow up to her excellent debut, ‘Retrospectre’. Out in the autumn, ‘My Own Private Viking’ is inspired both by Ruth’s favourite films, as well as her favourite Nordic songs.

Raffael Schieber has DrawnSword In Our Interview

August 5, 2016

We recently caught up with DrawnSword, aka Raffael Scheiber, to chat with him about who he is and what his music is all about. His new EP, ‘Still Too Few’, is an improvisational delight, and we hope to review it shortly.

THE HEART OF THE RE-UNION – The Primitives On Getting Back Together, 1980s Nostalgia And What It’s Like to Have Morrissey Wearing Your T-Shirts

July 31, 2016

Blending ‘sixties bubblegum pop with punk guitars and indie attitude, the Primitives Crash-ed their way into the charts and many a schoolkids’s hearts in the mid-1980s.

We Talk To Dawson Reigns To Find Out Just Why He Does

July 21, 2016

Recently Dawson Reigns gave us his Essential Weekly Playlist. Today we’ve had the chance to ask him a few questions. Watch for our review…

FROM STEREOLAB TO HOLOGRAM TEEN – Morgane Lhote On Her New Techno-Kraut Solo Sound

July 21, 2016

She spent six years with fiercely independent trance drone masters Stereolab, having been given just a month to learn the keyboard parts to 30 of their songs.

Now 21 years on Morgane Lhote is a fully-fledged solo artist, recording under the name Hologram Teen and planning the release of her debut album.

It’s A Brand New Day When We Interview Amanda Jones

July 12, 2016

We introduced you the other day to Amanda Jones, who has most recently released the lyric video for her song, ‘My Goodbye’. Now we’ve…

Interview with The Shires!

July 12, 2016

Zoe caught up with The Shires at the Cornbury Festival last weekend.

LOVE FROM OUTER SPACE – A.R. Kane’s Rudy Sends A Message To You

July 11, 2016

Dreampop pioneers A.R. Kane are back with a vengeance with a string of UK and European gigs under their belt and the tantalising prospect…

Essentially Pop Talks With Nick Howe About Upcoming EP Release

July 6, 2016

Essentially Pop had the honour to talk with Nick Howe whom is busy with an upcoming EP release as well as traveling all over the globe spreading his stunning brand of music to the masses. With features in the new ‘Angry Bird Seasons’ and ‘Comion’ documentary it is no wonder that word of his great songwriting is starting to catch fire. In this interview he talks about all big things that has happened as of late.