Category: Interviews

Martika Speaks To EP Ahead Of Her Return To The UK For The 80s Invasion Tour

September 19, 2016

Steve Holley interviewed Martika ahead of her return to the UK next March in The 80s Invasion Tour, where she’ll be performing with Paul Young, China Crisis, and Toyah.

Six Quick Questions With Matthew Shepherd

September 19, 2016

Our latest subject in our new feature, ‘Six Quick Questions’, is Matthew Shepherd, a singer songwriter from Essex who has been hailed as one of the most exciting newcomers to the Acoustic music scene.

Paul Young: We Talk About His Life, Music, and The 80s Invasion Tour

September 11, 2016

We speak to Paul Young ahead of the 80s Invasion Tour, across the UK, March 2017.

Six Quick Questions For Ray Quinn

September 5, 2016

Ray Quinn is currently touring his second album, ‘No Man’s Land’. We caught up with Ray to ask him six quick questions.

SAINT OR SINGER? – Fantastic Negrito’s ‘Long Road’ To Redemption

August 30, 2016

From street hustler to pseudo student, illegal nightclub impresario to black roots troubadour – Fantastic Negrito is the ultimate performance artist.

Since leaving home at 12, it could be said that his whole life has been a performance of defiance, reinvention and now perhaps redemption.

Man Of Truth – Nine Quick Questions With Redd Alluri

August 24, 2016

Redd Alluri’s song, ‘Man of Truth’ comes ahead of the London-based singer’s EP, ‘Who Are We?’, which is set for release at the end of this month. A diarist to his core, Alluri’s songs wrote themselves during a six month travel break between completing his Master’s degree in Finland and returning home to India. We caught up with Alluri and asked him nine quick questions.

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.