Interview with Celestines: ‘It’s a blend of funk and Royal Blood, I thought the riff needed a punch’
Nottingham, indie dance rockers Celestines will release their next single 'Cheap Watch' around September this year. The band comprises Dev (vocals), Jack Fisher (guitar), Frank Patient (drums) and Axle Foley (bass and yes, it's really his name). Frank, Dev and Axle went to school together. Jack posted on social media ...
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Q&A with The Zinvandels: ‘We’ve never had a problem wearing our heroes on our sleeves’
Welsh rock band The Zinvandels released their first single of 2022 last month, 'Blackholes'. Here, songwriter and guitarist Tom talks us through it. How do you all know each other? Grant (frontman), Ash (bass) and myself have been knocking around together for a few years now. Joycey was the ray of sunshine when he ...
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Interview with Desert of Talking Shadows: ‘A song should have a good melody, it should hit you in the face’
Orange County, California rock band Desert of Talking Shadows will bring out their second album Misato on 16 September. The band comprises Mikey Qubti (vocals and guitar), Jack Thomas (bass), Detrick Forster (drums), and Garrett Mahler (guitar). Thomas and Qubti met through a mutual friend: 'I walked around in my ...
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Interview with The Dead Licks: ‘We really love My Morning Jacket, how they blend their melodies but aren’t afraid of shredding, we wanted to do something like that’
Chicago-based rock band The Dead Licks released their second album In Disguise in May and will be releasing their next unnamed track this winter. The band comprises Tom Inzinga (vocals and guitar), Jack Grbac (guitar), Johnny McNamara (bass) and Jimmy Gallagher (drums). Grbac and Inzinga met during freshman year at ...
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Interview with The Lutras: ‘It’s more of a conversation song, it felt effortless when we did it’
Dumfries, Scotland-based rock band The Lutras will be bringing out their debut EP later this year. They comprise Ben Clements (vocals), Ben Nash (bass), Finley Maxwell (drums), Thomas Gillan (guitar) and newly-added Michael Grant (guitar). They formed in 2013 having met at school and have been dreaming of playing to ...
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Interview with This Is War: ‘I love early 90’s, a punky rock ‘n’ roll tune’
Liverpool-based punk rock band This Is War is gearing up to release their single 'Exile Poet' next month, their tribute to Bob Dylan, and which will also appear on their forthcoming debut album later this year. The band comprises Paul Carden (vocals), Mike Mullard (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), Jonny Roberts ...
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Interview with The Resolutions: ‘We wanted that sort of spacey sound’
Bimingham-based rock band The Resolutions are gearing up to release their second single 'Cactus Jack'. The band comprises Joe Bodman (vocals and rhythm guitar), Oliver White (lead guitar and backing vocals), James Lockley (bass and backing vocals) and Josh Round (drums). Lockley and White are studying at the same ...
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