Interview with Hope and Social: ‘We’re quite keen to take elements of Jigsaw into the next record’
Rambunctious Leeds-based six piece soul/funk band Hope and Social are bringing pop elements into the mix, as they take their sound in a new direction. Hilariously, they describe themselves as ‘a bit like a Yorkshire E-Street Band…meets Arcade Fire…meets The Faces…meets Dexys Midnight Runners…meets ...
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Interview with The Avenues: ‘We’re trying to find the space that’s not utilised enough between indie pop and punk’
Hull indie rock band The Avenues are gearing up to release their next two singles, 'Every Morning' and 'Admit Nothing' around July this year. The band comprises Tom Foston (vocals), Ollie Brown (backing vocals and lead guitar), Joe Galloway (bass) and Kurt Jackson (drums). Foston and Jackson have known each other ...
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Interview with Amelia Coburn: ‘We couldn’t find the title for the EP for ages but it’s in ‘Oh Captain’, so it fits, metaphorically and literally. I liked the idea of the ebb and flow of life.’
Middlesbrough folk singer Amelia Coburn has released her single ‘Please Go Gently’ today (4 March), a beautiful tribute to her grandfather and the first track from her upcoming EP, ‘The Ebb and The Flow', which explores age, mortality and navigating the way through the unpredictability of life, and which will ...
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Interview with The Niftys: ‘We start with the riffs and the melodies, it’s about the feeling of the song’
Albacete grunge rock band The Niftys are working on their next as of yet untitled song, which has big echoes of Pearl Jam. The Spanish band comprises Anita (vocals), Ángel Luis (drums), Fer (bass) and Toño (guitar). Toño and Anita have been a couple for the past 14 years and Fer is a long-time friend of hers. ...
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Interview with Daytime TV: ‘I’m a big melody person, they drop into my head and I’ll build something from that’
Daytime TV, a four-piece alt-rock band based in Edinburgh and London, will release their debut album Nothing’s On But Everyone’s Watching next week (25 February), which weighs in on humanity and alienation, failed relationships, mental health and our sometimes warped relationship with technology and social ...
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Interview with Jeremiah Moon: ‘The next songs are similar to the ones on ‘Sputnik’ but I’m trying to push out in every direction’
Seattle-based singer songwriter and cellist Jeremiah Moon brought out his debut EP 'Sputnik' last month, fusing soothing, wistful vocals with restrained rhythms and chamber pop string progressions. 'Sputnik' consists of five tracks that are very much interconnected, according to Moon: 'All the songs came from a ...
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Interview with Peter Raffoul: ‘I think that there’s a trend in songwriting now for people my age to write with a super honest feel, pulling the sugar coating away’
Leamington, Ontario-born alternative singer-songwriter Peter Raffoul released his second single 'Cigarette Holes' last month, marking the second single from his upcoming debut EP due out around June this year. 'I really wanted to make an uptempo song for this record, but didn’t want the subject matter to feel ...
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