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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Interview with Megson: ‘Putting together this album has been a refreshing journey for us’
Teesside folk duo Megson – aka Debbie and Stu Hanna – will release their tenth studio album Unknown Waters on 11 February 2022, featuring nine covers and one bonus track showcasing songwriters who have inspired them from the North East of England. ‘Megson’ is a reference to their old dog, Megan, who passed ...
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Interview with Russian Girlfriends: ‘We’ve always walked a line between catchy and heavy and ‘Serf Rock’ is the centre of that Venn diagram’
Albuquerque, New Mexico punk rockers Russian Girlfriends released their self-titled third LP earlier this month, giving us seven tracks about love, losing a loved one and society falling apart. The band comprises Ian Jarrell, who has become the main vocalist since Adam Hooks departed the band in the autumn of 2019, ...
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