Interview with Two Year Vacation: ‘We came out of the studio with four songs about dreaming of music with a cocktail in our hands’
Gothenburg-based tropical pop band, Two Year Vacation, will release their EP, 'Getting Into Real Estate', in October, their tales of growing up in a small town, set to a jingly jangly backdrop that will make you want kick back with a cocktail in your hand and dream of summer. The band comprises Jacob Ahlstrand ...
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Interview with Pizza Crunch: ‘It’s driving pop punk, I’m getting more comfortable going up an octave in the bridge, it’s more shouty!’
'Celexa', the latest single from Glasgow-based post-punk band Pizza Crunch, is out today (18 June), a love song with a twist, complete with infectious riffs and power chords, a relentless rhythm section and fiendishly fast drums. The band comprises Ewan Hearns (vocals and guitar), Nathan Stokoe (guitar), Craig ...
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Interview with Gentlemen Jackals: ‘The lyrics always come last, they’re guided by the music, the groove, a weird animalistic sound that eventually becomes lyrics!’
Fife, Scotland-based garage rock band Gentlemen Jackals are upping the rocky ante with their upcoming single, 'Preacher's Son', with its addictive, fuzzed up bass line, chiming riffs and frenzied outro. Like many good stories, Gentlemen Jackals began in a dark, windowless, soundproofed room. Eager to put their musical ...
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Interview with Pearl Charles: ‘For me, the 70’s were the height of pop music and art’
LA's rock and cosmic country singer Pearl Charles brought out her second full length album, Magic Mirror, earlier this year and is heading back to the studio later this month to give us some more tracks. 'The new songs have a Bee Gees feel, but are also always influenced by Fleetwood Mac,' she said. Charles started ...
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Interview with Mondo Trasho: ‘It grabs you with its growling guitar intro, with the rest of the band coming in as if they caught up in a speeding car’
Liverpudlian garage surf rock band, Mondo Trasho, is getting us in the mood for summer with the release today (4 June) of their third EP, Pure Trash, giving us three new fuzzed up, riffed up tracks that deserve to played at full volume in the sunshine. The band comprises Jay Muat (vocals and guitar), Chris Demozzer ...
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Interview with Broken Baby: ‘We tried to make ‘Madonna’s a Dick’ as dirty and punky as we could’
LA-based post punk alt rock band, Broken Baby, is riding high on the success of its latest single, ‘Madonna’s a Dick’, which will also feature on a split 7" featuring two tracks from Broken Baby and two from LA female punk trio, Egg Drop Soup, coming out on 25th June. Broken Baby is the musical brainchild of ...
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Interview with Sarah and the Safe Word: ‘We wanted an intro track that would remove you from where you are and let you enter a storybook’
Atlanta-based haunted caberet rock 'n' roll band, Sarah and the Safe Word, who say of themselves, 'Jay Gatsby died, we played his funeral', will give us a new single next month, 'Lost Rings on Riverside', a musical tale of murky relationships and sinister goings on in New York at night. Sarah and the Safe ...
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