CoolTop20’s In the spotlight: The Jobs
by Lean https://cooltop20.com For this week’s spotlight I’m running away with The Jobs. The Jobs are a feel good indie alt rock band based in Cleveland (USA). Trevor (vocals, guitar) took me on a trip into the band’s history, their influences and the upcoming EP ‘Sailing Upon the Times’. Who are The ...
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Interview with The Confusions: ‘It’s really exciting to get the songs in order to create a story’
Sundsvall, Sweden-based indie band, The Confusions, fuse the best of the 60's and 80's with their own, unique modern spin, giving us a 20 track album, Black Silhouettes, last month. The band comprises Mikael Andersson-Knut (vocals, guitar), his wife Zarah Andersson-Knut (keyboard, vocals), Mattias Löfström (drums) ...
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Interview with Rowdy Outsider: ‘It’s a song you can have a bit of fun with’
Drogheda, Ireland-based alt rock band Rowdy Outsider are still riding high on the success of their recent single, 'Sunday Afternoon', with their next single due out in June. Rowdy Outsider was formed three years ago and comprises vocalist Matthew Doyle, drummer Sean Murtagh and guitarist Conor Whearty, who have ...
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Interview with Daniel Wylie: ‘You can trace every song back somewhere’
Glasgow-based singer songwriter Daniel Wylie will release his next single, ‘Our Love Will Never Die’, on May 28th, a sweet and heartfelt ballad that he wrote for his wife and which marks the first track from his forthcoming album, 'Atoms And Energy', out on 2 July 2021. The album will consist of 10 tracks, according ...
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Interview with Chay Snowdon: ‘The loud shirts love big riffs!’
London-based rock 'n' rollers, Chay Snowdon, of the fiery guitars and colourful shirts, gave us their debut EP, Are You Sitting Comfortably? (Then We'll Begin), in March, featuring five addictive tracks with reach-for-the-skies choruses, oodles of swagger, punchy drums and a wiggle-infused bass line that pulls you ...
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CoolTop20’s In the spotlight: The Electorate
by Lean at CoolTop20 https://www.cooltop20.com The Electorate is Eliot Fish, Nick Kennedy and Josh Morris from Sydney. “Eliot usually plays the bass. Nick usually plays the drums and Josh usually plays the guitar. We all sing.” Eliot and Josh went to high school together and formed a band called The ...
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Interview with The Bedlam Furnaces: ‘I’m driven by musical themes and storytelling, there’s a palette of sounds holding the songs together’
The Bedlam Furnaces gave us their latest album, Fever Dream, earlier this year, dealing with loss in all of its configurations. Led by guitarist and multi-instrumentalist/composer Ian Allison, working with regular collaborators, The Bedlam Furnaces is a London-based project. They describe themselves as ‘symphonic ...
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