Interview with Connor Berry: ‘I like to write songs with hidden messages, you have to dip into it’
Chesterfield, UK-based Connor Berry released his incredibly accomplished debut single 'Mr. Rain' last month, an intricate and nuanced track that pays homage to The Beatles and Electric Light Orchestra. 'Mr. Rain' is the first song that he has completed, according to the the 17 year old: 'I was ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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CoolTop20’s New Release – Nod My Head by Sam Lambeth and the Four Chords
by Lean at CoolTop20 https://cooltop20.com Sam Lambeth is a singer-songwriter from Wolverhampton (UK). Over the years, his music has been heard on BBC Radio One and Kerrang. He has performed in front of 25,000 people at Molineux football stadium, and had press coverage in NME and Louder than ...
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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 ...
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CoolTop20 New Release – Supernova (EP) by Mulholland Jive
by Lean at CoolTop20 https://cooltop20.com Mulholland Jive is an instrumental funk-rock band led by Irish musician Ben Mulholland, a multi-instrumentalist and composer based in Cambridge (UK). Mulholland Jive’s debut EP ‘Intergalactic’ was released in April 2021 and has been ...
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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 ...
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