Interview with Don’t Watch The News: ‘The songs come together like jigsaws, they develop into something familiar’
Leeds-based alt-rock band Don't Watch The News are gearing up to release their next single 'Your Majesty'. The band comprises Ben Murfin (lead vocals, guitar and songwriter), Harry Lavell (guitar), Will Jagger (bass) and Bryn Davies (drums). Murfin and Lavell met in college and their ...
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Interview with Knuckle: ‘That’s Knuckle’s real strength – the ability to talk about dark and difficult stuff without bringing you down but without glamourising it’
Huddersfield garage blues rockers Knuckle have released their new album Life’s a Bench, Then They Put Your Name On It, the brilliantly diverse follow-up to 2019’s Life Is Hard When You’re Soft Inside, exploring addiction, love, loneliness and being your own worst enemy. The band comprises ...
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Interview with Hell of a Mind: ‘Music is very powerful, it helps you express something you can’t express with words’
Seville-based alt-rock band Hell of a Mind is gearing up to release its next single ‘Clowns’ next month. The band comprises Javi Patón (vocals, guitar and composition), Manu Ramos (bass) and Segio Bueno (percussion). Patón met Ramos eight years ago when they played in another band ...
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Interview with Dirty Blonde: ‘I write more generic love lyrics but Issy’s more political’
Manchester-based rock duo Dirty Blonde are gearing up to release their next single ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Guns’ on 24 March. The duo comprises Issy Sutcliffe (vocals and guitar) and Hayley Tait (lead guitar, backing vocals). Their collaboration is something of a happy accident: ‘We had ...
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Interview with Owen Killey: ”Hooked’ is more about the danger of love but ‘Celestial’ is more about falling into it’
Hull teenage singer-songwriter Owen Killey will release his debut EP this summer. His latest single ‘Hooked’ opens with a cinematic Wild West guitar riff before his rocky vocals kick in: ‘That one I had written a year ago,’ he said. ‘The Wild West stuff, I do use it, I don’t know why ...
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Interview with Wilswood Buoys: ‘It’s nice to have a “book”, an album that takes you on a journey’
Wilswood Buoys, an alt-folk duo from Mersea Island in Essex, have just released their debut album A New Beginning, replete with catchy choruses, charting love, loss and the state of the world. The duo comprises Josh Wilson and Joe Sherwood, their name taken from putting part of their surnames ...
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Interview with Rockford: ‘We wanted to make as much noise as possible!’
Photo credit: Reyer van Kasteren Klundert, The Netherlands-based rock band Rockford have released their debut album Broken Records, showing us that heavy, slow riffing, detuned grunge rock is exactly what we all need. The band comprises Niels Schmitz (vocals), Arthur van den Acker ...
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