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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Interview with V*A*S*E: ‘I think you can’t get enough of Chris Cornell!’
Brighton, Michigan grunge-rock band V*A*S*E have released their gloriously rowdy debut EP 'For The First Time'. The band, which was started in 2018, comprises cousins-turned-guitarists, Drew Kussmaul and J.T. Jasinski. The idea was conceived when, one day in 2015, J.T. played a very poor version ...
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Interview with Django Jones and the Mystery Men: ‘It’s the most similar to ‘Bad For You’, it’s a stepping stone into the rest of our stuff’
Sheffield post-punk band Django Jones and the Mystery Men have just released their punchy debut single 'Bad For You'. They comprise Will Tomlinson (vocals), Ciara Hurding (drums, also for Sheffield band The Seamonsters), Joe O’Grady (guitar) and Isaac Rodgers (bass). Since recording their ...
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