Q&A with The Zinvandels: ‘We’ve never had a problem wearing our heroes on our sleeves’
Welsh rock band The Zinvandels released their first single of 2022 last month, 'Blackholes'. Here, songwriter and guitarist Tom talks us through it. How do you all know each other? Grant (frontman), Ash (bass) and myself have been knocking around together for a few years now. Joycey was the ...
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CoolTop20’s New Release – Her Crime by Storm of Crows feat. Alison Johnson
by Lean at CoolTop20 https://cooltop20.com Storm of Crows is a rock band based in Sheffield and Stockport (UK). Originally in various bands at the end of the 1990s, they reformed during COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 to record some of their old songs, and write a few new ones as ...
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Interview with The Dead Licks: ‘We really love My Morning Jacket, how they blend their melodies but aren’t afraid of shredding, we wanted to do something like that’
Chicago-based rock band The Dead Licks released their second album In Disguise in May and will be releasing their next unnamed track this winter. The band comprises Tom Inzinga (vocals and guitar), Jack Grbac (guitar), Johnny McNamara (bass) and Jimmy Gallagher (drums). Grbac and Inzinga met ...
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Interview with The Lutras: ‘It’s more of a conversation song, it felt effortless when we did it’
Dumfries, Scotland-based rock band The Lutras will be bringing out their debut EP later this year. They comprise Ben Clements (vocals), Ben Nash (bass), Finley Maxwell (drums), Thomas Gillan (guitar) and newly-added Michael Grant (guitar). They formed in 2013 having met at school and have been ...
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Interview with This Is War: ‘I love early 90’s, a punky rock ‘n’ roll tune’
Liverpool-based punk rock band This Is War is gearing up to release their single 'Exile Poet' next month, their tribute to Bob Dylan, and which will also appear on their forthcoming debut album later this year. The band comprises Paul Carden (vocals), Mike Mullard (rhythm guitar and backing ...
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Interview with The Resolutions: ‘We wanted that sort of spacey sound’
Bimingham-based rock band The Resolutions are gearing up to release their second single 'Cactus Jack'. The band comprises Joe Bodman (vocals and rhythm guitar), Oliver White (lead guitar and backing vocals), James Lockley (bass and backing vocals) and Josh Round (drums). Lockley and White are ...
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Interview with New You: ‘We really wanna make memorable melodies that get stuck in your head’
Tacoma and Seattle, Washington power pop band New You will release their debut EP ‘Candy’ tomorrow that feels, in their words, 'like the soundtrack you vaguely remember from that teen movie you can’t quite place'. The band comprises Blake Turner (vocals, guitar), Cody Gores ...
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