Bobby Mahoney: ‘It feels urgent, it’s fun and catchy and we had a lot of fun making it’
New Jersey alt-rockers Bobby Mahoney will bring out their album full of summer anthems, Another Deadbeat Summer, on 14 June, marking their first record with Wicked Cool Records. The band comprises Bobby Mahoney (lead vocals and guitar), James McIntosh (drums), Andrew Saul (guitar and vocals) and Jon Chang-Soon (bass ...
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Paper Rifles: ‘I’m never going to be a virtuoso shredder… I’m more interested in how things might work and allowing melodies to be where they need to be’
Edinburgh-based rock band Paper Rifles has released a split EP with Wrong Life featuring two of their tracks, 'Dear Hope' and 'The Lighthouse', both of which boast singalong choruses that are bound to be crowd pleasers. The band comprises Jon Dick (vocals and guitar), Kev Cameron (guitar and ...
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Frank Turner: ‘It’s a record about finding my place in the world’
Punk-rock-folk troubadour Frank Turner will release his 10th album Undefeated tomorrow (3 May), a poignant and reflective album offering emotive snapshots from his teenage years through to today, all told through his customary honest and unflinching lens. 'It's a record about finding my place in the world,' he said. ...
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Interview with Corrie Shelley: ‘All of my songs have meaning to me, I really am a storyteller’
Lancashire-based singer-songwriter Corrie Shelley 'took a while' to pick up her guitar during lockdown but she has now brought out a new EP, Ghost Light: 'I've used songs that were the extra ones leftover from my Forget Me Not album (which came out last year). There are four tracks, including 'Mother Earth', an Acapella ...
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Interview with Alec Bowman: ‘Patience was as close to the bone as I could get’
Musician, filmmaker and photographer Alec Bowman takes himself on a deeply personal musical journey on his recently-released album, I Used To Be Sad & Then I Forgot, creating a series of lyrical, closely interwoven songs that run the full gamut of emotions. One song - and the track that has the most resonance for ...
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Interview with Dancing On Tables: ‘We thought, what’s the most grim story we can think of and turn into a catchy song?’
'Riviera', the summer anthem from Dunfermline, Scotland-based five-piece indie pop band Dancing On Tables actually started out as a joke, according to its frontman, Robbie McSkimming. 'It was before lockdown and we were four dates into a 14 day tour and we were chatting about how people had been dancing about and singing ...
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