Matt Kik: ‘I wanted to do an album that was 100% me’
Sheffield-based Matt Kik has released his debut solo album Eponymous today (15 August), giving us 12 guitar-driven tracks spanning more than 25 years. He describes the album title as a “joke”: ‘Lots of artists have a self-titled album, which is then referred to in the press as their eponymous album, so I thought ...
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Django Jones and the Mystery Men: ‘We wanted to do something like that to finish our EP, to have an epic Bondesque song!’
Sheffield post-punk band Django Jones and the Mystery Men will release their brilliantly riotous debut EP 'Thank You For Having Us' tomorrow (25 October), awash with overdriven guitars, unique vocals and enough energy to power a small town in a blackout. They comprise Will Tomlinson (vocals), Ciara Hurding (drums, ...
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Doomsday Outlaw: ‘It’s different to everything else on the album, the strings really brought it along, it’s one of the things I’m most proud of’
Sheffield-based blues rock band Doomsday Outlaw are re-releasing their back-to-bricks remixed and remastered versions of their albums Hard Times (9 August) and Suffer More (27 September), giving us two double albums stacked full of their trademark Sabbath-meets-Clutch riffs hitched to soulful vocals, telling tales of ...
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Ed Cosens: ‘It’s something that I love doing, playing around – I don’t feel tied or bound to doing one thing I like’
Sheffield's Ed Cosens will release his second solo album, Somewhere Between Dark And Light, tomorrow (24 May), his very personal and reflective take on the fragility of existence and navigating good and dark days. Talking about the personal nature of these songs, Cosens explains: 'These things stay with you sometimes ...
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