INTERVIEW: Fling
Ahead of their very special stripped back acoustic show for Original Penguin next Friday we catch up with Bradford’s finest Fling, to find out what the lads have in store…. Hello! How are you and where are you answering these…
Interviews
INTERVIEW: Asylums re-emerge with ambitious second album plans & their first Southend show in a year
After a busy year of promoting the artists on their DIY label Cool Thing Records (Beckie Margaret, Suspects, BAIT), Southend’s Asylums are stepping back in to the spotlight this winter with news of a second album, and their first local live…
INTERVIEW: Steve White on The Family Silver’s new EP ‘Blaze Of Light’
In 2015, with the alignment of three musical constellations that are Steve White (The Style Council, Paul Weller, The Who) Matt Deighton (Mother Earth, Brian Auger, Chris Difford, Paul Weller, Bill Fay) and Damon Minchella (Ocean Colour Scene, Richard Ashcroft),…
INTERVIEW: The Orwells
It’s been a good year for The Orwells. Their new album Terrible Human Beings came out in February, and following constant gigs throughout August and September, they’re now on the road with Weezer, and back in the UK. Ahead of…
INTERVIEW: Judah & The Lion
Following an incredible year that’s seen them storm the US – with 3 weeks at #1 in the US Alternative Chart, 30 million streams and tours with the likes of Twenty One Pilots and Jimmy Eats World – Judah &…
INTERVIEW: Weirds
Leeds-based quartet Weirds are pacing full steam ahead with their unadulteratedly psych grunge echoes. With lyrics and song titles depicting twisted, biblical images of a nightmarish landscape through tracks such as their debut single ‘Crocodiles’ which, produced by Hookworms’ frontman…
INTERVIEW: Cabbage
Having formed 24 months ago, I can only describe the pace in which Cabbage have grown at as rapid. Formed from a variety of back grounds in the northern hemisphere with their uniquely satiric lyrics focusing on the political and…
INTERVIEW: Kyle Falconer
The View are the much-adored band who have encased themselves in the minds of many a millennial with tracks such as ‘Same Jeans’ and ‘Superstar Tradesmen’ from their debut 2007 album Hats Off to the Buskers. A legacy of success…
INTERVIEW: Alex Lipinski on working with Anton Newcombe on new LP ‘Alex’
If there is one avatar that has managed to lodge itself in our collective consciousness in the post-war decades, it is that of the lone troubadour, a guitar slung across his midriff, his neck craned, leaning into the microphone, alone…
THIS FEELING ALIVE INTERVIEW: PAVES
Born off the back off This Feeling club nights and festival stages, This Feeling – Alive tour, sees headliners Bang Bang Romeo, The Shimmer Band and Blackwaters head out around the UK, supported by more of the best new bands…