Author Archives: Paul Sng

About Paul Sng

Editor-at-large, Brighton. Likes: Lee Hazlewood, Lee Hazlewood songs and Lee Hazlewood's moustache Dislikes: Celery, crap nostalgia and people who raise their voice when speaking as if they're asking a question?

INTERVIEW: James Skelly (the Coral)

The Coral are back, with a new/old album, The Curse of Love. We asked frontman James Skelly some questions about the band, his record label and what he thought of the new U2 album… Afternoon, James. Where are you and…

INTERVIEW: Grant-Lee Phillips

You might remember Grant-Lee Phillips as the frontman of Grant Lee Buffalo, who made four critically-acclaimed albums back in the 90s, including Fuzzy and Mighty Joe Moon. Since the band folded, Grant-Lee has released seven solo albums and also found time for…

GRUFF RHYS @ ST GEORGE’S CHURCH, BRIGHTON

Rating: During GCSE History lessons we would often attempt to steer our teacher Mr Rowe off topic, away from uninspiring discussions about crop rotation in the 14th century, and onto more interesting stuff like the Tudors or World War II. If Welsh singer/songwriter and polymath Gruff…

INTERACT: ROCKING ALL OVER THE WORLD APP

Before you go rushing for the double denim, we’d like to point out that this brilliant new app is in no way affiliated with Status Quo. Rocking All Over the World is a free app for iPhone and iPad that…

ALBUM REVIEW: Interpol – ‘El Pintor’

Rating: In recent years, I’ve come to regard Interpol with a similar affection to how you might feel about an ex who you no longer fancy but still retain some very fond memories of. Back in 2002, Turn on the…

INTERVIEW: Lowlakes

Lowlakes is Tom Snowdon, Bill Guerin, Jack Talbot and Brent Monaghan Originally hailing from Alice Springs in the central Australian desert, the band formed in 2011 after relocating to Melbourne. Their debut album, Iceberg Nerves, is released in the UK on…

ALL TALK: WHAT HAS BEEN THE GREATEST YEAR FOR MUSIC?

This month we invited our writers to get all wistful and nostalgic and cast their eyes and ears over their record collections/iTunes folders, dig out their old ticket stubs and tell us what has been the greatest year for music within…

INTERVIEW: Fear of Men

Named after a rare anxiety disorder, Fear of Men grew out of an ambient short film project by Jessica Weiss that caught the eye of fellow art student Daniel Falvey. The band released their debut album, Loom, in April 2014. We caught up…