Shadowland – Bird Interview
Last time we spoke to Merseyside based band Bird they were a five piece and had just released their excellent debut EP “Phantoms.” Now some nine months later they re-emerge as a three piece, with
Interviews
Interviews and discussions with the VPME
Equestrians And Answers – Race Horses Interview
Meilyr and Dylan, the core members of Race Horses grew up in the isolated coastal town of Aberystwyth, not exactly a place renowned for being a hotbed of rock n roll depravity. In fact, they
Kyla La Grange – Interview and “Ashes” Review
We first highlighted Kyla La Grange’s epic brooding folk-grunge back in 2010, when we came across two early songs “Lamb” and “Vampire Smile.” Both seemed to be rich with promise and indicative of an outstanding
Interview – GHXST – Welcoming us to the Dark Side
Brooklyn trio GHXST recently skipped over the pond and played to excited audiences all over our lovely recessed tax haven (ahem ed.). Forming in sunny California, founding members Shelly X and Chris Wild moved to
INTERVIEW : “Drawn To The Dark Side” – Embers.
The focus on Manchester’s music scene recently has seen many banging the dusty old drum of a band who made one reasonable album and sang“ The past was yours. But the future’s mine.” A fact
Interview – Wrestling Crocodiles with Brandon Welchez
Words: David Cross-Kane Earlier this month we went searching the Thames for Crocodiles after a spate of sightings and rumours circulate on the Sexbeat page that there would be a gathering of the prehistoric beasts
Interview: COVES – Casting Shadows
By David Cross-Kane COVES, who hail from Leamington Spa are a duo comprising of John Rigard and Beck Wood. They met via the local music scene, sharing a love of great music and a penchant
INTERVIEW – Swiss Lips : They Got The Power
Swiss Lips describe themselves as “Pop sorcerers, going straight to hell” we’d rather not speculate as to exactly what they may have been getting up to warrant eternal damnation, but we’d imagine it may well
The Future Of The Left – Jennifer Left Interview.
We initially discovered Jennifer Left early in 2011 when we stumbled across her sublime cover of the New Order classic “Temptation.” Her stripped back acoustic, bossa nova version really seemed to get to the heart
INTERVIEW – “Velvet Goldmine” – Introducing Velvet Two Stripes.
When we discovered Velvet Two Stripes we were, to use a time honoured phrase, blown away. This was due in the main down to the simple fact that their songs were just so fucking good
The Wild One – I Am Harlequin Interview.
When the Berlin wall finally collapsed the residents of the GDR endured a rather questionable introduction to live western pop music in the shape of incongruous bouffanted Baywatch suzerain, David Hasslehoff. “The Hoff” may have
“Cyber Hex” – An interview with Curxes.
Depeche Mode meets Siouxsie meets Alison Moyet meets Nine Inch Nails meets … yeah, yeah, you get the picture. Music bloggers and journalists the world over simply love these sort of comparisons and scatter them