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Dylan Carlson Interview
Earth
Fri, 17/02/2012
Brett Savage speaks to Earth’s mainman, Dylan Carlson, about his new album, his influences and his encounters with the ‘fair-folk’.   So, to start with, I read the new Angels...
Ben Sharp AKA. Cloudkicker
Cloudkicker
Mon, 23/01/2012
Ben Sharp is Cloudkicker. The name is held in almost mystical reverence by a devoted core of alternative music fans all over the globe.  This is not just down to his unique ability to create jaw...
A Winged Victory For The Sullen
A Winged Victory For The Sullen
Sun, 15/01/2012
I walk into the venue on a Sunday evening to find Dustin O’Halloran and Adam Wiltzie still sound checking with their trio of strings players and surprisingly, still teaching them how to get...
Trey Spruance, Secret Chiefs 3, New York, 2009
Trey Spruance (Secret Chiefs 3)
Sun, 13/11/2011
Secret Chiefs 3 were founded by the rather unexpectedly hippy-ish Trey Spruance, most commercially known for his work with Faith No More (King For A Day 1995) and Mr Bungle, with...
World's End Girlfriend
World's End Girlfriend
Fri, 05/08/2011
I'm in Tokyo for a month and I'm running late for the one thing I had a set date for. Great... I'm running around Shibuya (the place with the bloody great big zebra crossing thing)...
Juffage - Photo by Joni Andrews
Juffage
Tue, 26/07/2011
We have all been to some crap seaside town somewhere on a rundown old amusement park and seen some version of a one man band, if my memory serves me correctly it was probably frontierland in...
Jim Sclavunos - Photo by Deirdre O'Callaghan
A Conversation with Jim Sclavunos
Sat, 18/06/2011
 As the death knells of our personal lives fade into background noise, it’s hard to avoid a gnawing sense of contempt towards one’s fellow man. Unfiltered access to everyone...
Her Name Is Calla
Her Name Is Calla - Interview
Wed, 08/06/2011
Post Rock bands are becoming increasingly more and more stereotypical, never really striving to create something new and exciting and ultimately often blending into the background. Her Name is...
The Heartbreaks - Interview
The Heartbreaks
Fri, 29/04/2011
It's rather sweet when you call up a band, who you thought had forgotten about the interview appointment, to receive a flood of apologies (they had to go for Lambrini supplies) and your name in...
Earth - Photo by Sarah Barrick
Earth
Fri, 01/04/2011
You just finished work, you’re pissed off, you hate your shit job, and you’re looking for the best way to slip through the ether into the reverie of solitude, away from the monotonous...
Vessels
Vessels
Sun, 27/03/2011
With work and other commitments at the moment, finding time to do anything outside of my little work bubble is proving quite hard. However, being given the chance to interview Vessels sure gave me...
The Black Angels - Interview
The Black Angels
Mon, 07/03/2011
The Austin psych-overlords have returned to the UK brandishing their BBC "Rock album of the year" Phosphene Dream. Armed with Beatles nostalgia, gritty-hazy textures and monster rock...
William Fitzsimmons
William Fitzsimmons
Sat, 26/02/2011
There aren’t many guys out there who will fully commit to growing a full-on beard, most of us get to about an inch in length and think it looks too much then go to town on it with a number...
Andy Mckee
Andy Mckee
Wed, 23/02/2011
After dodging past all the angry Libyan protesters outside the BBC building on Oxford Road we made it to the much more welcoming surroundings of the Royal Northern College of Music. The ever...
Walls - Interview
Walls
Fri, 18/02/2011
Sailing past not one, but several motorway exits because you’re so absorbed in the album you’re listening to is probably a fairly good indicator of the quality of the music. Towards the...
Ólafur Arnalds - Interview
Ólafur Arnalds - Interview
Sun, 23/01/2011
When you find out about an artist from Iceland, it's usually the case that even before you've set ears on them, you somehow know that they're going to be forward thinking, somewhat...
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