Category: Music Interview

Mad Cool 2022: Foals on fanboying over Deftones and Dan Carey remixing their album

Mad Cool 2022: Foals on fanboying over Deftones and Dan Carey remixing their album

As they descended on Mad Cool Festival 2022 this week, Foals knew exactly what they needed to do to smash…

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London Grammar at Mad Cool 2022 on album number four and touring with Coldplay

London Grammar at Mad Cool 2022 on album number four and touring with Coldplay

London Grammar are a live powerhouse. The trio – made up of frontwoman Hannah Reid and multi-instrumentalists Dot Major and…

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CIX on finally performing overseas: “It’s just the beginning for us”

CIX on finally performing overseas: “It’s just the beginning for us”

The present – truly the only place in time where life happens – is also where we can contemplate the…

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Modest Mouse at Mad Cool 2022 on writing with Johnny Marr – and why you should never fight The Cribs

Modest Mouse at Mad Cool 2022 on writing with Johnny Marr – and why you should never fight The Cribs

“I enjoy what I do, and sometimes I do it angry,” Modest Mouse‘s Isaac Brock tells NME at Mad Cool…

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Megane Mercury: “There’s no content on being a Black person in Spain”

Megane Mercury: “There’s no content on being a Black person in Spain”

Megane Mercury spoke to NME after their first-ever festival set at Mad Cool Festival, giving us the lowdown on upcoming…

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Soundtrack Of My Life: Keane’s Tom Chaplin

Soundtrack Of My Life: Keane’s Tom Chaplin

The first song I remember hearing Gene Cotton – ‘Me and the Elephant’ “My dad had this tape when I…

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The Killers at Mad Cool 2022: “Our new song ‘Boy’ is in the gutter, looking at the stars”

The Killers at Mad Cool 2022: “Our new song ‘Boy’ is in the gutter, looking at the stars”

They may be over 5,000 miles away in Madrid, but The Killers feel right at home at Mad Cool 2022….

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Deaf Havana: “I’ve never known what we are, but now I’m comfortable with that”

Deaf Havana: “I’ve never known what we are, but now I’m comfortable with that”

Deaf Havana have spoken to NME about their sixth album ‘The Present Is A Foreign Land’ and why the record…

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VIVIZ talk their carefree new mini-album ‘Summer Vibe’ and moving on from GFRIEND

VIVIZ talk their carefree new mini-album ‘Summer Vibe’ and moving on from GFRIEND

Over seven years into their career, K-pop’s “experienced rookie singers” – as they have playfully dubbed themselves – VIVIZ continue…

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Chvrches at Mad Cool 2022 on karaoke bangers, Robert Smith and a decade together

We’re backstage with Chvrches at Mad Cool 2022 and the nearby thunderous sound of Metallica’s headline set is pretty hard…

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