Category: Music Interview

In Conversation with Aluna: “There were certain things I couldn’t express as part of a duo”

In Conversation with Aluna: “There were certain things I couldn’t express as part of a duo”

On the surface, Aluna’s banging debut solo album ‘Renaissance’ is packed from top to bottom with euphoric dancefloor moments. It…

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Doves tell us about ‘Broken Eyes’, and how David Bowie and mental health shaped their first album in 11 years

Doves tell us about ‘Broken Eyes’, and how David Bowie and mental health shaped their first album in 11 years

As Doves release their acclaimed new album ‘The Universal Want‘, the band have spoken to NME about returning after 11 years away…

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Everything Everything: “It’s like all these biblical plagues conflating at the same time, with us right in the middle”

Everything Everything: “It’s like all these biblical plagues conflating at the same time, with us right in the middle”

Everything Everything haven’t had the best start to 2020: in fact, it has been downright atrocious. If you’d have told…

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Soundtrack Of My Life: Doves’ Jez Williams

Soundtrack Of My Life: Doves’ Jez Williams

The first song I remember hearing ABBA – ‘Dancing Queen’ “I was as young as six or seven. It was…

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Amanda Palmer and Rhiannon Giddens on their cover of Portishead’s ‘It’s A Fire’

Amanda Palmer and Rhiannon Giddens on their cover of Portishead’s ‘It’s A Fire’

One lockdown day back in May, Amanda Palmer was doing the dishes while listening to Portishead (as you do) when…

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renforshort: raw pop-rock anthems dripping with teenage angst

renforshort: raw pop-rock anthems dripping with teenage angst

The teenage experience provides fertile ground for writing material; the good and the bad. The anxiety of growing up in…

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Bill Callahan: “I wanted to write about the entirety of human existence in one song”

Bill Callahan: “I wanted to write about the entirety of human existence in one song”

At first glance, Bill Callahan’s new album ‘Gold Record’ feels like a direct reaction against its predecessor. Last summer’s elegiac…

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Sprints: Dublin’s next no-fucks-given guitar heroes

Sprints: Dublin’s next no-fucks-given guitar heroes

“I’m scared for my liver and body,” laughs Sprints vocalist Karla Chubb at the thought of eventually getting back on…

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Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with The Magic Gang

As lockdown hit the UK in mid-March, The Magic Gang were a handful of shows into a nationwide tour supporting…

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IDK: “In prison, I made a plan to be a rapper, mapped it out and then actually executed it”

IDK: “In prison, I made a plan to be a rapper, mapped it out and then actually executed it”

Hip-hop is a robust example of evolution: four decades in, its modern face is both unhinged and multifarious in composition….

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