Category: Music Interview

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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Savages’ Jehnny Beth and partner Johnny Hostile on new erotic book project ‘C.A.L.M’

Savages’ Jehnny Beth and partner Johnny Hostile on new erotic book project ‘C.A.L.M’

“This is a very C.A.L.M breakfast,” hoots Savages’ vocalist Jehnny Beth as Johnny Hostile, her creative collaborator and long-term partner,…

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AURORA debuts ‘The Secret Garden’ and tells us about new album progress

AURORA debuts ‘The Secret Garden’ and tells us about new album progress

AURORA has shared her new single ‘The Secret Garden’, as well as opening up about the inspiration behind her new…

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Friends Like These: Zara Larsson and MNEK

Friends Like These: Zara Larsson and MNEK

How did both MNEK and Zara Larsson both end up singing on their smash-hit single ‘Never Forget You’? Well, it…

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The Smiths’ Mike Joyce on raffling off a one-of-a-kind platinum record for ‘The Queen Is Dead’ listening party

The Smiths’ Mike Joyce on raffling off a one-of-a-kind platinum record for ‘The Queen Is Dead’ listening party

Later this month, the phenomenon that is Charlatans frontman Tim Burgess’ Twitter Listening Parties will feature The Smiths’ 1986 classic…

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Lars Ulrich talks creativity in lockdown and new Metallica material

Lars Ulrich talks creativity in lockdown and new Metallica material

“Obviously it’s been a surreal five months and it’s been devastating for the whole world,” Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich tells…

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