Category: Music Interview

Mike Skinner on working with Kevin Parker: “I just need Daft Punk to get in contact and my life will be complete”

Mike Skinner on working with Kevin Parker: “I just need Daft Punk to get in contact and my life will be complete”

18 years since the release of The Streets‘ era-defining ‘Original Pirate Material’, and Mike Skinner’s back pushing boundaries and making…

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Dr. Dre’s ‘The Chronic’: A 4/20 deep dive into the album that changed hip hop forever

Dr. Dre’s ‘The Chronic’: A 4/20 deep dive into the album that changed hip hop forever

From Wu-Tang Clan’s ‘Enter The 36 Chambers’ to Kanye West’s ’My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy’, hip hop has had its…

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The Used share new track ‘Obvious Blasé’ and tell us about their “colourful” new album

The Used share new track ‘Obvious Blasé’ and tell us about their “colourful” new album

After 20 years, The Used are still a formidable force. Their seventh record, 2017’s ‘The Canyon’, was a slow-burning epic….

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Shabazz Palaces: “Lil Peep dying was definitely a wake-up call”

Shabazz Palaces: “Lil Peep dying was definitely a wake-up call”

“Whenever I’m in the studio, I feel like I’m riding the crest of a giant wave,” says 50-year-old Ishmael Butler,…

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Enter Shikari: “This pandemic will bring to light so many innate failings of the current system”

Enter Shikari: “This pandemic will bring to light so many innate failings of the current system”

“Knowing that the music won’t reach people in the same way is sad, but it’s important to carry on,” Enter…

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A chat with the director of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s new movie ‘Chunky Shrapnel’

A chat with the director of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s new movie ‘Chunky Shrapnel’

Life-threatening mosh pits, rank sweat and electrifying riffs aside, punters at King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s 2019 shows in…

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Wallflower: “We are a reaction to everything we don’t want to be – all the best music is”

Wallflower: “We are a reaction to everything we don’t want to be – all the best music is”

Unlike everything else in the world right now, emo – popular music’s most misunderstood yet resolutely durable subculture – is…

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New indie supergroup Muzz drop new single ‘Red Western Sky’ and tell us about their “classic” debut album

New indie supergroup Muzz drop new single ‘Red Western Sky’ and tell us about their “classic” debut album

Muzz, the new band made up of members of Interpol, Bonny Light Horseman and The Walkmen, have shared the cinematic new single ‘Red Western…

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Girl In Red releases banging new single ‘Midnight Love’ and gives update on debut album

Girl In Red releases banging new single ‘Midnight Love’ and gives update on debut album

Girl In Red has shared a taster of her hotly-anticipated debut album with new single ‘Midnight Love’, which she tells…

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Orlando Weeks on debut solo album ‘A Quickening’: “It’s tiny snapshots of a monumental experience”

Since The Maccabees came to an end in 2017, frontman Orlando Weeks has turned his focus on more thematic projects….

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