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Interviews

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NoSo Interview

Baek Hwong, aka NoSo, is a Korean-American singer-songwriter known for their intricate guitar-playing, poignant lyrics and reverbed production. Hwong is currently performing across Europe after the release of their sophomore effort, When Are You Leaving?, closing the tour in the UK. I had the pleasure of chatting to Hwong, touching on Hong Kong film, Karen O,…

Stefan Mahendra Interview

The last time I saw Stefan Mahendra was in late August last year, deep in the dustbowl that was Victoria Park. He was crooning in a silk shirt on All Points East’s ‘Amex Unsigned’ stage, swaying with a gentle coolness as his backing band laid down some soulful R&B. 

10 Questions With Sunday Smoke

Sunday Smoke are a London-based trio, recently formed and steadily releasing tracks inspired by classic rock and post-Britpop alike. With online support from The Kinks, the band have a keen eye on glory, hoping to ramp up their touring schedule after the release of their most recent single, ‘Already Know’ – an acoustic endeavour evocative of…

Thirteen Albums In One Day – Gitika Partington Interview

Album cycles often feel like a musician’s curse. You work for months, sometimes years, on a project, only to wait another however-many months to get it out there. Don’t release another album too soon, otherwise fans get burned out; release one too late, and they’ll have moved on to a more regular artist. 

Gitika Partington…

10 Questions With Eugene McGuinness

Eugene McGuinness released his debut EP, a wry collection of frenetic songwriting underpinned by the clash of the electronic and acoustic, a few days before his 22nd birthday. Nineteen years later, with half a dozen more release under the belt, McGuinness is gearing up for the release of his next effort, Eugene McGuinness Versus The…

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10 Questions With Vehicle

Throwing a bit of grit under the bubblegum chompers of British Invasion pop, Leeds-based garage-rockers Vehicle come out a-swinging with kitchen-sink cynicism, buoyed by a wink and a knack for melody. Starting 2026 off properly with the country-cruncher single ‘You Are Not A Cowboy’, we asked Vehicle ten questions to really get under their bonnet…

10 Questions With Mathis Akengin

Mathis Akengin is a piano prodigy, training in conservatories before most of us could do our times tables. After collaborating with a variety of bands, like Dead Chic and Neptune Quartet, Akengin decided it was time to launch a solo career, no less with the piano-slapping ‘First Floor’. I had the pleasure of interviewing Akengin,…

10 QUESTIONS WITH Breeze

Breeze are an indie rock band, born and bred in Hull. Three brothers like the mighty Cribs, Breeze are honing their sound, with their latest single ‘Superheroes’ adding a guitar-fuzzed swagger to their repertoire. I had the pleasure of interviewing Breeze, asking them ten questions to dig into what it means to be an up-and-coming…

10 Questions With Gladboy

Gladboy are a Leeds-based garage rock band, born in a now-demolished eyesore in Norwich. They have honed one of the underground’s most unique and frenetic live shows – confounding, occasionally ear-piercing, but always melodic. With their latest single ‘Doin’ Art Badly’ out now, I had the pleasure of interviewing lead singer George, asking him ten questions…

Woody Woodmansey – The Spider with the Sticks

You’d be hard pressed to find a ‘greatest albums of all time’ list that doesn’t feature The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Between the stellar musicianship, high-concept writing, glam imaging and raunchy coolness, Ziggy Stardust is an album that defies age, an untouchable standard for the flashier side of…