Interviews
by Daniel Paton
Dan Bejar likes to pause and think. With new studio album Poison Season, Bejar’s 11th under the Destroyer moniker, released this week, there is plenty…
Martin Gore is easing into the day in Santa Barbara, California, the place he has called home for the last 15 years. “It’s nice and...
There’s something quite old school about Franz Nicolay; a rebellious grafter, he’s been a member of and written with a staggering array of artists, from...
Susanne Sundfør’s Ten Love Songs is unquestionably one of 2015’s best albums. A boundless, wildly inventive work of avant pop with industrial and classical hues...
When Tigercats first made themselves heard on the indiepop scene some four years ago, they were instant hits. With catchy tunes about east London, record shops and...
When the Derbyshire Dales-based trio released their debut album, Tricolore, in March 2013, we were instantly smitten with Haiku Salut. An instrumental rush of accordion,...
“I think only one person dies on the album. The rest is open for debate. I’ve certainly shown them the way out. If they can’t...
Dale Barclay and William Coombe share their rock ‘n’ roll story so far… in the back of a van.
You may have heard of Lyla Foy, before – you may have even heard some of her music, albeit under the WALL moniker she has...
Ahead of headlining musicOMH’s stage at The Great Escape, James Bay answers some ‘getting to know yous’ and offers his opinions on a raft of...
It’s the end of a long day of promotion at that most hipsterish of London venues, Shoreditch’s Ace Hotel, and Greg Dulli is understandably a...
Majka Voss Romme has already broken numerous hearts with the emotionally fraught, gossamer-fine music she’s made under her pseudonym Broken Twin. Her highly-anticipated debut album...
We first clapped eyes on Luke Sital-Singh almost two years as he took to the Servant Jazz Quarters stage. It wasn’t his gig; he was...
Describing Tom Hickox’s work is an unenviable task; there are elements of Neil Hannon’s baroque britpop in there, alongside hints of country, classical and pre-rock...
Howlin’ is the debut album from Jagwar Ma’s Australian feel-good duo of Jono Ma (guitars/synths/drums) and Gabriel Winterfield (vocals/guitars). Dropping it last year on Marathon...
The American music legend and Giant Sand originator on recent album The Coincidentalist, storytelling and grey hair.
The year is yet young. But in the first few weeks of 2014, the Norwegian-born musician Rebekka Karijord released Music For Film And Theatre, the understated...
Arthur Jeffes on his father’s music, recording at George Lucas’s ranch and sending music into space.
The Western Sahara singer on her latest album Soutak, her approach to making music, her background and contemporary Africa.
Matthew Hemerlein on debut album Blue Film, touring with Lorde, signing to 4AD and his “pretty outrageous trips”.
Augustines (or We Are Augustines as they once were) have been on a steady upward trajectory for some time now. If the title of their...
