Interview: Destroyer

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...

Interview: Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore

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...

Q&A: Franz Nicolay

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...

Interview: Susanne Sundfør

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...

Q&A: Tigercats

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...

Q&A: Haiku Salut

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,...

Q&A: Liz Green

“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...

Interview: The Amazing Snakeheads

Dale Barclay and William Coombe share their rock ‘n’ roll story so far… in the back of a van.

Q&A: Lyla Foy

You may have heard of Lyla Foy, before – you may have even heard some of her music, albeit under the WALL moniker she has...

Q&A: James Bay

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...

Interview: The Afghan Whigs

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...

Q&A: Broken Twin

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...

Interview: Luke Sital-Singh

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...

Q&A: Tom Hickox

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...

Q&A: Jagwar Ma

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...

Interview: Howe Gelb

The American music legend and Giant Sand originator on recent album The Coincidentalist, storytelling and grey hair.

Q&A: Rebekka Karijord

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...

Q&A: Penguin Cafe

Arthur Jeffes on his father’s music, recording at George Lucas’s ranch and sending music into space.

Q&A: Aziza Brahim

The Western Sahara singer on her latest album Soutak, her approach to making music, her background and contemporary Africa.

Q&A: Lo-Fang

Matthew Hemerlein on debut album Blue Film, touring with Lorde, signing to 4AD and his “pretty outrageous trips”.