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A Chat With Esprit D’Air

After a three year hiatus, J-rock band Esprit D’Air have made their comeback with their single, Guiding Light. There will also be a new album coming up this summer. I’ve had the opportunity to talk to Kai about the band’s comeback, single and upcoming album release. How did you find writing Guiding Light? Was it […]

A chat with CKY

I had a chat with CKY before their show in Portsmouth. We chatted about new music, the difference 20 years makes as a band and some early warped tour memories. All three members are present in this interview: Jess Margera (J) Chad Ginsburg (C) and Matt Deis (M). You’ve just released your first new music since […]

We chat to Miss Vincent about Cold Hands and new EP Somewhere Else!

Southampton punks Miss Vincent are set to release their new EP Somewhere Else on May 19 via Uncle M. We had a chat with frontman Alex Marshall and guitarist Laurie Pattison about their new single Cold Hands, the EP, touring and reading through the iTunes Ts&Cs everyday for the rest of their life…. You release […]

Saint Apache take on the A-Z challenge!

A song that made you want to make music? Thom: one song that really propelled my desire to write music was a band called Crass and the song was called Punk Is Dead. Luis: Alive– Pearl Jam. Great tune from my childhood that I loved. Leo: Well the first song that made me want to […]

Get to know Fizzy Blood

We caught up with Fizzy Blood before the Southampton leg of their tour with While She Sleeps and In Hearts Wake, to talk about influences, live shows, songwriting and new music. The best place to start would be what are your key influences as a band? We all came together because we all really liked […]

The Weight of Atlas on their upcoming single!

With the upcoming release of ‘The Art of Letting Go’, we chatted to The Weight of Atlas about the release of their single, and their debut album. Are you excited for the release of your debut album? Yeah! We’ve never put more of ourselves into something. Our blood sweat and tears, as cliche as that […]

Patent Pending talk new album, dream tour, and more.

  I had the pleasure of sitting down with Joe & Anthony from Patent Pending, in what was a fun and longer than expected interview as we dwindled more in depth with random conversations. So, here are the key points we covered, with the most down to Earth band I have had the privilege to […]

Charlie Manning takes on the A-Z challenge!

Charlie Manning is a 19 year-old musician who has managed to create something pretty wonderful with emotion, melody and energy blended together to create some great alternative music! Charlie is set to release debut single Light Years In Moments on May 26th and ahead of the release, we asked him to take on our A-Z […]

Rival Bones take on the A-Z challenge!

Merseyside rockers Rival Bones are set to release their self-titled EP on May 5th. The duo are for fans of Audioslave, Black Stone Cherry, Royal Blood and Foo Fighters and have created a pretty awesome rock sound. We asked them to take on our A-Z challenge. A song that made you want to make music? […]

Crossfaith talk New Age Warriors Remix EP

We caught up with Crossfaith frontman Kenta Koie ahead of their Cardiff date of the Earthbound tour to talk their friendship with tour headliners Bury Tomorrow, forthcoming singles, New Age Warriors Remix EP and Taylor Swift covering Crossfaith…. How is the tour with Bury Tomorrow going for you so far? It’s been great. Bury Tomorrow […]

Artificial Language take on the A-Z challenge!

American prog-rockers Artificial Language are set to release their debut album The Observer on April 28th. Ahead of its release, we asked the band to take on our A-Z challenge! A song that made you want to make music? bTBAM– Selkies. It’s a classic prog song that blew our minds first listen. Best rider you’ve […]

The Disconnect take on the A-Z challenge!

Brit post/melodic-hardcore band The Disconnect are gearing up for the release of new single Holes on April 24th. We asked the band to take on our A-Z challenge! A song that made you want to make music? There wasn’t a particular song as such, my school friends were starting a band and they needed a […]

Super73 take on the A-Z challenge!

Following the release of their latest single Monkey See, Monkey Do, we asked Super73 to take on our A-Z challenge! A song that made you want to make music?  Andy: Roy Orbison – Pretty Woman… that’s a shoot.  When I was about 5/6 I used to put Mr Orbison on in one cassette deck, and […]

Rivers Monroe take on the A-Z challenge!

We recently gave Rivers Monroe‘s latest single Safe House track of the day (if you missed it, check it out here). Because it truly is such a masterpiece, we were intrigued to find out more about the Philadelphian pop-punk/rock quartet so challenged them to take on our A-Z questionnaire, check out the amusing responses below; […]

A post-UK tour chat with Energy!

Following on from the release of their latest record Apparition Sound (go check it out BC it’s brill!) in February and hugely successful UK run in support of Creeper, we had a chat with Energy frontman Jason Tankerley to talk all things tour, the album and more! You’ve just finished a UK run in support […]

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