Interviews

There is nothing like music as a means to connect people, bridge linguistic and cultural divides and provide an avenue for identity and expression. Music is a transformative experience and people taking part this transforming process will morph into new entities and develop, creating new exciting sounds and sonic landscapes; they become that kind of musicians who never stand still …

Describing Desperate Journalist with just one genre label like post punk or indie doesn’t really do them justice. The four-piece from London keeps carving out their own niche with third album “In Search of the Miraculous”, combining different musical influences into their own blend. And it seems that singer Jo Bevan, guitarist Rob Hardy, bassist Simon Drowner and drummer Caz …

Just after the world entered the 2010s, the British music press declared the death of indie rock music. Dirty Projectors’ David Longstreth meant that the scene was now largely a “musically underwhelming” xerox of groups that came before, “an amorphous genre of music primarily defined by its frequent public agonizing over what it is and isn’t”, and he didn’t even …

Malmö four-piece FEWS, an American/British/Swedish kraut-inspired post-punk story, signed a record deal after sending a demo link to their Soundcloud page to a “random person” at record label PIAS, ending up in the release of their first album “Means” in 2016 – with that random person as their manager. They also tried to reach out to Swedish international superstar football …

Demons of Ruby Mae can’t help but appear a tad annoyed, whenever people try to define their music. I guess you can’t really blame them: after years of hearing definitions as disparate as “indie pop”, “acoustic”, “electronica” and at one time even “folk”, it must get annoying. Multi-instrumentalists Adam Rowley and Jonny Gavin have played in bands since their teenage …

In the US, skateboarding culture has long been intertwined with popular music. As early as 1964, Californian duo Jan & Dean recorded “Sidewalk Surfin”, an adaptation of The Beach Boys’ “Catch a Wave” with new lyrics associated with skateboarding. In the early-to-mid-80s, however, skateboard-riding punk/hardcore acts such as JFA, Hogan’s Heroes, Suicidal Tendencies, Agression, The Offspring and NOFX built sizeable …