Interviews

One of Sweden’s hidden gems in the indie pop/rock scene, Friska Viljor, have a special relationship with Hamburg. When nothing happened in Sweden after the release of their debut album Bravo! in 2007, the band set off for a summer road trip to Germany with the ambition to play street corners in Hamburg and Berlin but were too shy to …

Having toured with tech-gods Hacktivist and the Indian metal sensation Bloodywood, Lake Malice is set to stand above many of their alternative counterparts due to their innovative songwriting and stellar production. Towards the end of August, they will be supporting Enter Shikari on their European tour. I can’t really understate just how important Lake Malice is. With the rise of …

Opening Victoria Warehouse’s main stage on the final day of Radar Festival was Where Oceans Burn, a metalcore outfit started in Manchester, and consisting of members close to my heart. Where Oceans Burn saw immediate success with their first release, Hollow Heart, back in 2019. This was largely due to the focus they placed on quality and social media promotion. …

“Aled spent ten years building Dream State so, for him, when the team went separate ways, he felt like he wasn’t ready to step away from something he spent a decade of his life building.” Jessie fluttered into the press area, greeting everyone with a smile. Any nerves I had were immediately put at ease by her lively attitude. It …

You want punk attitude, twisted political street poetry, and grating electronics that will make your ears still ring two days after the live show? Many decades have now passed since the punk era, but its ethos of rebelliousness and experimentation has trickled down through the ages and survives in a surprising number of electronic artists today. Modern punks of electronic …

After a cramped and silent lift ride with a batch of other journalists up to Hillsborough Football Stadium’s VIP floor, Courtney and I arrived at a seating area akin to a hospital waiting room, where we awaited our allotted ten minutes with our allotted member of DMA’s. Around us, important looking people appeared out of doors labelled ‘The Enemy’, ‘Sea …