Interviews

Opening the first day of Sheffield’s biggest music festival, Tramlines, Delilah Bon brings the wake-up energy needed. ‘Brat punk influenced hip-hop’ is the genre coined by Lauren Tate, the creative mind behind the artist, which is substantially unique in the sea of indie and Brit-pop that festival goers usually expect from Tramlines. Her appearance certainly caught my eye, as Delilah …

Among the range of artists playing Neck of the Woods festival was organiser Sam Brunt’s Big Cat Chic – a band whose genre is difficult to pin down. Sam and the other members of Big Cat Chic have been in the Manchester music scene for a good amount of time. Sam’s back catalogue includes playing bass for alternative rock band …

During Manchester’s Neck of the Woods festival, I had the fortunate chance to talk to one of the event’s higher-profile guests. John Robb is the frontman of 70s punk outfit ‘The Membranes’, known for their dark disco grooves and spooky themes. John himself boasts an eclectic portfolio of music and writings. Starting with fanzines, he quickly moved into writing books …

A five-minute train ride from Piccadilly Station lies Levenshulme – one of Manchester’s many suburbs. It is here that Sam and Ruth of SM Promotes and We Are Manchester have hosted their festival, Neck of the Woods, in The Klondyke pub, for the second year in a row. Music festivals run by independent organisations and which are filled with independent …

Luna Marble played their third ever headline show at Manchester’s famous Night and Day Café venue, and after completely selling out their previous shows despite not having a huge catalogue of music available to listen to, I knew I had to get there to find out how they were making such a scene. Among a sea of Northern indie music, …

Manchester’s Trunc have just wrapped up their tour supporting Calva Louise, bringing their energetic live sound and passionate, angry lyrics to pockets of rebellious queer audiences around the UK. Like many up-and-coming artists in today’s music climate, Trunc are widely independent, associated lightly with Marshall Live and Incantation Records – a label run by vocalist, songwriter, and now producer, Martha …