Interview
Interview: EWAH & The Vision of Paradise plus track ‘Play Hard’
Hobart, the city at the edge of the world, is a unique and fascinating place. I have written about the weird and wonderful Dark Mofo Festival over the last few years, where I had the good luck to catch EWAH & the Vision of Paradise (EVoP) live at the iconic Brisbane Hotel back in 2017. …
Interview: 10 000 Russos on new release ‘Kompromat’
By Beatriz Fontez ‘Kompromat’, the most recently released record by 10 000 Russos, delivers us a kind of industrialized British nastiness and the minimalist aspects of krautrock, features that came in swollen and stretched in this album, without shying away from the dab of psychedelic outlines which is gilded in the band’s name. Speaking of …
Interview: John Walsh (Harryhausen: The Lost Movies)
The late Ray Harryhausen (1920-2013) is widely regarded as the person who pioneered visual effects for motion pictures as a craft. The stop-motion animations he provided for films like Jason and the Argonauts (Don Chaffey, 1963) and Clash of the Titans (Desmond Davis, 1981) broke new ground in their respective eras. Author and filmmaker John …
INTERVIEW: VENTENNER
Ventenner have been carving their own path through the UK and international music scene for some time now. Disregarding the traditional approach whenever they can and creating their own sound, scene and limits. We caught up with Charlie Dawe, lead singer and producer, on what’s been going on in 2019 and what is coming up …
INTERVIEW: KING SATAN
Finnish shock rockers King Satan have a new single out, a new album on the way, and are looking to conquer every corner of the world with their heady mix of metal, industrial and theatrics. We caught up with lead singer Aleister Satan to see what’s happening. So, tell us about King Satan. What’s th …
Interview: Jessica Hynes (The Fight)
The Fight is Spaced star Jessica Hynes’ debut as writer, director, and actor. She plays Tina, a 40-year-old boxfit enthusiast who convinces a local boxing instructor (Cathy Tyson) to train her as a fighter after her parents’ (Christopher Fairbank and Anita Dobson) marriage starts to collapse and her daughter (Sennia Nanua) has to contend with …
Interview: Cédric Le Gallo and Romain Brau (The Shiny Shrimps)
Having experienced commercial and critical success in its native France, The Shiny Shrimps, a comedy about an ostensibly homophobic competitive swimmer nearing the end of his professional career who is ordered to train an incompetent LGBTQ+ water polo team as punishment for a public indiscretion, opens in the UK this weekend. I caught up with …
Interview: Mark Gardener (Ride)
The legendary Ride are back in Australia and New Zealand after more than a twenty-five year gap as well as a long hiatus in the intervening time. During this time, Andy Bell joined label mates Oasis on bass while other members pursued their own projects. Ride reformed in 2014, playing live across Europe and North …
INTRODUCING: VANOM
Switzerland has produced some notable artists over the years, albeit not a huge amount. The Young Gods and Celtic Frost spring to mind. But here is someone who has the potential to go the distance. Vanom’s brand of electronic, guitar tinged pop is just what you didn’t realise you needed. So, tell us about Vanom. What’s …
INTERVIEW: RUN INTO THE NIGHT
The indie/post punk Glasgow duo are back and with a new single on the way. Ahead of it’s upcoming release we caught up with the undefinable rock n roll mavericks. Tell us about the new single? The new single is called Mon Cheri, an experimental track channelling influences from a range of genres and has …