Category: Features
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During their time on tour with Bastille I managed to catch up with the brilliant To Kill A King. Guitarist Ian Dudfield and vocalist Ralph Pelleymounter took some time out before their show at the O2 Academy in Bristol to talk to me about the current tour, the brand new video for ‘Funeral’ and their…
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The Ramona Flowers are a 5 piece electro indie outfit from Bristol. Those of you who have seen Scott Pilgrim vs The World will recognise Ramona Flowers as the name of one of Scott’s evil ex girlfriends. The band are named after this mysteriously cool female character yet, in my opinion, they are a whole…
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Currently on tour with Bastille Bristol 5 piece The Ramona Flowers took some time out at their Oxford show to speak to The Edge. As a relatively new band I was keen to find out how they started and how they’ve enjoyed their journey so far. How has this current tour been so far? Dave:…
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As part of their first ever headline tour, Don Broco performed at Joiners late last month. A few hours beforehand, I got a chance to sit down with the band’s guitarist, Si, whose broken wrist it turns out, inspired the band’s name. Firstly, for anyone who hasn’t heard the music of Don Broco before, how…
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The Edge caught up with Adam Anderson, one half of depression-chic synth-outfit Hurts, ahead of his band’s new album Exile to talk about touring, Manchester, lyrics, and grooming… So your new album is out soon, what sort of sounds can we expect from it? Our sound has advanced a lot. There is a lot more…
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Megan Downing interviews Bastille.
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My house mate Alice and I met up with Sam Lee before his gig at the Turner Sims on 3rd March to ask him about his debut album Ground of its Own and what it’s like being a folk musician. Ground of its Own, your debut album, received great critical attention, not only from the folk community, as…
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We caught up with Kelcey Ayer and Matt Frazier of Local Natives before their Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms show to discuss the new album, production, food, and a whole lot of T.V. (mostly removed for your benefit). Jan: So, Fallon, I just saw that. How was that? Kelcey: Really, really great. Jan: You just kind of jumped up…
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We Came Out Like Tigers could not have chosen a better venue for their secret show. In the cellar of a tattoo shop with blood red hand prints painted over the walls I felt like I was stepping in to the back of some backstreet modern day speakeasy. For those of you who may not…
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With the Kerrang tour currently filling venues up and down the country, the fourth night at the Southampton Guildhall was a big one for a couple of support bands having their first taste of a large venue and hordes of screaming fans. One of these bands was the Fearless Vampire Killers, and I was lucky…
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New and upcoming artist Kieran Skye tells me a bit about himself and his latest single: My first question is who’s influenced your music or are there any singers you admire in particular? All of the great songwriters really, Simon Garfunkel, Pink Floyd, just the sort of people that you’re still listening to today. The…
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I’m a singer-songwriter and I hate myself because of it. Ok, that’s a bit strong, but being a singer-songwriter is an intensely lonely and often excruciating experience.
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Myself and Taliesin Davies caught up with lead singer of Frightened Rabbit Scott Hutchison before their gig at The Wedgewood Rooms in Portsmouth. Portsmouth is the first date officially of your UK tour – are you looking forward to the upcoming gigs? Yeah! It’s always exciting starting a tour – we’ve got all these new…
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Connor Butler stole Jim Lockey away from his pasta for a few words.