Category: Features


  • “Going on tour with all your mates is amazing!” An Interview with To Kill A King (27/03/2013)

    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 […]

  • Introducing: The Ramona Flowers

    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 […]

  • “We’ve been very lucky to be on this tour, it’s been amazing.” An Interview with The Ramona Flowers (22/03/2013)

    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: […]

  • “We wanted to be called Don Loco because we liked the words” – An Interview with Don Broco

    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 […]

  • ‘I don’t remember getting groomed’ – An Interview with Hurts

    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 […]

  • ‘It was the most unexpected thing to happen to us, ever!’ An Interview with Bastille (07/03/13)

    Megan Downing interviews Bastille.

  • “You can only vomit what you eat.” An Interview with Sam Lee (3/3/13)

    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 […]

  • An Interview with Kelcey Ayer and Matt Frazier of Local Natives (13/02/13)

    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 […]

  • We Came Out Like Tigers, Secret Show Southampton (1/3/2012)

    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 […]

  • “We haven’t ever played a whole tour of venues this size before.” An Interview with Fearless Vampire Killers

    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 […]

  • “I wanted to express what was on my mind at the time and I wanted something that everyone could relate to as well.” Interview with Kieran Skye

    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 […]

  • The Perils of Being a Singer-Songwriter

    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.

  • “It was a much more open and enjoyable experience as a result of it being collaborative.” An interview with Frightened Rabbit (11/02/2013)

    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 […]

  • “It’s crazy, I mean it’s only just starting for us” – An interview with Jim Lockey.

    Connor Butler stole Jim Lockey away from his pasta for a few words.