Category: Interviews

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    Daniel Flynn

    ‘The best stories are the ones I can’t remember’: An interview with Shaun Ryder

    Forget Noel, forget Liam; everybody knows that the only seminal Manchester musician worth talking to is Shaun Ryder of Happy Mondays fame.

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    Phoebe Cross

    “We would like to support Little Comets!” – An Interview with To Kill A King

    I met up with Ralph, Ian and Jon from folk rock band To Kill A King at their Portsmouth support date whilst they were on tour with Dog Is Dead. We talk album recording, vinyl and Daft Punk covers. Have you been to Portsmouth before? Ralph: This is our first time in Portsmouth ever actually! […]

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    Alex Meehan

    ‘What isn’t Candy Crush?’ An interview with Peace at the Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth (23/04/2013)

    While in Portsmouth on their In Love tour, brothers Sam and Harry (with Doug making a short appearance) talk to the Edge about Parents, JLS and Angry Birds socks. Tonight’s show is sold out, you’ve sold out quite a number of dates, that’s pretty awesome. Sam: Yeah, there’s one show with four tickets left, so […]

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    Alex Meehan

    ‘Our main goal really is to create anthem music, ideally we’d like to fill a stadium’. An interview with Morain at the Cellar (20/04/2013)

    During some down-time from their support tour with Canterbury, Morain’s own ambitious Wil Frost talks with the Edge about sleeping in a leaky van and the real reason to be in a band. So Far, What’s it been like touring with Canterbury and are you looking forward to future dates? Yesterday was Bournemouth, and the […]

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    Michael Rose

    “A good pair of clean socks is absolutely necessary!” – An interview with Mount Kimbie

    With only weeks left until the release of their sophomore LP Cold Spring Fault Less Youth, The Edge chatted with Mount Kimbie’s Dominic Maker about the record, the new faces of the mainstream and… socks. Where abouts are you today?  I am currently sat on a sofa in Netil House in Hackney. We’ve got a little rehearsal room […]

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    Emily Webb

    ”Have you actually ever solved any poultry mysteries?” An interview with Jimmi from The Pigeon Detectives (02/04/2013)

    Like a teen desperate to grow up, then hitting adulthood with nostalgic thoughts of their fun -filled childhood, as Jimmi (the drummer) explains in the following interview, the Pigeon Detectives are dipping back into their less sophisticated earlier sound to come up with something refreshing for their fourth album,We met at sea, set for release […]

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    Bethany Swale

    Stu Larsen at The Brook (08/03/13)

    The mainstream scene is yet to encounter the man himself, but self-acclaimed nomad Stu Larsen is a definite hidden gem. March 8th brought the musician’s fourth visit to The Brook, this time unaccompanied by the familiar face of Mike Rosenberg, aka the Passenger. Stu Larsen is a very humble and genuine individual with an equally […]

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    Megan Downing

    “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 […]

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    Megan Downing

    “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: […]

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    Maxine Harris

    “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 […]

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    Daniel Flynn

    ‘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 […]

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    Megan Downing

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

    Megan Downing interviews Bastille.

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    Daniel Tovey

    “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 […]

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    Tom Saunderson

    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 […]