A girl with a razor-sharp fringed wields a baseball bat as a denim clad guy in blacked out wayfarers swaggers up alongside, playing a killer riff as a bonfire of guitars blazes in front them. Brooklyn’s Sleigh Bells have officially become the coolest duo on both sides of the Atlantic blowing away bloggers and fans alike with their thudding electro beats,...
Kele Okereke Interview
Last year saw Bloc Party’s Kele step away from his indie roots to release one of the best solo dance records of the year. Marie Wood caught up with Kele one quiet afternoon down the line from his home in East London to talk about his astounding debut The Boxer, Bloc Party and the trials and tribulations of door-step squatting fans. You’ve had quite a big...
The Mystery Jets- Interview
Mystery Jets – Up And Away First emerging onto the scene all fresh faced and wide-eyed in 2005, Mystery Jets have fast gone on to become the quintessential English band. Now a littler older and wiser, we caught up with Mystery Jet’s dashingly eloquent singer, Blaine in a quiet moment away from recording to chat about the highs and lows of their stunning...
Klaxons – Righting The Wrongs
Three years, two producers, one shelved record. If you believe all you read in the press, it looked as if Klaxons had fallen under the second album curse and followed the same fate as the Stones Roses before them – a generation defining band pulled down by the pressure of a sublime debut into a dark chasm of obscurity. However, the only rock n roll myth...
Sky Ferreira small talk
“My name is Sky Ferreira and I live in Los Angeles. I’m 17 years old (born July 8th, 1992) and I kind of miss my braces”. On first glance, Sky Ferreira sounds like any other American teen struggling with growing up pains, hanging out at the mall and checking out bands on Facebook all day. But, Sky isn’t your average teenager she’s already got a CV Lady...
Hurts- interview
This time last year, Theo Hutchcraft and Adam Anderson, were living on the bread line investing all their hope and dreams in their new band, Hurts. Now, barely a year on the duo have gone on to release the fastest selling debut album of the year, duet with Kylie and are about to embark on their first UK headline tour. They’re the Cinderella story of 2010...
