Guilty Pleasures…Dubstep
Dubstep should not have to be my guilty pleasure. It is, as a genre, grossly misrepresented and misunderstood. I will go to great lengths to avoid using the term ‘dubstep’…
Something a little bit special
Matt Jones delves into the realms of music hall and silent film with Belfast-based singer-songwriter Duke Special The first thing I’m struck with on meeting Duke Special (apart from the…
Let’s give Peace a chance
Matt Jones discusses love, life and Britpop with up-and-coming indie rockers Peace I just fed the swans, it was sick.” These are the first words that Harry Koisser, lead singer…
My favourite…decade in music, the seventies
Tom Hoskins explains how the 1970′s recipe of punk, soul and reggae provided an eclectic soundtrack to a background of political turbulence No decade has been better for music than…
Camden’s rock n’roll Tribes
Olivia Arigho Stiles talks social revolution, gigging in Dubai and living in Camden with indie rockers Tribes Johnny Lloyd, the Tribes leather jacket clad, trilby sporting frontman sounds utterly hungover;…
Sounds from Coast of Silence
Kate Bradley talks Tenerife, solo projects and Babyshambles mark three with Drew McConnell Just under ten years ago, Pete Doherty was the darling of the British tabloid press. Fresh from…
Making trul-imental music
Matt Jones talks Hackney origins, drum and bass and urban deprivation with electronic quartet Rudimental Rudimental are a band with real momentum. Their fusion of pounding, energetic drum and bass…
Guilty Pleasures… Scissor Sisters
Tom Hoskins reveals his fondness for the smutty themes of the San Francisco glam pop group The success and critical acclaim of the Scissor Sisters’ debut would suggest that they…
