Category: Interviews
INTERVIEW WITH THE VIEW
You’ve been in the game since the mid noughties – what do you think the biggest change in the industry has been in this time? The bigest difference in my opinion is the way that music is getting released. Its the norm now to put out a free download first and a lot of lables [...]
INTERVIEW WITH THE CORONAS
Tell us about the name…is it a homage to the beer? Unfortunately not. When we were thinking of a name, our favourite film at the time was almost famous directed by Cameron Crowe and in that the main character writes his article on a Corona-Smith Delux typewriter. We were just called Corona after that but [...]
INTERVIEW WITH THE TEMPER TRAP
It’s been a while since you played the South West – what have you been up to? Once we stopped touring Conditions in 2011, we planned to take a break but got bored after a few weeks so we got straight into writing for the second record. That took about 8 months and then we [...]
INTERVIEW WITH DELILAH
So people compare you to Alanis Morrissette, do you reckon it’s just the long hair? Could be? People have compared me to do many different artists. Luckily none of them have been rubbish ones do I’ll take it as a compliment. You’re a fan of cover songs, what’s the most obscure one you’ve done? And [...]
INTERVIEW WITH BELLERUCHE
Where did the name come from? And what weird spellings of it have you encountered in the past? We’re named after a dead champion New Zealand dog. Honestly. Ricky used to work somewhere where skiving on the internet was possible, and came across the tribute website to the fine animal. We thought it was a [...]
INTERVIEW WITH JOSH IDEHEN FROM BENIN CITY
Ahead of their Cheltenham Underground show at The Frog and Fiddle, Cheltenham on Friday 13 April, John Madden caught up with Josh Idehen, frontman of hip-hop/spoken word act Benin City. You’ve been an influential figure in the spoken word scene in London for a number of years, both as a performer and as founder of [...]
INTERVIEW WITH GRAHAM COXON
As he prepares to rejoin his former bandmates in Blur for an epic gig in front of tens of thousands of people at the official Olympics Closing Celebration Ceremony in Hyde Park, Graham Coxon keeps it real with a solo UK tour – which ends with gigs at Exeter Phoenix and Falmouth’s Princess Pavilions. Laura [...]
INTERVIEW WITH DOUG STANHOPE
Doug Stanhope has been doing stand-up comedy for over 21 years. The American’s style ranges from “true-life” graphic perversion to volatile social critism”, but whatever he chooses, you can guarantee it will be an alcohol fuelled evening for both Doug and the audience. Before hitting the road, Doug took some jet-lagged time out to speak [...]
TRANCE STAR JORDAN SUCKLEY JOINS RADIO 1
After the recent shakeup announcement at BBC Radio 1 which left trance & harder music fans nationwide severely disheartened, with Judge Jules destined to leave his weekly show to focus on becoming an entertainment lawyer & Kutski being moved to just once show a month, it certainly felt like the end of an era for many. [...]
INTERVIEW WITH TINY DRAGONS
Tiny Dragons, a three piece indie-funk band from Brighton, took a few minutes after their set at Mr. Wolfs this month to talk to 247 Magazine contributor Albert Testani about their new EP, the bands history and where they’re going… First off, what’s the Tiny Dragon origin story? How did you guys come about? Lizzi [...]
INTERVIEW WITH SETH LAKEMAN
Folk singer-songwriter Seth Lakeman, most famous for his Mercury nominated album Kitty Jay, has returned back to the scene with a new found freedom from corporate record companies. His soon to be released album, Tales from the Barrel House, is something quite different with even one of the tracks recorded down in the heart of [...]
INTERVIEW WITH LACUNA COIL
The metal world is a male dominated society and it always has been. Over the last 10 to 12 years, however, women have become much more prominent on the scene and are no longer stuck in the background. Do you the roles of women in rock and metal need to be discussed at length since [...]
INTERVIEW WITH FIGHTING FICTION
Where are you from and how has that shaped you? We grew up in different towns and met at Uni, I’m from Brighton, Andy from the Isle of Wight Matt from Cheltenham and Nate is from Lincoln. I’d say these places all have or while we were younger had excellent local music scenes the feeling [...]
INTERVIEW WITH ALLO’ DARLIN
You’ve played End of the Road Festival a few times, what is it you like so much about that festival? Well, we’ve always had fantastic support from the crowd there. The first time we played in the Tipi Tent and was one of the first times where the the crowd were louder than the sound [...]
INTERVIEW WITH HIGH CONTRAST
How much are you looking forward to this album launch gig? And how do Welsh crowds differ from others? It’s always great to play on my home turf. But I try not to do it too often so as to make it more special. And the fact this is the launch party for my first [...]
INTERVIEW WITH THE BIG PINK
You hit the ground running with an NME award, how important was that for you? I guess it was a catalyst in moving things forward for The Big Pink. The NME seemed to adopt us early on which has its ups and downs. Tell us how the name – The Big Pink – came about [...]
INTERVIEW WITH PHANTOM LIMB
247 Magazine’s Helen Rossiter caught up with Phantom Limb after their homecoming gig at Bristol Fleece and ahead of their Cornwall date… Out of the hundreds of gigs I’ve been to in the last 15 years, there aren’t many that have left me silent and speechless from the opening song. In 2010 I saw Bristolian [...]
INTERVIEW WITH COLD SPECKS
How does the UK differ to Canada for musicians? It’s a smaller country with a larger population. I think that creates more opportunities. The music scene here is also very busy in comparison. Although, cities like Toronto and Montreal have great music scenes that have produced bands like the Arcade Fire. But, I feel like [...]
INTERVIEW WITH ASTROID BOYS
2011 was quite a year for you guys, tell us more about that… TRAXX: this has undoubtedly been the best year of our lives for us all, and the worst. I have slept with so many girls, and made some cool songs. BENJI: Wow, I almost forgot about last year for a second haha. We [...]
INTERVIEW WITH FIXERS
Another band from Oxford! What it is about Oxford that produces such decent bands? It’s pretty nuts, it actually dawned on me the other day as to how many exciting albums are coming out this year by Oxford bands – it must be something in the water! With it being such a small city, we [...]
