Category: Interviews
INTERVIEW WITH SQUEEZE
You’ve been in the business a while now, how does today’s industry compared to when you started out? The industry I entered into all those years ago still seems to be going strong but for younger people who need to give more of their lives than I did. 360% deals were not on the table when I [...]
INTERVIEW WITH GABRIELLE APLIN
We caught up with Bath singing sensation Gabrielle Aplin ahead of her free gig at the Rong O’Bells in Compton Martin on Halloween (October 31). She also plays Bristol Thekla on November 20, 2012.
INTERVIEW WITH HUW STEPHENS
Swn Festival founder Huw Stephens tells us what he’s most looking forward to at this year’s festival and how he’s got the Duke of Edinburgh to thank for his career.
INTERVIEW WITH THE UNTHANKS
We caught up with Adrian McNally from folk troupe The Unthanks for a chat ahead of their gig at Bristol St George’s on October 30, 2012.
INTERVIEW WITH AXEWOUND
How did the group come together? It was something I had wanted to do for a long time and I had know Jason from when he stood in at some Bullet shows. We kept in touch ever since as he was the guy I wanted to do it with. We had an opportunity to do [...]
INTERVIEW WITH JAKE BUGG
Just over four months ago you were releasing your debut single, and wondering how it would be received. Now you’ve made daytime Radio 1, done Jools Holland, played loads of festivals and sold out an autumn tour. Of course you always hope that success might come your way, but what’s happened must be incredible… It [...]
INTERVIEW WITH DJ YODA
OK, the name suggests you’re a sci-fi fan – is this true? Actually, no! I got named Yoda by a friend, and never really liked it too much! Until recently, when it’s taken on a new meaning for me. I feel like I’m one of the last DJs using scratching and turntable skills, so it’s [...]
INTERVIEW WITH FIELD MUSIC
You’ve been going for almost a decade right? What’s changed in that time for you? Essentially we’ve just gotten better at doing lots of stuff – better at writing, better at recording, better at organising our time. That’s not to say there aren’t lots of good ideas and sounds on our earlier records but with [...]
INTERVIEW WITH YES SIR BOSS
Sum up the post trip-hop Bristol sound for us. I think that the trip-hop scene is massively responsible for loads of the music still present in Bristol today. Dubstep is huge, and I feel like as a genre it’s a really close relative of the stuff that was happening in the 90s, a bit heavier [...]
INTERVIEW WITH KYLA LA GRANGE
You played a gig at Bristol Louisiana a while back, with Bristol’s Goan Dogs, did you get a chance to see them? And what did you think? They were very good! It was a really nice gig, I enjoyed watching Worship too. You also met local gig legend Big Jeff – have you come across [...]
INTERVIEW WITH LISA HANNIGAN
You’re currently on tour with Richard Hawley, having played a gig in Bath last weekend, that’s pretty special – how do you rate him as an artist and person? He’s wonderful on all counts! It’s been such a great experience listening to Richard’s songs live over the last week. He has a beautiful, unique voice [...]
INTERVIEW WITH JOSH OSHO
Your story is quite an inspirational one – tell us how things have changed for you over the last 4 years… Well there’s a lot more people in my life for one lol! Just from that there’s a lot more capacity for trading off love and inspiration. As a whole, internally I feel I’ve expanded, [...]
INTERVIEW WITH CHILLY GONZALES
You’ve had a long love affair with the piano, tell us how it all started and where it’s taken you? It started when my grandfather sat me down in front of the piano and told me to respect the machine. I started out following his dictum but eventually learned that there are also moments one [...]
INTERVIEW WITH NNEKA
247 Magazine contributor Sadia Akhtar caught up with Nneka at her gig at Bristol Fleece. This is what she had to say… Hi Nneka, how has the tour been going? We give thanks, it has been going well, successful. How has this tour been different from the previous tours you’ve been on? Well, pretty much different [...]
INTERVIEW WITH CHEW LIPS
How would you say Chew Lips have progressed from the first record? I think we’re completely different. It sounds obvious, but we just tried very hard to write better songs – we were really keen that the song-craft shone through this time rather than just the style of our music. I’m really proud of our [...]
INTERVIEW WITH MUNICH
Tell us about this competition to find someone to help with your next music video? We’re looking for a great music video for our next single in October which we’re recording in June, we’re looking for something a little different and something thats stands out and could also work as a great viral video. We’re [...]
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 [...]
