Category: Interviews
BN1 chats to… Childcare
BN1 chats to… Childcare | BN1 Starting an interview at Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar after the final gig of a twelve-date tour while half the band are carrying their gear out to the van and the other half are packing up merch and untangling a hanger/string/sunglasses combination sounds a litle bit chaotic, but I think […]
BN1 chats to… Wild Front
BN1 chats to… Wild Front | BN1 While standing in the doorway of a closed noodle bar next door to The Hope & Ruin, I caught up with Southampton-based Wild Front who took some time out of their post-festival UK tour to talk local venues and upcoming releases. […]
“If you can you should right? That’s the motto”: An Interview with Years & Years’ Emre Türkmen
“If you can you should right? That’s the motto”: An Interview with Years & Years’ Emre Türkmen It’s been three years now since the release of Years & Years’ debut album, in 2015. Since then, the three-piece band have been working on their upcoming album, Palo Santo, complete with a sci-fi inspired world of androids […]
“I want them to feel something, that’s the main thing” – An interview with Bryde
“I want them to feel something, that’s the main thing” – An interview with Bryde After years in folk duo Paper Aeroplanes, Bryde (aka Sarah Howells) has gone solo. Last week, she brought her vulnerable, authentic and heavy music to Southampton’s latest music venue, Heartbreakers. I sat down with her before the gig to ask […]
“There’s a lot of criticism on the internet about everything so I try to ignore all of it” – An interview with Brian Sella of The Front Bottoms
“There’s a lot of criticism on the internet about everything so I try to ignore all of it” – An interview with Brian Sella of The Front Bottoms In the middle of touring their latest album, Going Grey, The Front Bottoms decided to pop by Portsmouth as one of their dates. I talked pre-show with […]
“I really like doing nothing” – An interview with Will Varley
“I really like doing nothing” – An interview with Will Varley Will Varley came to Southampton ahead of the release of his latest album, Spirit of Minnie. We talked in the upstairs room of The 1865 and after complementing the 1970s décor and talking about the possibility of Varley being paid in beer, we discussed […]
“I must have known Mike about six years, probably only said a few sentences” – An Interview with Jack Williams and Josh Betteridge of Wild Front
“I must have known Mike about six years, probably only said a few sentences” – An Interview with Jack Williams and Josh Betteridge of Wild Front After gifting our new best friends Wild Front with houmous, we talked about all things gigging and Christopher Walken ahead of their final night of residency at The Joiners. […]
“How else are you going to start a band unless you start asking?” – An interview with Jules Jackson of The Big Moon
“How else are you going to start a band unless you start asking?” – An interview with Jules Jackson of The Big Moon The Big Moon recently went on tour, delivering as tight a performance as ever. I sat on a staircase with Jules, the frontwoman, to talk about their Mercury Prize nomination, recording their […]
“Moroccan topped houmous, I’m all about that life” – An Interview with George from Yonaka
“Moroccan topped houmous, I’m all about that life” – An Interview with George from Yonaka After regaling Yonaka ‘s George with my story about the free Pret pumpkin spice latte half an hour earlier, and their rider of Sainsbury’s carrot batons and classic houmous, we talked about female fronted bands, George’s dislike of genres, and […]