(((O))) INTERVIEWS
Brooke Hampton from Slow Pulse
Gavin Brown had the pleasure of talking to Slow Pulse vocalist Brooke Hampton to hear all about the new material, the return of the band, how the hardcore scene in Texas is currently and who her biggest vocal inspirations are.
It could fall into the post/math rock genres but we like the term ‘math dance’.
This is a David Lynch film, not a song. And I mean that as a compliment.
We’re a big orgy of psychedelic progressive doom sludge stoner metal, or something as equally pretentious sounding.
Welsh doomsters Spider Kitten recently released their new album ‘Behold Mountain. Hail Sea. Venerate Sky. Bow Before Tree’, which Martyn Coppack reviewed very positively. Martyn asked drummer/singer Chris West some questions.
Foofer saw Earth play in Boise, which was a rare gig as Brett Netson performed with the band as well. Foofer asked a couple of questions to Dylan Carson and Adrienne Davies about the new album and the including of vocals.
Sander van den Driesche asked Niklas of Latitude Egress some questions to find out more about this new project and the new album To Take Up the Cross.
They combined English and Irish protest folk potently with the anger and fury of punk to create bristling vignettes of normal life under a rabid Tory government hellbent on destroying the unions and the welfare state. If there was ever a time for this music, and it’s visceral rage at the political classes, to return then it is surely now. Dan Salter talks to Jeremy Cunningham.
Ever wondered what it’s like to be in a metal band in Lebanon? Guido Segers wanted to find out more and asked Lebanese metal band Blaakyum some questions.
The Twilight Sad release their 4th album, Nobody Wants To Be Here and Nobody Wants to Leave on Monday (27th Oct) and it might just be some of their best work yet. Ahead of its release, we sent Kevin Scott to have a chat with the band.
Matt T.A. Smith had a great chat with legendary desert rocker and stoner rock pioneer John Garcia about the histories behind the songs on the album, balancing being a rock star with his responsibilities as a family man, and his surprising love of ’70s disco.
Kara Hinman asked Belgium post-metal outfit Charnia some questions about their new album Dageraad and more.
On the 3rd of October, at the Silver Bullet in Finsbury Park, Yokozuna played their last ever gig. It was not headline news; Yokozuna, I’ve never met anyone outside of the DIY circuit who’s heard of them, yet, for those who knew the band, Yokozuna’s end was mourned as a profound loss. Before the show, Aidan Hehir grabbed a few last words from the trio.
(((O))) FEATURED INTERVIEW
I’ve had some real problems in my lifetime dealing and living with mental health issues. I’ve not really felt comfortable talking about it until more recently. I feel like it’s important to talk about these things because people consider them ‘awkward’ topics. I used writing music as a means to channel it and I felt a lot better for writing music and going to shows and being able to put my time and energy into something I loved so much really helped me.
