Interviews

Formed after meeting at Toronto's Humber College's Music Performance programme in 2011, Matthew Tavares (keys), Chester Hansen (bass), Alex Sowinski (drums) and Leland Whitty (sax) initially attracted attention with their jazz interpretations of hip-hop tracks, leading them to work with artists such as Tyler, The Creator and Frank Ocean.

WHY? fans will certainly encounter familiar sounds on Moh Lhean, the recent new album by Yoni Wolf. Within the quirkly eccentricities, the psychedelic alt-pop foundations, alternative hip-hop leanings, and the fluid arrangements, Wolf's experiences with (unspecified) mental and physical health issues and scares of late (he has Crohn's disease)…

It’s possibly the hottest day we’ve had in Brighton when I meet Priests. They’ve spent the day getting here through traffic in London and the band seem to be a little lagged from the tour. We go looking for some food and sit down at Kokoro in Brighton. I…

13 albums in, all Top 40 affairs. That's how consistent and popular this quintessential turn of the 90s band has been. They were always lurking in the shadow of The Stone Roses and The Happy Mondays, but Manchester's The Charlatans have proved themselves far more durable, and far more…

Incredible to think that Saint Etienne have been making music for nigh on 30 years. Breaking out with their iconic balearic-influenced cover of Neil Young's 'Only Love Can Break Your Heart' in 1990, the band have honed in on the eccentricities/banalities of English life, and allied that to a…

Those who have witnessed the intensity of an Ulrika Spacek live show will be fully aware of how mesmerising and transportive their gigs can be. Furthermore, like their debut LP, the London-based band have managed to retain this unique melodically-inclined kraut on record for Modern English Decoration – a…

The former Brighton-based BIMM student has just released his second album, the follow up to his critcially acclaimed debute The Fire Inside. Possessing a powerful, rough-hewn voice, writer of many a majestic and elegant songs, Sital-Singh has picked himself up after being dropped by a major label to deliver…

London based psychedelic garage band Dead Coast are certainly making their mark on the global scene since their debut album release ‘Shambolic’ last year. The foursome have just returned from a long and successful US which saw them grace the stage at none other than SXSW amongst other…

For fourteen years, Brighton based DJ Format and Canadian rapper Abdominal have been making music on and off. Their new album Still Hungry is their first full-lenghth collaborative album, and it's packed to the gills with upbeat hip hop beats and grooves, albeit tempered by a grittier, harder sound,…