The brilliant Chester-based four piece Mansun were a world apart from the other guitar groups of the 90′s. Despite being unusual, darkly humorous and distinctly non-Britpop, their excellent debut LP ‘Attack Of The Grey Lantern’ hit the top of the charts in 1997, a golden year for music. An odd mixture of absurd lyrics, exciting melodies, […]
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Stephen Jones is a prolific and gifted songwriter who since 1995 has released many albums. As a writer he’s penned three published novels and an autobiography, ‘Amplified Silence’. As the creative force behind Babybird, Stephen sold over two million records, and scored eight UK Top 40 hit singles. After announcing the end of Babybird in […]
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Nikki Wild is a legendary figure on the Istanbul music scene. His blonde mane, confrontational attitude and passion for all things hard rock, either as DJ or party host, are infamous throughout the city. Wild chatted with Sean Bw Parker about his outlook on life, music and Istanbul going into the future You are well […]
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Vic Galloway has for some years been the voice of indie and alternative in the UK, through his shows on BBC Radio One, Radio Scotland and regular television coverage of the T In The Park festival. Galloway’s enthusiasm for quality new music is inspiring and contagious; he talked to Sean Bw Parker about T […]
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After the massive Britpop boom of the mid 90′s came an inevitable decline. In an attempt to breathe fresh life into British music, more explorative bands such as Mansun and the Super Furry Animals emerged, pushing guitar music to the next level. Ultrasound were another, arriving at a time when their heart-on-sleeve glam-prog anthems seemed […]
View Post INTERVIEWS, Tiny, Ultrasound, Vanessa Best
Carl Loben is a Contributing Editor for DJ Magazine (UK), manages Liverpool electro-blues act Killaflaw, DJs and also runs the Westway label with Barry Ashworth (Dub Pistols). In an in depth-interview, Loben talked to Sean Bw Parker about rave, UK politics, drugs and the demise of the Melody Maker. You originally emerged with the rave […]
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Nashville-based singer-songwriter Jenn Bostic has just returned to this country for an eleven date tour which starts at the Borderline in London on 26th November. Still only 27 years of age but already the proud winner of five Independent Country Music Association Awards, Bostic is probably best known for her “Jealous of the Angels”, released […]
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Cloud Control have recently toured their own headline shows and have just completed a tour with label mates Local Natives. An exhausted Jeremy Kelshaw, bass player and vocalist with the band, answered a few questions for GIITTV. GIITTV: Hi, how are you? Jeremy: I just sat down on my couch in London after 5 weeks […]
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