Music Interviews

John Grant: ‘Compassion, gentleness and empathy have to be a part of the masculine picture’

John Grant has spoken out about the political nature of his new album, and the importance of shifting attitudes towards toxic masculinity. This week sees...

Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells? We put New York Doll Sylvain Sylvain to the test

1. Which 2017 film features the New York Dolls song ‘Lonely Planet Boy’? “(Laughs) I don’t know ‘cos they don’t pay me for these things...

‘My mission is to make the world happy and cute’ – Poppy takes us inside her new album ‘Am I A Girl’

Having amassed millions of fans and views on Youtube, Poppy is set to release her next album 'Am I A Girl' on Halloween. Watch...

The Big Read – Robyn: “I danced a lot on my own”

After eight years away the pop icon and person who gave us the perfection of ‘Dancing on my own’ is back with a new album, ‘Honey’. El Hunt meets Robyn to talk loss, love, football and what it’s like being queen of the misfits.

Johnny Borrell on Razorlight’s new album ‘Olympus Sleeping’ – and correcting his ‘big mouth reputation’

Johnny Borrell claims that the new Razorlight album 'Olympus Sleeping' returns to the essence of the band, as well as reflecting on past 'myths'...

Joan Jett interview: “…if the band asks me, that’s as close as I can maybe get to Kurt giving me the thumbs up”

She has been an outspoken musical firebrand and an ever-present since punk’s nascent beginnings in the mid ‘70s. Firstly causing uproar in seminal teenage...

Placebo talk 20 years of ‘Without You I’m Nothing’, Bowie and their ‘experimental’ new album

Placebo are in the midst of celebrating the 20th anniversary of their seminal second album 'Without You I'm Nothing' – while also working their...

“If I could choose, I’d rather be in the Bee Gees…”: James Allan looks back at the glory days of Glasvegas

James Allan is amazed that ‘Daddy’s Gone’ is only celebrating its tenth anniversary – by his reckoning the song should be about forty-odd by...

Shotty Horroh: the world class battle rapper on his new film ‘VS’

He has also just recently dropped his indie-inflected second album Salt of the Earth. Speaking ahead of the release of VS, Horroh had a...

The Big Read – Tom Morello: “If we can’t punch Nazis, who can we punch really?”

We know Rage Against The Machine firebrand Tom Morello as a shredder – of guitars and of oppression, big business, climate change deniers, bigoted politicians and – famously – Simon Cowell’s designs on the 2009 Christmas Number One spot. In one of the year’s most surprising reinventions, he’s just released an EDM album – but he remains utterly righteous, finds Tom Connick
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