The Penelopes
Advocates of primary colours and pals of Agnes B, Clash caught up with The Penelopes to discuss moving to the UK, Dan Gretch-Marguerat and making new music. Our meeting comes at the tail end of Paris...
View ArticleTheir Library: Lightships
One quarter of Teenage Fanclub, Gerard Love is already responsible for countless nuggets of beautiful, evocative pop music. But his new project Lightships is something a bit special. Roping in a few...
View ArticleRecord Store Day 2012: Buyer's Guide
It's that time of year again - Record Store Day 2012 is upon us and the ClashMusic are busy rifling through our wallets, raiding our piggy bigs and selling our vital organs to secure our vinyl fix....
View ArticleHow To Make A Music Documentary
From introducing The Clash to the reggae scene of Brixton to bringing punk to the attention of Bob Marley, iconic music documentarian Don Letts is no stranger to combining the regular with the...
View ArticleSingles Round Up - 23rd April
Afternoon! Join us for this week's skim through some of the singles released including The Antlers, The Cribs, Cymbals, Pulled Apart By Horses and The Cast Of Cheers. The Antlers would win Single of...
View ArticleDisparate Youth: Santigold
Santigold is a star. Seated in her London hotel, batting away questions from probing journalists it's the away she holds herself, the way each perfectly formed answer tumbles from her lips that makes...
View ArticleIn The Works - Pure Love
Frank Carter’s (ex-Gallows) and Jim Carroll’s (ex-Suicide File and Hope Conspiracy) new band has been shrouded in mystery since day one and has still not been properly uncovered. Fooling many people...
View ArticleOnes To Watch - Antonia Campbell-Hughes
This year started with a bang for Antonia Campbell-Hughes when she was named as one of the Shooting Stars at the Berlin International Film Festival. “What’s different about it is that it’s purely...
View ArticleRapture & Verse #10
Extra large happenings in this month’s Rapture & Verse. Have a guess as to whether it’s the prospect of a touring Tupac hologram (we always preferred Arnold J Rimmer ourselves), or hip-hop...
View ArticleIntroducing... Daniel Avery
Introducing Daniel Avery (formerly Stopmakingme). He’s just released his 'Airstrike' EP on Relish, his 'Light Into Dark' record comes out on Throne Of Blood in May, more music with Justin Robertson...
View ArticlePersonality Clash - Crispin Glover Vs J Mascis
Perhaps best known for his role in Back To The Future, Crispin Glover has trod an independent path in acting for more than three decades. The grunge era’s most iconic guitarist, J Mascis splits his...
View ArticleReeling Skullways: Bass Clef
Dubstep don diablo Bass Clef, a festival favourite armed with his trusty trombone, a head full of imagination and a bundle of technological questions where if there’s no answer, he’ll sort one out...
View ArticlePretty Lights Interview
“Last time I was in the UK I learned what wellies were,” laughs Colorado-based producer Pretty Lights. Having amassed a huge following in the US with hip-hop based electronic beats and cutting-edge...
View ArticleA Letter From... Northern Ireland #8
Northern Ireland is powering its way through Spring with lots of hot new releases, fresh and exciting new emerging artists making their way on the rounds and the usual buzz of all the scene kids....
View ArticleWrite On - Riz Ahmed
Musician and Ill Manors star Riz Ahmed believes that stories started on album can continue on film. “I’ve always been interested in the link between stories in music and film ever since I grew up...
View ArticleHuman Don't Be Angry: Malcolm Middleton
Falkirk boy, famous redhead and author of the best Christmas song ever, Malcolm Middleton’s talents know no bounds. From his time as the guitar-wielding foil for Aiden Moffat’s wit in Arab Strap to...
View ArticleRock And Rules - Kenney Jones
As a founder of The Small Faces, drummer Kenney Jones learned the hard facts of music fast in their short but brilliant career. These are the guidelines that saw him then survive The Faces and The...
View ArticleLandline: Oberhofer
Oberhofer is led by 21 year old Brad Oberhofer, former resident of Tacoma, Washington, now a New York Brooklynite and up-and-coming musician who creates shambolic yet melodic indie anthems. Sipping on...
View ArticleHusky: Tour Diary
Husky have the sort of sound which is difficult to place. Soothing, honey tinged harmonies and acoustic guitars which melt out of your stereo, the band's output has a hazy, sunset feel. But then, no...
View ArticleIt All Starts With One
When the Brits invaded America in the 60’s and 80’s there was unprecedented media hype, blanket airplay and fainting girls. These were orchestrated, ostentatious and above all very masculine affairs....
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