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Handyman: Billy Bragg
"I’ve got absolutely no idea what to expect.""I’ve been up to me neck in it, man!"Billy Bragg was up early this morning, and he won't get to bed until late tonight. After a five year gap, the...
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Notes From The Road: PAWS
Behind the scenes on their UK tour...It's been funny to watch PAWS develop.At first, the Glasgow three piece were ramshackle, almost chaotic - all bludgeoning riffs, sweat and tears. As time has...
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Their Library: Diamond Rugs
Literary influences explored...The term 'super group' is often mis-used.Frequently applied to any band in which the members have some form of musical experience, the description has become baseless,...
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East Not East - Live Gallery At The Shacklewell Arms, London
With Young Wonder and TypesunPhotos by Andrew Novell
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Warsaw Machines: Nick Yulman
New York experimentalist speaks...Although he grew up in Philadelphia, Nick Yulman has family history in New York. "My grandmother grew up on the Lower East Side," he tells me. "Her grandfather ran a...
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Meeting Philip Smart
New York Dancehall's best kept secret...Like King Jammy and Scientist, Philip Smart was a student of the late great Jamaican dub pioneer KING TUBBY, who gave him the chance to learn the art of sound...
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Wearing And Tearing - John Varvatos
The New York design legend talks Rock And RollWhen menswear designer John Varvatos quit Ralph Lauren to launch his own label in 1999, it was more than just an opportunity to strike out on his own - it...
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Singles Round Up - April 1st
Dog Is Dead are in the hot seat...Dog Is Dead are no strangers to the humble pop song.The Nottingham troupe peppered debut LP 'All Our Favourite Stories' with plenty of sugar sweet, three minutes gems...
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Digging Deep
Swim Deep frontman Austin Williams speaks to ClashMusic...“I used to live in Worcester and so did Higgy, and when I moved to Birmingham I met Cav and Zach. In the early days it was just me and Higgy in...
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B-Town - The Musical
Featuring a glittering roll call...“Panic on the streets of Birmingham…” was once exclaimed by a rather famous man sporting a quiff. Now, I to find myself exclaiming a similar sentence out-loud (I also...
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Growing Up With Peace
The sounds that soundtracked their formative years... No band to have come out of burgeoning Birmingham scene has travelled as far and fast as Peace. In the last year and a half they’ve toured...
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Rock And Rules - Richard Hell
Punk pioneer and published poet shares adviceThe cautionary tales of Punk pioneer and published poet Richard Hell.FEED YOUR HABIT When I moved to New York, I had no money and no education so I just...
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The Festival Issue - Jake Bugg - James Blake
Issue 84 / May 2013Buy this issue of Clash Magazine.Featured in this issue… THE FESTIVAL ISSUE Jake Bugg Seen It AllLast year, eighteen-year-old Jake Bugg sat sheepishly in Clash HQ, preparing to be...
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The Expanded Horizons Of Jake Bugg
“The reason I write is because it’s soul cleansing for me. If you don’t like it, I don’t care.”This is an excerpt from the May 2013 issue of Clash magazine. Find out more about the issue.Buy this issue...
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ClashMusic Dj Mix Podcast - Djedjotronic
A robotic, bleep-happy dancefloor tripDjedjotronic firms up a robotic, bleep-happy dancefloor trip for the latest Clash DJ podcast.Sitting perfectly amongst the rugged club sounds of Alex Ridha’s label...
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Reggae & Dancehall #19
The latest goings on...This Month’s Goings On in Dancehall and Reggae..NEWSBUSY SIGNAL sure seems to have kept in the headlines recently and this month he follows trend with news that he has split from...
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Prince Fatty Soundsystem: Hip Hop Mix
Golden age with a reggae flavour...An original reggae sound - based in Brighton? It really could happen...Mike Pelanconi is an experienced studio head, someone who has worked at the very top of the...
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Left Hand Path: Aspects
Ahead of their East NotEast show...Bristol is a law unto itself.Sure, each city in the UK has its own identity, its own peculiar flavour but Bristol may just be the most independent of the lot.Want...
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10 Things You Never Knew About... Terry Callier
The revered, underrated Soul legendTerry Callier's incredible voice and eclectic blend of Jazz, Blues and Soul could make audience members pass out, yet he flew under the radar of commercial success...
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OTW #491: Last Night In Paris
Dreamy, afterparty R&B, slow-mo rap“When you’re young and you wanna do music, you don’t really think, ‘What’s my art direction? What’s my vision here?’” Last Night in Paris are pretty unusual...
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