In Depth Interviews Archives

Talking Heads with: Sophie and the Giants

June 4, 2020

Talking Heads is a new series in collaboration with DreaminIsFree where we talk to local bands from the north about mental health and coping with life in lockdown. The music industry has been propelled into ...

Self Esteem: A Sheffield Queen Living a Lockdown Dream

Will Fisher

June 3, 2020

It is barbecue weather in Sheffield where Rebecca Lucy Taylor (better known as Self Esteem) is residing with her parents during lockdown. She has been admiring her auntie’s dog and doing a spot of painting in t...

Off Bloom: Becoming “Officially Afraid of the Internet”

Will Fisher

November 7, 2019

Off Bloom are afraid of the internet. At least that's what the Anglo-Danish trio's hoodies state in various promo shots. And who can blame them? The internet is scary as shit. We rely on it completely though. M...

Dream Wife: Reinventing Punk on their Own ‘Badass Bitch’ Terms.

Will Fisher

April 22, 2018

Prior to their gig supporting The Vaccines at Sheffield O2 Academy and fresh from their Glasgow headline show the night previous, we caught up with the The British-Icelandic trio Dream Wife, who are reinventing...

Abbie McCarthy: two years of Good Karma Club, going on tour and Kent’s hotbed of new music

Josh Shreeve

January 17, 2018

You know that feeling when you host a party; loads of mate have clicked 'going' on the Facebook event, some have even texted you personally to say they're coming but until they walk through the door, you're uns...

Jagwar Ma: Sheffield, Sydney and Adele in a Library

Will Fisher

March 11, 2017

Returning last year with their second album Every Now and Then Jagwar Ma, cemented their sound in psychoactive synths and Madchester driven hooks. The Sydney based band are less cemented in location however – i...

Esmé Patterson: “I have been working on my diva skills.”

Will Fisher

December 8, 2016

Originating from Portland, Colorado: Esmé Patterson kicked up the energy and unleashed her in-built rock ‘n’ roll spirit to the Leeds crowd in wake of album number three We Were Wild. Like a painter it is c...

Frank Turner: “It’s a scary time to be a human.”

Will Fisher

December 3, 2016

Fast approaching show number 2000, Frank Turner tackled the turmoil of 2016 , by bringing people together in Leeds for a night of Yorkshire-fuelled bedlam. “We have toured hard this year, we’ve really put gr...

RAYE: “You have to know when to stand your ground.”

Will Fisher

November 29, 2016

2016 has been a blazing year for Croydon’s rising star RAYE. But 2017 better be ready. Collaborations with Stormzy and Charli XCX have focused the spotlight on this determined nineteen-year-old who is taking al...

Georgie: Rock ‘n’ Roll’s no-nonsense modern classic

Will Fisher

November 1, 2016

A stout-hearted, straight talking northerner with no theatrics; Georgie is the real deal. Performing at The O2 Academy Sheffield, it is apparent this 21-year-old from Mansfield is rock n’ rolls budding salvatio...