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James Auton
New Music Spotlight: SeiSui
Today, our new music spotlight is on SeiSui. Location: Derby Line-up: Peter Darrington (instruments, vocals), Sarah Lay (words/vocals/field recordings) About: When you run your own record label, which two-thirds of…
New Music Spotlight: Unqualified Nurse Band
Today, our new music spotlight is on Unqualified Nurse Band. Location: Derby Line-up: Chris Jones (vocals/guitar), Mark Jones (bass) and Andrew Foster (drums) About: The whirling dervish that is Unqualified…
New Music Interview: Dactylion
Dactylion hail from the brilliant Derby scene and released their debut EP, ‘Come Inside’, towards the end of last year – a heady mix of shoegaze, U.S alt-rock and indie.…
New Music Spotlight: Dactylion ‘So Easy’
Back in the nineties, there was Shoegaze – so called, because the perpetrators of this genre spent the majority of the time staring at their toes. Twenty plus years later,…
New Music Spotlight: Paul Draper ‘Things People Want’
When they’ve exhausted all the spy thriller ideas, gone through every Ian Fleming novel and plagiarised every two-bit movie from Bourne to Kingsman, they’ll take Moonraker a couple of steps…
New Music Spotlight: Hudson Super 6 ‘LSDH’
Chris Cornell’s recent passing was greeted with much sadness. The Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman left a big mark on the music industry, with a remarkable voice that made him one…
New Music Interview: You Want Fox
Nottingham’s feisty duo You Want Fox are Natalie Caulton (bass/vocals) and Colette Elton (drums/vocals). After forming in early 2015, they released their debut LP ‘You Can’t Sit With Us’ in 2016…
New Music Spotlight: You Want Fox ‘Liar Liar’
When playing You Want Fox‘s ‘Liar Liar’ to a friend the other day, they immediately asked “What’s that? The new Royal Blood single?” upon hearing the crunching opening riff. The first release…
New Music Spotlight: Desperate Journalist ‘Hollow’
Some bands achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them. London’s Desperate Journalist are doing it the hard way, slowly but surely building momentum. A steadily growing fan base,…