Photos: Lauren Quayle The Far North formed in mid 2019 as Lee Wylding (Vocals/Guitar) and Andie Packer (Drums). The band’s ethos is “To go back to a traditional way of crafting songs, where every lyric is wrought out, every drum beat and guitar line is played from the heart. In turn making the songs meaningful and …
Blog interview: King Falcon
You are an outfit from New York how did it all start for you? James and I have been working on music together in one form or another for almost ten years. In addition to King Falcon, we actually work on another project called “The Inoculated Canaries” which is a four piece rock band I …
Single Review: “Rebound” – Bad Money
“Rebound”, the new single from Birmingham based duo Bad Money is the follow up to their brilliant single “Ashes” which I reviewed for Fresh On The Net in July this year. https://freshonthenet.co.uk/2020/07/interview-bad-money/ I’ve been keen to keep an eye on this band as they’ve got a really lovely sound that I’ve connected with and even …
Blog interview: Prime Panda
You’re a five piece band from London how did Prime Panda come about? Two of us met at uni. By pure chance I happened to hear our guitarist playing drums in the uni practice room and I basically just went up and introduced myself. I’ve regretted it ever since. The singer and bassist we found …
Blog Interview: dat Brass
Hello how are you? Hey – good thanks! Feeling fresh after 10 days locked up in the middle of nowhere recording for 14 hours a day. You’re in the band dat Brass. How did it come about? We met at uni in London playing a mix of stuff and decided we should start a band …
Blog Interview: Ralph Rolle
What made you want to start playing drums? I started playing drums because of my brother. He was the drummer. To my amazement, a drum set showed up in my brother Howie and my bedroom. The room was already small enough but there it was. My mother was a very strict woman. I know …
Blog Interview: Iwan Gronow
Congratulations on the release of “In The Mire”, your debut solo single. How does it feel? It feels good, I have to say the build up to it was a little nerve-racking but now it’s out I feel really good about it. I’ve been recording for years so it’s great to finally release something. You’re …
Blog interview: Chris Goode, What Did You Expect?
Hello Chris how are you? Hey Del! I’m great thanks, just answering these after playing another Bristol show! Tell us about What Did You Expect? This solo project was born out of my love of punk music and my desire to have my say about the world. I’ve written songs for ages but never shared …
Blog interview: Derrick McKenzie
You are currently on tour, how’s it going? The tour is going well still we are coming to the end of it now and we have had the best times, the crowds have been amazing and the reviews have also been equally as good. which is always a bonus. You have been in Jamiroquai for …
Blog interview: Nick Goulding, Guitarist Vex Red
Tell us about Vex Red. Vex Red originated from Aldershot and began in the late 90’s. Nick, Ant and Keith were school friends and formed Vex Red. We needed a line up change and met Terry Abbott (Singer) in a music shop in Fleet and asked him to join. Once Terry was on board, got …