Ready For Love – JFlames featuring Ruinz Ason A great choice for an album opener…. The beat is summery, and has such a great vibe… This is Ruinz Ason in full lyrical introspective mode, talking about being ready for love. The thing I like about Ruinz is that his lyrics are fully thought out — …
Blog interview: Sarah McQuaid
Hello Sarah, how are you? Very well, thank you Del! I’m just in the train on my way back from giving a week-long residential guitar workshop at Halsway Manor, which was fantastic — it was so, so nice, if a little bit scary, to be out interacting with other human beings again. Everyone had tested …
Review: True Religion – Que Bonita
True Religion – Que Bonita Hot damn…. This opens up with a flamenco guitar… But then, a bluesy female vocal kicks in. This is Amy McGill. Amy McGill can kill someone with that voice at ten paces. With love of course. Then…? A hypnotic bass line married up with a four on the floor beat …
Blog interview: Aqualine
Congratulations on making the Fresh Faves Batch 415 with “Alone For A While”. How does it feel? Hello. Thank you, We are very grateful for being on the fresh faves! It means a lot to us as it has been a long and quite stagnant year so far. So it is nice that the song …
Blog interview: Archie The Goldfish
Hello Graeme and Chris. Thank you for agreeing to talk to us, how are you? Chris: I’m good thanks, Del. Summer is just hanging on here in Helsinki, so I’m enjoying that! Graeme: Hey Del! I’m good too thanks. Venues are opening up here in London, and I’m grateful to be out performing again! …
Blog interview: Paul Gathercole, At Swim
Congratulations on the release of SE18, how does it feel? Thank you. It feels great. It went though so many different phases in its creation – a long gestation. Lots of elements came together and finally communicated what we wanted. It was also the first time we had an At Swim album mastered by someone …
Interview: LAYKS
It’s been four months since we last spoke, how are you doing? I’m doing great thank you! Honestly just more excited than ever to finally be playing shows again and it’s looking like we’ve got quite a few things lined up for the end of the year so that’s news we all wanted. I miss …
Blog interview: Fire Tiger
You are from L.A. How did Fire Tiger start? We all shared a house together in Hollywood – We started out as an 80’s movie soundtrack tribute band, Danger Zone LA. We started working on an original song, Fancy War Dance, and our guitarist at the time Jordan Stricklen heard it and said, “Dude, why …
Blog interview: Toby And Pip
Toby and Pip, thanks for agreeing to talk to us, how are you? P: We’re very well thank you – we had our second child at the end of last year so quite busy with parenting among other things! First of all, congratulations on your gorgeous song “Little Lady”. T&P: Thank you very much! Its …
Blog interview: Alba
Hello Alba how are you? Hi Derek, happy to be talking to you. I’m feeling great! I have just been enjoying the sunshine while riding my bicycle around the city, I can’t wait for the warmer weather. Congratulations on the release of “Child Of The Stars”, how does it feel? Thank you! It feels great that …