Hominid Sounds
Location: London Est: 2016
Yello: Oh Yeah
Gypsy fortune tellers, chocolate factories, gambling habits, Japanese plate-jugglers, watching trees grow… all in a day’s work when interviewing Yello’s Boris Blank and Dieter Meier as they prepare to release their first albumin seven years and play their first live shows ever
Nik Colk Void
Nik Colk Void of Factory Floor takes us on a trip through her formative influences, from her dad making concrete to a chance meeting with Sonic Youth’s manager and beyond. Strap yourself in, it’s quite a ride
Grand Royal
It’s autumn 1993 and if you were very, very lucky, you would have managed to lay your hands on a new magazine published by none other than the Beastie Boys. Their short-lived Grand Royal title was a total delight despite its utter chaos. Here’s why…
‘Trios’
Our resident archivist looks at ‘Trios’, the exceedingly rare and important double album and performance tool from British composer Tristram Cary
Wrangler: Sticking Together
On their new album ‘White Glue’, Wrangler have teased a groove-fuelled sound from their glorious vintage machines. the tight-knit trio talk old kit, new kit and why less is more
Rick Foster ‘Son Of My Father’
Rick Foster recalls the making of Chicory Tip’s 1972 hit ‘Son Of My Father’, the first UK Number One record to feature a synthesiser as the lead instrument
Warpaint: “Let’s just make some good old fucking rock and roll…”
Despite their confrontational moniker, Warpaint are a harmonious bunch, both musically and personally. Bassist Jenny Lee Lindberg offers some wise words on how to be in a band that matters these days
Silver Apples: Sparkle And Shine
With an eventful career that began in the 60s, Silver Apples have every right to enjoy a quiet retirement. But founder and lone surviving member Simeon Coxe is having none of it and has, instead, produced his magnum opus
Guitars Made of Digital
High on powdered chocolate, again, our resident columnist Fat Roland attempts to explain why florists called Clint are essential for synth construction…