Interviews

INTERVIEW: OLLY HOOKINGS from STATES OF EMOTION

INTERVIEW: OLLY HOOKINGS from STATES OF EMOTION

States of Emotion have been through enough drama already. They deserve a good 2016. In the past three years, the…

8 years ago

INTERVIEW: THE ANCHORESS talks about her debut album ‘Confessions of A Romance Novelist’

Catherine Anne Davies aka The Anchoress, released her debut album, the brilliant 'Confessions of A Romance Novelist' on January 8, 2016. Mark…

8 years ago

INTERVIEW: Kula Shakers’ Crispian Mills on new album K 2.0

Kula Shaker has finally emerged from the silence and mark their return with a new album a series of special…

8 years ago

A Conversation with Godfather of Punk TERRI HOOLEY

Terri Hooley is a legend among the Belfast music community and beyond. During Northern Ireland's troubled dark times Terri Hooley's…

8 years ago

INTERVIEW: A chat with THE HALF EARTH

Indie Electro-pop songster The Half Earth, was kind enough to have XSNoize's Tom Day along for a chat before his…

8 years ago

INTERVIEW: ORLANDO SEALE AND THE SWELL

British-born singer songwriter Orlando Seale was living and working as an actor in LA when his girlfriend lent him Elliot…

8 years ago

A Conversation with THE ANCHORESS & PAUL DRAPER

The Anchoress (aka Catherine Anne Davies) and singer-songwriter, musician and record producer Paul Draper, formerly the frontman of English rock band Mansun have…

9 years ago

INTERVIEW: HOLY HOLY – Australia’s best new band

Holy Holy are Timothy Carroll and Oscar Dawson the best band to come out of Australia in years. Holy Holy have…

9 years ago

INTERVIEW: C DUNCAN – MERCURY PRIZE NOMINEE

Multi instrumentalist and accomplished painter C Duncan from Glasgow has been nominated for the Mercury Music Prize for his debut…

9 years ago

INTERVIEW: JOHN POWER & KEITH O’NEILL from CAST talk about the old days, tour & forthcoming album.

Cast first appeared on the scene in the mid-90s during the Britpop era with a string of top ten singles…

9 years ago

INTERVIEW: EDITORS – talk new tour & recording latest album ‘In Dream’

Editors are in town to play the first show of their European tour at Belfast's famous Limelight venue. One week ago they…

9 years ago

INTERVIEW: LEON MEYA from NORTHERN UPROAR

Northern Uproar release a new album on October 9th 2015. 'Hey Samurai!', the Mancunian band's fifth studio album, is set…

9 years ago

INTERVIEW: BILLY BIBBY talks to Thomas S. Day

Ex-Catfish and the Bottlemen guitarist, Billy Bibby, kindly took the time to chat with Thomas Day and pose for some…

9 years ago

INTERVIEW: STEVE HEWITT from ‘LOVE AMONGST RUIN’ talks new album + tour

Love Amongst Ruin released their brilliant second album “LOSE YOUR WAY” in June, it received 9/10 from XS Noize. Mark Millar recently caught up…

9 years ago

INTERVIEW: SLEAFORD MODS in BELFAST

Sleaford Mods are an English post-punk/hip hop duo based in Nottingham, composed of vocalist Jason Williamson and musician Andrew Robert…

9 years ago

INTERVIEW: ANDY BELL – 30 years of ERASURE and his next solo projects

2015 sees one of the UK’s most enduring award-winning songwriting duos, ERASURE (Andy Bell and Vince Clarke), mark the 30th anniversary of their…

9 years ago

INTERVIEW: PAUL DRAPER on the anniversary of ‘Six’, getting sacked from Mansun & ‘Spooky Action’

This week marks 17 years since the release of cult album 'Six' by Mansun. Released in September 1998 via Parlophone…

9 years ago

INTERVIEW: WITH ‘THE PINSTRIPE PIGEON BAND’

What began as a modest, yet ambitious studio project, The Pinstripe Pigeon Band quickly developed into a seven-strong pop force releasing 5…

9 years ago

INTERVIEW: Matt Nelson from The Milltown Brothers

From Colne in Lancashire, the Milltown Brothers first burst onto the indie scene in 1989 with the 'Coming From The…

9 years ago

INTERVIEW: MIKE ELLIS FROM ‘THE VRYLL SOCIETY’

Locked away in their subterranean rehearsal space in Liverpool for more than a year, The Vryll Society have been creating…

9 years ago