Archive for 'Interviews'
Interview : Wild Flag
Interview by Keaton McSweeney There’s something wrong with the world today. Something very wrong. What is that something you ask? Well in some ways, it’s hard to put your finger on it. But in some other...
Interview: Gyroscope – Choose Your Own Adventure Tour
Interview by Daniel Cribb For the past couple of months local legends, GYROSCOPE have been taking a well deserved break from years of constant touring and recording. They return to the road this month with the...
Interview – Teenage Bottlerocket
Interview By Dan Cribb Imagine if Green Day still produced awesome albums like ‘Dookie’ or ‘Kerplunk’. Do you wish they hadn’t flushed those sounds down the toilet to make way for rock operas and musicals? If...
Interview : Frenzal Rhomb
Interview by Daniel Cribb. Two national tours from FRENZAL RHOMB in one year? It must be Christmas for Australian punk rockers. That and “Jason (Vocals) had a kid and doesn’t have a job,” guitarist Lindsay McDougall...
Interview : The Beards
Interview by Sarah Mashman Now this is an interview that was always going to be an interesting read. See what the bearded beasts are really like behind the scenes in this enlightening gab fest. Even though...
Interview: Cassette Media’s Alexa Ruth
Interview by Ross Hatton CASSETTE MEDIA’S founder and interviewer extraordinaire sat down with us earlier this week to discuss the history and future of her thriving media empire. What made you want to start up Cassette...
Interview: Abbe May on her new album Design Desire
Interview by Jade Lane This week we sat down with one of Perth’s most exciting singer/songwriters, ABBEY MAY to talk about all things love, life and her new album, ‘Design Desire’. Design Desire; what does that...
Interview : Rise Against & Their Australian Tour
Interview by Dan Cribb RISE AGAINST will be bringing their politically driven music to Australia this July with a run of stadium shows strewn right across the country. Guitarist Zach Blair was kind enough to take...
Interview : Trial Kennedy
Interview by Darielle Asch The Boys are back! Melbourne band, TRIAL KENNEDY are on tour again promoting their second full length album ‘Living Undesigned’. The tour kicked off at the Ding Dong in Melbourne on Friday...
Interview : The Silence In-Between
Interview by Chris Martin Up until recently, THE SILENCE IN BETWEEN haven’t really been making waves. But that’s all about to change with the upcoming release of their debut EP and the release of their first...
Interview : Thursdays Page Unleash Their Latest EP
Interview by Chris Martin THURSDAY’S PAGE have been hard at work for quite some time now. The band is gearing up to unleash their second EP, ‘In The City Tonight’ – the follow-up to 2009’s ‘Beyond...
Interview : Further Earth – Touring the Nation
FURTHER EARTH front man Ryan Carson spoke to Space Ship News ahead of embarking on the band’s national tour. Formed in 2010, Further Earth is garnering attention from punters with a soft spot for atmospheric progressive...
Interview : Architecture In Helsinki – An In Depth Interview With Cameron Bird
INTERVIEW BY ROSS HATTON On the back of their European Tour we sat down with front-man of ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI, Cameron Bird to talk about the new album, touring and their upcoming W.A shows. In the...
Interview : Hungry Kids of Hungary – The Final Escapade Tour
Interview by Sarah Robinson Put on your dancing pants because Hungry Kids of Hungary has kicked off its Aussie tour. With four shows in WA, the band is sure showing the love for the State of...
Interview : Jeff Martin 777
The Tea Party’s Jeff Martin may have have a new band, but the new group’s debut album, entitled “The Ground Cries Out”, shows Martin hasn’t strayed far from the things that make him such a unique...
Interview : Drapht on The Life of Riley
He’s one of the biggest names in Australian hip-hop to date and shows no signs of dimming down. Hitting the road hard, taking his latest tracks country wide in the promotion of his fourth album The...
Interview : Young Revelry – Australian Tour
Perth’s newest darlings, YOUNG REVELRY have been hitting the East Coast hard with a sling of regional and metro shows. After a week off from touring, the band is in Melbourne to play at the iconic...
Interview : The Butterfly Effect – Four Wheels & a Heartbeat Tour
The Butterfly Effect are without question one of the biggest rock bands in Australia. Now the band is busy recording its fourth album, the eagerly anticipated follow-up to 2008’s Final Conversations Of Kings. Bassist Glenn Esmond...
Interview: Cut Copy – Zonoscope
Interview by Katie Rolston After the release of CUT COPY’s much anticipated and third break-through album ‘Zonoscope’, front-man Dan Whitford shares his thoughts on touring, self-production and experimentation. Where are you calling me from? Where is Cut...
Interview: Gareth Liddiard – Strange Tourist Tour
Interview By KATIE ROLSTON After the release of his first solo album ‘Strange Tourist’ in October last year, THE DRONES legendary frontman GARETH LIDDIARD has produced some of the finest Australian acoustic sounds to date. The...
Interview : I, Said The Sparrow
Interview by Chris Martin Taking their name from a nursery rhyme, I, Said The Sparrow have quickly become one of the leading players in Perth’s alternative rock scene. With a sound that is equal parts emo...
Interview : Dan Kelly on tour with Gareth Liddiard
Interview by Ross Hatton Set to embark on a national tour with GARETH LIDDIARD in March, Melbourne’s wiry-haired story-teller, DAN KELLY talks with us about life, touring and his very unique music. Are you looking forward...
Interview : Seams
Interview by Kaitlyn Offer Ah pop music. It’s that familiar genre that divides and conquers like no other. For some, it creates happy and fun times and for others well.. maybe not so much. Still, to the...
Interview: Over Unity
Interview by Chris Martin Despite having been around for several years, OVER UNITY is a band that feels it is just getting started. Now ready to unleash their debut EP, Collide The Space, the band members have...
Interview : Heytesburg EP Launch
Heytesburg are quite possibly unique in Perth’s music scene. Psychedelic without sounding like Tame Impala, industrial without sounding like Nine Inch Nails, Heytesburg have developed a cutting-edge sound that sets them apart from the rest of...
Interview: Art vs Science debut album – The Experiment
Interview by SARAH ROBINSON Their song about using flippers to get down captured the hearts of Aussie festival goers everywhere. Two years later and Art vs Science’s debut album, The Experiment is set for a late...
Interview: Endora
Endora are a band with a mission. They are out to deliver epic synth-laden indie-pop to the masses of Perth. Having released their debut self-titled EP last year, the band is gearing up for their self-produced...
Interview: Sons of Rico ‘Reactions’ Album Launch
Interview by CHRIS MARTIN Sons of Rico have been building up to this moment for a long time. Since the release of the EP Orange Skies back in 2007, the band has been working towards the...
Interview: The Tongue tours the country for new album “Alternative Energy”
Interview by KATIE ROLSTON Xannon Shirley is THE TONGUE. Touring the country to showcase his second album Alternative Energy, this conversational MC will be in Perth for two nights headlining The Wildside Tour for Elefant Traks...
Interview: Operator Please – One Movement Music Festival
Interview by KAREN MURPHY Still mourning the departure of the One Movement Music festival? Find out what Karen Murphy had to talk about with OPERATOR PLEASE singer and bassist, Amandah Wilkinson and Ashley McConnell at the...
Interview : Katatonia
Katatonia are now seasoned veterans of Sweden’s metal scene. Having started out in the early nineties as a doom metal band, over time the band has moved to a more elaborate sound that has given them...
Interview: Grinspoon – One Movement Music Festival
Interview by Karen Murphy Still mourning the departure of Perth’s recent One Movement For Music festival? Find out what Karen Murphy had to talk about with GRINSPOON guitarist, Pat Davern, before the band’s performance @ the Esplanade on October...
Interview : Sleepfreak
Interview by Chris Martin Take everything that’s good about hard rock stick it in a blender with metal, blues and a bit of prog and you have Sleepfreak. Formerly known as Fixxer, keyboardist/rhythm guitarist Aaron Simich,...
Interview: Stone Circle
Interview by CHRIS MARTIN STONE CIRCLE is everything you’d want an Australian rock band to be: hard working, passionate, not too self-conscious. After making waves with debut album ’385 Newcastle St’ back in 2008, the band...
Interview: Hand Stands for Ants Under the Microscope.
Interview by Karen Murphy “We just wanted to have a go,” says James Treacy, drummer for Fremantle band, HAND STANDS FOR ANTS on their latest Project, ‘Hand Stands for Ants Under the Microscope’. The three band...
Interview: Sir Thomas
Interview by CHRIS MARTIN SIR THOMAS is not your conventional band. Built around the two keyboard setup of Kitt Byfield and Chris de Groot, the guitar-less four piece is bringing a fresh sound to Perth audiences....
Interview: MM9
Interview by CHRIS MARTIN Sydney based four-piece MM9 has been on a non-stop ride since April. After releasing debut album ‘The Air Between’ the band hit the road and made a serious impression on punters across...
Interview: Young Revelry
Interview by Karen Murphy “Probably like, jamming with Hendrix or something,” said Sebastian Astone of YOUNG REVELRY, when asked who he’d most like to jam with. “I probably wouldn’t mind travelling or something; think it would be,...
Interview : Close To Nowhere with Peter Renzullo
Jade Lane catches up with Peter Renzullo to talk about his brand new show ‘CLOSE TO NOWHERE’. A weekly radio show streamed live across the UK and the world focused on highlighting local West Australian music....
Interview: Parades – Foreign Tapes
Interview by KAREN MURPHY “The biggest problem that we faced in creating this record this time is that we never had the opportunity to black out an extended period of it to complete everything in one...
Interview: Declan Melia of British India
Interview by : Alexa Prinno BRITISH INDIA’s third album “Avalanche”, released earlier this year, not only debuted in the Top 10 ARIA Awards for 2010, but has catapulted the band into an ever growing demand of...
Interview: Deron Miller of cKy
Interview by CADBURY cKy have landed on Australian soil for the second time: the first time ever for Perth. Australia, where the pool balls are smaller, and we drive on the wrong side of the road,...
Interview: Scary Kids Scaring Kids
Interview by KAREN MURPHY “We got some dirty looks to be quite frank,” said Pouyan Afkary from SCARY KIDS SCARING KIDS about their live shows. Starting the band in 2002 as youthful high-school students Afkary reflects...
Interview: Opia
Three piece Opia isn’t one to do things by halves. With the upcoming release of its debut EP ‘Emotion Evolution’, the band is ready to attack Perth with an extra-large sounding brand of progressive alternative rock....
Interview : Amity Affliction
Review by KAREN MURPHY “It was really humbling, working with all these super high-up producers, and at a well known studio in New York. You just kind of think to yourself ‘wow, we’re just this little band...
Interview : Blackmilk on Unplugged @ The Ellington
When local band Blackmilk take the stage, they create an atmosphere of psychedelic sound so intense it seems to drip from the walls, fill the air and become so real you can almost reach out and...
Interview : Karnivool
Review by KAREN MURPHY “The song title came first, and we worked around that. We wrote the drum beat and put a riff over the top – hammer on, hammer off on the 12th fret. Another...
Interview: Babyjane
Review by CHRIS MARTIN BABYJANE is one of those bands that you understand as soon as you get a taste of its music. There’s nothing pretentious about the group, it’s just flat out hard rock. Wearing...
Interview: Sugar Army on their In Control Tour
Review by KAREN MURPHY “We’ll probably kick start the tour with a shot of tequila,” says Todd Honey, lead guitarist for SUGAR ARMY. Currently working on developing its second album, the band has decided to take...
Interview: Gyroscope
Review by DAN CRIBB It’s been a big year for local heroes GYROSCOPE with the release of their fourth album ‘Cohesion’. The CD was recorded in Monmouth, Wales with producer Gil Norton who has also produced...
Interview: Closure In Moscow
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