Interviews

“I’m drawn to music that feels like a sonic blackout; anything that makes me work appeals to me” - Esme Bennett speaks to Tony Njoku on his latest album.

For World Mental Health Day five artists share their experiences and struggles with mental health, and reflect on how their music has factored into...

“I think for someone who feels different, or is treated differently, being able to feel ordinary is a place of calm”.

Ahead of his US tour, Esme Bennett caught up with Blanck Mass to discuss painting, capitalism, snakes and more. His new album Animated Violence Mild is out now.

Danny Wright dissects Kano's essential new album with Robin Murray and Caitlin Scott.

“The mission statement for The Sundrop Garden is to change the way that we create everything.”

“Even in the four years since I released my first record there are so many more queer female, male, non-binary, gender non-conforming artists."

A year on from being signed to Parisian label Panache Records, Delhi-based quintet Peter Cat Recording Co released Bismillah ahead of a European tour. After...

“Friendships change in that way but it gets pretty depressing sometimes and you start to really think about your place in life and why you deserve all these things and what did you do, are you lucky.”

"I just fucking love music...music is innate."

With his debut EP out this week, R&B singer-songwriter Ryan Ashley speaks with Amar Mehta on his songwriting process and the creation of 'Innocent'.

We speak to the incredible Maya Jane Coles ahead of her Nocturnal Sunshine show at Sónar.

Having released their incredibly personal and powerful new record Powerhouse last November, Planningtorock brings a very special live show to Queen Elizabeth Hall tomorrow...

Hailing from Wembley, the mild-mannered Cartae is coming into her own as an artist and 2019 is set to be a big year for the young singer-songwriter so we sat down with her for a chat in the midst of her new EP, Minutes.

With a string of festival slots ahead of her, including Barcelona's Primavera, and Dekmantel in Amsterdam, we caught up with the pop star and club queen, Roisin Murphy, to find out just how she manages to do it all.

"I’d been thinking a lot about the question of what will I add to that conversation…"

We catch up with the multitude of things the always brilliant Hey Colossus are up to

"Somebody has to take a risk and come up with something new in order for music to progress, otherwise we’re stuck in the now forever."

"It sounds a bit like a clichéd disco thing but I really did have an emotive moment on the dancefloor and I never realised that before, how powerful a DJ can be…"

In the wake of the release of her latest album, and first since 2013, Scared Of You, we sat down with Laura Imbruglia to talk about the record’s conception, how her interactions with Australia’s creative community helped shape her own perspective, and her feelings toward the country's current creative boom.

Danny Wright gathered Tara Joshi and Eki Igbinoba to discuss surely one of the finest records of the year.