80 Bands Around the World - Hellsinki Metal Festival 2026 special
I'm off to another metal festival and this time it's the relative newcomer to the Finnish scene, Hellsinki Metal Festival.I actually enjoyed this much more than I thought I would! Listen to find out w...
14 Aug 14min
Mixol - songwriting insecurities and writing the EP in Japan
Mixol is Beijing based singer/songwriter and producer Yitong Liu. Creating intricate melodies and beautifully produced alternative pop with a nod to artists like Kate Bush and Björk, this is not your ...
10 Aug 26min
Strawberry Alarm Clock - touring with The Beach Boys and releasing new material
Where do I start with a legendary band like Strawberry Alarm Clock?! Formed in California 60 years ago and their first single "Incense and Peppermints" reached number 1 on the US charts. During the la...
27 Jul 44min
Bureau De Change - eating a whole cake and a debut album coming
Bureau De Change - despite the name - are a Bristol based post punk 4-piece fronted by former Lambrini Girls singer Flora Kimberley. Playing politically charged, fiercely feminist music, they recently...
24 Jul 30min
Legs On Wheels - basement record shop bargains and upcoming Gong support
Legs On Wheels are a five-piece progressive and art-rock band based in Manchester, England. Starting as a "bedroom project" by Danny Murgatroyd in 2017, two years later it became a fully formed band t...
20 Jul 28min
Rise Carmine - adapting songs live and amassing new material
Toronto based multi-instrumentalist and psych-rock artist Rise Carmine - a.k.a. Liam Colbert - is back on the podcast for his second chat. When we last spoke in November, he was just about to release ...
13 Jul 28min
The Zaxons - the influence of classical and playing live as a duo
The Zaxons are a Canadian post-punk and indie rock duo based in Vancouver, British Columbia. With elements of British post-punk, jangle pop, shoegaze and new wave combined with minimal vocals. Their s...
10 Jul 26min
Darren Hayman - listening back to old songs and painting on beermats
Darren Hayman is a songwriter who first came to public attention as the frontman of Hefner back at the end of the 90’s. I tried to count up his releases, but they are numerous in number and genre so I...
6 Jul 31min
