All Entries in the "Interviews" Category
Jaguar Skills interview
Everyone loves a good musical mash-up and Jaguar Skills is one of the most notable ‘mash-up’ artists in the UK and currently has a 10 minute mix every week on BBC Radio 1′s The Trevor Nelson Show. 1. Do you have to practice daily to retain your ninja skills? Yes. I try and do – [...]
Surfer Blood – Riding the Wave
We haven’t hung out in a park clutching a can of Bow since Lady GaGa was simply Stefani Germanotta and Pete Doherty was a talented musician. But, before you try to get us on some type of register, we’re park-loitering in north London to talk to the latest hot new band from the US of [...]
Introducing…Male Bonding
Forming at a house party called Rage! two years ago, East London trio Male Bonding were never going to be a band that took it easy on your cochleas. Signing to legendary Sub Pop records last summer, their debut album Nothing Hurts harks back to the labels hey day, turning the monitors up to ten [...]
Vivian Girls
Vivian Girls Brooklyn Bop A blog buzz, backlash and three drummers all in the space of three years, Brooklyn’s Vivian Girls have had a rough ride on the wrong side of the indie tracks. Cassie Ramone (vocals/guitar) and Kickball Katy (bass) released their self-titled debut back in 2007 – a chaotic mix of Phil Spector [...]
What’s Happening?
James Murphy hasn’t really spoken to the press much about the new LCD Soundsystem release, so 69 Degrees’ was lucky to be one of the select few to have a chinwag with the man himself. We’ve been stalking James Murphy aka LCD Soundsystem for 26 hours, eight minutes and counting and all we’ve found is [...]
A chat with the Futureheads
Sunderland’s favourite sons, The Futureheads are back with their highly charged fourth album – The Chaos. We tracked down Ross Hyde from the band to talk about how The Chaos was conceived, hitting the road and why there’s no place like home. You’ve just released your fourth album, The Chaos. It’s your fastest record since [...]
60 Seconds with Steven Lee…
Steven Lee doesn’t have a minute to do much these days… He’s touring all over, he’s been back and forth from Marbella, Ibiza and the rest of Europe, But now in California, after a brief residency at Crash Course in Santa Cruz, he now owns his own little music box, the Marquee in L.A. Notably, [...]
Interview: Florence and the Machine
Despite her obvious and prolific talent, when we asked you lot for questions to ask Florence Welch, it was all about the clothes. Well, she does look fab-u-lous, in fact Vogue.com named her Best Dressed at Glasto 2009 don’t you know. It’s her performance outfits you raved about. She likes to wear things on stage [...]
Interview: Beverley Knight
It’s official, Beverley Knight is the friendliest person that the 69 crew have met. Culture Editor David Blackett and stand up comedian David Morgan got the chance to have a chat with the beautiful songstress at the 3rd birthday of Smooth radio. The video is a bit rough and ready but that’s how we like [...]
Interview: Paloma Faith
It’s a grey wet rainy day that leaves you looking upwards to see if a bedraggled cat or dog is going to fall from the sky and put you out of your misery. But Paloma’s childlike Eartha Kitt purr and infectious positivity, like her songs, instantly turns the city’s mono skyline into high definition Technicolor. [...]
Interview: Darwin Deez
We had a cross Atlantic email chat with 69’s Spring issue one to watch, Darwin Deez, about his forthcoming debut album, bat-winged denim, and why we should ditch our shampoo. How did you get started as a songwriter? Going regularly to the open mic at the Sidewalk café had everything to do with it. I [...]
Beat Surrender
It’s 3pm here in blighty and 10am in New York, but still several hours too early for Connor, the baby faced drummer of The Drums as we’re greeted with a super husky and dazed, “hello?”, for our transatlantic call. Unless you’ve been passed out underneath your sofa since NYE you can’t have failed to notice [...]
The Maccabees Interview
Get on your dancing shoes and head to the nearest mosh pit- The Maccabees will be headlining this year’s Shockwaves NME Awards Tour, supported by Bombay Bicycle Club, The Big Pink and The Drums. The 14- date tour is designed to be a warm up for the Shockwave NME Awards 2010 on February 24th. The Maccabees [...]
Interview: Russell Lissack of Bloc Party Fame
Now you probably get asked this all the time, but you’re obviously best known as the guitarist from Bloc Party, who are currently on “hiatus”. There’s a lot of doubt over the future of Bloc Party, with Kele recording a solo album, and Matt saying he would like to try something else. What are your [...]
Interview: Anders of Alphabeat Fame
Alphabeat are all set to launch their second album ‘The Spell’ (due to hit shops and downloading type places on the 1st of March) and to keep them even busier this year they will be supporting the amazing and wonderful Lady Gaga on the UK leg of her tour, to me that sounds like the [...]
Chew Lips – Wasting No Time
‘Change is a coming’ Chew Lips’ vocalist Tigs sings prophetically on the band’s debut ‘Unicorn’. Formed a little over 18 months ago, the trio have gone from playing at mates’ parties perched on washing machines to releasing what now looks destined to be the debut album of 2010. Tigs, Will Sanderson, and James Watkins first [...]
Interview with Marina and the Diamonds
69’s Marie Wood spoke to 2010’s hot act to watch Marina Diamandis aka Marina And The Diamonds about her debut album The Crown Jewels, following in Florence’s sparkly shoes, and being a pop perfectionist. You released your new single Mowgli’s Road on 16 November. What was it like making the video? It was really weird, [...]
