Brainbombs

“Fuck This Interview!” Mike Patton Speaks His Mind

Gaddafi, Jean-Claude Vannier, Metallica and Lou Reed. Mike Patton will talk about anything. Just don't ask him to pimp his latest project, says Jeremy Allen

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Finding The Essence: Kangding Ray Interviewed

With his contribution to Stroboscopic Artefacts' new EP helping celebrate the label's fifth birthday just out, Theo Darton-Moore talks to the producer about his evolving aesthetic and taking a meticulous approach to track construction

Little Deaths & Anxieties: An Interview With Fairhorns

Matt Loveridge, formerly Team Brick and a member of Bristol trio Beak>, has recently animated a new solo project: the dark and stormy motorik of Fairhorns. He tells Ben Graham that it's simply another continuation of the pathways he's been exploring throughout his musical career

Kenny Loggins In Dub: An Interview With Seahawks

With their latest album Paradise Freaks just released, Ben Graham catches up with Pete Fowler and Jon Tye to discuss how Seahawks emerged from refracting the duo's love of 70s AOR through a filter of weird noise, psychedelia and dub

That’s Viking Talk: Amon Amarth Interviewed

Dayal Patterson talks to Amon Amarth about Viking weddings and their brutal 2011 album Surtur Rising

Power In Vulnerability: An Interview With Kelela

Following the release of her debut album last week, futuristic R&B artist Kelela talks to Tara Joshi about sex, vulnerability, and making music for queer black girls

Anniversary Feature: Love Letters Of A Portuguese Nun Remembered

On the month of it's 40th anniversary, Dave Hamilton-Smith takes a sneaky peek back at Jesus Franco's redoubtable slice of Euro-sleaze 'Love Letters Of A Portuguese Nun' WARNING - SOME IMAGES NSFW

Points Of Transition: An Interview With Squid

Squid, the amorphous frontrunners of guitar music's new breed, sit down with Patrick Clarke to talk cultural bombardment, anxiety and joy. All photos by Holly Whitaker

Rough Kuduro: Nazar Interviewed

'Guerrilla', a record inspired by Nazar's father's role in the Angolan civil war, is one of the best electronic releases of 2020. Claire Sawers talks to the musician about its violent genesis and deep history

Acid Shampoo & Flower Punk: The Hypnotic Eye Interviewed

Despite having not yet released their debut album, London five-piece The Hypnotic Eye are cutting a swathe through the capital with bullets of psychedelic garage rock. Julian Marszalek met the band to find out about the origins of their name and why they're already recording their second album