May, 01
2010

LIGHTSPEED CHAMPION INTERVIEW

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May 2010, Spindle Magazine Issue 1

An oversized pair of glasses and a trucker cap hurry into to The Breakfast Club in Hoxton; Devonté Hynes is somewhere underneath.

Since disbanding from Test Icicles, forming his alter ego Lightspeed Champion and releasing his debut album Falling Off The Lavender Bridge two years ago, Dev Hynes (an elusive presence on the new releases scene) has been playing hard to get with his fans. But, with the release of his new album Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You, Dev’s back.

Sitting down with him today, the obvious question is burning …read more

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May, 01
2010

ELLIE GOULDING INTERVIEW

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May 2010, Spindle Magazine Issue 1

With the recent explosion of the female, British, singer/songwriter on the scene, you’d be forgiven for thinking that you could find yourself wading through a sea of young girls practicing their vocal exercises and brandishing guitars, or at least a hefty set of lungs, immediately on leaving the house. Seriously, where are they all coming from?

The latest one to be making her bid for queen bee is undeniably 23-year-old, Hereford born, Ellie Goulding. Chances …read more

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May, 01
2010

BETH JEANS HOUGHTON INTERVIEW

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May 2010, Spindle Magazine Issue 1

Beth Jeans Houghton is not what you’d expect from someone reputedly raised by a pack of albino wolves in Transylvania on stuffed clams and chewing tobacco: nowhere to be seen is the fetid body hair or overgrown claw nails. Instead, this elfin, Sedgwickian blonde is remarkably well-groomed; I would even go so far as to say positively un-feral looking. Nor does she greet us in the guttural half speech of the wolf-child. (At this point I’m beginning to think not …read more

INTERVIEW, MUSIC
Mar, 10
2010

PETER ANDRE PREVIEW

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March 2010, Source Magazine

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While the days of Katie and Peter may be over, all is not lost – Peter has thoughtfully sought to re-establish our faith in love by releasing an album of love songs chronicling the good times (as featured in the tabloids and on ITV2). And if the prospect of a live version of ‘Mysterious Girl’ isn’t enough to get you down to the Dome, there’s always the chance that he’ll cry publicly again… What, too …read more

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Feb, 01
2010

ONE TO WATCH: AMITY INTERVIEW

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February 2011, Spindle Magazine Issue 3 

“I can imagine that this is on par with getting your dream fixed by Jimmy SavIlle. After 6 years of working hard and playing harder It fills me with comfort  to know that it’s now starting to pay off my debts.”

Meet Amy Forrester, AKA AMiTY: Brighton’s resident one-woman band.

While it wasn’t always music for AMiTY (“as a tot, my mind was too busy on football and kiss chase”) since learning her guitar chords, she’s become a fixture on …read more

INTERVIEW, MUSIC
Dec, 10
2009

THE PADDINGTONS PREVIEW

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December 2009, Source Magazine

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The best things in life are free and, whilst society remains in the grips of the credit crunch, such clichés should be embraced. This is made so much easier by The Paddingtons’ decision to release single Shame About Elle, from second album No Mundane Options, for free and then celebrating with a fully-fledged tour. While Germany banked their November dates, December sees the …read more

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Sep, 10
2009

THE SHOESTRUNG PREVIEW

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September 2009, Source Magazine

On the long list of what public school boys shouldn’t be allowed to do on the ground of impropriety, surely playing rock n’ roll is right up there along with picking one’s nose in public? And didn’t their mothers ever teach them it’s impolite to swagger? Tut tut boys. However, with their Rolling Stones’ reminiscent stylings and Jagger-esque pout, we can forgive them almost anything. Bring your dancing shoes folks: these chaps put on a stonking …read more

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Mar, 01
2007

TRUTH: ROD STEWART, RON WOOD AND THE JEFF BECK GROUP BY DAVE THOMPSON

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March 2007, Record Collector

Gimme some truth

Anyone hoping for a book that will nurse egos, peck bottoms and herald the Jeff Beck Group as the little-publicised second coming will be sadly disappointed. Instead, they get this: an honest, entertaining and satisfying read as Dave Thompson digs deep into the nitty-gritty.

Among the luminaries, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page contribute to stories of band break-ups, instruments being used as weapons in self-destructive battles, …read more

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