Sunday, 2 November 2008
Black Daniel Interview
On November 1st 2008 Solveig of NSR had the chance to interview Black Daniel when they played at the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle.
Peter Brewis Interview
Ben Lowes-Smith speaks to ex-Field Music main man Peter Brewis about his ambitious new noir-pop album, ‘The Week That Was’
Q: Peter, I understand that you subjected yourself to some rather unorthodox conditions when writing the album...
A: Ah, that press release...I wish I’d never written it in a way. I think it blows things out of proportion to catch your attention. There was nothing that romantic about it. The thing is, I never owned a television anyway, and basically, I just shut myself in the house for a week to write it. A week in my dressing gown at the piano...and that was ‘The Week That Was’, if you like.
Q: I feel the lyrics on the record are a little misanthropic , particularly in regard to modern life, do you think the process of shutting yourself away for a while influenced that aspect?
A: I know what you mean, to an extent, but it was never really my intention to complain about modern life or technology or anything. I’m not very cool or clued up on technology, I probably don’t know as much about politics as I should...but the stuff that seeps through that I register on my radar I find....fascinating.
Q: All of the records post Field Music’s hiatus are coming out unser the ‘Field Music Production’ moniker...
A: Ha, yeah...that’s quite pretentious really isn’t it? We stole the idea from heaven 17. When Field Music went on hiatus, it wasn’t that we were bored of Field Music as such..not at all..I think we were bored of the idea of being an ‘indie band’. You see so many bands get trapped into the process of writing and touring, and gradually wallowing in mediocrity. I never wanted that to happen to Field Music, so it was a process of breathing new life into it.
Q: Peter, I understand that you subjected yourself to some rather unorthodox conditions when writing the album...
A: Ah, that press release...I wish I’d never written it in a way. I think it blows things out of proportion to catch your attention. There was nothing that romantic about it. The thing is, I never owned a television anyway, and basically, I just shut myself in the house for a week to write it. A week in my dressing gown at the piano...and that was ‘The Week That Was’, if you like.
Q: I feel the lyrics on the record are a little misanthropic , particularly in regard to modern life, do you think the process of shutting yourself away for a while influenced that aspect?
A: I know what you mean, to an extent, but it was never really my intention to complain about modern life or technology or anything. I’m not very cool or clued up on technology, I probably don’t know as much about politics as I should...but the stuff that seeps through that I register on my radar I find....fascinating.
Q: All of the records post Field Music’s hiatus are coming out unser the ‘Field Music Production’ moniker...
A: Ha, yeah...that’s quite pretentious really isn’t it? We stole the idea from heaven 17. When Field Music went on hiatus, it wasn’t that we were bored of Field Music as such..not at all..I think we were bored of the idea of being an ‘indie band’. You see so many bands get trapped into the process of writing and touring, and gradually wallowing in mediocrity. I never wanted that to happen to Field Music, so it was a process of breathing new life into it.
Saturday, 25 October 2008
Monday, 20 October 2008
Natty Interview
On October 19th 2008 Christina and Alec had the chance to interview Natty for NSR when he was in town. Click here to download or listen to the podcast.
Read Alec's gig review here.
Interview with Post War Years
Christian: How did you guys get together?
PWY: We’re all Lemington Lad’s originally; we all went to different schools but it’s a place where you end up knowing everyone. That’s why we moved to London in the end.
Christian: So did you feel you had to leave the shackles of Lemington Spa?
PWY: It was really just a change of scene. After Uni we all just reconvened there and decided to move down to London because of the chance for more gigs and more expensive rent.
Christian: Your name conjures up dreams of a world with no war, were there any other names suggested?
PWY: One of us was obsessed with being called Post War Cartel and Post War Heroes was another name being thrown about but we ended up settling on Post War Years. There aren’t many Years bands but it does cause some confusion, we’ve been billed as Cold Year Kids before!
Christian: If you had to give a piece of advice for Newcastle University students what would it be?
PWY: Get a Cluny burger! And drink before you go out, but responsibly of course.
Christian: What would you suggest students listen to at the moment?
PWY: Late of the Pier are a cracking live band, Gold heart assembly, We Have Band and Wave Machines!
Christian: How has the tour gone so far, any late night shenanigans?
PWY: In Nottingham we ended up spending the night with Late of the Pier and there techie in their mansion of a house.
Christian: When can we expect to hear an album?
PWY: Yes, next year seems to be the date, but of course that requires us writing the album first and then recording and then everyone agreeing on every feature of it.
Christian: If you weren’t in a band what would you be doing?
PWY: We’d probably be a lot happier. Perhaps living in a place like Barcelona owning a small bar sounds a nice idea.
Christian: How did you think the gig went tonight then?
PWY: It’s difficult to tell being the first band on but it seems a good crowd tonight and the Cluny is a great little venue.
Interview by Christian Allen
PWY: We’re all Lemington Lad’s originally; we all went to different schools but it’s a place where you end up knowing everyone. That’s why we moved to London in the end.
Christian: So did you feel you had to leave the shackles of Lemington Spa?
PWY: It was really just a change of scene. After Uni we all just reconvened there and decided to move down to London because of the chance for more gigs and more expensive rent.
Christian: Your name conjures up dreams of a world with no war, were there any other names suggested?
PWY: One of us was obsessed with being called Post War Cartel and Post War Heroes was another name being thrown about but we ended up settling on Post War Years. There aren’t many Years bands but it does cause some confusion, we’ve been billed as Cold Year Kids before!
Christian: If you had to give a piece of advice for Newcastle University students what would it be?
PWY: Get a Cluny burger! And drink before you go out, but responsibly of course.
Christian: What would you suggest students listen to at the moment?
PWY: Late of the Pier are a cracking live band, Gold heart assembly, We Have Band and Wave Machines!
Christian: How has the tour gone so far, any late night shenanigans?
PWY: In Nottingham we ended up spending the night with Late of the Pier and there techie in their mansion of a house.
Christian: When can we expect to hear an album?
PWY: Yes, next year seems to be the date, but of course that requires us writing the album first and then recording and then everyone agreeing on every feature of it.
Christian: If you weren’t in a band what would you be doing?
PWY: We’d probably be a lot happier. Perhaps living in a place like Barcelona owning a small bar sounds a nice idea.
Christian: How did you think the gig went tonight then?
PWY: It’s difficult to tell being the first band on but it seems a good crowd tonight and the Cluny is a great little venue.
Interview by Christian Allen
Friday, 17 October 2008
Hot Club de Paris Interview
On October 15th 2008 Hannah and Izaac had the chance to interview Hot Club de Paris for NSR. To download or listen to the podcast click here.
Read Izaac's gig review here.
Friday, 3 October 2008
The Automatic Interview
On the 1st of October Solveig had the chance to interview the Automatic for NSR
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