Ben Leece album biography
Ben Leece was in his local record store, an establishment he visits with the borderline-addict frequency of any great music tragic. The proprietor, Chris Dunn, was in his usual locale, […]
Category Archives: Interviews
Dana Ashbrook: interview
The return of cult phenomenon Twins Peaks for a third season last year was one of the great triumphs of popular culture. After 25 years, you could be forgiven for […]
Bill Bailey: interview
By Nick Milligan The view through the restaurant’s glass wall is a pristine sunny postcard: Sydney Harbour Bridge buffers the brilliant blue of both water and sky, ferries bob against […]
Gareth Liddiard: aliens, rap and weirdness
To say The Drones have entered darker and weirder territory on their latest record, Feelin Kinda Free, is a foreboding statement. The band, officially now a five-piece, have been gleefully mutating into […]
Alison Wonderland: interview
It’s been a wild year for electronic music producer and coveted party DJ Alison Wonderland. Twelve months on from the release of first record, Run, which debuted at number one on America’s Billboard dance […]
Lizzy Plapinger: interview
Singer. Songwriter. Entrepreneur. The delightful voice of electro-pop duo MS MR, Lizzy Plapinger, spoke to me on a cold and rainy night in New York City. Where abouts are you at the […]
Joey Burns: interview
Calexico properly entered my consciousness with the release of their gorgeous, dark and startlingly cinematic 2008 record Carried to Dust. I’d heard of them, often mentioned in the same breath as […]
Jonas Bjerre: interview
In winter of 2006, during my brief but rewarding time as an entertainment writer for boutique women’s mag Frankie, I listened to an album by a Danish band I had never […]
Albert Hammond Jr: interview
I was supposed to interview Albert Hammond Jr in 2007, some time around the release of his catchy second record ¿Cómo Te Llama?. But that interview was mysteriously cancelled and never […]
Abbie Cornish: interview
Earlier this year I had the pleasure of speaking with actress and rapper Abbie Cornish. I noticed online that today is her 33rd birthday, so it seemed the perfect time to […]
