Q&A with Little Miss Nasty’s iconoclastic leader, singer, and songwriter GINA KATON
Why did you name the tour after the song “Bad Girls Romance” after the song from your upcoming debut album. What is the song about? GINA: “Bad Girls Romance” is kind of like the dream state and head space of female desire, sex, and fantasy. It’s a song that women can listen to that embodies their…
Interview with Dirty Vicar`s core member and frontman Kyle Harcott
Interview by Arturs Feists / artursfeists.photography How did you choose your band name? What is the story behind your band name? – Rob (Mule) chose the name. Both of us are massive Monty Python fans, and the Dirty Vicar Sketch is a classic. What genre of music would you say your band falls under? -…
Q&A with Anna Lombard of LOVE BY NUMB3RS
–Congratulations on the release of “Don’t Be So Hard On Me.” It’s a lyrically candid and very raw song about a fractured and seemingly destructive relationship, with such lines as “I miss the way you screamed my name/When you were angry/Nothing left but you, your pride & me/That’s how I loved you in the end.”…
Q&A: OZZY OSBOURNE ON “PATIENT NUMBER 9”
Q: This is your first album to be released after the pandemic. What was going through your mind during the early days of the pandemic and are any of those feelings reflected in these songs? OZZY: “Well, I was vaccinated and boosted and I still caught Covid in the end. My last album (Ordinary Man) was released just…
LORNE BEHRMAN Shares Single And Video “A Little Midnight” Plus Q&A with LORNE
Coming off his acclaimed 2021 four-song EP When I Hit The Floor–which prompted the esteemed Jesse Malinto praise it as “Real blood and guts rock and roll that bleeds with soul and redemption”–NYC punk rock n’ roll singer-songwriter-guitarist LORNE BEHRMAN today (June 9) shares the video for “A Little Midnight.” It’s the first single (out…
Q&A with BUDDERSIDE’s PATRICK STONE
Can you share how BUDDERSIDE’s new album compares to past releases? What inspired or led to those artistic/style changes and why? STONE: “It’s finally the music I’ve always wanted BUDDERSIDE to be. Not that my heart and soul isn’t in everything that came before, but the whole band being as talented as they are really…
OSAKA POPSTAR Reveal Animated Music Video for “Lost & Found” Starring Fred Armisen
And Q&A WITH OSAKA POPSTAR’s JOHN CAFIERO Following last Friday’s (May 6) release of their new album EAR CANDY via Misfits Records in collaboration with Demented Punk, anime-meets-NY punk rock collective OSAKA POPSTAR are excited to reveal the animated video for its rocking and infectiously sweet original single “Lost & Found.” Out today (May 10),…
Q&A: JONNY HAWKINS from NOTHING MORE on “TIRED OF WINNING”
“TIRED OF WINNING” is a compelling song with lyrics that underline the very precarious position that humankind is in right now: “So will we steer this ship straight through the void/ Or turn on ourselves and die out?” What inspired the song and how it mocks the phrase “winning”? “We find ourselves in the same…
THE SWEET THINGS Roll Out New Single And Action-Packed Video “Brown Leather”, and interview with Dave Tierney
New Album Out June 3rd Freewheeling New York rock band THE SWEET THINGS on April 11 rolled out “Brown Leather,” their potent new single and action-packed video. The song is the title track of the band’s second album due June 3 via Wendigo Productions NYC/Spaghetty Town Records, an 11-song disc that’s rife with a sweet…
Interview with Andy Cizek and Mike Malyan from Monuments
Few days ago, I had a chance to sit down via Zoom with British progressive metal band Monuments vocalist Andy Cizek and drummer Mike Malyan. Though oceans apart, it felt like any regular conversation, relaxed and fun, only thing missing was some beer. Monuments are set to release their fourth studio album called In Stasis…
THE NOCTURNAL AFFAIR Q&A with BRENDAN SHANE
• What’s the inspiration behind (META)MORPHOSIS and how did its name come about? BRENDAN SHANE: “The idea for ‘(Meta)morphosis’ came to mind as I was healing from the loss of a close family member and going through a significant heartbreak. My previous material was dark and broody and was weighing me down before the band…
Q&A with Six Gun Sal
LA based rockers talk about music and life Southern Rockers Six Gun Sal have blessed us with their time to answer few questions about their band and themselves. Questions were prepared by yours truly – Andris Jansons, though, none of this would have happened without help of Stacie Rumenap. We can’t thank her enough. My…
Q&A on “Delicately Poised” with CAPITAL THEATRE’S Adam Stevenson
The lyrics to the chorus—”It’s delicately poised/For the girls and the boys/To find their voice/And shut down the noise”—perfectly frame the song and the video. Is there a social message shared in this video you most want people to walk away thinking about? ADAM STEVENSON: “Given the band wrote the album in the sequence of…
Q&A WITH THE HU
–Can you tell us which songs from the upcoming album will be performed on the “Black Thunder” tour, why you’re excited to play them and how they represent a new chapter for THE HU? THE HU: For the “Black Thunder” tour, we’re excited to be performing songs from our new album including “Mother Nature,” “Tatar…