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Category Archive: Interviews

Jeremy Loops talks trees, vinyl, and goats

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The first time I saw Jeremy Loops live, his first song was played to a sparse crowd at the annual Sowing the Seeds Festival.

A few people dotted along a Magaliesburg valley looked on as the singer-songwriter opened his set. …

Nikita Ramkissoon 10th September 2014 Interviews

A story about a Passenger: Busking, couch surfing and a record player

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From having no money and sleeping on people’s couches, to busking on street corners, Passenger has many stories to tell.This 30-year-old indie folk-rock musician, named Michael David Rosenberg, is a storyteller who takes you on a journey with each song.“It’s …
Nikita Ramkissoon 1st September 2014 Interviews

Wolfmother and Andrew Stockdale’s magnificent hair

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Wolfmother’s Andrew Stockdale has the most magnificent hair in the world. And he’s really not that weirded out when I ask if I could touch it.

“Does it contain magical powers?” I ask.

“I don’t know. Maybe.”

Bassist Ian Peres …

Nikita Ramkissoon 15th August 2014 Concert reviews, Interviews, Reviews

MGMT reckon they have no style

In 2007, Facebook and MySpace changed the science of music marketing forever. That year, the American duo MGMT – keyboardist Ben Goldwasser and singer-guitarist Andrew Van Wyngarden – were among the first bands to surf the social-media wave with their …

Nikita Ramkissoon 14th August 2014 Interviews

Matthew Mole and his ridiculous knuckle tattoos

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Here’s a list of my mishaps with Matthew J. Mole:

  • I stepped on his toes when we first met;
  • I spilled coffee on him before he went on stage at a festival;
  • I distracted him with a funny face while
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Nikita Ramkissoon 20th July 2014 Interviews

Editors are just ‘boys with guitars living the dream’

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UK alternative rock band Editors will be headlining this year’s Oppikoppi Festival, and lead singer Tom Smith talks about being passionate, word of mouth and not being all that good looking.Editors (not The Editors) began in 2002 in Stafford, England, …
Nikita Ramkissoon 18th July 2014 Interviews

Biffy Clyro ‘play every show as if it’s their last’

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With a great, big, bushy beard, Biffy Clyro’s lead singer Simon Neil stands at least half a metre above me.

I’m terrified by his humongous presence, but he greets me with a smile and all I can muster is a …

Nikita Ramkissoon 14th March 2014 Interviews

Foals still have a ‘ravenous appetite’ for making music

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In the small university town of Oxford, there lies an unassuming little band called Foals.

Well, not really. They’re not little. They’re huge judging from their fans at RAMfest 2014 in Johannesburg.

Frontman Yannis Philippakis, speaking backstage at the festival …

Nikita Ramkissoon 13th March 2014 Concert reviews, Interviews, Reviews

Screw sub-genres – metal is metal: Killswitch Engage’s Justin Foley

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Hailed as one of the founders of the metalcore genre, US band Killswitch Engage have been going for 15 years and are still going strong.

Drummer Justin Foley says it’s been a very long time, and he can’t believe the …

Nikita Ramkissoon 28th February 2014 Interviews

Red Jumpsuit Apparatus throwing names on walls

US rock band Red Jumpsuit Apparatus will be performing in South Africa this weekend at the annual Synergy music festival.

Ronnie Winter spoke about the tour and their journey from being a totally self-promoted band to being one of the …

Nikita Ramkissoon 28th November 2013 Interviews

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