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Dreamspy: ‘the songs themselves determine and dictate the sound.the songs themselves determine and dictate the sound!’

We sat down to chat with Anssi Tamminen, brainchild of Dreamspy, about his sound, writing and future plans. Check it out below! How would you describe your sound? DreamSpy’s sound could be described quite simply as atmospheric rock. My music tends to create vivid imagery in the listener’s mind—at least that’s what many people have…

Lorraine Lewis & Tony West: ‘It turned into quite the Barn Burner!’

We sat down to Lorraine Lewis of Femme Fatale and Tony West of Blacklist Union to chat about their collaboration cover of ‘Jackson’, their upcoming tour supporting Faster Pussycat and the UK scene! Read it all below! How did the track collaboration come about? Lorraine: Back in December, Tony and I collaborated on the Tom…

Ashen Horde: ‘Those were, our first-ever shows!’

We chatted to the amazing Trevor Portz of the extreme(ish) metal band Ashen Horde! Check out as we chat about the bands sound, their latest album and dream tours! How would you describe your sound? While it’s a mouthful, I tend to go with progressive, blackened death metal… it’s more or less accurate. It’s probably…

Idolvein: ‘We have a pretty ridiculous bank of demo tracks!’

We had the pleasure of chatting to the amazing alt-metallers Idolvein about their recent single output and their tour! Check it all out below! How would you describe your sound? Pretty eclectic really. Whilst we always aim for something catchy that’s going to separate us from the next band, we’ve written various tracks across the…

Yonah: ‘I think the scene now is defined as more “indie rock” but there’s still folks doing the thing! I think the scene now is defined as more “indie rock” but there’s still folks doing the thing!’ 

The incredible indie rocker Yonah released his massive debut album today! Ahead of it, we sat and had a quick chat about it, the scene in New York and his touring plans! Check it all out below! How would you describe your current sound? I’d describe it as a reflection of my current taste, which…

Otis: ‘All the music we love listening to is in album format!’

We had the pleasure of chatting to the amazing southern rockers Otis the other week about their recent single, plans for 2026 and what they make of the UK. Check it out below! How would you describe your sound? Oh yeah man, we get thrown into the blues and classic rock pot, as well as…


The pilot of the brand-new music show ‘Amped’ is set to be filmed in November this year at the Waterloo Music Bar in Blackpool, hosted by journalist Anne Estella and frontman Brad Marr.


Unknown Refuge are a hard rock/metal band from Bolton, England. Having been on the scene for a few years now, the guys have gained growing support and notoriety across the UK and played notable shows such as Manchester’s Band on the Wall and even the inaugural Stonedeaf festival.


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