The end of the winter season is rapidly approaching for us Brits and for music lovers, the blossoming of spring and summer can only mean one thing: the festival season is nearly upon us. With this in mind, Neil Dowd … Continue reading LONDON RUNWAY’S 2019 FESTIVAL CHOICES
Neil Dowd explores the subculture within the music industry that glorifies and encourages drug use – and how this has quickly turned to abuse for many musicians. ‘Sex, drugs and rock’n’roll’. The colloquial phrase popularised in 1977 by Ian Drury … Continue reading DRUGS IN MODERN MUSIC: THE FINE LINE BETWEEN USE AND ABUSE
Rylands Heath are an indie-pop duo who are typified by their harmony driven, genre-bending and – most importantly – anthemically catchy sound. Neil Dowd met with the ‘Luton Lads’ to discuss their rise to hometown success, the behind the scenes … Continue reading RYLANDS HEATH INTERVIEW
There are few platforms as effective for cutting through the noise of the music industry and reaching your audience than YouTube. With household names like Shawn Mendes, Five Seconds of Summer and even Justin Bieber each partly owing their success … Continue reading FIVE YOUTUBE MUSICIANS TO WATCH IN 2019
Ambient, pop-inspired instrumentals, 80s synthesisers and a mellifluously soothing vocal are just a few of the musical components that make her sound. Neil Dowd met with Bryony to discuss the ideas behind her new musical project, her aesthetic imagery and … Continue reading INTERVIEW: Bryony
Neil Dowd explores how one band is fighting a battle against the stigma that still surrounds mental health. As It Is have become one of the most recognisable names in the United Kingdom’s pop-punk scene. Formed in 2012 in Brighton, … Continue reading THE GREAT DEPRESSION: AS IT IS VS THE STIGMATISATION OF MENTAL HEALTH
Neil Dowd introduces a band that you may not yet be aware of, and tells you why you should be – although it may be too late. “To die would be an awfully big adventure” is a well-known quote from … Continue reading THE CALLOUS HEART: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CREEPER
