Howling Bells
Power play
in conversation with Lalita Augustine
Aussie Indie band Howling Bells are back with a new album, ‘The Loudest Engine’, released last month on Cooking Vinyl. more… “Howling Bells”
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Aussie Indie band Howling Bells are back with a new album, ‘The Loudest Engine’, released last month on Cooking Vinyl. more… “Howling Bells”
Dying rabbits and burning children aren’t exactly the subject choices for songs that advertise any optimism for a band. Then again, nor does the name The Twilight Sad. more… “The Twilight Sad”
Kurt Cobain maintained that re-acquiring the Raincoats 1979 debut meant more to him than making his first million. Thirty years since the release of their sophomore album, Odyshape, itm? got to interview The Raincoats about their legacy more… “The Raincoats”
Into the wild with friends, a guitar and Herman Hess.
Rachel tells the story of how a spontaneous venture into the wilderness with friends grew into a CD release, and discusses songwriting, sonnets and spiders. more… “Rachel Sermanni”
Buying and creating records on vinyl, as well as spending time within the sanctions of your independent record store is a rapidly dying art, but amidst the impetuous flow of mp3s and FLACs and wavs and ACCs, there remains a flickering flame determined to keep the stuttering institution alive more… “Frightened Rabbit”
‘Curating” is one of those terms that has crept into the world of pop music, from the polar-opposite world of dusty museums and art galleries. more… “Mick Cooke”
Ploughing an entirely different field from most other current new bands, Dead Man’s Waltz hail from Skye, write songs inspired by Eastern European folk music and regularly host gigs where the audiences are asked to read out Victorian ghost stories. more… “Dead Man’s Waltz”
It’s catch up time again, and this time ITM? has tracked down Steven Milne of Little Kicks to ask: what’s the craic? more… “Little Kicks”
This looked like an easy intro to do – drummer in cult heroes Jesus H Foxx gets together a supergroup to realise his own solo material. more… “The Douglas Firs”
Poor drummers running from South Edinburgh to make rehearsals, lucky bird crap, caps in the ass, and music genealogy were just some of the things that came out of this quick catch-up with The Xcerts more… “The Xcerts”