We The Kings first graced the shores of the UK back in 2008, with Boys Like Girls and Cute Is What We Aim For. After an incredible reaction from fans of headlining bands, they returned again the same year, and the next year, and the next year, and the next year. Now, almost four years on, the band have made leaps and bounds, headlining shows in the UK and have also released three full-length records. It’s clear that the band have gone from strength to strength across the whole world.
After a busy year and an even busier year ahead of them, we caught up with singer, Travis Clark, to talk about changes with the band, their current tour with Simple Plan, upcoming music and more.
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Date: April 25th, 2012
Venue: HMV Ritz, Manchester
Interviewer: Zach Redrup
Stream: YouTube
Website: www.marmozets.co.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/marmozets
Twitter: www.twitter.com/marmozets
The surging rise of Marmozets‘ popularity since the free re-release of their ‘Passive Aggressive’ EP in November has been rather incredible. Releasing a much more technical and heavier EP titled ‘Vexed’ and managing to score support slots with Hyro Da Hero, Four Year Strong and now The Used since then, we spoke to the band about the surreal rush of things as of late, their two recent EPs, work on their forthcoming debut album, how they feel about playing this year’s Slam Dunk and Hevy festivals and more:
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Date: April 25th, 2012
Venue: HMV Ritz, Manchester
Interviewer: Zach Redrup
Stream: YouTube
Website: www.theused.net
Facebook: www.facebook.com/theused
Twitter: www.twitter.com/wearetheused
With shows and appearances over in the UK being very few and far between in recent years, the buzz for The Used‘s short headline tour in April was pretty strong. We didn’t want to miss out, so we spoke with bassist Jeph Howard before their show in Manchester about their new album ‘Vulnerable’, the meaning behind the album’s title, their music video for ‘I Come Alive’, plans for a new live DVD and more:
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Date: April 20th, 2012
Venue: Academy 1, Manchester
Interviewer: Zach Redrup
Stream: YouTube
Website: www.lostprophets.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/lostprophets
Twitter: www.twitter.com/lostprophets
Welsh rockers Lostprophets have been on the circuit for a while now, managing some great feats along the way, such as headlining the main stage at Download. Now, with album number five ‘Weapons’ in the bag, we had a chat with guitarist Mike Lewis on their headline tour supporting the record, to talk about the album, how the first version of ‘The Betrayed’ sounded, how they helped write and still have the original version of Labrinth‘s single ‘Earthquake’ and more:
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Date: April 11th, 2012
Venue: Club Academy, Manchester
Interviewer: Josh Peett
Stream: YouTube
Website: None available
Facebook: www.facebook.com/trappedunderice
Twitter: www.twitter.com/tuitillidie
Hardcore within the UK has been on a huge rise over the past few years, both with homegrown talent and various imports coming over and touring across the nation. One of such acts that we caught during their run through Manchester recently is Trapped Under Ice. We spoke with drummer Brendan Yates shortly after their set to talk about the genre and the scene, their recent album ‘Big Kiss Goodnight’, their set at Hevy Festival later on in the year and more:
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Date: April 10th, 2012
Venue: Academy 1, Manchester
Interviewer: Andrew Roberts
Stream: YouTube
Website: None available
Facebook: www.facebook.com/missmayimusic
Twitter: www.twitter.com/missmayiband
With a new album on the way entitled ‘At Heart’, the buzz surrounding American metalcore outfit Miss May I as of late is unsurprisingly pretty high. Managing to get a slot on the Parkway Drive UK headline tour, we caught up with frontman Levi Benton to talk about the record, how it stands heads and shoulders above their previous releases, his response to people hating the album’s artwork, his love for hip-hop music over metal and more:
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Date: April 9th, 2012
Venue: O2 Academy 2, Liverpool
Interviewer: Zach Redrup
Stream: YouTube
Website: www.architectsofficial.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/architectsuk
Twitter: www.twitter.com/architectsuk
With their last record ‘The Here And Now’ alienating a lot of their fanbase by going with a more radio-rock approach, Brighton’s Architects have a lot to prove with their forthcoming follow-up, ‘Daybreaker’. During a tour across the UK hitting more intimate venues than usual, we caught up with drummer Dan Searle and bassist Ali Dean to talk about the forthcoming record, its lyrical themes, playing Slam Dunk Festival over the summer and more:
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Date: March 28th, 2012
Venue: O2 Apollo, Manchester
Interviewer: Zach Redrup
Stream: YouTube
Website: www.youmeatsix.co.uk
Facebook: www.facebook.com/youmeatsix
Twitter: www.twitter.com/youmeatsix
It’s impressive for any band to achieve what You Me At Six have done in the past five years since they released their debut album, nevermind one of their young age. Most recently, they even released the first ever single for a rollercoaster for Thore Park’s latest addition, The Swarm. We caught up with bassist Matt Barnes at their recent show in Manchester to talk about the new single, their latest full-length album ‘Sinners Never Sleep’, upcoming touring plans throughout 2012 and more:
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Date: March 28th, 2012
Venue: Club Academy, Manchester
Interviewer: Andrew Roberts
Stream: YouTube
Website: www.bowlingforsoup.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/bowlingforsoup
Twitter: www.twitter.com/bfsrocks
Bowling For Soup have easily become one of the strongest staple acts in the pop-punk genre, especially now that the band are approaching 18 years since their formation and 11 studio albums under their belt. To add to their exceptional reputation, recently the band have been embarking on acoustic tours, with just members Jaret Reddick and Erik Chandler hitting the road as opposed to the full band. We spoke with Erik on the Manchester date of their latest UK acoustic tour to talk about their career, acoustifying their songs and more:
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Date: March 11th, 2012
Venue: Academy 1, Manchester
Interviewer: Andrew Roberts
Stream: YouTube
Website: www.seether.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/seether
Twitter: www.twitter.com/seetherofficial
Recently reduced down to a three-piece, South African rockers Seether haven’t had the greatest of luck really. But, after revealing to us in this interview that they feel much better as a band when reduced to a trio, along with great chart positions for the singles currently released from latest full-length ‘Holding Onto Strings Better Left To Fray’, things are on the up. Find out what else the band had to say in our interview with the guys below:
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Date: March 6th, 2012
Venue: Sound Control, Manchester
Interviewer: Zach Redrup
Stream: YouTube
Website: www.attackattackoh.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/attackattackus
Twitter: www.twitter.com/attackattackoh
American metalcore outfit Attack Attack! have come a long way since their ‘crabcore’ beginnings back in 2009 when they released their debut music video for ‘Stick Stickly’. As necessary for the band to grow out of the self created joke they made, the band’s most recent full-length effort ‘This Means War’ marked the sound of a band firmly out of their puberty stages. We caught up with drummer Andrew Wetzel on their headline UK tour to talk about the record, how it came to be and more:
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Date: February 23rd, 2012
Venue: Sound Control, Manchester
Interviewer: Zach Redrup
Stream: YouTube
Website: www.iamlights.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/lights
Twitter: www.twitter.com/lights
Upon the release of her sophomore album ‘Siberia’, Canadian electro-pop soloist Lights (which is now her legal name) took a more grittier and dubstep influence than in her previous efforts. Whether the rise in the genre over the past year or so has been a part of it or not, her popularity on UK shores has managed to grow despite the absence of her presence. On her February UK headline tour, the first in support of the record, we spoke to her about the influence in the album’s sound, how she feels about playing UK shows and more:
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