It’s labour of love being a DIY musician, and after Brexit, a pandemic, a US tour with IDLES that never came to fruition, a revolving-door policy on band personnel, and ultimately a loss of love for his music, Thee MVPs main man Charlie Wyatt cut the chord and called it quits. We spoke to him about his experience as a DIY musician, why he brought the band to a halt, and his new label.
Category: Interviews
Breaking Through | 8 Questions with Francis of Delirium
Depicting teenage self-discovery through grunge-y tones and midwest emo introspection, Francis of Delirium probably make the loudest racket you’ll ever hear coming out of Luxembourg.
Motorama: “We are tired of the global political media.”
The Buzz speaks to Vlad Parshin, bandleader of Russian post-punks Motorama about how he ignores outside opinion and uses the past to paint his vision of the present.
Django Django: “On our previous two albums we were so bogged down, we got lost.”
Ahead of 4th studio album Glowing In The Dark, we spoke to Django Django bassist Jimmy Dixon about how the explorative four-piece escaped the malaise of previous methods, and freed themselves to have fun.
Guy Blakeslee: “The ‘edge’ in the title is metaphysical – the edge of sanity, you could say.”
We spoke with the former Entrance and The Entrance Band man ahead of the release of his most raw and reflective work yet, Postcards From The Edge, as he found himself staring at the exit.
Sleaford Mods: “I’m not a believer in music changing anything…”
Condemning class tourism, Tory hegemony, and infamous political aids, Sleaford Mods have become a totem of the UK music scene by taking a stand for society’s dispossessed. The Buzz writer Miles Ellingham spoke to Mods’ frontman Jason Williamson and got his prognosis of the current moment.
Eliza Legzdina: “I’ve sung in the Vatican… Now I want Hollywood…”
The Latvian-via-East London artist talks to The Buzz about her music, growing up in Latvia, body positivity, and the occult.
Breaking Through | 7 Questions with King Hannah
On their eve of the release of debut EP, Tell Me Your Mind And I’ll Tell You Mine, on City Slang, we spoke to the Liverpool duo about influences, introductions, and their instant recognition.
Breaking Through | 7 Questions with Chappaqua Wrestling
Leading a nomadic existence musically and geographically, Chappaqua Wrestling mix British folklore and sentiment with the attitude and aesthetic of grungey, alt-rock artists of the 90s, drawing from sounds synonymous with MTV during that hallowed decade for guitar music.
Lewis Burner: “Even though information is readily available, what to trust becomes a huge issue”
We spoke to the bluegrass upstart about his heroes, nationalism, and the death of democracy.