“A big mix of everything”: Hannah Meets Natalie Joan
Recently my friend (and some time Collapse Board contributer), Toby Goodwin sadly passed away. He had become my gig buddy and we had bought tickets for several gigs coming up over autumn winter 2016. The tickets started arriving on his old doormat and his housemate kindly passed on the tickets we had booked together to […]
LIINES – Disappear / Be Here (Reckless Yes)
I first discovered LIINES through twitter. I believe they messaged me following the ILL interview I did for Collapse Board. I was impressed from the start. The thumping relentless tom tom heavy drums on LIINES’ ‘Be Here’- the second track on a Double A side 7 inch vinyl released, on brand new cult label in […]
“Never kiss a Tory”: An interview with Peaness
I’ve just started a zine called Mother’s Pride. It’s a riot grrrl feminist underground punk zine whose manifesto includes inspiring and supporting women to pick up guitars and sing and scream. The first interview for the zine is with local band Peaness. I get to the pancake shop early with a tripod to set up […]
SOTD #720: Daddy Issues
Surely every Alternative rock band since Nirvana has wanted to capture Nirvana’s beautiful guitar sound. Daddy Issues have come along out of nowhere (Nashville, USA) and nailed it. It’s hard to find such satisfying catchy hooks. The bass hits the spot, the drums are cohesive and haunting with an echoing delay. The vocals pretty in […]
SOTD #719 – Skating Polly
When I heard ‘Perfume For Now’, I took to Twitter with the words “Song of the year in February? Maybe.” Angered girlish squeals and powerful raging screamed words spat out in the direction of the lyrics’ target. “Frying slowly in butter and fate / Take it take it take it take it- it’s a hunt.” […]
Hannah Golightly meets ILL, pt. 2: Ari Up, homophobia at home, and definitely no mandolins
Photo by Greta Buitkute. From left to right: Whitney, Hannah, Harri, Fiona. Missed part 1? Backtrack here. Transcribed by Lee Adcock. The original plan was to interview ILL for ten minutes. But where’s the fun in that when there are four like-minded people gathering together to discuss the things that matter to them musically one […]
Hannah Golightly meets ILL, Pt. 1: Naughty nurses and excessive breasts
Photo by Hannah Golightly. Transcribed by Hannah Golightly and Lee Adcock I’ve been ill in bed off and on for weeks and I had to be given a lift to the train station which is a ten minute walk from my house, but illness was not going to stop me from interviewing Manchester band of […]
John Grant – Grey Tickles, Black Pressure (Bella Union)
Some say that the job of good music is to elevate living into something more than survival. Some wish they had lived through the sixties… I wish to be living through John Grant’s career. I’d have seen him play Liverpool if only I’d been brave enough to go alone and I wish I had been. […]
‘No! Skating Polly, they kick ass and they’re heavy and they’re girls and I love it, it’s amazing!’
Who is the real Skating Polly? Hannah Golightly catches up with the band on their UK tour supporting Babes In Toyland to find out… 6pm 26 May 2015 I arrive at the venue and find the stage door. I’m greeted by Babes In Toyland’s PR woman […]
