Music, web design, more music, some music videos, great rock beards of the twentieth century, vinyl, sharpies.
Music
Rock, metal, punk, pop, indie, schmindie, americana, folk, hardcore, grindcore, sludgecore, applecore, midgetcore, the core of the earth.
Movies
Baseketball, Spinal Tap, Almost Famous, and many more...
Television
Jools Holland, TOTP 2, errr... There are virtually NO decent terrestrial music programmes.
Books
The Unsigned Guide, Going Deaf For A Living - Steve Lamacq, White Line Fever, 45
Heroes
Chris McCormack, Ray Charles, Stravinsky, Thom Yorke, Walter Schriffels, Jonah Matranga, Maiden, Tom Morello, Matthew Bellamy, Further Seems Forever, Shirley Manson, John Peel, Steve Lamacq, Lester Bangs, Lemmy, and anyone whose music has ever made me smile.
Check out the READING & LEEDS ROUND-UP 2009 for all the goss from backstage, video footage, photo galleries from the likes of Faith No More, Lostprophets and Deftones
Plus we ambushed FRANK TURNER backstage to talk about new album Poetry Of The Deed and what it means to be a musician, while THURSDAY chatted to us about why it's taken til now for them to look back objectively on their time on the majors...
NINE BLACK ALPS #1 In Part One of our interview, Sam Forrest speaks out on life after Island Records, the making of their new album and that anti-NME outburst
NINE BLACK ALPS #2 In Part Two of our interview, Sam Forrest talks about perceptions of himself as a frontman, his many solo projects, and what he sees as the future for Nine Black Alps
THROATS Thom Sadler talks about DIY ethics, plans to tour the US and escaping from a town that reeks of bone meal fertilizer...
LOSTPROPHETS 2008-2009 Betrayed but not Broken
LATITUDES Adam Crowley on debut album Agonist, the importance of beards to progressive music, and capturing the sound of 'big heavy balls of metal swinging in the wind'
BLACKHOLE Nick Mitchell chats about the making of their debut album, the records that shaped his life and escaping from the shadow of one of the biggest British bands around today
CAESARS ROME Inland revenue, Illness, Cottages and Workaholism - Jon Hopkins on the making of the upcoming debut album from Caesars Rome
PITCHBLEND Rich Savage on why they're calling it a day / not actually breaking up really, and random food analogies
RUINER Rob Sullivan gives us the lowdown on anger, Shakespeare, Oasis, and how their new album wasn't complete without the aid of some classic parlour games
OFF THE CUFF FESTIVAL - The Review The lowdown on year 1 of the Blakfish-curated festival, with The Ghost Of A Thousand, Hot Club de Paris, Pulled Apart By Horses, Kong and more...
KEVIN DEVINE The man himself on working with Brand New, songwriting, DIY ethics, and growing up...
CHICKENHAWK Rob Robert James takes us through the new EP A. Or Not, answers questions (or not?) on their recent Tour Diary, and jam jelly zombie faces
THE PROCESS Following the storming Vultures Of Human Decay EP, Jacob Mortensen on the Swedish welfare system, the band's current hiatus and their plans to conquer Britain next year
KONG Kong on Snake Magnet, Juliette Lewis and which member of Biffy Clyro is good at Fishing
MAYLENE AND THE SONS OF DISASTER Dallas Taylor on fighting the good fight
OUTCRY COLLECTIVE Rob and Sam on why the band decided to entirely produce a r t i c l e s themselves, their unexpectedly optimistic lyrics and plans to tour with Oasis and Korn
CHICKENHAWK's Kong Tour Diary #1 Preston and Manchester: Rob on black marker as stage makeup and playing in see-through underwear
CHICKENHAWK's Kong Tour Diary #2 London and Brighton: Rob on eating lots of chinese food, being threatened by fellow diners, and very suspect activities with a beer bottle
VIDEO NASTIES Week #0: Crabcore
OFF THE CUFF - The Lowdown by Blakfish Sam Manville talks us through Brum's best weekend of the year...
BLAKFISH The man himself on Intersections, reconvening with The Steal, and the thriving music scene in Kingston
Track By Track: BLAKFISH - Champions A track by track run down on their upcoming album and how possessing a book full of lyrics concerning sex with the dead can lead you into trouble with US Customs officers
TELEGRAPHS On their album, to how displaying your love for the Beach Boys can aid employment in a band, and how they're more like Bruce Willis than you might think
DAVE HOUSE The man himself on Intersections, reconvening with The Steal, and the thriving music scene in Kingston
KLAY Paul Maddick on the band's recent glowing record Maps Of Rebellion
The first annual DOWNLOAD AWARDS, with the Best Dressed, Worst Casualty and more.
There's also the DOWNLOAD INTERVIEWS with Twin Atlantic, The Blackout, Dir en grey and more on dogsuits and cig packets.
All this plus our massive DOWNLOAD GALLERY from across the weekend.
Secondly, BRIDGE NINE have been hogging the office stereo for a while now. When Polar Bear Club, Defeater and Ruiner came over, we took the bait.
POLAR BEAR CLUB Vocalist Jimmy Stadt took the time to catch us up about their new records, the trials and tribulations of touring, and late nights in Hamburg.
DEFEATER Jay Maas on poor British cuisine, life on Bright Nine Records and how it's imperative for truly great bands to throw caution to the wind.
PAINT IT BLACK Dan Yemin discusses the central themes of new EP Amnesia, recording with Kurt Ballou and his loathing of macho hardcore posturing...
THE GHOST OF A THOUSAND Andy Blyth and Memby Jago on new album New Hopes, New Demonstrations, working with Pelle Gunnerfeldt, Epitaph and more - plus our post-Download chat.
BILLY TALENT Jon and Ian on that difficult third album.
FIGHTSTAR Alex Westway on the recording of Be Human, Charlie's drumming and taking control of their music.
MAYBESHEWILL John Helps on thriving outside the music industry, the pros and cons of file sharing and budding bro-mance...
JULIA NUNES How YouTube produced one of the most promising singer-songwriters the scene has eveer, well, seen...
MORE THAN LIFE Joey and Joel on the sudden success of Brave Enough To Fail, and why the best is yet to come.
TWIN ATLANTIC Craig Kneale on on the new record, playing the States, and the real reason they went with producer John Travis.
LAVOTCHKIN Guitarist Martin Downing joins Luke Grahame to discuss their forthcoming LP, what constitutes 'going steady' in the world of Bro-mance and how guitars can cause liver disease.
CORPORATION - Why you should care The battle between Corporation in Sheffield and the council continues - but what does this mean for Rock Clubs across the UK?
THURSDAY Frontman Geoff Rickley on new full-length Common Existence, David Foster Wallace and what it means to be human...
LIGHTS ACTION Patrick and Steve on new album Welcome To the New Cold World, DIY ethics and lovely little Welsh scamps
DOG ALMIGHTY Joff and Kim on their debut, striking out on their own, and why they make you take plastic cups into venues. ASAP.
BURN DOWN ROME Vocalist Jake Cade on the band's continuing evolution, ill-fitting labels and his love of all things Morrisey...
HACRIDE New album preview...
THE ARTERIES Jamie Morrison on the band's debut full-length, the Welsh punk scene and encountering rock star attitudes...
Studio Report - BLAKFISH Tom Peckett gives us the lowdown on the recording of their debut album in Seattle
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