Exclusively for UNDERTONE, Lord Spikeheart opened up about the music that means the most to him. Usually, we send artists a pool of topics, and they pick 3–5. Martin answered EVERY single one! That’s how you spot a total music nerd…
Category: English
5 non-metal albums that I love. Seb Alvarez (meth.)
Meth.’s music is a masterful blend of sludge, metal, post-hardcore, and noisecore, but the band’s vocalist, Seb Alvarez, points out that their inspirations reach far beyond those genres. That’s why, exclusively for Undertone, he put together a list of his favorite non-metal albums – and some of his picks are sure to surprise you! Continue Reading “5 non-metal albums that I love. Seb Alvarez (meth.)”
Change takes time. An interview with George Clarke from Deafheaven
For over a decade, Deafheaven have been skillfully pushing the boundaries of what metal music can be – captivating and irritating music fans across the entire spectrum of guitar-based music. This year’s Lonely People with Power is not only the next step in the band’s artistic evolution, but also a deeply personal and mature reflection on how our perspective on ourselves, our families, the past, and the future shifts over time. I spoke with George Clarke about how Lonely People with Power works in a live setting, about photography as a personal medium, his collaboration with Paul Banks, his childhood, sobriety, and the idea of destiny – which, as it turns out, might not be so fixed after all. Continue Reading “Change takes time. An interview with George Clarke from Deafheaven”
Patrick Wolf: 3 movies that inspired Crying The Neck
After 13 years on hiatus, Patrick Wolf is coming back with a brand new album, Crying The Neck. The album is the result of a long creative process, inspired by literature, travel, and… cinema. The British singer-songwriter told us about three films that had a significant impact on the writing of the album.
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Dool – The Shape Of Fluidity – track by track
The Dutch band DOOL continues to promote their latest album – The Shape Of Fluidity, and as part of this ongoing journey, the band members have decided to lift the veil and share the behind-the-scenes stories of how each track came to life. From riffs written during a vacation in Greece, to ideas born during soundchecks, to Raven’s most personal lyrics – here is the story of DOOL’s new album, told by the creators themselves.
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If you know where are you, when you listen to my music, than you know more than me. An interview with Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy
Will Oldham a.k.a. Bonnie ‘Prince Billy’, working also under monikers like ‘Palace Brothers’, is a character well known to all fans of raw, sometimes punky, often pessimistic and haunted Americana. As he himself admits in this interview, he doesn’t know where he is, when he’s playing music. This January he released his newest album – The Purple Bird – and he’ll be performing in Warsaw on 20 and 21 May [buy tickets here]. Listen to what he has to say about the act of creation, his music and misticism.
Dead music. An interview with Nac/Hut Report
Nac/Hut Report is a self-contained being. Currently Kraków-based, Polish-Italian duo has some brushes with the familiar, taking influences from dream pop, industrial and even musique concrete, but always to bring the uncanny out of them. Nac/Hut Report forges their poetics album after album, relentlessly and reclusively, without any care for trends or scene connections. The latest emanation of this process, an album titled Blue Afternoon, has been released recently on enjoy life label, while Jadwiga and Luca agreed to answer a couple of my questions. Continue Reading “Dead music. An interview with Nac/Hut Report”
I don’t want to be a caricature of myself – an interview with Graham Sayle from High Vis
He’s a vocalist of one of most renown and liked bands in hardcore scene. Just recently he’s finished touring USA, in June he played at Mystic Festival in Gdańsk, and next year he’ll perform with his band at Primavera Festival. He’s also a really nice guy. I chatted with Graham Sayle, a vocalist of band called High Vis, and we talked about mental health, touring USA, their newest LP and much more.
Anger and self-loathing were unproductive. An interview with Uniform
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I had wanted to have a conversation with Michael Berdan for a long time. Uniform is one of the most significant bands to me, which is probably why I hesitated to request an interview. You know the saying: never meet your heroes! We spoke shortly after the assassination attempt on Trump (and before Joe Biden withdrew from the presidential race), so I decided to start by asking about that. As he answered this one question for over 15 minutes, I kept glancing at the time, becoming more convinced that this would be one of the best interviews I would ever do.
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