Tag: Interview

Interview, Music

“Our music develops from a positive attitude” – an interview with LYLO

Interview by Courtney Moody So, if I can start by getting you guys to introduce yourselves and your position in the band? Mitch: Sure thing ÔÇô IÔÇÖm Mitch, I play guitar and I sing. Jack: IÔÇÖm Jack ÔÇô I play bass. Niall: IÔÇÖm Niall ÔÇô I play the synthesiser. Iain: IÔÇÖm Ian and I play the sax. Justin: IÔÇÖm Justin and I play the drums. … Continue reading “Our music develops from a positive attitude” – an interview with LYLO

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Interview, Music

ÔÇ£Being an artist is fuckedÔÇØ – a conversation with milo (the rapper)

Interview by Rowan Lees After publishing a short summary piece for my Issue 168 of Quench, I have since sat on this full interview recording for almost two months. The conversation changed my life. I left the venue in a daze, my phoneÔÇÖs battery voice-noted to its death, and walked for a solid half hour stunned by the unreality of it all. I eventually began … Continue reading ÔÇ£Being an artist is fuckedÔÇØ – a conversation with milo (the rapper)

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Features

An Interview with Artist Matt Shapira

Matt Shapira is an artist, film-maker, and the mind behind the Roaming Elephant project. Though he is based in Los Angeles, he spends a great deal of his time travelling the globe, painting his elephant murals across all continents. He uses his art to promote his message, which, as I understand it, is rather easy to agree with.┬áWe should prioritise caring for our planet and … Continue reading An Interview with Artist Matt Shapira

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Interview, Live Reviews, Music

LP- Interview and Review

ÔÿàÔÿàÔÿàÔÿàÔÿå Laura Pergolizzi, LP for her fans, is one of the most unique and astonishing voices the panorama of American rock music has ever seen. Her break-through album Lost on You was a big success around the globe and particularly in Europe where it reached peaks of 100,000 copies sold in France. In an interview with Quench last Wednesday, we talked with Laura about her … Continue reading LP- Interview and Review

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Interview, Music

An Interview with JAWS before their Cardiff Gig

Quench magazine had the chance to catch up with Birmingham band JAWS ahead of their Cardiff show. JAWS released their second album ÔÇÿSimplicityÔÇÖ last year and are now touring the album around the UK. ┬áYour UK tour is coming up next month and Cardiff is very excited to have you here. Are you starting to get excited now?┬á Yes!! we just finished two days of┬árehearsals, … Continue reading An Interview with JAWS before their Cardiff Gig

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Interview, Live Reviews, Music

An Interview with Mabel and a Review of her Bristol gig

YouÔÇÖre touring with your recently released Bedroom EP and my flatmates and I canÔÇÖt stop playing the track Finders Keepers. Are you happy with how it all turned out? Yeah itÔÇÖs been amazing; I wasnÔÇÖt expecting it. ItÔÇÖs been a slow build up, that song actually came out in March but is in the chart now which is crazy. ThatÔÇÖs is exactly what I had … Continue reading An Interview with Mabel and a Review of her Bristol gig

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Interview, Music

An Interview with Charlie Sloth

Quench Magazine were lucky enough to have chat with the renowned Radio 1 DJ, presenter and producer Charlie Sloth as he heads of on tour after the release of his new album ÔÇÿThe PlugÔÇÖ in August.┬áIt is a collection of 22 urban tracks, rich with different genres and original but reminiscent sounds. You can catch Charlie Sloth in Bristol on the 15th October. Did you … Continue reading An Interview with Charlie Sloth

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Album Reviews, Interview, Music

An Interview with The Darkness

Eccentric wild-haired rockers The Darkness are back with their brand-new album ÔÇÿPinewood SmileÔÇÖ, as well as a huge nation-wide winter tour. After band departures, and a relative lack of activity over the past two years, these new projects are a statement of intent from the four-piece that, even in their seventeenth year, they are still committed to, as per their single ÔÇÿSolid GoldÔÇÖ, ÔÇ£blow[ing] peopleÔÇÖs … Continue reading An Interview with The Darkness

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Interview, Music

An Interview with Fickle Friends

HowÔÇÖs your day been so far ÔÇô have you been up to much? IÔÇÖve just been signing off the mix for our next single, IÔÇÖve been doing some yoga! WeÔÇÖre loving your new track Glue, whatÔÇÖs the inspiration behind the track? I think itÔÇÖs because we were really obsessed with RihannaÔÇÖs track, Needed Me. ItÔÇÖs such a good song, we felt we didnÔÇÖt really have … Continue reading An Interview with Fickle Friends

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Film & TV

Interview & Review with Chicken director Joe Stephenson

Heart-warming, emotionally captivating and equal parts darkness and light, Joe StephensonÔÇÖs feature debut film Chicken is, conversely to the title, not solely about farm animals. Originally a play by Freddie Machin, it follows Richard (Scott Chambers), an optimistic and sunny teenage boy living in a caravan with his volatile brother Polly (Morgan Watkins), dealing with both PollyÔÇÖs changeable moods and his own undiagnosed learning difficulties. … Continue reading Interview & Review with Chicken director Joe Stephenson

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Film & TV, Interview

Interview & Review with Moon Dogs director Phillip John

There comes a point in our lives, sometimes on the verge of adulthood, and sometimes midway into a career as a solicitor, where we ask ourselves the following questions. What am I doing? And, upon realising that we are desperately unhappy and unsure of ourselves: What the hell am I going to do? Once we realise that we are failing to take control of our … Continue reading Interview & Review with Moon Dogs director Phillip John

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Interview, Music

An interview with Clean Cut Kid

We caught up with Clean Cut Kid before their set at┬áthis yearÔÇÖs Barn on the Farm Festival. It was the day after the busy band had played Community Festival in Finsbury park, where bassist, Saul yelled ÔÇ£Hello Hyde ParkÔÇØÔǪ letÔÇÖs hope their set in this quaint farm in Gloucester starts a bit more smoothly! We sat down with Evelyn and Saul from LiverpoolÔÇÖs finest band … Continue reading An interview with Clean Cut Kid

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Food

Interview: A Cardiff Food Manager

By Ellie Philpotts Here at Quench Food, weÔÇÖre a little curious. Well, very curious. Which is why weÔÇÖve been interviewing our way around the cityÔÇÖs food scene, as well as, you know, eating. This year, those on the receiving end of our questions have included Le Cordon Bleu, Not Plant Based, 200 Degrees and The Pomegranate. (We love hyperlinks.) In the process, weÔÇÖve learnt about … Continue reading Interview: A Cardiff Food Manager

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Culture

Ones to Watch: Out of Order

When a Government Junior Minister plans to spend the evening with one of the Opposition’s typists in the Westminster Hotel, things go disastrously wrong – beginning with the discovery of a body trapped in the hotel’s only unreliable sash window. Desperately trying to get out of an extremely sticky situation, things quickly go from bad to worse.┬áOut of Order┬áwill be at Cardiff’s New Theatre from … Continue reading Ones to Watch: Out of Order

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Food

Interview: Not Plant Based

By Ellie Philpotts and Georgia OÔÇÖBrien The shorter version of this is in the current and final print issue of Quench, also at┬áhttps://issuu.com/gairrhydd/docs/quench_163 (Pg 34-35) These days, you can barely open anything ÔÇô whether the Instagram app, a celeb magazine, or even your kitchen cupboard, without embarking on a stare-off with a health product of some kind. Of course, glossy publications have never known a … Continue reading Interview: Not Plant Based

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Culture

Interview: Chris Ramsey

Chris Ramsey has just embarked on his biggest tour to date, Is That Chris Ramsey?, culminating in a massive homecoming gig at NewcastleÔÇÖs Metro Arena. He’s also bringing the show to Cardiff’s St David’s Hall on┬áThursday 27 April, but before, the Geordie star of Comedy Central’s┬áThe┬áChris Ramsey Show tells us about life on the road and how adjusting to first-time fatherhood hasnÔÇÖt stopped him from … Continue reading Interview: Chris Ramsey

Hannah Hopkins
Film & TV

An Interview with ‘Donnie Darko’ Director-Richard Kelly

Why Donnie Darko is still as relevant as ever ÔÇ£ItÔÇÖs so easy to be complacentÔǪ take some risks and be boldÔÇØ Following itÔÇÖs 4K restoration exclusive to the BFI Southbank Cinema, we interview Richard Kelly on his noughties cult classic Donnie Darko. Wearing a smart navy suit, itÔÇÖs hard to believe that a man so calm and collected could have made a film so psychologically … Continue reading An Interview with ‘Donnie Darko’ Director-Richard Kelly

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