Gang violence in Sheffield is not a brand new phenomena. Joe Field looks into the nows and thens of it all. In 1981, author J P Bean published ‘The Sheffield Gang Wars’, a highly detailed account of one of the most turbulent eras in the city’s history. The book tells the story of a...
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“Claude VonStroke does not scowl and look mean while he DJs. He does not pretend to know everything and he will be nice to you and your friends. He is grateful to be doing music for a living and he knows that the reason people go to parties is to have fun. If you...
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Dead Sons are set to take over an unusual venue in the centre of town. We catch up with them in the woods, corner them and goad a quick interview out of them.
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Huey Morgan has fronted Fun Lovin’ Criminals since the mid-nineties. Between that and hosting a 6music show, he found time to chat to Polly Perkins. He’s done crime, done time and he’s done rock ‘n’ roll, from the mean streets of New York’s Alphabet City to the swaggeringly luxurious, celebrity laden bars of London,...
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Knitwear Slag meets the punk blues band from Sheffield Alabama, DEEP South Yorks.
Hi, Wet Nuns. Welcome. Here, I even bought you a spittoon to make you feel more at home. Now, are you both sitting comfortably? No? Good.
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Thou shalt always spill the beans when Toast interviews thou. Scroobius Pip falls foul of Sam Briggs superlative grilling technique.
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When Little Man Tate sold out two back-to-back farewell gigs at the Academy last October, front man Jon Windle really meant the ‘farewell’ bit. His plan was to extract himself from the ‘...nasty, cutthroat, money grabbing’ world of musical performance and concentrate entirely on writing for other artists.
Next month he releases his first solo...
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