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John Clarkson - Interviews


Autumn 1904

Autumn 1904 - Interview

Keyboardist Allan Dumbreck talks to John Clarkson about his Edinburgh-formed post-punk outfit Autumn 1904's return forty years after they broke up and the recent release of their album. 'Tales of Innocence'.


Oldfield Youth Club

Oldfield Youth Club - Interview

Bitter Springs frontman Simon Rivers speaks to John Clarkson about his latest project Oldfield Youth Club and their debut album, ‘The Hanworth Are Coming’.


Bathers

Bathers - Interview with Chris Thomson

Chris Thomson, the frontman with acclaimed Scottish act The Bathers, speaks to John Clarkson about their first album in 24 years,, 'Sirenesque'.


the black watch

the black watch - Interview with John Andrew Fredrick

John Andrew Fredrick, the frontman with LA cult band the black watch, talks to John Clarkson about his book trilogy, 'The King of Good Intentions', which is about a 90's indie rock band, and his group's two forthcoming albums, 'The Morning Papers Have Given Us the Vapours' and 'Weird Rooms'.


Johny Brown

Johny Brown - Interview

Band of Holy Joy frontman Johny Brown talks to John Clarkson about his group's latest album 'Fated Beautiful Mistakes' and his forthcoming debut solo album 'Gut Feels'.


Jane Duffus

Jane Duffus - Interview

Writer Jane Duffus speaks to John Clarkson about her new book on Sarah Records, 'These Things Happen'.


Roy Moller

Roy Moller - Interview

Edinburgh-born singer and songwriter Roy Moller speaks to John Clarkson about his new album ‘Be My Baby’,which is about his discovery that his birth parents were Canadian and that his mother flew from Toronto to Edinburgh to give birth to and put him up for adoption.


Black Hill Transmissions

Black Hill Transmissions - Interview

Experimental musician Mark Scanlan talks to John Clarkson about his project Black Hill Transmissions and its new release 'Transmissions #3'.


Louise McCorkindale

Louise McCorkindale - Interview

Aberdee singer-songwriter and former Only A Ghost frontwoman Louise McCorkindale talks to John Clarkson about her debut solo release, EP ‘Her Art’.


NOISE

NOISE - Interview

New Glasgow-based band NOISE speak to John Clarkson about their experimental debut EP, 'Not Until Tomorrow Night'.


Morton Valence

Morton Valence - Interview

Robert 'Hacker' Jessett from 'urban country' group Morton Valence speaks to John Clarkson about their self-titled eighth album and their unusual interpretation of Americana.


Richard Cabut

Richard Cabut - Interview

John Clarkson speaks to music journalist Richard Cabut about his reissued debut novel, ‘Looking for a Kiss’ and its forthcoming film adaption.


Heavenly

Heavenly - Interview

Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey speak to John Clarkson about the reformation of their 90’s indiepop band Heavenly for three gigs and the vinyl reissue of their albums.


Deadset

Deadset - Interview

John Clarkson speaks to Sam Mellors, the vocalist from Hull-based indie band Deadset, about its debut single, 'The Art of Pointscoring' .


Bluebells

Bluebells - Interview with Ken McCluskey

Bluebells frontman Ken McCluskey talks to John Clarkson about the release of their long-awaited new LP and first album in almost forty years, 'In the 21st Century'.


Transmissionary Six

Transmissionary Six - Interview with Paul Austin Part 1

In the first part of a two part interview, both parts which we are running consecutively, guitarist Paul Austin talks to John Clarkson about the reformation of his band The Transmissionary Six after a decade-long absence, and their new album, 'Often Sometimes Rarely Never'.


Transmissionary Six

Transmissionary Six - Interview with Paul Austin Part 2

In the second part of our interview with guitarist Paul Austin, John Clarkson talks to him about songwriting with Robert Fisher from Willard Grant Conspiracy, Chris Eckman from The Walkabouts and Terri Pearson from The Transmissionary Six, and The Transmissionary Six's unusual new videos.


Cowboy Mouth

Cowboy Mouth - Interview with Grahame Skinner

Hipsway frontman Grahame Skinner talks to John Clarkson about the surprise return of his 90's project The Cowboy Mouth.


Panic Pocket

Panic Pocket - Interview

London-based indiepop act Panic Pocket talk to John Clarkson about their irreverent but melodic debut album, 'Mad Half Hour'.


CUT

CUT - Interview

Vocalist and guitarist Ferruccio Quercetti from Italian post-punk/blues trio CUT talks to John Clarkson about his group's hard touring, singing in English and new album, 'Dead City NIghts'.


Michael R. Shaw

Michael R. Shaw - Interview

Manchester musician Michael R. Shaw with producer James Youngjohns talks to John Clarkson about his brooding and enigmatic solo debut album, 'How Is This Helping?'


Glen Matlock

Glen Matlock - Interview

Ex-Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock talks to John Clarkson about his politically-conscious sixth solo album 'Consequences Coming' and working with Blondie.


Comes with a Smile

Comes with a Smile - Interview

John Clarkson gets deep into the hearts and minds behind one of the most influential music publications of the last 30 years, Comes with a Smile


Aug Stone

Aug Stone - Interview

American writer, musician and stand-up comedian talks to John Clarkson about his debut novel, The Ballad of Buttery Cake Ass’.


Bathers

Bathers - Interview

In our second interview with him, we speak to Chrris Thomson from Glasgow band The Bathers about thieir forthcoming first album of new material in over twenty years 'Sirenesque', and the reissue of his early band Friends Again's 1984 only album, 'Trapped and Unwrapped'.


Ian Button

Ian Button - Interview

Papernut Cambridge frontman Ian Button speaks to John Clarkson about ‘When the Magic Went Wrong’, his new collection of short stories and album about a down-on-his-luck magician, which he has recorded under the moniker of Toni Tubna and the Stockholm Tuba Sect, and his work with Gare Du Nord Records.


the black watch

the black watch - Interview

John Andrew Fredrick, the frontman with Los Angeles indie rock band the black watch, talks to John Clarkson about his band's forthcoming album 'Future Strangers', songwriting and his two novels on rock music, ‘The King of Good Intentions’ and its sequel ‘The King of Good Intentions II’.


John Howard

John Howard - Interview

Singer-songwriter and pianist John Howard speaks to John Clarkson about both his new albums, ‘LOOK – The Unknown Story of Danielle Du Bois’ and ‘From the Far Side of a Near Miss', writing and his eventful career.


Stephen McLaren

Stephen McLaren - Interview

Glaswegian-born but Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter Stephen McLaren talks to John Clarkson about his political and thought-demanding second solo album 'They Don't Put Any Money in Your Pocket'.


Simon Williams

Simon Williams - Interview

John Clarkson speaks to Simon Williams, the owner of indie label Fierce Panda Records, about his new biography ‘1-2 Cut Your Hair’, on Croydon-based punks, Johnny Moped


Heist

Heist - Interview

Mike and Allison Targett from cinematic pop act Heist speak to John Clarkson about their first album in eighteen years, ‘Births, Marriages and Deaths’, and their appearance at the Pennyblackmusic Bands Night at the Water Rats in London on the 10th September.


Silent Running

Silent Running - Interview

John Clarkson speaks to Peter Gamble, the frontman with Northern Irish rock group Silent Running, about his band’s recent reformation and their first album in thirty years, ‘Follow the Light’.


Valley of Weights

Valley of Weights - Interview

John Clarkson speaks to producer/engineer and Weisstronauts leader Pete Weiss and ex-Wobblies frontman Mike Griffin about their post-punk/alternative group Valley of Weights and its self-titled double allbum, which is being released on vinyl and download.


Fàshiön

Fàshiön - Interview

Luke ‘Skyscraper’ James, the original frontman with Birmingham post-punk outfit Fàshiön, speaks to John Clarkson about his tenure with the band, their new compilation ‘fàshiön music’ and his current band This Twisted Wreckage.


NIck Godfrey

NIck Godfrey - Interview

John Clarkson speaks to Nick Godfrey, the owner of Precious Recordings of London, about his vinyl label that specialises in classic indie band radio sessions recorded in the 1980s and 1990s.


Douglas MacIntyre

Douglas MacIntyre - Interview

John Clarkson speaks to Scottish guitarist and record label owner Douglas MacIntyre about his band Port Sulphur's second album 'Speed of Life', and 'Hungry Beat', his forthcoming oral history of the late 1970s and early 1980s Scottish post-punk movement.


Rob Pursey

Rob Pursey - Interview

Rob Pursey from Talulah Gosh, Heavenly, The Catenary Wires and Swansea Sound, talks about his and Amelia Fletcher's new label Skep Wax, and its new compilation 'Under the Bridge' which features acts who were signed to the influential indie label Sarah Records as they are now.


Beth Arzy

Beth Arzy - Interview

John Clarkson speaks to Beth Arzy about her involvement with LA indiepop band Aberdeen with influential label Sarah Records, and her present bands The Luxembourg Signal and Jetstream Pony’s contributions to new Sarah-inspired compilation ‘Under the Bridge’.


Roy Moller

Roy Moller - Interview

John Clarkson speaks to Edinburgh-born singer-songwriter Roy Moller about the reissue of his 2014 album, ‘My Week Beats Your Year’, which is about the influence on him of Lou Reed, and his forthcoming new album ‘Be My Baby’,which is about his discovery that his birth parents were Canadian and that his mother flew from Toronto to Edinburgh to give birth to and put him up for adoption.


Lida Husik

Lida Husik - Interview

Washington DC-raised singer-songwriter Lida Husik speaks to John Clarkson about her 1997 fifth album 'Fly Stereophonic', which is being released on vinyl for the first time for Record Store Day.


Simon Bromide

Simon Bromide - Interview

South London-based singer-songwriter and Bromide frontman Simon Berridge speaks to John Clarkson about his debut solo album, 'Following the Moon', which he has released as Simon Bromide.


Vinny Peculiar

Vinny Peculiar - Interview

Singer-songwriter Vinny Peculiar talks to John Clarkson about his 'three quarters' modern art-themed latest album, 'Artists Only'.


Volunteered

Volunteered - Interview

Mark Rowland, the frontman with South London indie band The Volunteered, talks to John Clarkson, about its debut album 'We Fall Apart', which has expanded from an EP into a vinyl LP, and the change in its line-up from a duo into a five-piece group


Ava Cherry

Ava Cherry - Interview

Ava Cherry, who was David Bowie's romantic partner and worked with him on 'Young Americans', speaks to John Clarkson about her forthcoming memoir, 'All That Glitters'.


Dire Straits Legacy

Dire Straits Legacy - Interview

Keyboardist Alan Clark speaks to John Clarkson about covers project Dire Straits Legacy, their forthcoming show at the 02 Indigo in London and his years in Dire Straits.


Ultrasound

Ultrasound - Interview

Ultrasound vocalist Andrew 'Tiny' Wood speaks to John Clarkson about the reissue in an expanded vinyl edition of their epic 1999 double album, 'Everything Picture'.


Dot Allison

Dot Allison - Interview

Edinburgh-born singer-songwriter and musician Dot Allison talks to John Clarkson about ‘Heart-Shaped Scars’, her first new album in twelve years.


Crazies

Crazies - Interview

An offshoot of The Sound frontman Adrian Borland's first band The Outsiders, The Crazies' only album 'A Simple Vision' was never meant to come out. Drummer Adrian Janes and clarinet player Bi Marshall explain why forty-three years after it was recorded it is finally being released.


European Sun

European Sun - Interview

Steve Miles from indie pop band European Sun talks about his group's recent first UK tour and how it has changed the band.


Brinsley Schwarz

Brinsley Schwarz - Interview

Guitarist-turned-songwriter Brinsley Schwarz talks to John Clarkson about his long career and second solo album, 'Tangled'.


Kevin Hewick

Kevin Hewick - Interview

Leicester-based cult musician and singer-songwriter Kevin Hewick talks to John Clarkson about his tenth solo album ‘Never Give Up on A Song’, working with the surviving members of Joy Division just after Ian Curtis’ death and also Adrian Borland and The Sound.


Chris Connelly

Chris Connelly - Interview

Edinburgh-born but now Chicago-based singer-songwriter Chris Connelly talks to John Clarkson about his new album 'The Birthday Poems', which recorded with Monica Queen, is a fictionalized account of the romance between Stella Cartwright and poet George Mackay Brown .


Catenary Wires

Catenary Wires  - Interview

Talulah Gosh, Heavenly and Tender Trap's Amelia Fletcher and Rob Pursey speak to John Clarkson about the expansion of their current band The Catenary Wires from a duo into a five-piece and 'Birling Gap', their just-released third album.


Doug Hoekstra

Doug Hoekstra - Interview

Nashville-based writer and musician Doug Hoekstra talks to John Clarkson about 'The Day Deserved', his first album in over a decade, and his return to music.


LIpstick Killers

LIpstick Killers - Interview

John Clarkson speaks to guitarist Mark Taylor from Australian 70s punk act The Lipstick Killers about ‘Strange Flash’, their new double CD retrospective.


Real Tuesday Weld

Real Tuesday Weld - Interview

Stephen Coates, the London-based songwriter and composer with The Real Tuesday Weld, speaks to John Clarkson about 'Blood', the first of three farewell albums for the group to be released over the next year, and why he has decided to finish with the band now.







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