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Tramlines 2019: The Seamonsters on their big homecoming gig

Exposed’s Ellie Nodder catches up with Ciara Hurding, drummer of the 80’s-inspired indie pop peddlers. You started the band when..

Music Interviews

19 Jul
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Tramlines 2019: A quickie with Circa Waves…

The Merseyside indie rockers are stopping off at Tramlines with third album What’s It Like Over There? in tow. Cameron..

Music

19 Jul
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An Interview with Helen McCookerybook

Helen McCookerybook is a recording artist who was formerly the bass guitarist and lead singer of Brighton based punk band..

Music

15 Jul
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PINK CIGS: “Picture the toilet bowl after Sabbath, Deep Purple and James Gang went for a big stinking curry at Balti King… That’s us!”

If dirty stinking rock riffs, impromptu moshpits and Somerset cider are your sort of bag, Sheff four-piece PINK CIGS could..

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15 Jul
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Interview: RAW SILK ahead of their Peddler Warehouse set

We catch up with Steph Smith, one half of South London DJ duo RAW SILK, to get the lowdown before..

Music

10 Jul
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Wordplay: The1Devotion

For this month’s foray into Sheffield’s literary scene, Mollie Bland speaks to up-and-coming spoken word artist Dominic Heslop AKA The1Devotion...

Interviews

8 Jul
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Jon McClure takes us through Reverend and the Makers’ Best Of album

Following a short hiatus, Reverend and the Makers have announced the release of The Best of The Reverend and the Makers in..

Music

14 Jun
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Honeyblood’s Stina Tweeddale on her new album, nightmares and witches

This album was possibly the most daunting I’ve made. I pushed the boat out furthest for this one. Ahead of..

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23 May
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Exposed meets Mini Mansions

Mikey Schuman, drummer of the LA indie synth-pop aficionados, gives Naomi Mann the lowdown on their new record and Sheffield..

Music

8 May
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Finding Sanctuary with Fat White Family

It’s no longer that animalistic, heroin, kind of dirt sound, you know? On the face of it, members of Fat..

Music

7 May
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5 minutes with: Ishmael Ensemble

Hitting Yellow Arch Studios on Thursday May 16th are Bristolian quartet Ishmael Ensemble, who release their debut album, A State..

Daily Picks

2 May
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SHEAFS are back and raring to go

After spending a few months lying low, Sheffield indie five-piece SHEAFS are now back and raring to go. I caught..

Music

16 Apr
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Interview: Woman’s Hour

Ahead of the band’s gig at Picture House Social tonight (18 March), Exposed caught up with three-piece London band Woman’s..

Music

18 Mar
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TYNI

Words: Paul Stimpson / Photography: Charlotte Rutherford We sit down with up-and-coming Sheff artist TYNI to discuss mental health and..

In Session

11 Mar
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Tramlines 2019: The Seamonsters on their big homecoming gig

Tramlines 2019: A quickie with Circa Waves…

Wordplay: The1Devotion

Jon McClure takes us through Reverend and the Makers’ Best Of album

Honeyblood’s Stina Tweeddale on her new album, nightmares and witches

Exposed meets Mini Mansions

Finding Sanctuary with Fat White Family

5 minutes with: Ishmael Ensemble

SHEAFS are back and raring to go

Interview: Woman’s Hour

TYNI

KOG: “That’s the number one reason I got into music: the love, affection and connection”

“I always was more of a pop enthusiast” – Rebecca Lucy Taylor on Self Esteem

Sleaford Mods on Eton Alive: “It’s about getting stuff out there that connects with people”

“This one’s for the connoisseurs” – Rotation boss on label’s new release

Drenge: “There’s a lot of spookiness out there at the moment”

“Bruce Springsteen does jangle pop”: Interview with Her’s

Habibi Funk: “I just pack a load of records and see what feels right on the night!”

“People don’t view us in the way we view ourselves” – Bring Me The Horizon on new album, amo

Interview: DMA’s

Liberty Ship release new single for Weston Park Cancer Trust

Joe Carnall Jnr on his upcoming Christmas show and a big announcement for 2019

Interview with Sheffield’s Mathew J. Hall

From Amsterdam to Sheffield: We meet Nathan Surreal

Orbital: “I love Sheffield, it’s got a special place in my heart”

In interview with Sheffield band Cellar Door Moon Crow

GoGo Penguin: “This is finally the right combination of people”

Johnny Marr on The Smiths, his solo work and everything in between

Back to school with ITOP

The Importance of Being IDLES

Matic Mouth: “I hate politics, but I believe I am a person who speaks up if I see something wrong”

Interview: The Coral’s James Skelly

Peter Hook on the Hacienda Classical: “Precision combined with a wonderful bit of anarchy.”

Tramlines 2018: Exposed chats to Milburn

Universal Tree: Uniting the People

Still Hotsteppin’: Interview with The Hot Soles

My Life in Music: Rae Morris

Interview: Stereophonics

Steve Diggle of Buzzcocks: “You just sort of hope someone, somewhere, will come along and shake things up a bit.”

Parklife Preview: Get to know Melé

Interview: The Magic Gang

Meet Roy Davis Jr.’s first signing in 16 years: Al Zanders

Return of the Mac: 5 minutes with Fleetmac Wood

Shame: “We don’t look at the finish line; we’re just looking at the next step.”

Time for Tino: We meet Sheffield’s freshest new 140 DJ

Interview: INK. talk debut EP, headline tour and wiping the slate clean

DJ at the Circus: We chat to Yousef

The Vaccines: “We wanted to scratch that itch and basically create the best record we ever have”

Pale Waves talk new music and sausage fests

5 Minutes with… the Turbans

5 Minutes with… CC:Disco

Otis Mensah on new tunes, being vulnerable and playing with Killah Priest

Interview: AWOOGA

Coming of Age: We meet Dusky & Lo Shea

Melody Maker: Mella Dee chats Donny and 90s rave tapes

Bez on Happy Mondays, Madchester and what twists his melon in 2018

Blancmange’s Neil Arthur: “Not for one minute would I want to hold onto or harness something that holds me in this retro-nostalgic world”

Or:la heads up our first ever Nightlife Special

Something in the Works: an Interview with Hope Works curator/resident Lo Shea

The Magic Gang: “Sheffield is one of our favourite places to play”

Kim Wilde On Being Back On Tour!

It’s P-Time! 5 Minutes with Crazy P

Forged In Steel: We meet Winston Hazel

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: what happened to our rock and roll?

Gangs of New Yorkshire: We meet PBR Streetgang

A Christmas catch-up with SHEAFS

John Smith: ‘I see myself as a working musician… my first responsibility is to my family’

Cervo, Fela Kuti and Expensive S***

Hello, HAAi

Chris Jericho on Fozzy: “We sound a bit like the bastard child of Metallica and Journey”

Tim Burgess: “Ideas give you energy, and new ideas are always seductive”

Wilin’ Out with DJ Zinc

Ghostpoet: “Genre is just a marketing tool really”

Brotherly Love: Octave One Interview

Interview: Model Aeroplanes

Interview: Scott Bond (Gatecrasher)

The Jesus and Mary Chain: “We were worried we’d kill each other in the studio”

Wolf Alice: “We had to literally destroy our arms and legs recording Yuk Foo”

Everything Everything: “The band’s like an intense family”

Richard Hawley: “3 Ring Circus is utterly terrifying”