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

Words: @JosephFood Where escapism from the toils of life depicted so adroitly in his lyrics may once have been found..

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

Rotation label boss Adam Wheale chats to Exposed ahead of his label’s latest release, A Journey Through Time II by Okee. Tell..

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

Try, if you can, to briefly rise above the interminable, all-encompassing fug of Brexit-era Britain and cast your mind back..

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

Hailing from Barrow-in-Furness and Norway respectively, Stephen Fitzpatrick (vocals and guitar) and Audun Laading (bass and backing vocals) bonded over..

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

Ahead of his set for Sourdough at Bungalows and Bears this Friday, we chatted to Habibi Funk about the label,..

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16 Jan
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Interview: Warm Salmon

We had a chat with one of the newest arrivals on the Sheffield music scene I like the name, very..

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

It affects you deeply when you break up with someone, there was a lot of content to talk about. It’s..

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21 Dec
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Interview: DMA’s

DMA’s guitarist Johnny Took discusses the Aussie band’s origins and influences, as well as the vision behind their more refined..

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13 Dec
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Liberty Ship release new single for Weston Park Cancer Trust

The Liberty Ship lads are back with a fresh slice of South Yorkshire rock and roll, ‘Do That Thing’, with..

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

The Milburn frontman is back with another Carnall Christmas cracker and festive tidings of a brand new solo record in..

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30 Nov
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Interview with Sheffield’s Mathew J. Hall

I think that’s what the album is about – searching for something I’ve kind of not really found yet. In..

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22 Nov
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From Amsterdam to Sheffield: We meet Nathan Surreal

When we heard that one of Amsterdam’s finest house and techno producer and DJs had moved to Sheffield our ears..

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

Orbital’s three decades have been punctuated by long breaks, often pervaded by a sense of finality. Every time, the band..

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19 Nov
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In interview with Sheffield band Cellar Door Moon Crow

Much like the two well-bearded siblings who co-own it, Fat Elephant Studio in the old Albyn Works building has plenty..

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16 Nov
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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

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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”

Interview: Mr Jukes – Jack Steadman

Interview: A tour of Sheffield with Jon McClure