Rise Carmine - adapting songs live and amassing new material
Toronto based multi-instrumentalist and psych-rock artist Rise Carmine - a.k.a. Liam Colbert - is back on the podcast for his second chat. When we last spoke in November, he was just about to release ...
13 Jul 28min
The Zaxons - the influence of classical and playing live as a duo
The Zaxons are a Canadian post-punk and indie rock duo based in Vancouver, British Columbia. With elements of British post-punk, jangle pop, shoegaze and new wave combined with minimal vocals. Their s...
10 Jul 26min
Darren Hayman - listening back to old songs and painting on beermats
Darren Hayman is a songwriter who first came to public attention as the frontman of Hefner back at the end of the 90’s. I tried to count up his releases, but they are numerous in number and genre so I...
6 Jul 31min
80 Bands Around the World - Tuska 2026 special
After 20+ years in Finland I finally visited the country's legendary metal festival Tuska!Not only was it a great event, but I also managed to see and speak to 4 more bands for the 80 Bands Around the...
3 Jul 35min
Zanders - writing from the heart and who is John?
Zanders are a 4-piece chamber-pop band from Brooklyn, New York. Formed in 2014, they have just released their 3rd album “Sweetie”, ten songs which delve into themes of lost friendships and insecuritie...
29 Jun 23min
US - spontaneity is key and recording an album in a few days
US are a Finnish band whose genre is challenging to pin down. Somewhere between garage rock, 60’s rock and roll, punk and blues rock, their live shows are full of energy and you can’t help but smile w...
26 Jun 28min
DOSS - touring in Scotland and keeping their Glasgow accents
Doss are a Scottish band playing electronic post punk. Sorley Mackay started the project during Covid as an outlet for his angry, honest lyrics and has since been joined by Chilton Fawcett on drums, t...
22 Jun 29min
80 Bands Around the World - ODDfest 2026 special
I attended the second ODDfest (so 2026) in the heart of Helsinki to see how many more bands I could add to the 80 Bands project. I saw 4 bands during the festival:24 - Valerie June - USA25- NAZVA - Uk...
19 Jun 14min
