Billy Reeves of Theaudience had his life thrown upside down in 2001 by a terrible car accident, he tells Fergal Kinney, and now his new band, The Helicopter Of The Holy Ghost, have released an album of old songs he can't even remember writing. N.B. readers who have been in traumatic traffic accidents may find some of the descriptions in this interview difficult to read
Ahead of his new EP Your Charizmatic Self, the Night Slugs co-founder meets Rory Gibb to discuss thirteen favourite albums, from pioneering R&B production to grime's sonic brutalism and the blossoming influence of labelmate Jam City
There was grey and gravel-flavoured BlokeMusic before him. But, argues David Bennun, the tepid indie-folk mumbler’s commercial success ensured that an awful lot more came after him – and we’re still living with the consequences 20 years on