John Freeman

Warping The Familiar: An Interview With Patterns

Patterns' Ciaran McAuley tells John Freeman why the Manchester band's long-awaited debut album is dedicated to the act of "warping the familiar"

Thrill Seeker: An Interview With Connan Mockasin

Ahead of his UK tour, which starts tomorrow, Connan Mockasin meets John Freeman to talk building rollercoasters and the making of his Tokyo-influenced second album, Caramel

Driving Circles: Hips And Makers By Kristin Hersh 25 Years On

25 years after falling for its translucent charm, John Freeman looks back at the career-defining debut solo album from the Throwing Muses’ frontwoman

Pixies

Various EPs

Dark And Light: An Interview With I Break Horses

Maria Lindén talks to John Freeman about I Break Horses’ second album Chiaroscuro, which you can stream in full below, and "digging deeper into the darkness"

Groove Is In The Heart: An Interview With St. Vincent

Annie Clark tells John Freeman how a naked encounter with a rattlesnake, Ambien-induced hallucinations and groove-metallists Pantera all inspired her astonishing new ‘funeral party’ album

A Continuum Of Creativity: Stranger Son Interviewed

Gareth Smith, of Manchester rock collective Stranger Son, tells John Freeman how new record Last Days of Butterfly was inspired by the psychology of oppression and forged in an empty Edwardian swimming pool

Dream Recall: An Interview With Faint Wild Light

James Ginzburg, one half of electronic duo Emptyset, tells John Freeman how new project Faint Wild Light helped rekindle his interest in music after making dance tunes "became like playing a video game"

An Eye For An Eye: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds’ Tender Prey Revisited

Twenty five years after its release, John Freeman looks back at an album - created amid chaos - that would become the making of The Bad Seeds.

Jumping The Shark: An Interview With Hjaltalín

With the release of their third album, Enter 4, Hjaltalín frontman Högni Egilsson talks to John Freeman about dead sharks and recording demos in a psychiatric hospital

A Lonely Sexy Death: An Interview With Money

With the release of their debut album, The Shadow Of Heaven, Money frontman Jamie Lee talks to John Freeman about the art of living faithlessly

A Drop Of Spontaneity: An Interview With Pinkunoizu

Andreas Pallisgaard of Danish art-rockers Pinkunoizu talks to John Freeman about how processes of improvisation inspired new album The Drop

Tales Of An Unspoken Plague: Nadine Shah Interviewed

John Freeman meets up with Nadine Shah to find out how her debut album, Love Your Dum And Mad, was shaped by "old jazz dudes" and inspired by tragedy

The Changing Man: An Interview With Maps

Maps’ James Chapman tells John Freeman how his career-high third album Vicissitude was created during a significant ‘lifestyle rearrangement’ for the Northamptonshire producer. Main picture by Erika Wall. Portrait by Phil Sharp

An Eternal Education: An Interview With The Heliocentrics

Jake Ferguson and Malcolm Catto of The Heliocentrics tell John Freeman how the band's second album and one of the Quietus favourites of the year so far, 13 Degrees Of Reality, was inspired by two legendary pioneers of jazz

Death Becomes Her: Anna Von Hausswolff Interviewed

The Swedish singer-songwriter tells John Freeman how her album Ceremony was inspired by a love of drone, a fascination with death and the vocal cords of Diamanda Galás

From Chelmsford To São Paulo: An Interview With Gold Panda

Berlin-based producer Derwin tells John Freeman why visiting some of the “great cities of the world” lifted his heart and inspired the new Gold Panda album, Half Of Where You Live

Chance-Taking: Stephen McRobbie Of The Pastels’ Favourite Albums

With The Pastels releasing their first album in 16 years last week, original member Stephen McRobbie reveals the 13 albums that “defined his taste” and inspired his band

Time Capsule: An Interview With Christopher Owens

As the ex-Girls frontman embarks on his solo career, Christopher Owens tells John Freeman about debut album Lysandre and life after the demise of his former band

Queen Sized Polly: PJ Harvey’s Rid Of Me Revisited

25 years after its release, John Freeman looks back at Polly Jean Harvey’s torrid and brilliant second album, Rid Of Me, a slate-cleaning ball of fury that would shock and awe in equal measure

Adding It Up: Violent Femmes’ Debut Album Revisited

Thirty years after its release, John Freeman looks back at the newly-reformed Milwaukee trio’s punk-folk classic that perfectly soundtracked his teenage angst.

The Sounds Of Planet Earth: Nick Rhodes Of Duran Duran’s Favourite Albums

As his long-standing side-project TV Mania finally releases an album, Bored With Prozac And The Internet?, Duran Duran’s Nick Rhodes reveals the 13 albums that changed his perceptions about music

Empowerment Of The Negative: NoNoNo Interviewed

John Freeman catches up with Stockholm trio NoNoNo to find out how saying 'no' became their gateway to making near-perfect pop

Bleached

Ride Your Heart

Fast-Forwarding From Slow-Motion: An Interview With Giant Drag

With the sudden release of a second album, Waking Up Is Hard To Do, Giant Drag’s Annie Hardy tells John Freeman why it will be the nü-grunger’s last record and how, after years of illness and addiction, she is now ready to launch three new projects

Song Star: Marnie Stern Interviewed

Marnie Stern tells John Freeman how her new album, The Chronicles Of Marnia, pushed the singer-songwriter far out of her comfort zone amid the daily grind of her artistic struggle

30 Years On: Morrissey’s Viva Hate Revisited

Thirty years after its release, John Freeman looks back at an album fuelled by hatred which contains some of the finest songs of Steven Patrick Morrissey’s solo career

Nematode Noise: An Interview With Hookworms

John Freeman meets Hookworms to find out how the Leeds group's debut album, Pearl Mystic, became a blast of rage and sadness, and why parents shouldn't be let loose on Facebook

Slowly But Surely: An Interview With The Pastels

In a rare interview, Stephen Pastel talks to John Freeman about why the seminal Glasgow band’s forthcoming album, Slow Summits, was a “struggle” and made with “love”

Salford Lads Cult: A Day In The Life Of GNOD

Following the recent release of their mighty Chaudelande album, John Freeman has an audience with Gnod and ends up playing sonic table-tennis and talking about astral travel, crazy Belgians and Eric Cantona

Man Of God: Jim James Of My Morning Jacket Interviewed

Cut, Paste & Jam: An Interview With Gallops

John Freeman finds out how Gallops’ debut album Yours Sincerely, Dr Hardcore was inspired by both Vangelis and Sonic the Hedgehog and forged by Wrexham pride