John Freeman

Wildly Addictive: An Interview With Dutch Uncles

John Freeman finds out that Dutch Uncles’ third album, Out Of Touch In The Wild, was fuelled by a thirst for creative freedom and anchored by the concept of addiction

James

The Gathering Sound (Box Set)

Universal Imagination: An Interview With Frisk Frugt

John Freeman spoke to Danish experimental pop artist Anders Lauge Meldgaard about how a trip to West Africa inspired his 'collage of sound' Frisk Frugt project

There’s A Riot Goin’ On: Ice Cube’s The Predator Revisited

Twenty years after its release in the aftermath of the Los Angeles riots, John Freeman looks back at the anger that fuelled Ice Cube’s greatest solo album

Chad Valley

Young Hunger

My Cervical Cancer: An Interview with Chew Lips’ Tigs

On the second anniversary of being given the all-clear, Tigs from Chew Lips talks to John Freeman about her experience of cervical cancer and why she will never miss a smear test again

Fire And Brimstone: An Interview With The Revival Hour

John Freeman finds out about The Revival Hour's imminent debut album and how apocalyptic EP Clusterchord was inspired by the wrath of God

Melody’s Echo Chamber

Melody's Echo Chamber

Mary Epworth On Nature & The Mysterious, Mystical Hare

Mary Epworth's Twitter profile is three words long. It reads 'I like hares'. Here, the singer-songwriter and self-confessed "wildlife-obsessive" talks to John Freeman about the "otherworldly, but hugely misunderstood" mammal.

A Strange Love: Depeche Mode’s Music For The Masses Revisited

Twenty-five years after its release, John Freeman looks back at the career-defining, America-conquering album that saw the Essex quartet perfect their brand of "electronic metal"

A Mother’s Love: An Interview with Martha Wainwright

Martha Wainwright talks to John Freeman about the birth of her son and the death of her mother, Kate McGarrigle, and how the two events inspired her astonishing new album, Come Home To Mama

Martha Wainwright

Come Home To Mama

That’s The Spirit! Natasha Khan Of Bat For Lashes Interviewed

John Freeman finds out how her stunning new Bat For Lashes album, The Haunted Man, finally allowed Natasha Khan to strip away her ghosts

Incestuous Unions: Pixies’ Come On Pilgrim Revisited

Twenty-five years after its release, John Freeman looks back on a life-changing debut record bursting with darkness, death and illicit sex and brilliant pop songs

Written In The Stars: An Interview With Pegasvs

John Freeman chats to the Barcelona 'kraut-pop' duo about how their glorious debut album is an experiment in "fitting pop structures to experimental noise"

25 Years On: The Debut Of Jane’s Addiction Revisited

A quarter of a century after the release of Jane’s Addiction, John Freeman reflects on why the truly great live band’s debut album left him wanting more

The Unlikely Triplets: Stealing Sheep Interviewed

Stealing Sheep chat to John Freeman about how their three very different personalities have made a harmonious and captivating debut album

Synthesizer Soul: Yazoo’s Upstairs At Eric’s 30 Years On

On the 30th anniversary of its release, Vince Clarke tells John Freeman how Yazoo’s groundbreaking debut album was all about "the singing and the tunes"

Voodoo Rams: An Interview With Goat

John Freeman chats to shadowy Swedish collective Goat, about how ancient voodoo rituals influenced their extraordinary debut album World Music

Stealing Sheep

Into The Diamond Sun

Getting To The Point: An Interview With PINS

Having witnessed their swift progression over a series of gigs, John Freeman chats to PINS about how they’re carefully crafting a blend of noise, texture and melody; plus watch a new live video of 'You Don't Need To Be'.

Milk Maid

Mostly No

The Hunger & The Fight: Jesca Hoop Interviewed

Jesca Hoop's new album The House That Jack Built was informed by the recent death of her father, but still finds room to be playful with both sound and lyrical concerns. She tells John Freeman about how it came together, touring with Peter Gabriel and the compulsion to keep creating

Suffering And Redemption: An Interview With The Invisible

Having recently survived a serious electrocution, Dave Okumu tells John Freeman about how the accident and the death of his mother have changed his life forever

Smoke Fairies Discuss New LP

Traveller’s Tales: Smoke Fairies talk to John Freeman about their new album, Blood Speaks

Beach House

Bloom

Cherry Ice Cream Smiles: Duran Duran’s Rio Revisited

Rio was released thirty years ago this week. John Freeman looks back at an archetypal 80s pop album which became Duran Duran's defining moment.

Acquainted With The Void: Simone Felice Interviewed

John Freeman talks to Simon Felice about how birth and death visited him hand in hand

Santigold

Master Of My Make-Believe

Beyond The Buzz: An Interview with Friends

John Freeman talks to Samantha Urbani about how everything from Adam Ant to Belize has inspired Friends' sonic brew

“There’s More To Us Than Shouting”: Hawk Eyes Interviewed

John Freeman meets up with three quarters of noise-rock outfit Hawk Eyes to discover just how their mighty new album Ideas ably demonstrates that less can sometimes be more

Colour Me Peach & Black: Prince’s Sign O’ The Times, 25 Years On

Twenty-five years after its release, John Freeman looks back at the magnum opus that would ultimately be the undoing of Prince