BBC Introducing Humberside’s Alan Raw Interview

Originally published in The Hullfire.

We interviewed BBC Radio Humberside presenter and local music maestro Alan Raw in the new live space at the BBC open centre, BBC radio Humberside.

This new space means that bands can play live sets at the radio station and right in front of the studios. We did the interview in a café style area next to this where presumably guests and artists can come and sit. Tonight the session was from Of Allies – you can read about that in Max’s article.

An Afternoon With Atom Brewery

Originally published in the Nov 2016 edition of the Hullfire.

The award winning Atom Brewery are the one of the best independent brewery’s in Hull and East Yorkshire and ship their wide range of experimental and flavoursome beers worldwide. One of their beers Phobos and Deimos RIPA is rated as the best beer in East Yorkshire at the moment on RateBeer and their unique style and approach has got them acclaim all over the market. I had the chance to go down to their Sutton Fields brewery and have a chat with self-confessed beer geeks and founder and head brewer respectively Allan Rice and Jack Walker.

Former University of Hull student Jack showed me briefly around the workshop floor of the brew house when I arrived. There was a distinct wheaty aroma throughout the brewery that was apparently unnoticeable to Jack after so long. I was surrounded by enormous tanks that each had a different affectionate name given to them. Some were for fermenting, some for conditioning. I even got to try a little beer straight from one of the cold room tanks. It was apparently not quite ready and a little too hoppy for that particular recipe but it was nonetheless refreshing and there was definitely a satisfaction in drinking something essentially straight from the source.

Clean Cut Kid Interview

Originally published in The Hullfire.

Clean Cut Kid are a band from Liverpool with a handful of singles out that have brought them swift recognition within the indie sphere as a one of the next big things. Singles like ‘Vitamin C’ and recent release ‘Pick Me Up’ show their exciting and diverse talent, and colourful personality inherent in their music. They supported Fickle Friends on the Hull leg of their tour at Fruit on Monday 7^th March. Tim and Ben from Hullfire radio show Alternative Agenda chatted to Mike and Evelyn Halls, Saul Godman and Ross Higginson of the band after their set.

Fickle Friends Interview

Originally published on The Hullfire.

Brighton band Fickle Friends came to Hull for their first time ever to play a gig at local venue Fruit on Monday 7^th March. They are an exciting act recently picked up by Polydor records, who are utilising a range of instruments to make groovy indie pop tunes such as ‘Swim’ and ‘Say No More’. Tim and Ben from the Hullfire Radio show Alternative Agenda went to see them and got a chance to chat to Natti, Sam, Harry, Jack and Chris about their experiences on tour, their music and how the indie/alternative genre is changing.

Alternative Agenda: Fronteers Interview

Interviewed Hull band Fronteers, along with Hullfire podcast Hybrid, before their support slot for Pretty Vicious on 28th November at Welly. They’re a great bunch of lads and they’re definitely going places, making a name for the Hull music scene in the process. We played their single ‘It’s up to me now’ on the show the other week!

Alternative Agenda: Pretty Vicious Interview

I interviewed the Welsh band Pretty Vicious for Alternative Agenda on Hullfire Radio, before their gig at Welly. We talk about the rising popularity of the band which has included support slots with the likes of the Vaccines. There are also interesting stories about gigs they’ve played, from Cardiff Castle to Japan and also their experience of playing in Paris on the night of the terrorist attacks. The interview is below.

Snapper Welly Interview

Snapper is a local creative working in Hull and is renowned for his distinctive art style that can be found on amongst other things the Welly club promotional material.

How long have you been in Hull and long have you been involved in the cultural scene?

During my time studying in Hull, I started on the long road of making a name for myself as a creative-  this, and being a fan of Hull in general, led to moving here permanently. I can’t say for certain how involved I actually am with the cultural scene, but I’ve been trying to contribute to it from the start of my (official) career as a creative, 4 or 5 years ago.