Greg Wetherall | Arts and Culture Journalist |

whynow • 14th January 2026

‘Everybody’s playing this track down in Louisiana – it’s packing the dancefloors’ | CC Adcock Interviewed whynow

When it comes to music, CC Adcock is a lifer. “I’m just a junkie, man,” the producer and guitarist proclaims matter-of-factly. “I remember jamming with my friends when I was 13 and it wasn’t enough for me. I had to take it further.”

whynow • 14th January 2026

'I don't celebrate anything': Sleaford Mods’ Jason Williamson on porn addiction, politics, and staying angry whynow

“We’re like a fucking Aldi Gorillaz, aren’t we?” Sleaford Mods’ Jason Williamson deadpans to whynow when discussing the number of guests that appear on their new album, The Demise of Planet X. “It’s getting to the point now where Sleaford Mods is becoming bigger than just two people,” he continues. “At the same time, I’m conscious of trying to keep it stripped back.”

Ticketmaster UK • 16th October 2025

Idlewild: “As you get older, you become so much more comfortable with yourself”

“Everyone thought we were going to be this enormous, arena-filling band, but that didn’t happen” Idlewild’s frontman Roddy Woomble says with an air of mild resignation. “I’m not bitter in any way. I understand why the spotlight moves on. We just didn’t connect to a huge audience the way U2 did, or REM did with ‘Losing My Religion’.”

Ticketmaster UK • 22nd July 2025

Turin Brakes - Interview - Stage Times

From Brixton and V Festival to empty boats and a psych ward – Turin Brakes remember the best and worst of their gig history

Ticketmaster UK • 22nd July 2025

The Charlatans - Interview - Stage Times

From The Haçienda to Knebworth, Mark Collins remembers the best, worst, smallest and biggest times The Charlatans took to the stage.

Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews • 2nd May 2025

Flower Power: Emilíana Torrini Interviewed | Features | Clash Magazine

When singer songwriter Emilíana Torrini’s close friend’s mother passed away in 2019, the process was also the source of a shocking series of revelations.

Financial Times • 20th December 2024

FT Interview: Alex Gibney on Benjamin Netanyahu and The Bibi Files

NME • 13th December 2024

Art Garfunkel tells us about reconciling with Paul Simon: "I burst into tears – and then there were hugs"

Art Garfunkel has opened up to NME about ending “years of detachment” from Paul Simon, recalled “the high point of [his] career” as part of the iconic duo, and discussed starting a new chapter with his recent collaborative album.

NME • 21st November 2024

BBC Sound Of 2025 stars Good Neighbours: "We want to be 'that' festival band"

Good Neighbours have spoken to NME about the making of their viral TikTok hit ‘Home’ and their breakthrough year.

Ticketmaster UK • 10th October 2024

Pixies: “We’re The Grateful Dead of alternative rock”

It’s hard to find any fresh superlatives to bestow upon alt-rock icons, Pixies. Their influence is the stuff of legend, and without them, there’s a case to say Nirvana, Radiohead and countless others might not have taken their craft into such weird and wild directions.

NME • 7th October 2024

Interview: Everything Everything on the importance of UK grassroots venues: "They are such a vital training ground"

Everything Everything bassist Jeremy Pritchard has spoken to NME about his fears for the future of grassroots music venues in the UK, saying that “they are such a vital training ground” for new talent.

The Guardian • 23rd September 2024

‘Tom Petty heard it and said: “Wow!” Jet on how they made Are You Gonna Be My Girl

We weren’t signed when I wrote the track. Nobody knew who we were. We were playing pubs around Melbourne and no one was coming. The Strokes and that whole scene hadn’t hit yet and people weren’t interested.

Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews • 11th September 2024

In Conversation: Lucius | Features | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

For two decades, gifted vocalists and songwriters Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig have worked side-by-side. While the 60s-soaked, indie-pop shimmer of their band Lucius has remained their primary interest, it hasn’t been their sole focus.

NME • 4th September 2024

Ezra Collective: "Give us Paul McCartney money and we'll build a youth club"

Last year, the London quintet became the first jazz act to walk away with the prestigious Mercury Prize. What has followed has been a whirlwind of acclaim and further accolades. The band’s profile and streaming figures have risen exponentially, while 2024 single ‘Ajala’ was recently nomi...

Ticketmaster UK • 2nd July 2024

Journey’s Jonathan Cain on the story of 'Don’t Stop Believin’

Maybe it’s the redemptive power of our multimedia world; an ability to exhume the forgotten and exalt the under-celebrated. You never quite know wh...

Ticketmaster UK • 4th April 2024

Interview: Yellow Days

When George von den Broek, better known as musical wunderkind Yellow Days, learned that Tom Waits was in attendance at his show in San Francisco...

The Guardian • 12th January 2024

Liam Gallagher and John Squire on their psychedelic resurrection: ‘No kinky saucepot shenanigans!’

When Liam Gallagher first heard the songs John Squire had written for their new collaborative album, he had two thoughts: that they were “banging”, and that he instinctively knew how to sing them. After all, he’s been singing Squire’s songs since his early teens.

AnOther • 22nd December 2023

The Who’s Pete Townshend on His Life House Graphic Novel

“It now feels like less of a sci-fi story than a slightly cartoon view of what’s going on in the world today”: The rock legend sits down with AnOther to discuss his new graphic novel and the “subversive force” of 60s rock.

Ticketmaster UK • 15th December 2023

Stage Times: Cast

John Power of Cast looks back on his most memorable gigs – from making history with Oasis at Knebworth to dodging apples with U2 in Leeds

AnOther • 6th December 2023

Queer Revenge Thriller Femme Puts Masculinity Under a Microscope

As Femme is released in cinemas, co-director Sam H Freeman talks about his love of late-night neo-noir thrillers by Nicolas Winding Refn and the Safdies, and capturing the darkness