Interviews
Over the past decade, AltWire writers have conducted over 200 interviews with some of the biggest names in music. Read them all right here.
Funeral For A Friend Interview: Chapter And Verse
As one of the last remaining bastions of the British hardcore scene, Funeral for a Friend keeps re-inventing itself from record to record. Their next opus Chapter And Verse will be released through Distiller ...
Vinyl Theatre Interview: ‘It’s A Dream Come True For All Of Us…’
One of the hottest new signings to the Warner Bros. subsidiary Fueled By Ramen; Vinyl Theatre is a band whose fame grew exponentially over the last few months and almost in many ways overnight. ...
You Me At Six Interview: “We Wanted To Sound Like a Big Rock Band”
Celebrating their tenth official year as a band, You Me At Six just finished their North American tour in support of their latest release, Cavalier Youth. Released earlier this year, the British quintet’s fourth studio album has encountered ...
Amaranthe: Intense Power Metal From Sweden
Fresh off of a very successful US tour and the release of their brand new album, Massive Addictive, Amaranthe is proving that they are one of the most exciting and unique bands to come out of ...
[Altwire Interview] Wild Party: “Who Wouldn’t Wanna Go To a Wild Party?”
Wild Party is definitely one group that is living up to their adventurous moniker. Founded in 2011, and riding high off the release of their debut record Phantom Pop (October 7th – Old Friends), ...
[AltWire Interview] Magic Man: “We’ve Been Doing It For a Long Time..”
Longtime friends, Alex and Sam grew up together but split paths after high school to attend separate universities. The summer following their freshman year, the two decided to volunteer in France for the summer ...
[AltWire Interview] Young Kato: “We Feel It’s Our Given To Make People Happy…”
Who doesn’t love the 80’s? A fantastic period for both music and artistic creativity, the decade witnessed many classic artists like Tears For Fears, U2, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, and Journey leave their permanent ...
[AltWire-Interview] Danke, Wissenschaftler: „Musikalisch kann man wirklich alles machen, was man will“
The New Jersey rock scene has always been the birthplace of some incredible talent. Credited as the origin state for many highly talented artists such as My Chemical Romance, The Misfits, and Bruce Springsteen ...
[Altwire Interview] Sameer Bhattacharya of Flyleaf
For most of their twelve years together as a band, the rock group Flyleaf has written and created songs that deal with the topic of rebirth, perseverance, and overcoming adversity from the everyday forces ...
Watsky Interview: “I Wanted The Album To Feel Eclectic Musically”
While being best known as a rapper, Watsky is not afraid to branch out and touch upon other genres of music to help enrich his one-of-a-kind sound. Check out our interview with him below! ...
AJR Interview: “Finding Something New Is Really Important To Us.”
It is extremely rare to find an artist on the radio today that stands out from the others and combines the perfect instrumentals, lyrics, and rhythm to make the ears 100% satisfied. AJR would be the ...
SomeKindaWonderful: 1 Incredible Hour With Jordy Towers
Jordy Towers of SomeKindaWonderful wears his heart on his sleeve in our incredible interview. Check it out below, and be sure to support SomeKindaWonderful on Spotify and all streaming services! Since the dawn of ...
Interview – Enter Shikari: “We’ll Be Busting Out One New Song”
What would definitely rock the entire alternative community right now? A new album from Enter Shikari! Their previous album, “A Flash Flood of Colour”, was extremely well received by both critics and fans alike. ...
Melissa Burnos Interview: A Q&A With BURNOS
For those of you who have tuned in to SiriusXM’s Big-Uns countdown recently, your ears may be familiar with a highly explosive and extremely energetic new rock band titled BURNOS. If you haven’t, you ...
Interview – Birth of Joy: “Our Goal Is To Lose Ourselves…”
Hailing from the Netherlands, and recently signed for worldwide distribution via Long Branch Records, Birth of Joy are a band that we are finding ourselves very excited about. Pulling from a list of underground ...
Interview – Crobot: “We Find It Easy to Come to Solid Ground…”
Crobot is pure, unadulterated rock’n’roll. If you like hints of classic rock but with a heavier flow but also maybe something with a little bit of a groove, you’re going to want to hop ...
Filter Interview: A Chat With Richard Patrick
The year was 1995. A shocked nation watched as OJ Simpson was put on trial for murder, Forrest Gump had just won Best Picture at the 67th Academy Awards and in Los Angeles, a ...
Interview – Summer Camp: “Everyone Has Darkness Inside…”
Summer Camp are an English indie-pop band signed to Moshi Moshi and founded in 2009. We previously featured Summer Camp on our independent music series “The Spark” (read our feature here). After having their latest ...
Meg Myers Interview: An Artist To Watch
Meg Myers is a new artist on the rise. Her debut EP “Daughter in the Choir” has created quite the buzz when it was released in 2012. Now she is back with a new ...
Interview – Versus The World: “Punk Rock is Everything To Me”
Versus The World are a post-hardcore/pop punk band hailing out of Santa Barbara, CA comprised of Chris Flippin (Lagwagon), Mike Davenport (The Ataris), Bryan Charleson and Donald Spence (Crooks and Liars). Signed to Viking ...