So Young Issue Fifty-Eight

Hello! We are a band from Copenhagen called Spawner, consisting of Jonas, Ella and Johan. We write grungy folk and pop songs that combine our differences, merging vocal harmonies with fuzzy guitars. We are inspired by a lot of Danish songwriters that we grew up listening to. Our own sound taps into this nostalgic universe, while the lyrics particularly relate to our time and life right now.

What led you to start writing and performing songs, and what brought you together?

Actually, the songwriting process started as a school assignment, where we were put together in a group. We all go to the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen, studying composition and songwriting. We wrote 'Can't find you' for that assignment, felt ecstatic about our musical chemistry, and wrote the rest of the album in the coming months. Before the assignment we were already starting to form a friendship, having just met each other at school. What initially brought us together was definitely a shared humour. We were laughing all the time.

Could you tell us something you really love?

We really love guitars, Nathan For You, halloween and drawings of animals living in tiny cozy houses with fireplaces. Also, good food and going to other people's concerts.

Leatherette

We are Leatherette from Bologna, Italy- a quintet formed by Andrea, Francesco, Jacopo, Marco and Michele. We make rock music with a punk, free and experimental attitude- a kind of warped, deconstructed rock filtered through the chaotic gaze of five people who have always listened to a lot of different stuff on the internet. And we've always loved the indefinables: Pixies, Guided by Voices, David Bowie, Sonic Youth... artists who constantly escape definition.

Could you tell us the story behind your most recent single?

Our new singles 'Lovers Drifters Foreigners', 'Hey There' and 'Cold Hands' from 'Ritmo Lento' somehow represent a synthesis of the album's spirit, both musically and lyrically. They explore change, emotional conflict, and the contradictions of feeling lost and free at the same time.

Could you tell us something you really hate?

We hate boredom, competition, judgement and deadlines.

Jeanie and The White Boys

I'm Jeanie Crystal from Jeanie and The White Boys. I'm from Birmingham and we make punk blues rock n roll heard it all before kinda crap.

What have you been up to lately?

Couple of meltdowns, constant bickering and a few soul destroying jobs to pay the rent.

Could you tell us the story behind your most recent single?

Our most recent single 'Queen Bee' is about those dirty bastard robbing royals.