Danish singer-songwriter MØ has just released her new album, Motordrome.

The record’s title refers to the hamster wheel MØ felt she was on for years, saying yes to everything, never taking a break, all the while dealing with the success of her solo career and her giant 2015 smash with Major Lazer, "Lean On". By the end of the touring cycle for her second album, Forever Neverland, she felt like she’d lost herself.

So for the first time, MØ took time away to get back in touch with who she was as a person and an artist. For a woman who spent her formative years playing in punk bands and deeply involved with the activist and anarchist scenes in Denmark, it was an opportunity to remember where she came from, and chart the path of where she was going.

We talk about that whole journey in this interview...

British artist Sam Gumbley – AKA S-X – first made a name for himself as a producer in his teens. He was 17 when he created an instrumental track called "Woo Riddim", which became a fixture on the UK grime scene.

From there he worked with artists like Lil Wayne and Childish Gambino, even earning a Grammy nomination for his contribution to Gambino’s Because The Internet album.

Just as S-X’s career seemed to be flying the work dried up, and he had to take a day job in the warehouse of his hometown’s football club, the Wolverhampton Wanderers. It was during that period he decided he was going to launch his career as an artist and start singing on the beats he was making, and before long he was supporting Lily Allen on an American tour and making mixtapes. Now he's getting ready to release his debut album.

It’s been a long, sometimes bumpy road for Sam, who talks about it all in this interview.

Anders Trentemøller started playing in bands in Copenhagen in the early '90s before moving into club music a few years later. But ever since he started releasing albums as Trentemøller in 2006 he has in some ways merged those two worlds, incorporating samplers and electronic beats with full instruments and a more cinematic, dreamy sound.

We talk about that evolution in this interview, as well as Anders’ new album 'Memoria', his upbringing in Denmark, the massive impact bands like The Cure and Portishead had on him, his memories of working and touring with Depeche Mode, and much more.

In the years since he released his debut album as a 16-year-old guitar prodigy in 1991, Eric Gales has been to Hell and back. Prior to getting sober five-and-a-half years ago Eric spent decades in the throes of drug addiction, ending up in jail and almost dying a number of times, all the while watching the success many had predicted for him as a teenager go down the drain.

But now he’s back, he’s sober, and he’s just released the album of his career in Crown, which was co-produced by Joe Bonamassa and Josh Smith. It’s been a wild ride to get to this point, as you’re about to find out…

Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz is one of the most colourful characters in modern heavy metal. While his band's music is brutal and their lyrics drawn from emotionally dark places, when you see them live you’re just as likely to laugh as you are headbang, as Adam pulls faces while peeling off riffs, and sometimes runs from the stage to order a shot at the bar.

A noted producer in his own right (Parkway Drive, Underoath), Adam also performs in Times of Grace, his side project with Killswitch Engage vocalist Jesse Leach. 

We talk about Adam’s entire life and career in this interview, from his early days discovering heavy metal to his time studying at Berklee, from forming Killswitch Engage to riding the many ups and downs of life in the music industry. 

When Isabella "Machine" Summers met Florence Welch in the mid-2000s, they formed a deep connection that led very quickly to writing music together. One of the first songs they wrote was Florence + The Machine’s hit single “Dog Days Are Over”.

At the time Isabella was busy building her skills as a producer, having grown up loving hip-hop and experimenting with turntables and samplers. She was also raised around art and film, which makes sense of her recent move into composing for films and TV shows like Little Fires Everywhere and Physical. In addition, Isabella has written with artists like LP, Sam Sparro and Iggy Azalea.

We talk about it all in this interview, from Isabella's upbringing in the UK to forming Florence + The Machine, from her songwriting to her move into film and TV scoring.

In 2021 Twin Shadow – AKA George Lewis Jr – released his fifth full-length, called Twin Shadow.

It brings together many of the influences he absorbed while growing up in Florida – from punk and indie to reggae and soul.

But while George was raised in Florida, he was actually born in the Dominican Republic, and he returned there to start working on the record.

We cover a lot of ground in this interview, from George’s upbringing to his path into music, from the birth of Twin Shadow to the good and bad times he’s experienced in his career.

There’s not much Joe Chiccarelli hasn’t achieved in music – as a producer, mixer and engineer he’s won 10 Grammys and Latin Grammys, and over the course of his 40+ year career has worked with artists as varied and diverse as Elton John, Oxbow, Frank Zappa, Morrissey, The Shins, The Strokes, Tori Amos and U2, to name a few.

We talk about a lot of those experiences in this interview, as well as the complexities of being a producer, how Joe got into the business, and a whole lot more.

At one point in this interview, LP says they’ve had nine lives. They’re referring to the fact that since they released their debut album in 2001, they’ve had multiple major and indie label deals.

After years lost in the major label system, however, in 2016 their song "Lost On You" became a big hit in Greece, and from there spread across the world to the point where it's now been streamed more than one billion times.

After years of struggle and dashed hopes, and writing hits for other artists like Rihanna, Celine Dion and Christina Aguilera, LP had finally broken through as an artist in their own right. We talk about that crazy ride in this interview, her latest album Churches, and a whole lot more.

Curtis Harding spent much of his childhood travelling with his family as his mother performed in churches and helped spread the word, immersing young Curtis in the world of gospel music. 

In his mid-teens they settled in Atlanta, and within a few years Curtis was an active member of the local hip-hop community.

He got his break when CeeLo Green asked him to perform on his debut album The Perfect Imperfections of CeeLo Green, and in the years since he's released three solo albums, the latest being this year's If Words Were Flowers. 

Curtis talks about the making of the album, his upbringing, his memories of the '90s Atlanta music scene and much more.