http://www.thebeatsurrender.co.uk/weekly/interviews/ en kev@thebeatsurrender.co.uk Copyright 2010 2010-02-22T16:06:00+00:00 http://www.thebeatsurrender.co.uk/weekly/interviews/ Yeasayer wowed the press and built up a cult following with their debut album All Hour Cymbals and the recently released follow up Odd Blood is set to rocket them closer to the mainstream. With critical acclaim landing at their door once again, a sold out European tour… 2010-02-22T16:06:00+00:00 http://www.thebeatsurrender.co.uk/weekly/interviews/ While the world and his wife continue to go apeshit over the likes of Ellie Goulding and the rest of the industry tips (which are basically them telling you who they’ve put the most money behind), others are quietly going about their business, touring and winning people over the old fashioned… 2010-02-22T12:20:00+00:00 http://www.thebeatsurrender.co.uk/weekly/interviews/ Godzilla Black who have their debut album available as a free download, are a group who demand your attention, tearing up the boundaries of rock music and with a live show that is starting to make waves in the capital, it won’t be long before the rest of the UK falls under their spell.… 2010-02-22T11:35:00+00:00 http://www.thebeatsurrender.co.uk/weekly/interviews/ Young bands are constantly thrust into the spotlight by labels hoping that they’ll be labelled the next big thing, while one or two of them go onto have an illustrious career, more often than not they arrive in a blaze of publicity and disappear off the scene just as quickly. So it’s… 2010-02-09T20:17:00+00:00 http://www.thebeatsurrender.co.uk/weekly/interviews/ Chuck Ragan made his name as part of the American punk band Hot Water Music and since the bands hiatus / split he has pursued his own solo career as well as several other side projects. With a new album released late on in 2009, Chuck is touring the UK throughout March. March… 2010-02-09T10:26:00+00:00 http://www.thebeatsurrender.co.uk/weekly/interviews/ People are all too easily labelled as a ‘virtuoso’, or ‘innovative’ when it comes to guitar playing and in truth few of them warrant such praise, an exception to this rule though is the now Leeds based artist Jon Gomm. Having picked up tips from some of the best… 2010-02-09T09:44:00+00:00 http://www.thebeatsurrender.co.uk/weekly/interviews/ When most people think of Welsh music they no doubt talk about male voice choirs, Manic Street Preachers, Tom Jones, Charlotte Church and the Super Furry Animals not to mention other mainstream acts that have broken through over the years. Yet dig a bit deeper and under the surface… 2010-02-09T09:02:00+00:00 http://www.thebeatsurrender.co.uk/weekly/interviews/ Around the same time that this website sprung up a band emerged from Finland producing some of the most gorgeous and effortless sounding music you could wish to hear. Pop, folk, chill out, dance, electronica they have elements of all those genres running through them. Husky Rescue are… 2010-01-25T16:53:00+00:00 http://www.thebeatsurrender.co.uk/weekly/interviews/ Leeds is bursting with brilliant bands at the moment, but very few can match the intesity and live experience offered by Rich, Benny, Dave and Mart who make up The Little Black Hearts. They are starting to gain a real following now and if they can keep going like this it’s… 2010-01-25T16:02:00+00:00 http://www.thebeatsurrender.co.uk/weekly/interviews/ When I was youngster and started watching football at Leeds, it was still standing (that’s terracing rather seating to the people who don’t understand anything to do with football talk). While I spent many a happy and more commonly unhappy day on the Kop, I also used to on occasions stand… 2010-01-25T15:15:00+00:00