Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews • 10th December 2025

Next Wave #1160: Erin LeCount | Next Wave | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

On a muggy mid-week morning, Erin LeCount answered a call in a shed adorned with fake sunflowers and draping curtains. “It’s falling apart. The flowers are to stop the sap from the wood!” she proclaims. As LeCount is a self-proclaimed Essex girl, we dove straight into her identity. “I bleach the shit out of my hair,” she reflects on her roots. “I had such a strong Essex accent… As I sang more I was almost trained out of it, which I feel sad about. I used to tell everyone I was from London.” When...

Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews • 1st December 2025

Next Wave: Fletchr Flechr | Features | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

On an October afternoon, just before Fletchr Fletchr were away to soundcheck for Glasgow’s Tenement Trail Festival, Clash sat down with two out of four band members, vocalist Rohan Fletcher, lead guitarist Adam Sanders (and their manager, Jack) at Glasgow’s indie-vegan haunt, Mono Cafe Bar and Venue.


Over a vegan spice bag, they talk about the night before in the outskirts of Glasgow. “We went into a bar last night, and we ended up talking to everyone, which I feel like is a common occurrence...

Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews • 8th September 2025

Live Report: Blondshell - Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow  | Live | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

A stir of punters waiting to see Blondshell, ranging from teens, 20-somethings, cuffed chino millennials, and Radio 6 Dads, queued at the doors of the Queen Margaret Union, a display of 60s-era Brutalist architecture in the heart of Glasgow’s west end student hub. With doors opening swiftly at 7pm, the only holdups were from the indie crowd trying to bring in their film cameras. 


Blondshell herself declared young Glaswegians cool, saying on her Instagram story, “You are all so cool with your...

Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews • 25th August 2025

Live Report: Belladrum 2025 | Live | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

2025 marks the 21st year of Belladrum Music Festival, situated outside Inverness amongst the tranquil Highland hills. It was developed in 2004 by Joe Gibbs, a local farmer fuelled by a passion for music, and produced by local music industry practitioner Dougie Brown. Belladrum has become a Summer staple for families and music lovers in the two decades that have followed.


Belladrum draws a mix of people, from festival families to local teenagers wanting a party. Top tip: if you want peace, you...

Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews • 22nd July 2025

"If You've Got An Idea And A Vision, Stick By It" Water Machine In Conversation | Features | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

Diving head first into the Glasgow music scene in 2022, Water Machine have since garnered a loyal audience of indie, and art-punk fans alike. Having amassed work with Glasgow promoters Pop Mutations, and benchmark venue of DIY culture – MONO. Water Machine continue to dispense what they describe as “realistic escapism,” as they sing their way through the romance of everyday life – indoor art fairs, office crushes, getting high in the park.Having previously been signed with Glasgow’s GoldMold Rec...

Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews • 7th July 2025

Highland Hospitality: Katie Gregson-MacLeod Interviewed | Features | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

“This is the Times Square of Inverness!” jokes Katie Gregson-MacLeod as we sat outside twee cafe The Milk Bar, our conversation interrupted by the hubbub of the Highlands tourist season – and a tractor at one point – as dainty raindrops slowly drenched us. 


“I see all these people every day. This is what I like about being back here,” she says, having just chatted away to a local musician friend. Every so often, someone would walk past, their hands positioned driving an imaginary wheel, follo...

Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews • 25th June 2025

"Being Vulnerable Has Been Scary For Me" Keo Interviewed | Features | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

Like a swan gliding across the surface with full grace, Keo is creating ripples under the water, pulsing through music communities both live and online. Their debut five-track EP ‘Siren’ delves into moments of personal reflection, the collapse of relationships, the burdens of mental health, and life through the lens of a young man brushing the edges of adulthood.


Keo is made up of vocalist and songwriter Finn Keogh, joined by older brother Conor on bass, drummer Oli Spackman, and guitarist Ji...

Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews • 23rd May 2025

Blue Sky Thinking: Clash Meets Momma | Features | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

2022 saw the release of Momma’s ‘Household Name’ – an indie rock triumph, steeped in grunge and the alternative sounds booming in that strange post-COVID limbo. After countless support slots with the likes of indie gods Weezer, Alex G, and The Marías, Momma have returned with their fourth album, ‘Welcome to My Blue Sky’. A compelling release, listening to it will have you hanging on every word, totally wrapped up in the world created by songwriters Etta Friedman and Allegra Weingarten.The album’...

Gunshot Glitter • 15th May 2025

Interview with Lowertown - November 2023

It was November, I remember being on the bus back to Glasgow, playing Match Triple 3D on my phone. I tried to ignore this dizzy feeling, knowing I would be interviewing a band that my sister had introduced to me a year prior.With lyrics like “You are the sun in the sky, wake up and miss most of you as you dip behind the tree line.” There’s bittersweet angst in their music, which drew me to catch them in Glasgow.I arrived at the Classic Grand with my heart in my mouth. Making my way up the sticky...

ELLE • 17th September 2021

UK’s Mentor Scheme 2021: Meet The Faces Of The Future

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