The Mic • 7th October 2022

Interview: The Lightning Seeds

Liverpudlian singer-songwriter, musician and record producer Ian Broudie, is the mastermind behind an eclectic career that has spanned nearly five decades, yet his accolades remain fairly unrecognised in the wide history of British music. After emerging from Liverpool’s post-punk in the late 1970s as a member of Big in Japan, Broudie went on to produce albums for artists including Echo & the Bunnymen, the Fall, the Coral, the Zutons and the Subways. Maia Gibbs explores their legacy.

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The Mic • 21st September 2022

Interview: Lime Cordiale

Maia Gibbs sits down with Oli and Louis from Lime Cordiale to discuss life in the industry post-pandemic, their new EP Country Club, their work with Idris Elba, and how they will inevitably make a statement in the UK this month.

Australian band Lime Cordiale are ready to take the UK by storm on their long-awaited tour – playing our local Rescue Rooms in Nottingham on the 27th of September. Fronted by brothers Oli and Louis Leimbach, Lime Cordiale have enjoyed massive success in their motherland

The Mic • 14th September 2022

Y NOT Festival Review

The Mic's Maia Gibbs attends Y NOT Festival, Derbyshire's heart-of-the-peak-district musical event of the year. She documents the highs and lows of the experience, watching the muscular lineup of indie and alternative rock's best.

Located in my home turf of Derbyshire, Y Not has proved itself to be one of the fastest-growing festivals in the UK in recent years. Its unusual demographic proves it to be an interesting experience, as I’m as likely to bump into forgotten secondary school classmates

The Mic • 26th August 2022

Truck Festival Review

Oxfordshire’s Truck certainly returned with a bang, after the festival’s three-year delay due to

COVID. Its prodigal return, along with its silver anniversary, meant that expectations were high – to the say the very least, writes Maia Gibbs.

Despite its attendance being dwarfed by the greats of Glastonbury and Reading/Leeds, Truck hosted

some of the best of British music, with indie stalwarts Bombay Bicycle Club, main man Sam Fender and crowd-rousing rockers Kasabian as headline acts. Elsewhe

RIOT • 2nd July 2022

Radio 6 Festival - Day Three

The Great Hall is packed from the outset on day three and feels very much like ‘the place to be’ for band-of-the-moment Wet Leg.

The duo were guitar heavy - three guitarist guitar heavy. It was an elusive and high powered live set. Any weight of expectation from being on the must-listen list of 2022 does not seem to fall upon their shoulders. Instead they were cool, calm and collected.

RIOT • 2nd July 2022

Radio 6 Festival - Day Two

beabadoobee proves the captivating nature of when bedroom pop meets live venues. There’s something endlessly charming when something that was recorded so quietly and personally is opened out in front of hundreds of listeners. And I must say I believe she is much, much better live –possibly even restricted by her dreamy recordings.

Possibly restricted by her work’s connection to trending TikTok sounds, as I, an uneducated twenty-something knew her from.

RIOT • 2nd July 2022

Radio 6 Festival - Day One

The start of April saw a trip to Cardiff for the 6 Music Festival. The station, recently celebrating their 20th anniversary is still at the cutting edge -bringing attention to the next big thing, while respecting the shadows of music legends past.

The festival returns from its two-year break with a first-time visit to Cardiff. And I took a trip to the Student Union for Cardiff University, The Great Hall. It was arguably the place to be that weekend, with an array of established and new musicians, and I had the pleasure of being their for all three days.

The Mic • 9th June 2022

Live Review: Liam Gallagher @ Etihad Stadium

The Mic's Maia Gibbs reviews the hotly anticipated Liam Gallagher show at Manchester's Etihad Stadium.

I think it is a fact not often accepted by younger siblings, that one of the primary desires in their youth is for their older brothers or sisters to think they are cool. There are many ways they attempt to receive this praise – dressing like them, watching the same films, making the same jokes – yet most of the time this venture ends up with a familiar kick out of the bedroom and chastisement

The Mic • 11th April 2022

Interview: The Goa Express

Youthful and fresh-faced The Goa Express are definitely making a name for themselves in the UK psych rock scene. Maia Gibbs chatted to them about music, lockdown, The Calder Valley and the band’s upcoming tour.

Originating from the new, surprising epicentre of alternative artists The Calder Valley, brothers James Douglas Clarke (vocals and guitar) and Joe Clarke (keyboard), Sam Launder (drums and percussion), Nathan Muzarrar (bass) and Joey Stein (guitar) find themselves in good company with th

The Mic • 8th April 2022

Live Review: The Coral @ The Level

When The Coral announced their first headline tour in over three years, 2000s gig-goers across the UK raided Ticketmaster. And rightly so. Travelling to over twelve UK-wide venues, the English rock band reminisced on the 20th Anniversary of their self-titled debut album. And most recently, the band headed to Nottingham Trent's SU The Level. Maia Gibbs reviews.

It was a remarkably impressive student indeed – with two levels for maximum music viewing potential – it definitely put our own ‘Uni of’