They said “Don’t Ask”, however after Cheltenham based DIY label Don’t Ask Records kept throwing consistently great releases at us we decided to ask anyway. Fortunately Don’t Ask Records co-founder and Austeros frontman Jeremy decided to rebel against their name and answer our questions. “When we were trying to think of names, I asked our […]
Category Archives: Labels
Promoter Interview: Paul Edwards
Paul Edwards took a break from selling t-shirts and doing beer bongs to talk to us after a sold out Front Bottoms show in Nottingham. Paul puts on house shows at Rathaus (previously at Number 3), helps to run Cats? Aye! Records and helps out with WrongWayRound promotions in Southampton. We asked him about how […]
Label Interview: Punkalicious Records
Punkalicious Records is an independent record label born from ex-band members, promoters and marketers. They offer support to independent punk, metal and indie bands. They release compilation albums to spread the word about great artists and work closely with bands to help them self-promote. We had a chat about them to discuss their background, ethos and valuable advice for new […]
Label/Record Shop Interview: Rich Perri of Speedowax/Ignite
We spoke to Rich Perri about his experiences starting up Ignite Record Store located in Birmingham’s Oasis Market and running the Speedowax record label. How did you start up Speedowax? When I was about 15 John Peel used to play records I loved. I just thought I wanted to do a label. I spent about 2 years saving […]