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We caught up with Harper this week, the quartet from East London and Essex are a band with big ambitions and their latest EP, 'Mono No Aware', provides solid evidence that they could well be set to reach lofty heights. 

1 Who are Harper?

We're a four piece band from East London/Essex, and our sound, I guess, can be placed somewhere in between blues rock and alternative rock. We've been together for just over a year, and we also...

We chatted to English speaking yet Italian bred band Last Rudders this week. The Italians have recently released their new track, 'Films', and were on hand to tell us a bit about it. 

1 Who are Last Rudders?

We are a three piece indie rock band from Italy. In spite of being three Italian lads our songs are written in English.

2 You've recently released your new track 'Films', tell us a...

We recently chatted to Nolita View. The quartet have recently recieved airplay on stations such as Xfm and Amazing Radio and were up for a quick natter about it as well as a bit about themselves. 

1 Who are Nolita View?

Nolita View are Mike Clarke, Will Jacks, Tom Northeast and Alex Smyth.

2 Who are your biggest inspirations?

There are a quite a few, some you may or may not hear...

Earlier this week we caught up with Another Man's Poison. The rock 'n' roll three piece from Grimsby have recently released their debut album, simply titled 'Another Man's Poison's LP' and were up for a short chat about it. 

1 Who are Another Man's Poison?

We're a three piece rock and roll band... well I guess you could generalise us as a rock n' roll band, we tend to write music for ourselves and our influence is hailed from ma...

BABIES chatted to us this week, though their name may be decieving, they're not actual babies. The three-piece from Hull are set to play Humber Street Sesh next Saturday, something of which RIFFED is very much looking forward to, and Babies also gave us their take on this years event as well as telling us a little about themselves. 

1 Who are BABIES?

Yo...BABIES are Ryan, Joe and Sam.

2 You've ...

We caught up with Venture this week, the 5 piece fronted by Lucy Burrows have recently been signed up by ScreamLite Records and were willing to chat to us about it as well as a little on themselves. 

1 Who are Venture?

Venture are; Lucy Burrows on vocals, Miles Burrows on guitar / vocals, Mike Hargreaves on drums, Josh Fairhurst on bass and Thom Mutch on guitar.

2 You've recently released your new...

Recently we chatted to cLOSERS, the punk-rock quartet released their latest EP, 'cLOSERS or LOSERS' in January and were up for a quick word with us about it and themselves. 

1 Who are cLOSERS?

We're just four guys with a passion, and we're trying to do our best to realise the dream of making this passion becoming our lives. We really love music, and we do our best to improve on our own musical work every day.

We caught up with Dancers earlier this week. The band from the Vale of Clwyd in North Wales have recently released their debut album, 'What You Want I Can’t Get It All But What I Do I Do It All For You', and were up for a quick chat about it. 

1 Who are Dancers?

Dancers is a five-to-six piece noisy pop band with our roots in the Vale of Clwyd, North Wales. We've been playing together for a while but life just keeps gettin...

Recently we chatted to Thunderhank, the Americans have recently released their self-titled debut EP and were on hand to introduce themselves. 

1 Who are Thunderhank?

Thunderhank is comprised of brothers Henry and Samuel Bellingham.

2 Favourite gig of which you've played?

Our favourite gig was at Kung Fu Necktie in Philadelphia. The sound was great, the people who worked there were really nice and a bun...

RIFFED caught up with Michael Persall this week, the singer/songwriter from New York is set to release his 'This & That' EP this September and was willing to tell us a little about it. Although Michael Persall may be an unfamiliar name to many here, across the pond Persall is becoming a popular figure, don't be surprised if you hear his name being branded over here anytime soon. 

1 Who is Michael Persall?

I'm a ...