Nikki Lane

Over a grilled cheese sandwich with bacon (only, bacon) songstress Nikki Lane, dressed in a perfect NYC fall look—no makeup, leather jacket, ripped-up tee, fitted jeans, messy but gorgeous hair—sat across from me at a diner on the west side to talk about the hype surrounding her album, her fall tour and an interesting love of boots. After leaving her South Carolina hometown at age 17, Lane, as…

FAULT Favourite – DEAD SKELETONS – DEAD MAGICK

Dead Skeletons are band members; Jón Sæmundur, Henrik Björnsson and Ryan Carlson Van Kriedt. The group have recently released their full-length debut Dead Magick. The 12 track double album is a musical journey not to be missed and is a must listen. FAULT will have a full-Interview with Jón Sæmundurin and Henrik Björnssonour in our Winter print edition which will be out Dec 30th. DEAD SKELETONS a…

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Fault spoke with Lee Sargent and Sean Greenhalgh Clap Your Hands Say Yeah What individually did you get up to during the band’s hiatus? L: I haven’t really been doing a lot… nah just kiddin, I do freelance web development and I’ve been working on soundtrack stuff to very low budget films. That all started about five years ago when my brother and I penned some stuff for a film called Woodpecker,…

Welcome to Biophilia

The deep, soothing sound of David Attenborough’s voice greets the audience at the specially adapted Campfield Market Hall for Björk’s final Biophilia performance at the Manchester International Festival. The excitement in the crowd is palpable; all can sense the spectacle about to unfurl. Feature by Sam Holder The biennial Manchester International Festival prides itself on providing a…

Washed Out – Within and Without & UK TOUR

  Washed Out aka Ernest Greene  is about to release his full-length debut Within and Without via Sub/Pop. The debut was recorded with Ben Allen, who also co-produced Merriweather Post Pavillion, Halcyon Digest, and St. Elsewhere, among other projects. The nine track album starts off with “Eyes Be Closed". Definitely worth a listen. Washed Out FAULTS ones to watch in 2011. Washed out - Eyes…

FAULT Interview Series: Spindrift tour with Black Mountian

Spindrift -  Black Mountain Tour     FAULT is continuing our series of exclusive interviews with LA's Spindrift. The band started the first leg of their European tour 3 weeks ago with Black Mountain. The preliminary week on the road saw the band selling out shows in Paris followed by capacity gigs in Belgium and Italy. The group released a new single and video called When I Was…

DANNY CLINCH

It’s a Road to Ride   Danny Clinch is one of the most well known photographers in the music industry. Famed for his unobtrusive, natural style of photography, he has deservedly earned himself a reputation as one of the best. He has shot countless promotional pictures and album covers for the legendary likes of Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen and the Foo Fighters, amongst others. Born in…

FAULT Interview: Barbara Panther

Barbara Panther Barbara Panther is a music artist who was Rwandan-born, Brussels' raised and is now based a Berlin. Barbara truly has her own unique genre blending style. Panther is about to release her self-entitled debut May 16th via her label City Slang. The album was produced by Matthew Herbert who has worked with such artists as REM, Bjork and Yoko Ono. Barbara's first single/video from…