The Real Rob Taylor interviews the hottest independent bands, artists and music industry professionals on the international music scene right now.
Guitar legend GABE MANGOLD from extreme metallers ENTERPRISE EARTH generously took some time out before their gig at REBELLION in Manchester to talk with me in the beer garden of the venue about surviving the tour, the state of the music industry and the possiblity of a collaboration with one or more of their touring bandmates.
Nicole Mendes, founder of music site THE OTHER SIDE REVIEWS talks to the Real Rob Taylor about three acoustic tracks she thinks should be on your radar for May 2022.
RITUALS frontman LEWIS MACRAE joins us for a playthrough of the title track from the band’s forthcoming debut EP AWAKE.
TOM HAMILTON of LITTLE TRIGGERS joins me with a preview of the Liverpool duo’s new single YEH MAN and talks about the band’s origins, being inspired by the news and why rock n’ roll matters. Listen to TOM HAMILTON of LITTLE TRIGGERS meets The REAL ROB TAYLOR byPomona Rocks on hearthis.at CONNECT WITH LITTLE TRIGGERS
MAE SEATON of Brighton-based pop-punk duo WREX joins us for a play-through of their debut single WIDE EYES.
FABIO NANIA of London-based pop-punk rockers THE KANZ joins me with the band’s latest single BORDERLINE and compares songwriting to micturation while I compare their release schedule to Covid. DO NOT MISS IT!
MONASTERIES frontman JOSH DAVIES joins us with a special preview of two tracks from the UK extreme metallers’ mindblowing new EP SILENCE, out on Friday 23rd April 2021, and patiently answers my noob questions about how to death growl without dying and how many feet his drummer has.
RICHEY from FURROWED BROW joins us to listen to both sides of the band’s new single PUNCTUAL PUNK and THE NARRATIVE OF HUGH GORDON PYM as well as talk about pared-back drumming, the punk ethos and his favourite flavour of ice-cream.
HUNTED BY ELEPHANTS are a four-piece from London who play real rock n roll, reminiscent of LED ZEPPELIN, DEEP PURPLE and BLACK SABBATH. They released their epic album CARRY ON in January and the new single from that KEEP ON GIVING ME LOVING is out on the 9th of April. Elephants’ bassist RAY PHELAN joins us to talk about that, classic rock n’ roll and more.
From Ghent in Belgium SHTEVIL are a seriously hard rockin’ band with influences ranging from Led Zeppelin and Grand Funk Railroad to Thin Lizzy, Prince and even Kanye West. Shtevil’s second single from the EP THANK YOU is called STINK and Shtevil’s STEVEN VERGAUWEN joins us for a playthrough.
Out of London, rapper Madman State released a string of singles in 2020 and he’s hit the ground running in 2021 with his new track Unproblematic. He joins us to talk about his range of musical influences, music video production, freestyle webcasts and tells us who is currently on his radar.
Funk-rock trio The Final Clause of Tacitus were formed in Reading in 2016 and have shared stages with the likes of Hacktivist, 808 State and Senser. Frontman Matt Dunne joins us to talk through the band’s new single Something’s Gonna Break and gives us a preview of the band’s upcoming EP, Asinine Music For The Solemn and Staid, out on 14th May.
