We’re happy to bring you a quick interview with the English indie rockers The Rifles, and the chance to win signed vinyl copies their latest album. Originally from from Chingford, London the guys debuted with their album titled No Love Lost, which was released on 17 July 2006 and produced by Ian Broudie. Extensive touring [...]

Synth-pop trio Filthy Dukes started out promoting club nights and DJing before they formed as a band in 2005. They’ve supported music-masters such as Mylo, Hot Chip and LCD Soundsystem, and they are hailed as rising stars of the electro-pop world, filling dancefloors with their 80’s-tinged synth-drenched beats. Single ‘Tupac Robot Club Rock‘ was received [...]

We caught up Kevin Douch from UK record label Big Scary Monsters this week. Check out the article below – he goes on to discuss some of the challenges facing a record label in today’s climate as well as how he has worked with Get Cape Wear Cape and his new generation of bands that [...]

The mighty Simian Mobile Disco are set to release their second record with a glut of fantastic vocalists no doubt set to dominate blogs and the entire music press over the Spring and Summer Months. As if ‘I Believe’ wasn’t brilliant enough – their new material sounds fittingly wonderful. With all of us wondering what [...]

Nylvi caught up with Doug Adams from Sky Larkin just before the release of their debut album on Wichita Recordings and heading off on their debut UK headline tour around the UK and Europe.
Doug, tell us a little about yourself.
I’m Doug, I’m 24, and I’ve just bought 2 turntables by mistake.
You play bass in the [...]

Hello Morgan, please tell us a little about yourself.
Morgan Witt.  Live in San Diego, California, USA.  Entrepreneur, marketer, and musicologist.
What was the inspiration behind Strictlysocial.com?
Strictlysocial.com was launched in the summer of 2006.  Just prior to starting the site, I made the decision to go back to school to get my MBA.  With school and a [...]

Nylvi caught up with fellow Berliner Nick Currie, also known as the recording artist Momus who released a series of albums on the now seminal Creation Records before finding a home on the equally brilliant Cherry Red. Alongside writing and performing his music he is a journalist and author for publications such as Wired, Vice, [...]

Nylvi recently caught up with the highly charismatic Christopher D Ashley of Sunday Best Records and Bass Gun Records with Chris kindly taking time out from recording his new record (more on that later) and answering a couple of questions before he got back to the task at hand. Check out Chris’ myspace which will [...]

We love record fairs, who doesn’t? Digging through crates of vinyl is always exciting, but getting up early on a Saturday or Sunday morning can be hard at times. So thought DJ Shakey aka Julie Covello too and decided to do something about it. Inspired by the record fairs thrown by WFMU and her own [...]

We got in touch with Sebastien of Loukum Records a while ago. Loukum Records is a French label based out of Cannes, which mainly releases techno. Loukum is currently working with artists such as SAdBOY, Gab Logan and Jeremstar. Below is a quick interview with Sebastien.

Nylvi: When did you first get involved in the music [...]