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Kiki Vs Everyone

Save Your Breath Interview

Save Your Breath are one of the freshest pop-punk hopefuls bursting out of the UK scene right now. Their debut full length, Vices, has received rave reviews and they’re just done a stint supporting New Found Glory on their recent UK tour. Kiki Vs Everyone caught up with vocalist Kris Richards and guitarist Tom Owen ahead of their Reading & Leeds Festival appearances to talk about apprehending merch thieves and bandanna suntans.

How has the New Found Glory tour been? How did it come about?
T: It was just amazing - A dream come true for all of us because they’re one of our favourite bands.
K: It was because we’re good friends with The Wonder Years, who’d heard they New Found Glory were coming over to the UK so I think Soupy from The Wonder Years spoke to one of the guys from New Found Glory - Steve I think it was - about us and put in a good word and they checked us out on Myspace or something.
T: I doubt it was Myspace.
K: Whatever...
T: No one uses Myspace anymore.
K: And put us forward for it and we got in it.

Less Than Jake Interview - Slam Dunk

JR's drawing of the interview we did. L-R Kiki, JR, Vinnie

Less Than Jake are synonymous with ‘veterans’. Having been prominent in the music scene for the best part of 2 decades, it’s not hard to see why that connection is so readily made. Yet, in spite of being clocking up the miles, they manage keep it surprisingly fresh. When music genres phase in and out of vogue, Less than Jake are always around with a solid fanbase. No matter how many times I've seen them play, no two shows are ever the same. This year they headlined Slam Dunk and were on the run of satellite shows around the country with Goldfinger, Anti Flag and Set your Goals. I had a chat to Vinnie and JR about the music industry and their love for Gainesville, Florida.

Welcome back! Thankfully we never seem to have to wait too long until another Less Than Jake show here in the UK, do you do it intentionally?
Vinnie: It is a coincidence. The November tour we were on - our headliner - then Slam Dunk approached us and they really wanted us and Reel Big Fish to headline to celebrate their tenth anniversary. So during that time were like “we were just there” but they really wanted us to come up so we said OK.

The Starting Line Interview - Slam Dunk

One of the undoubted highlights of the other weekend’s Slam Dunk shows was the triumphant return of Pennsylvania pop-punkers, The Starting Line. It’s been 5 years since the boys played a show on UK soil and I was lucky enough to get a chance to catch up with Mike, Matt and Brian to see what they’ve been doing for half a decade and what’s in store for the future.

Hit The Lights Interview - Slam Dunk

Walking through the merch village at Slam Dunk South a couple of weeks ago one song being blasted from the DJ’s speakers got everyone singing and put a smile on my face - swathes of kids singing ‘You’re gonna need a bodybag...’ as they make their way to the next stage to watch another band. Hit The Lights exploded onto the pop-punk scene five years ago but after the release of their second album, Skip School Start Fights in 2008 it’s fair to say it’s all gone a bit quiet. Rest assured, the Ohio five piece have been busy working away on a new record penciled in for release this autumn on Universal Records. The boys played Slam Dunk 2010 and returned to smash it this year once again, rocking the crowd for a fun-filled set; Even MC Lars is a fan (“Yeah I went to see Hit The Lights - it’s like hardcore pop punk, I can get behind that”). I had had a quick catch up with guitarist Omar Zehery to find out exactly what the band have been up to this last year.

Weerd Science Interview - Slam Dunk South

Ok so here's another Slam Dunk interview with the introduction that I actually wrote - unlike the intro on Alter The Press. It's not wildly different but it's actually what I wrote and wanted to say accompanying the interview, so there we go. 

Josh also drew my favourite picture of the day (story on why the pictures to come...) which he spent the whole interview drawing. The blue dots on the picture are actually snowflakes apparently and are my absolute favourite part! Thanks so much Josh!