Welcome to Spannered’s music feature and review archive. What’s in here then? Well, since the site was launched in 2006, Spannered has run in-depth interviews with globetrotting tastemakers Kode9, DJ Ripley and Maga Bo, tripped over to Barcelona's Sónar festival, fallen over at the first ever Bloc Weekend, toured New York's global music circuit and gotten tinnitus in Bristol and São Paulo.
 
Spannered's archive stretches all the way back to 2000, however. Have a dig about and you'll unearth interviews and features with Jeff Mills and Photek, write-ups of Cat Power and Caribou gigs, and album reviews spanning Aphex Twin to NoMeansNo.
 
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Theo Parrish
artist interview   
1 August 2003
Theo Parrish
For the final feature published on the Overload Media site before its closure in 2003, Nick Doherty hooked up a rare interview with a DJ and producer admired and respected by music lovers from all areas of the electronic music spectrum.
by Nick Doherty
Múm
artist feature | FatCat   
23 March 2004
Múm
The Lighthouse Family
Even in this modern world of mobile phones, broadband internet and men on the moon, the Icelandic people retain a strong belief in the Alfur; the...
by Ed Chamberlin
Blockhead
artist feature | Ninja Tune   
12 April 2004
Blockhead
Music By Cavelight
Last Monday saw Ninja Tune's timely release of Tony 'Blockhead' Simon's LP, Music By Cavelight, a downtempo soundscape of diverse samples...
by Demented Toddler
Ty
artist feature   
14 April 2004
Ty
Since the release of his debut album, Awkward, Ty has made a lightning transition from underground MC to become the mouthpiece of the...
by Serena Kutchinsky
Yungun
artist video interview   
17 August 2004
Yungun
With his album selling like the proverbial hot cakes in record stores across the land and new single Nico Suave bubbling on 1Xtra,...
by Masta G
Sketchie
artist feature | Lumenessence   
9 September 2004
Sketchie
Rain By High Lantern
The very title of Sketchie's debut, Rain By High Lantern, casts light upon his whole project. Picture, if you can, a lantern held high on a...
by Jono Baggaley
James Yorkston
artist feature   
13 September 2004
James Yorkston
The first time you encounter the warm, rootsy swell of James Yorkston and The Athletes, you'd be forgiven for thinking that their songs spring from folksy origins. The truth is somewhat different...
by Brona McVittie
Mego
label profile   
28 September 2004
Mego
An overview of the Mego label in its tenth birthday year.
by David Gunn
Museum Records
label feature   
18 November 2004
Museum Records
You don't need to look across the pond to find quality underground instrumental hip hop... M-XL talks to Brighton's Contortionist and Third Party about their new eps and their decidedly laid-back approach.
by Max Leonard
Terry Callier
artist feature   
15 February 2005
Terry Callier
Collaborating with artists such as Beth Orton, Urban Species and Koop over a year spanning 30 years, Musicalbear catches up with 'the forgotten prince of Chicago soul', Terry Callier.
by Brona McVittie
Mr Trick and Waxfactor - Rhythm Incursions
artist feature   
16 February 2005
Mr Trick and Waxfactor - Rhythm Incursions
Mr Trick and Wax Factor, the DJs behind Resonance FM's mighty Rhythm Incursions shows, have been name checking Musicalbear's download section for a while now... So Musicalbear returned the favour.
by Vernon Crane
Shitmat
artist video interview   
17 February 2005
Shitmat
With his armoury of bagpipes, Burberry, Michael Jackson samples and plenty of noise, anarchic Brightonion Shitmat gives us an insight into his...
by Max Leonard
Team Shadetek
artist feature   
8 June 2005
Team Shadetek
Musicalbear's Vernon Crane finds out if NYC's Team Shadetek have grown out of making beats out of brillo pads.
by Vernon Crane
Rosario Blefari
artist feature   
11 March 2006
Rosario Blefari
Vernon Crane meets enigmatic Argentinian renaissance woman, Rosario Blefari.
by Vernon Crane
Natural Self
artist feature   
11 March 2006
Natural Self
Natural Self started out making hip hop but on his new long-player, he's broadened his horizons.
by Max Leonard
Bass Clef
artist interview   
7 December 2006
Bass Clef
A Visit to the Echo Chamber
Spannered tracks down Hackney Centralist and trombone-wielding bass-maker, Ralph Cumbers.
by Al Fresco
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