MUSIC INTERVIEW.

Alice Meets… Rick Ross of Delicious Vinyl

Alice has an extensive chat with Rick Ross, the general manager of seminal west coast hip-hop label Delicious Vinyl.

Alice Meets… Fatlip

Alice meets up for a chat with hip hop legend Fatlip (The Pharcyde) at Delicious Vinyl in Los Angeles, California.

Hazy sunshine hits the beachfront in Brighton on a day when the weather hasn’t quite decided between Summer and the beginning of Autumn. I’m sitting in the bar at the Concorde 2 in the late afternoon waiting for the arrival of Ghostpoet….

Alice Meets… The Zzyzzx

Alice catches up with Zzyzzx in LA, a hip hop father and son duo comprised of legendary emcee Mellow Man Ace, the Godfather of Latin hip-hop, and teenage protégé Cazal Organism

In Talks With – Applescal*

Dutch producer Applescal has had a super impressive career so far, having released two albums and several EP’s by the age of 22. Equally the past three years have been just as fruitful, after winning the biggest dance award in Holland & getting himself a record deal with Cologne’s Traum label, Mint Magazines Johnny Fontaine catches up with Applescal….

In talks with | Fool’s Gold

Fool’s Gold are a regular appearance on the Mint playlists; So when good friend of Mint, John Bell got an exclusive interview with the LA based collective at their live show at The Bodega in Nottingham we were super stoked! Go John!

In talks with : Mafia Lights.

Mafia Lights. Following the release of their first self-titled EP on VHS, Mafia Lights, an endearing Surrey based trio, have delved into the depths of the deep seen through smoked glass… glasses, bringing with them some honest, and refreshingly sanguine tracks. Notably, Mafia Lights latest release – West, breathes new life into the heart of the many; striking chords that resonate with the haunting canter of urban culture, whilst scatting weightlessly above the turmoil.

A Round-Table Discussion with Rob Swift, Jack Napier and Emily Rhodes.

As fate would have it, the very night I got to LA earlier this month my boy Rob Swift of the X-Ecutioners was playing an intimate show at the Grand Star Jazz Club downtown. So, hot off a flight from SF, we ventured deep into the heart of Chinatown to catch Rob performing some of his intense scratching skills before a completely mesmerised crowd.

Beaty Heart Interview

At Mint we’d like to think of Beaty Heart as something like one of ‘our own’. We have been neighbours with them, we have been friends with them, we have interviewed them once before, we have basically been following them since those house parties way back when. Now they aren’t just our friends because they sort of became something of a big deal, being really good and everything.

Joe and Will Ask. The Interview

Joe and Will Ask have been at the centre of the London underground party scene for at least the last four years, in that time they have released an array of dancefloor stompers referencing every interpretation of house music from churning techno to afterparty minimal vibes.

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Hollie Fernando-Vampire.

I'd never quite understood the attraction of vampires, Hollie Fernando's new shoot has gone and changed that. On a side note, do Easyjet fly to Transylvania yet?

STUFF.

Alice Goes to the World’s Biggest Fashion Show

Earlier this month the French fashion Mecca Galeries Lafayette held the second ‘La Mode C’est Vous’, taking over the Boulevard Haussman in the centre of Paris for the world’s biggest…