Inhaler Records’ Andy Maddison talks to Justin Lockey, musician, songwriter, producer and outspoken skin beater with new duo White Belt Yellow Tag, about the Yourcodenameis:Milo, producing and the big smoke… sit tight kids.

Q1. Justin, most people will know you best by your previous musical output with Yourcodenameis: Milo or by your production work with bands like Late of The Pier, Kubicheck and Hot Club De Paris. How did current band White Belt Yellow Tag come about and for those not aware of the band could you describe your sound and influences?

White belt came about after i started working (mixing) out of a studio up here where Craig (singer) worked.. after a while  he asked me to help him out with some . . . Read More

On Friday 10th April 2009 Rob Che and Jim Lockey headed to The Leopard in Doncaster to catch three of Doncaster’s most revered songwriters in action; John Fell (formally The Fontanelles now fronting The Incomplete), BenL of OFM and Danny Foy (formally Three Torches now a solo folk explosion). Danny, stuck in ‘transit’, didn’t make the pre-soundcheck orgy of film-making but we will be catching up with him very soon. For now you can enjoy a live track on our Jukebox – Just hit the ghetto-blaster in the left column… Anyway…

Here’s a short video made by James Lockey featuring two acoustic performances shot exclusively for !_Destroy_before_Reading_!… for a full size screen version of the film please visit James Lockey’s Vimeo page.

Enjoy and please leave your comments at the bottom of the page.

When we first heard Pontefract’s Above Them were recording their debut album in Manchester, images of the band living it up in the city flooded our minds. Country kids in the big city seemed like the perfect story for the young trio, who after recording their EP a year ago, are now ready to take the plunge on their long player.

So consider our surprise when we roll into Manchester to find a huge old mill where the band can be found recording in a small corner of the building.

“I haven’t had much sleep,” mutters bassist Mark as he welcomes us in. “The hotel bed is hard as anything, plus we . . . Read More