After nine years, Mike Skinner releases the first full-length mixtape with The Streets. NBHAP author Louisa used the opportunity to call the rap legend in his London home to talk about morning routines, career advice and the weird concept of mixtapes.
Craig Beaton, legendary figure of the Scottish indie music scene and his musical partner Graeme Smillie announced a final musical statement as A Mote Of Dust before the man quite possibly stops music alltogether. We owed it to him, that in this (possibly) last interview he got all the room he needed to explain himself. It became quite an extensive one: Honest to the bone, furious, warm and smart. Just like Craig Beaton's music...