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Interview With Mazes, Or, Mof Versus Some Lead Singer

August 7th, 2012 By Mof Gimmers

Oh God. An interview with a musician. What on Earth could possibly be said in an interview between two distinctly untalented, unoriginal people? Writers don’t know their arse from their elbow – and musicians? Well, they’re all posing idiots, right?

That shouldn’t stop anyone from trying though, as underlined by Mazes and their plucky noise-pop LP, ‘A Thousand Heys‘, which is what they happen to be plugging at the moment. Why else would they be doing an interview?

And so, a battle of wits ensued between Editor Mof and singer-songwriter Jack Cooper and sadly, both were unarmed. Read on to listen to views on unpopularity, the pointlessness of writers, shit-caked hugs and poorly executed fellatio.

Gig Review: Dum Dum Girls & Mazes, Manchester Deaf Institute

August 5th, 2012 By Mof Gimmers

Gigs are boring aren’t they? Middle aged blokes with backpacks on throwing their arms around and singing all the words to the b-sides planted squarely in the middle of a throng of disaffected teens who aren’t sure whether to look like disaffected teens or really let loose and throw their bap and go nuts.

Such is the world we find ourselves in where everyone is too jaded to have a real good time before bands who aren’t sure if they’re supposed to be aloof or act like they’re your best friend on twitter.

Mercifully, most of that went out of the window last night when Mazes and Sub Pop’s Dum Dum Girls took to the stage in Manchester last night, providing, somewhat surprisingly, one of the most fun gigs of 2011.

MySpace Trawl: Mazes

August 5th, 2012 By hecklerspray staff

Sometimes there isn’t music ugly enough to tell you how you feel.

Of course, by ugly, that doesn’t mean a withered hand chopping out power chords with someone singing who makes Thom Yorke look like Mr Universe. No, we’re talking about No Fi.

Absolutely zero in terms of fidelity means checking out the skuzz-pop of Mazes who record their music through the speakers on their telly.