Headliner Radio

Almost two decades since The Wombats broke through with the UK chart-climbing Let’s Dance To Joy Division, the band are back with a new album, Oh! The Ocean. Singer Matthew Murphy chats to Headliner about how a sudden state of peace found on a Californian beach set the tone for the new record, and how they set out to make the most human-sounding album possible, without a trace of AI.

Composer Inon Zur, best known for his emotionally dynamic scores for Fallout and Starfield, delves into his role for Imagine Dragons: Live From The Hollywood Bowl, which features his orchestral arrangements of the band’s hits played by the LA Film Orchestra, including Children of The Sky - A Starfield Song - which will be the first song transmitted to earth from the moon. He also provides an insight into his Genelec-equipped recording studio.

Bulgarian artist VICTORIA reflects on her time on X Factor Bulgaria and the Eurovision Song Contest - and why she’s learned to trust her gut - why she always comes back to dark pop, and reveals the inspiration behind her new single, Pity Party.

American rock band OK Go, who won a GRAMMY for their treadmill-choreography music video for Here It Goes Again, talk about new single A Stone Only Rolls Downhill, its video – which was filmed on 64 individual iPhones – and their upcoming album.

Rufus Wainwright chats to Headliner about writing his new opera Dream Requiem during the pandemic, how it ended up enlisting the talents of Meryl Streep, Jane Fonda, Sharon Stone, and Carice Van Houten, and why he’s ready to re-enter the world of pop after this classical excursion.

British composer and producer Raffertie delves into his electronic score for one of the most talked about films of 2024, The Substance, including how he created ‘The Substance sound’.

Three-time Grammy-winning composer Mark Mancina speaks to Headliner about simultaneously returning to the world of Moana to score its sequel, while also working on Juror #2, rumoured to be Clint Eastwood’s final film.

L.A.-based Spotify Artist To Watch Emei reflects on being born into a first-generation immigrant family, stepping away from studying cognitive science at Yale to pursue music, and discusses the tracks on her new EP, RABBITHOLE.

Genre-defying artist SASAMI speaks to Headliner about the making of her latest pop-fuelled record, Blood On The Silver Screen.

Thundermother are a band hailing from Stockholm, Sweden. Having just celebrated 15 years of the band, lead guitarist Filippa Nässil speaks to Headliner about some of the high points including performing on the KISS Kruise, and their hard-hitting new record, Dirty & Dive.