Kerrang! Radio • 22nd June 2023

Hope Lynes - : Hope Lynes

Hope Lynes brings you three hours of incredible music every Saturday afternoon from 2pm.

SoundCloud • 3rd April 2023

Hope Lynes Demo Factor 2023.

Radio Demo Showcase April 2023 for Demo Factor at the Student Radio Conference 2023 in Exeter

SoundCloud • 19th April 2023

Punk Princesses Show Reel

Show Reel of 'Punk Princesses' live shows in 2023, broadcasting the best of women in alternative rock Monday nights 7-8pm on Spark!

Slack's • 29th August 2022

Hope Lynes presents: More Than Music - August 22

Slack’s is completely ad-free & independent. We rely solely on donations! Please consider becoming a Slack’s Supporter. www.slacks.world/support 1. Kick Like A Girl - Loose Articles 2. Ivory Tower - Nova Twins 3. I Threw Glass at My Friends Eyes and Now I’m On Probation - Destroy Boys 4. Formidable Cool - Wolf Alice 5. Knifey - Amyl and The Sniffers 6. Somebody - Dream Wife 7. Deranged - Venus Grrrls 8. P.M.P - Bambie Thug 9. Str8 Acting - Lynks 10. We Live Here - Bob Vylan 11. R&B - English Tea

Student Music Network UK • 13th March 2023

Cassyette Interview - SMN Access All Areas

Hope Lynes sits down with Cassyette to discuss her new 'Sad Girl Mixtape', exploring what a 'Sad Girl' is in this new generation of alt-rock emo/goth genres, the community of her fanbase, the current rise of alt women on the scene, and her experimentation of sounds ranging all the way to screamo vocals.

Student Music Network UK • 13th March 2023

Big Joanie Interview - SMN Access All Areas

Off the back of their debut album Sistahs Big Joanie are back with their second release. This access all areas episode sees Hope Lynes of Spark Sunderland sit down with Stephanie and Estella to explore track by track how the Black Feminist Punk three-piece use Back Home as a space to navigate conversations about feminism, activism, and experimentation in the new album.

Student Music Network UK • 1st August 2022

Nova Twins Interview - SMN Access All Areas

The punk princess herself Hope Lynes is the host of today's Access All Areas pod, as she sits down with none other than Nova Twins (vocalist/guitarist Amy Love and bassist Georgia South), to go track by track through their sophomore album Supernova. Prepare to dig deep into their influences, to discover their Stranger Things Kate Bush moment, and much more.

Student Music Network UK • 13th March 2023

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - SMN Access All Areas

Night Gnomes is the brilliant new album from Australian psych rock band, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets. We break down the album with them.

Student Music Network UK • 27th January 2022

Student's Union: Access All Areas: The Sherlocks

English rock band The Sherlocks have made the most of the lockdown putting together their new album "World I Understand". The band sit down to chat through it.

Student Music Network UK • 2nd November 2021

Tom Lumley & The Brave Liaison - Student's Union: Access All Areas

Cambridgeshire band Tom Lumley & The Brave Liaison have been a student radio favourite for the past few years and we're very excited to have Tom & Jake from the band on to talk through their debut album Everything's Affected, track-by-track.

Student Music Network UK • 18th November 2022

Lozeak: Student Radio Class of 2023

Introducing Lozeak from the Student Radio Class of 2023.

Student Music Network UK • 20th February 2023

Nell Mescal Interview

Hope Lynes from Sunderland's Spark FM spoke to Nell Mescal about her rise to fame, songwriting processes, advice and more!

Student Music Network UK • 20th November 2022

Softcult Interview

Our Regional Officer for the North East Hope Lynes chatted to Softcult about all things new music, the mall goth aesthetic and the new age riot grrrl!

Student Music Network UK • 18th September 2022

Brooke Combe Interview

Hope Lynes from NSR interviews Brooke Combe about her new single 'Miss Me Now'. They explore her sound and genre as well as her musical influences within her work.

NARC. Magazine • 22nd March 2022

INTERVIEW: NORTH EAST WOMEN IN SOUL MUSIC

North East Women In Soul Music (NEWISM) aims to provide a platform for the rising female neo-soul talent emerging in the North East. Founded by Georgia May, Frankie Jobling, Kate Bond and Karla Farrar (aka FALLU), the group has become a space for the North East’s soulful women to support, promote and encourage each other. The core of NEWISM is in the ‘NE’ premise; the region’s neo-soul scene has come under increasing focus over the last couple of years, thanks in part to artists like Georgia Ma

18th September 2022

INTERVIEW: Cazimi

Following their debut album Late In The Day in 2020, the line-up of Sunderland alt. rock band Cazimi has reshuffled somewhat, with Gary Binns on drums and Kev Melling on bass joining guitarist Jim McCulloch and lead vocalist and guitarist Ian Hedley. The band note that while there haven’t been major changes musically, the make-up of the band has very much determined their direction. Ian described the production process: “I write the songs, take them along to the band and depending on who’s in t

NARC. Magazine • 27th May 2022

INTERVIEW: DREAM WIFE

Hope Lynes talks to Dream Wife’s Rakel Mjöll about finally getting to tour their second album, working with a talented female-led team and why activism is so important to their sound Brighton punk rockers Dream Wife have a clear manifesto when it comes to their music and live shows. Highly outspoken, with an activism streak which perfectly suits their forthright sound, vocalist Rakel Mjöll insists their forthcoming tour – which drops in at Newcastle University Students’ Union on Sunday 1st May

NARC. Magazine • 28th March 2022

INTERVIEW: CIGAR CIGAR

HOPE LYNES SPEAKS TO THE TEESSIDE FOUR-PIECE ABOUT THEIR DEBUT EP, LOCKDOWN RECORDING AND THEIR COLLABORATION WITH STUDENT FILM-MAKERS Teesside-based four-piece Cigar Cigar release their debut LP, The Edge Of The Conversation, this month, a 12-track record which has taken 18 long months for its members to produce. The album’s soundscape is a nostalgic one, blending across the rock genres to encapsulate many inspirations. Singer and guitarist Russell Smith explains how his inspirations changed

NARC. Magazine • 29th January 2022

INTERVIEW: TOM A SMITH

HOPE LYNES SPEAKS TO RISING STAR TOM A SMITH ABOUT HIS DEBUT EP The rise of Tom A Smith has been nothing but incredible. Armed with a backlog of covers, the Sunderland sensation played his first gig aged eight, and became Kendal Calling’s youngest ever performer (under the moniker of Tom ‘Mouse’ Smith). Now at seventeen, freshly and more maturely re-christened, the performer is ready to show the world what he’s capable of on his debut EP. With a newfound confidence and maturity to his sound, t

NARC. Magazine • 1st December 2021

INTERVIEW: KATE BOND

HOPE LYNES SPEAKS TO NEO-SOUL ARTIST KATE BOND ABOUT HER UPCOMING SINGLE, FEMINISM IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AND HER CAREER SO FAR “This first EP is very political. It’s how I write the best. I can write love songs, but they always tend to call [men] misogynists.” Bradford-via-Newcastle songwriter Kate Bond takes the melodic groove of Amy Winehouse and makes it her own, with forcefully moving vocals and powerful feminist tracks that tell of her experiences. “Feminism has accidentally become my brand."