Mini Mansions and The Amazons are our guests on episode five of The Gigwise Pintcast

Michael and Matt discuss rock ’n’ roll, studio toys and being a musician today

At The Great Escape this year, Gigwise met a whole host of bands, and went to see even more play. Two of those bands were The Amazons and Mini Mansions. Different bands in many ways - and similar in some - both of these ‘rock’ bands share a label in Fiction records, and views on social media.

In a first for the Gigwise Pintcast, Matt and Michael converse between themselves - with some refereeing from our end. They discuss what it’s like to be a band in the age of social media, and what really makes music Rock in 2019.

Reading’s rock band The Amazons released their new album Future Dust in May, and conducted a full room at their Coalition headline set at The Great Escape. Mini Mansions, who are a supergroup made up by Michael Shuman (bassist in Queens of the Stone Age), Tyler Parkford (touring keys for Arctic Monkeys) and Zach Dawes (bassist for The Last Shadow Puppets.) Their new album Guy Walks Into A Bar… comes out next Friday (26 July.)

You can hear the episode below, or on the following platforms; Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and RadioPublic.

You can hear our previous Gigwise Pintcasts with The Vamps here, Circa Waves here, Nick Allbrook from Pond here, and You Me At Six here.