cheri amour

Freelance writer, broadcaster & pop fan. Author of Come Away With ESG @333books. Publisher @ldnmusicmag

[cheri amour @thedivinehammer]

It’s been three years in the making but next month my book on NYC no-wave veterans ESG lands on shelves across the globe as the latest in the cult music series. Pre-order your copy/find it at your local book shop📚

London based? Come celebrate with me @RoughTrade East on 9 March

[33 1/3 Books @333books]

We've got a couple of new additions to the series coming your way next month... Say hello to 🥁

🔸 ESG's Come Away with ESG (by @thedivinehammer). Pre-order: https://t.co/X0icnuqrUU

🔸 Madvillain's Madvillainy (by @WillyDaSquid). Pre-order: https://t.co/MOFVenoC26

[The Skinny @theskinnymag]

Universes away from the pigtails and prairie dresses of their debut, WET LEG tease their sophomore sounds with something far beyond their signature sprechgesang

Read @thedivinehammer's ★★★★ review of the band's performance at the Usher Hall last week

https://t.co/uIFESI04R0

[The Skinny @theskinnymag]

"The same week that I was diagnosed with cancer, I tried my first cigarette"

Ahead of a QMU gig this month, Marisa 'Missy' Dubice of MANNEQUIN PUSSY talks to @thedivinehammer about self-acceptance, rebellion and being unapologetic

https://t.co/1PAyMQdw8I

[The Skinny @theskinnymag]

“Why would you compromise if you can't even make a living singing in English?"

Ahead of the release of their double album Solas, @thedivinehammer speaks with Welsh-language post-punk trio @adwaithmusic

https://t.co/RjLFETf3Eo

[cheri amour @thedivinehammer]

With their debut album now out in the world, I spoke to @lazydaylazyday's Tilly Scantlebury for @GuitarWorld, an interview both their Dad and I were v excited about! Stream the record and tuck into their signature setup at the link with that @Fender Duotone🍊@BraceYourselfPR

[Guitar World @GuitarWorld]

“Lots of what I play, I wouldn't know how to describe it… I’m following my nose all the time. It’s a process of instinct and desire”: Meet Lazy Day’s Tilly Scantlebury – the UK guitarist-producer summoning sparkling indie tones from secondhand setups https://t.co/ZclJIeOz8a

[MargateBookie @MargateBookie]

In 1979, 2 Tone exploded into the national conscious! In conversation with author and journalist Cheri Amour @thedivinehammer - singer and songwriter in The Selecter, @paulineblackOBE, and musician-turned-author @DanielRachel69.

Saturday 5th of October
https://t.co/Eu65yjd2Bx

[MargateBookie @MargateBookie]

A Two Tone theme brewing at the Bookie - join @paulineblackOBE @DanielRachel69 @thedivinehammer at @tcmargate, then tell your musical memories to @AndrewDennis227
of @Mixtape88_00 in the cafe

https://t.co/APulyo8gvr

[cheri amour @thedivinehammer]

This went live while I was in the @EOTR fields but that doesn't mean I'm any less jazzed to have spoken with grunge gang @VENUSGRRRLS* over a pint on sparkly narwhal cloud delays & the merits of the @kemper_amps🎚️

*After killer sets supporting @SPRINTSmusic & @thegreatescape

[Guitar World @GuitarWorld]

“I use a million guitar tones in a show. Quite a few are just noises – one is labeled ‘Ew’ on the pedalboard”:Meet Venus Grrrls, the UK goth grungers tackling cancer with intense songs, wild tones and Courtney Love’s guitar https://t.co/ZXoG7cgf24

[cheri amour @thedivinehammer]

@FlissKitson @wee_davey @wmbtwmbtNch You're testing me now, dialling in @wmbtwmbtNch?

[cheri amour @thedivinehammer]

Big Me To Talk About It: A three-and-a-half-hour stadium show from rock's longstanding nice guys @foofighters, a surprise #BlackSabbath cameo & my first celeb spotting from Birmingham's @AVFCOfficial There was A LOT to cover in this week's @substack https://t.co/A2np4YL6tC

[The Skinny @theskinnymag]

As @theebikinikill's reunion tour hits @O2AcademyGla, we talk to Riot Grrrl legend Kathleen Hanna (@kathleenhanna)

https://t.co/GxGAGRWn6g [interview by @thedivinehammer]

[cheri amour @thedivinehammer]

I only spoke to OG #RebelGrrrl @kathleenhanna for @theskinnymag⚡Over her morning muesli, we talked feminism with an intersectional lens & why, while she wrote the trailblazing Riot Grrrl Manifesto, she didn't live it until now. Pick up your June issue at https://t.co/Epb7ZVMc3T

[The Skinny @theskinnymag]

For our Pop issue, Lauren Mayberry (@laurenevemay) chats to @thedivinehammer about message board memories, moving to LA, and the desire for creative chaos...

https://t.co/onjCFKDSKj

[cheri amour @thedivinehammer]

@simonwoodgate @FlissKitson @RamsgateMH @substack It was too good a setup, Simon, not to include!

[cheri amour @thedivinehammer]

Unbelievably giddy to say that my cat Fitz* and I sat down to speak with formidable @CHVRCHES frontwoman @laurenevemay for the DIY issue of @theskinnymag which hits shops tomorrow🗞️

*Only one of us knocked over a glass of water during the interview. I was nervous, okay...

[The Skinny @theskinnymag]

“When I started the solo idea, it wasn't even about music coming out. It was more about needing to get some self-confidence and self-respect...”

As her solo era kicks into gear, we catch up with Lauren Mayberry (@laurenevemay)

https://t.co/9ApA9l2Cur… [by @thedivinehammer]

[theartsdesk.com @theartsdesk]

★★★★ THE SONGS OF @JoniMitchell @RoundhouseLDN - Fans (old and new) toast to an icon of our age, as a stellar line up of artists reimagine some of Mitchell’s most magnificent works - review by @thedivinehammer https://t.co/FpcfklaoPq

[cheri amour @thedivinehammer]

I've been busting to share this one with you in conversation with #TrashyToneThursday pioneer Emi Grace. The LA-based 21-year-old wunderkind shares how Van Halen's 'Eruption' blew up her love for searing solos (understandably) and why performing live is her perfect destiny🎸🔥

[Guitar World @GuitarWorld]

“I heard Eruption by Van Halen and I was like, ‘What is that?!’ I love to push the boundaries, and I love when it sounds crazy”: Meet Emi Grace, the Trashy Tone Thursday pioneer tearing up the shred rulebook and taking on the haters https://t.co/LAHz5JJEDD

[cheri amour @thedivinehammer]

Ever since I saw @KatyKirby_ perform at last year's @EOTR, I've been utterly enamoured by her blissful songwriting & that thrifty Teisco find so it was a real treat to hear about tour time with @k_crutchfield & the unlikely chord inspiration from a hugely underrated instrument🎹

[Guitar World @GuitarWorld]

“The first song I learned was The Beatles’ Blackbird. I’m still a pretty good fingerpicker, if nothing else!” Katy Kirby on jumping into guitar at the deep end – and why she made new album Blue Raspberry as uncool as possible https://t.co/sFXizDJR9W

[cheri amour @thedivinehammer]

New month = new @substack post featuring (the aptly titled) @favebandfizz who brought their magical, mystery tour to @O2SBE this Wednesday🍭Take me back to Fizzville already! https://t.co/GDjQ6mfM71

[cheri amour @thedivinehammer]

Not strictly a #valentines but my newly launched @substack, Babe, Gig In The City? is a love letter to live music 💌The first installment features the most befitting muses @lastdinnerparty fresh from their @BrudPresents show. Tuck in with us here 🏹https://t.co/IUFsRzhOIo

[cheri amour @thedivinehammer]

After their raucous show at @RamsgateMH around this time last year, I was more than a little excited to hop on the blower with Karla and Colm of @SPRINTSmusic to sing the praises of @EHX & hear more on their wall of amps recording top 20 debut, Letter To Self, over @GuitarWorld🎸

[Guitar World @GuitarWorld]

“I was 100% better on guitar when I was 15. Technically, I’m a much worse guitarist now – but I’m a better songwriter”: Meet Sprints, the Irish garage rockers cranking Boss Katanas in stadiums https://t.co/c8YKGZX4vU

[cheri amour @thedivinehammer]

And you can still find me popping up in print too including this month's Love Issue of The Skinny speaking with wonky pop pals @limegardenband because aren't our friends often our greatest loves?💕

[The Skinny @theskinnymag]

"None of us had a lot of all-female band influences growing up. We want to be that influence on someone else"

Ahead of @thehugandpint & @voodoorooms gigs, plus the release of debut album ONE MORE THING, @thedivinehammer interviews @limegardenband

https://t.co/SPbTP0DEqz