Soundsphere magazine
Soundsphere is a music and culture website and magazine focusing on mainly alternative arts news, reviews, and features, supporting artists in the North of England, and worldwide.
History[edit]
The site is an editorially independent publication that was started by journalist Dom Smith in 2008 and is now run by a team of other journalists with a worldwide team of freelancers. There were three print editions: One in 2010[1], which had Placebo on the cover, and also feature interviews with Paradise Lost, Gary Numan and Rammstein, a second in 2011[2] (featuring Enter Shikari, Patrick Stump, Pendulum, Frank Turner and more) and a third in 2013[3] featuring the likes of Asking Alexandria on the cover, The Gaslight Anthem and Halestorm.
The site is built around live reviews, album reviews and interviews, and has supported the likes of The 1975[4] and Yungblud[5] since the beginning of their careers, but also features content centring around wrestling, pop culture, comic books and movies with the likes of Michael E. Uslan[6], Dynamo (magician)[7], Ric Flair[8], Mick Foley[9], Drew McIntyre[10], Crispin Glover[11] and others.
Soundsphere has been featured on Blabbermouth.net for interviewing Joey Jordison[12] and Filter (band)[13], and on Digital Spy for interviewing Bill Goldberg[14].
The site's editor, Dom Smith has Cerebral Palsy, and won the National Diversity Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence in 2012[15] (Disability Category) for his work on Soundsphere, and was also nominated as one of the Hundred Happiest People[16] in the Country by the Independent on Sunday in 2013. Dom has also written for WhatCulture[17], The Quietus[18], Metro (website)[19], Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship and others.
References:
- ↑ "Soundsphere Issue One". Issuu. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ↑ "Soundsphere Issue Two". Issuu. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ↑ "Soundsphere Issue Three". Issuu. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ↑ "The 1975 Interview". Soundsphere. Dom Smith.
- ↑ "Yungblud Interview". Dom Smith. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ↑ "Michael Uslan Interview". Soundsphere. Dom Smith. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ↑ "Dynamo Interview". Soundsphere. Dom Smith. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ↑ "Ric Flair Interview". Soundsphere. Dom Smith. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ↑ "Mick Foley interview". Soundsphere. Dom Smith. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ↑ "Drew McIntyre Interview". Soundsphere. Sophie Walker.
- ↑ "Crispin Glover Interview". Soundsphere. Dom Smith. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ↑ "SLIPKNOT's JOEY JORDISON Talks To SOUNDSPHERE About SCAR THE MARTYR (Audio)". Blabbermouth. Blabbermouth. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ↑ "Filter Interviewed by SOUNDSPHERE Magazine (Video)". Blabbermouth. Blabbermouth. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ↑ "WWE's Goldberg talks TV future with new action series in development". Digital Spy. Stephanie Chase. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ↑ "Dom Smith wins National Diversity Award". York St John University. York St John University. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ↑ "York entrepreneur named on Independent On Sunday's Happy List". Dan Bean. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ↑ "Dom Smith contributor page". WhatCulture. WhatCulture. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ↑ "Dom Smith Articles". The Quietus. The Quietus. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ↑ "Dom Smith Articles at Metro". Metro. Metro. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
