The Soundsphere Magazine Podcast

JCW's Father Bronson comments on Xavier Woods' next move in wrestling, takes over SOUNDSPHERE

On screen, in the world of JCW, we see a towering figure in black, red-tinted sermons to the camera, eerie roll calls and cryptic messages about “Red Love.” It looks, at first glance, like a brilliantly unhinged wrestling gimmick: a cult-adjacent preacher, a strange sidekick in the form of Mr. Wiggles, and an ever-growing list of names who’ve made the Red Roll Call.
But sit down with Father Bronson—as we did, somewhat nervously, over a screen from the UK—and the language of “gimmick,” “character work,” and “promos” doesn’t just fall away. It’s rejected, dismantled and thrown back at you. “You’re using words like promo and vignette,” he says, eyes locked forward. “I think you might be under the wrong impression. You might think that this is an act… that red love doesn’t fuel the fibers of my being, because it truly does.”
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The Hardys talk favourite bands, The Righteous in the Broken Universe, their next evolution in TNA

For over three decades, the Hardys have been the glitch in pro wrestling’s system – the weird kids from North Carolina who grew up on trampolines, DIY rings and alternative culture, and somehow dragged all of that into the mainstream. They were the ones in fishnets and baggy cargos while everyone else was in trunks, the outcasts who became icons.
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ECW's Jasmin St Claire gets brutally honest about the state of music and wrestling media in 2026

There’s a particular kind of chaos that makes pro wrestling feel like home: big personalities cutting bigger promos. That’s Juggalo Championship Wrestling (JCW) right now – and right in the middle of that whirlwind is Jasmin St. Claire.
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Interview: Enter Zeruel’s Expansive New World on RUIN; REBIRTH

There’s a particular kind of world-building that only really happens when someone has lived inside their obsessions long enough to breathe them back out as art. For Braydon Hill, better known as Zeruel, that world is stitched together from late nights with Soulsborne games, Metroidvanias, dark hip-hop, manga, anime, and the echo of his mother’s voice he grew up singing along to.
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Leo Woodall and Havana Rose Liu talk working with Dustin Hoffman on Tuner, learning piano and MORE!

When two-time Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman first read the script for the indie film,  “Tuner,” he was surprised how Academy Award-winning documentary director Daniel Roher (“Navalny”) had navigated his first narrative fiction thriller. When two-time Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman first read the script for the indie film,  “Tuner,” he was surprised how Academy Award-winning documentary director Daniel Roher (“Navalny”) had navigated his first narrative fiction thriller. Having spent his life playing piano and taking legendary roles like “The Graduate” and “Midnight Cowboy,” Hoffman had attended the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music, and actually hoped to become a concert pianist. “The role of a piano tuner immediately resonated with me on a personal level,” he said.  “This was the first time in over 50 years of doing this, a guy came up to me and said, I wrote this for you,” he acknowledged during a press chat.
 
Hoffman plays veteran tuner Harry Horowitz, a gifted man who is well-versed in fixing pianos. Later, at a private screening at Black Bear Pictures in Los Angeles, the seven-time Academy Award nominee told the audience: “Somehow Daniel knew that (in real life) I played the piano.” He continued: “Daniel sent me a script, and I liked it very much. I told him it was very well written….I was in Europe, and he flew over to London on his own dime, and we just talked….What particularly struck me was the original way the story evolved into a heist genre; it felt fresh and compelling.” Hoffman said he was “shocked” because he had never met anyone like Roher before, who had worked on many layers of the crime-romance..
 
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TNA X-Division Champion Cedric Alexander says he didn't feel valued in WWE NXT

After joining TNA Wrestling, the former WWE Cruiserweight Champion, Cedric Alexander, has allied with The System and become the new X-Division Champion after unseating Leon Slater. 
Soundsphere sat down with Cedric Alexander to discuss his new home, faction, and championship reign. More importantly, we discussed his upcoming title defence against several other wrestlers at Slammiversay in an Ultimate X match – which is arguably TNA’s signature match, for its signature championship.
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Tim De Gieter talks The Change Is Me and the sonic EVOLUTION of DOODSESKADER

There are conversations you have with artists where you can tell, within minutes, that the music isn’t a product – it’s survival. Talking with Tim De Gieter of Doodseskader is exactly that. We’re here to talk about the band’s latest record, The Change Is Me – a release that feels like it’s been dragged out of the darkest corners of the mind, but somehow still points toward something like hope. Not the flimsy, Instagram-ready kind, but the uncomfortable, honest, “this might never be perfect and that’s okay” kind.
 
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The Righteous talk The Wyatt Sicks in TNA, feud with The Hardys and the success of Danhausen

There’s a particular kind of electricity that only exists when wrestling leans all the way into the weird. Not just spooky lighting and jump-scares, but genuine psychological horror – the kind that stays with you after the show ends, the kind that bleeds into real life grief, legacy, and art. Right now in TNA, that electricity has a name: The Righteous – Vincent and Dutch – locked in a sprawling, reality-bending feud with Matt and Jeff Hardy that’s already pulled in multiple versions of the Hardys themselves, threatened to tear open the “Broken Universe” once again, and constantly circles one towering shadow: the late Windham Rotunda, known to millions as Bray Wyatt. Over the course of our conversation, it becomes clear that this isn’t just another storyline for The Righteous. It’s a meditation on horror, creativity, grief, and the people they call “the Many” – their fans, their believers, and everyone who sees something of themselves in the madness.
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AJ FRANCIS LOVES TNA, says his potential was wasted in WWE

TNA Wrestling's AJ Francis has managed to combine his love of music and wrestling into one persona. Be it within WWE or TNA, Francis has often been a highlight of any stable he's been part of, but after falling out with his last two tag-team partners, the leader of First Class is now going solo — and he's looking forward to it. 
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Dr Simon A. Morrison On The Music Journalism North-South Divide

Is London still the centre for music journalism? 
Music journalism is an extremely competitive field.  A platform for creatives to show off their talents from creative writing to cultural analysis on an array of multimedia platforms. On the surface, it may seem there is equal opportunity to kickstart a music journalism career in the UK – the constant emergence of up-and-coming bands to underground gigs and all between. However, is there a divide in the North and South of England regarding opportunity?  
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