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Lynks: “Being a queer person – being any person – is complicated. We have moments that are conflicting and challenging”

When Lynks first started making music, their entertaining punky alt.pop was all about being “a total escape from life”. But things are getting much more real on debut album ABOMINATION. Tackling topics like queer liberation, religion and shame around sex, the London-via-Bristol star is telling it like it is – while finding power in this honesty…

“As we sat in the garden of a London pub, Kurt’s mood was buoyant…”

Thirty years ago today, the world lost Nirvana’s legendary frontman. In celebration of his life, his music, and a legacy that continues to resonate, journalist and music industry legend James Sherry looks back at the Kurt Cobain he encountered…

LØLØ: “Songwriting is therapeutic… I’m my own therapist which is a problem, probably!”

Following a trio of breakout EPs, LØLØ is finally gearing up to release her long-awaited debut album in the summer. Here, the Canadian pop-punk star tells us all about it – from her signature self-deprecation to digging deep and getting in touch with what it is to be human…

In pictures: Sprints’ triumphant sold-out show at London’s Heaven

It’s been a monumental year already for Sprints – but judging by their current sold-out UK tour, things are only just getting started…

Graphic Nature: “We’re grateful for everything, because in a second it can be taken away”

Just over a year on from their gripping debut album, Kent metallers Graphic Nature are set to out-do themselves with upcoming follow-up Who Are You When No One Is Watching? Despite their undeniable rise, though, behind-the-scenes frontman Harvey Freeman has been battling PTSD, and has experienced a “wake-up call” to truly seize the day…

Zetra: “This has been less ‘in the making’ as it has been ‘in the uncovering’”

Having announced their debut album, mysterious synth duo Zetra give a glimpse into its creation, teaming up with Svalbard for new single Starfall, and growing their cult as large as possible…

Between You & Me’s track-by-track guide to new EP SH!T YEAH

Ahead of its release on Friday, Between You & Me take us inside the tracks – and various moods – on their new EP SH!T YEAH.

In pictures: The Gaslight Anthem’s epic three-night Camden takeover

From their new Billie Eilish cover to onstage guest appearances and mixed-up setlists, here’s what went down at The Gaslight Anthem’s triple Roundhouse takeover last week…

Dead Pony: “We’ve been waiting so long to prove ourselves and show the world what we can do”

Music can be a powerful tool for political change, but sometimes we forget how much it can help us escape our reality, too. Enter: Dead Pony, and their cinematic debut record exploring everything from zombie apocalypses to mind control…

Cassyette: “In order to evolve and for the scene to have culture, it has to have a bit of everything”

Cassyette has plans to dominate 2024. Having set herself up as one of the leaders for a new generation of alt. artists, she’s about to make her ultimate statement with debut album This World Fucking Sucks. We joined her on tour with Bring Me The Horizon to find out about the self-exploration that went into it, and how she wants to help drag music forward…

Wristmeetrazor: “Good art needs to have a bit of pain behind it”

On their new album Degeneration, Wristmeetrazor examine misanthropy, hypocrisy and abuse of power. Justin Fornof explains how they got it all out, via a trip to a cabin in the woods…

Gen And The Degenerates: “Our songs always come with a positive spin or a sense of humour”

With so many reasons to be angry, it’s hard to look on the bright side. Unless you’re brilliantly fun UK punks Gen And The Degenerates – then it’s all you can do…

SeeYouSpaceCowboy: “This is the uncensored, no-holds-barred version of us”

San Diego sasscore stars SeeYouSpaceCowboy are no strangers to turmoil and destruction. Where 2021 breakout LP The Romance Of Affliction looked brutally inwards, though, upcoming third album Coup De Grâce takes a more “playful” approach as the world falls apart around us. For the band’s Cover Story debut, Connie Sgarbossa lifts the lid on the record, talking creativity, cabaret and pure chaos…

Cherym: “This is gonna be the year of being unapologetically yourself”

Derry punk pair Cherym are all about telling life’s truths, without getting too political. They also like a laugh. We met them ahead of their tour with Enter Shikari to chat queerness, nostalgia, and more…

Pallbearer: “We’ve been blessed by having lives full of fcked-up people, and being fcked-up ourselves. It’s an easy thing to write about”

Illness, struggle, recalibration, saxophones: Pallbearer’s Brett Campbell lifts the lid on the Arkansas prog-doomsters’ challenging new album, Mind Burns Alive…

Jazmin Bean: “I don’t think this is a healed album, or a wounded one. It’s a healing album”

Jazmin Bean is changing. Already a name thanks to their wild make-up work, they’re fast becoming one of alt. music’s breakout stars. But as they detail on brilliant debut album Traumatic Livelihood, the road here has involved drugs, rehab, abuse and losing friends. And it’s now time to start getting better…

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