13 bands you can’t miss at RADAR 2025Next month, RADAR Festival will bring a banging bill to Manchester for three days of music and bants. The line-up is stacked, but here’s a baker’s dozen to have on your radar…
“Someone threw a frog at me and I fell off a trampoline”: 20 Questions with BEXBEX tackles our quick-fire question machine to fill us in on accidents, pukey puddings and the true identity of BIG BEX…
JPEGMAFIA: “People have this idea of me, but it’s a projected image”From walking around school “screaming Numb like an asshole” to supporting Linkin Park at Wembley Stadium later this month, JPEGMAFIA has been on a genuinely breath-taking journey. Joining the alt. hip-hop superstar on the road, we get to know the man behind the music, and learn that his time is very much now…
“It ain’t about the machine that’s behind you, it’s about how long you can stay in the ring”: How Skindred and Those Damn Crows played the long game and wonCelebrating hugely successful chapters in their respective bands’ lives right now, we bring together Benji Webbe and Shane Greenhall to reflect on Skindred and Those Damn Crows’ journeys, how British music is thriving, and why “rock’n’roll is not a 100-metre dash but a marathon…”
“The world is a crazy place – come and escape with us”: Inside the glorious return of Motion City SoundtrackAs Motion City Soundtrack reveal details of their long-awaited album The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World, Justin Pierre and Joshua Cain talk 2016’s hiatus, overcoming burnout, working with Patrick Stump, and why they’ve always had “f*cking cool” fans…
“I wanted people to throw themselves into the vision”: The story of Ghost’s InfestissumamAlready spreading far beyond the underground, by the time of 2013’s second album Infestissumam, Ghost had signed to a massive label and were working with Foo Fighters’ producer. This wasn’t without its problems for the clergy, but even a cautious name tweak and issues getting the album’s racy sleeve pressed couldn’t stop a Swedish Grammi coming their way…
Green Day: “This has been one of my favourite eras that we’ve ever had”Green Day are finally, finally coming to Download. Which, as festival experts, is long overdue. Fresh from their spell at Coachella, Billie Joe Armstrong looks forward to making their mark at the home of rock, recalls the madness of their first Brit fest experiences, and how they’re ending Saviors soon to preserve it…
Malevolence: “Bands come and go, and it’s really nice to believe that we’re still on the up”Lately, Malevolence have been able to do no wrong – well, apart from in the eyes of the National Trust. With new album Where Only The Truth Is Spoken almost here, the Sheffield stars talk pressure and pride, having the “best job in the world”, and taking the leap towards even bigger things…
Lowen: “I want to explore the edges of discomfort in what we do”Barnstorming breakthrough Do Not Go To War With The Demons Of Mazandaran has already catapulted London prog-doomsters Lowen onto some of metal’s biggest stages. But as bewitching vocalist Nina Saeidi delves into her fascinations with Middle Eastern culture and esoteric teachings, arcane weaponry and the deadly arts, they’ve got fathomless depths still to explore…
“It’s quite a dark album, but I feel lighter”: Inside the unflinching return of Witch FeverAs Witch Fever announce FEVEREATEN – the follow-up to 2022’s breath-taking debut Congregation – Amy Walpole unpacks the clash of fiction and reality in album number two, how the band are forever drawn to creating angry music, and why the Bible’s Eve is actually kinda “hot”…
“It’s really f*cking hard being young right now”: How Pinkshift are fighting back on new album EarthkeeperPinkshift have had no shortage of outrage to simmer on over the last few years. Rather than blindly raging against the injustices being perpetrated against minorities, the queer community and the broader working classes, however, superb second album Earthkeeper finds the Baltimore crew seeking solace and resolution…
In the studio with Lorna Shore: “There’s some songs that may surprise people”Personal battles, musical versatility and singing from the heart… Lorna Shore’s Will Ramos and Adam De Micco invite us into the studio to reveal what’s to come from their impending fifth album.
“It feels vital”: Inside Bush’s triumphant new album, I Beat LonelinessMore than 30 years on from their debut, London alt.rock legends Bush are gearing up to release album number 10. Previewing what’s to come with new single The Land Of Milk And Honey, frontman Gavin Rossdale reveals why he’s been writing “uplifting” messages about mental health, maintaining high standards as a band, and how the record has “no potholes, so to speak…”
Ghoul The World: How Ghost catapulted out of the underground with Opus EponymousWhat is this that stands before us? In 2010, Ghost released their Opus Eponymous debut album. As Kerrang! got on the trail of these mysterious Swedish Ghouls, everyone else soon fell under their spell as well. Who were they? Where did they come from? And how were they already building such a strong congregation? We trace the roots of the band, right back to the source…
“It’s sleazier and sexier”: William Von Ghould’s guide to Creeper’s Sanguivore II: Mistress Of DeathCreeper are back, with a new album, a new Sanguivore chapter, a new muscly baddie, and a banging new single, HEADSTONES. William Von Ghould helps you get your teeth into it all…
“I get very ritualistic with mushrooms”: I See Stars’ Devin Oliver’s five favourite thingsTripping, dancing and being very particular about making tea – these are the things that make I See Stars frontman Devin Oliver happy.
