Why video game developers are obsessed with evil, mind-altering musicHow the makers of games like Psychonauts, Unpacking and JETT use your very ears against you.
Success, sex and ‘superhero music’: Meet phemAfter joining Waterparks on tour in the U.S. this fall, alt.pop star phem’s dedicated fanbase – The Phemily – is on the rise. We meet the Los Angeles musician who’s helping people feel less alone…
“This feels like the next logical step for us”: Bring Me The Horizon talk headlining Reading & Leeds 2022As Bring Me The Horizon announce their headline slot for next year’s Reading & Leeds, we catch up with Jordan Fish to talk being ready for rock’s big time, playing alongside legends Rage Against The Machine as well as Yorkshire royalty Arctic Monkeys, and the “screamo” sound of their next Post Human EP…
“When you lose independent venues, you lose a serious part of underground music culture”Independent venues are a vital part of rock and alternative music's lifeforce. Rise Against frontman Tim McIrath dives into why they're so important and the difficulties of performing acoustically...
Ricky Himself: The 10 songs that changed my lifeThe hip-hop-loving pop-punk, Ricky Himself, guides us through the music that made him who he is...
Inside Afflecks Palace: The subcultural heart of ManchesterSince the early '80s, Afflecks Palace has been an institution of Manchester's alternative scene – finding itself as the go-to spot for Madchester, nu-metal, emo and beyond. We travel to the iconic marketplace to find out how it's stood the test of time and why it's still so vital to the city today...
The 20 greatest Smashing Pumpkins songs – rankedFrom Gish to Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness and beyond, we rank the Chicagoan alt. legends’ greatest tracks...
Alone Together: How solo artists shook up rock musicFrom grandson to KennyHoopla, Cassyette to NOAHFINNCE, solo artists are proving that rock isn’t just reserved for bands anymore…
Why now is the perfect time for Paramore’s returnThe wheels are in motion and Paramore are likely looking at a 2022 comeback. And they couldn’t have picked a better time to make their triumphant return…
Tom Morello: My life in 10 songsFrom Rage Against The Machine to Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band to The Atlas Underground, game-changing guitar hero Tom Morello takes us through 10 pivotal tracks from his career…
Now Hear This: Pupil Slicer's Kate Davies on the best new hardcore, tech-metal and cyber-grindPupil Slicer's Kate Davies brings you the new bands you need to check out now, including THØTCRIME, Burner and 156/Silence.
Rancid’s Lars Frederiksen: “The way people are being coddled is why the pendulum is swinging so much. Just because you showed up doesn’t mean you get a f*cking trophy”Lars Frederiksen on three decades of punk rock, getting over "petty sh*t", going solo, and what's next for Rancid…
How the vinyl shortage is affecting the grassroots music sceneChanging timelines, new formats and delayed tours… here's how and why the vinyl shortage is having such an impact on smaller scenes.
Bill Bailey: The 10 songs that changed my lifeFrom Rainbow to Behemoth, beloved comedian and musician Bill Bailey sure loves his rock and metal. So much so, in fact, that excessive air-guitaring once caused an ironing board accident…
My Chemical Romance’s Danger Days was the ultimate act of rebellionA new dawn was on the horizon, but it would take an abandoned album, a trip to the desert and a comic book for My Chemical Romance to be galvanised again…
Jacob Bannon and Chelsea Wolfe take you inside BloodmoonFollowing a handful shows in 2016, Converge's Bloodmoon project has now been fully realised with a superbly powerful record featuring Chelsea Wolfe, Ben Chisholm, and Stephen Brodsky. Here, Chelsea and Converge vocalist Jacob Bannon take us through the record's inception and what we can expect going forward...
