Reviews Album review: Thrice – Horizons/West Darkness comprehensively conquers light on Thrice’s follow-up to 2021’s Horizons/East.
Features “Humour can really accentuate anger or frustration”: Why Liquid Mike are in full flow Meet Liquid Mike, the prolific power-pop-punks specialising in angsty yet fun bangers. Fresh from the release of sixth album Hell Is An Airport, mainman Mike Maple reveals how he ensures he’s always “firing on all cylinders…”
Features The rise of Pierce The Veil, as told through their most important gigs Almost 20 years ago, Pierce The Veil were struggling to break out of their local San Diego scene. Now, they’re certified arena superstars. Vic Fuentes looks at all the stops – the good, the bad and the sweaty – along the way…
Features From parenthood to politics: Why Ho99o9 are finally confronting themselves As new album Tomorrow We Escape arrives, Ho99o9’s gruesome twosome Yeti Bones and theOGM take us inside their most personal record yet, the reasons to break free, and the intricacies of potty training…
Features La Dispute: “The unintended consequence of things getting this bad is that we remember the importance of community and protecting each other” As La Dispute’s new album No One Was Driving The Car makes its way into the world, the post-hardcore mainstays contemplate the universality of human emotion, the devastating impact of capitalism, and that – ultimately – most people are working toward a better future…
Features “I like to keep it sexy. I love that I'm pushing things forward”: How De'Wayne discovered his true self Rediscovering the music that means the most to him, De'Wayne's subsequent soul-searching has led him to his most authentic and ambitious album yet. Here, the superstar-in-waiting guides us through a journey that spans everything from the role of religion to the meaning of masculinity...
Features “It felt like the universe was telling us to play with Bernie Sanders”: The Armed are making music for broken political times Is The Armed's mind-blowing new album The Future Is Here And Everything Needs To Be Destroyed the most prescient noise of 2025? Quite possibly. Still one of the strangest-operating bands on Earth, the mysterious collective are also becoming a sane voice in a confused, broken world. Singer Tony Wolski explains all...
Reviews Album review: Deadguy – Near-Death Travel Services Thirty years after their debut album, U.S. hardcore legends Deadguy are back with its intensely brutal follow-up. Prepare yourself…
Reviews Album review: Kaonashi – I Want To Go Home. Philadelphia’s weirdest metalcore outfit, Kaonashi, keep things wonderfully bizarre on excellent third album.
Features Poppy: “I want to get closer to understanding myself. I think that’s my only responsibility” Who is the real Poppy? As she brings last year’s excellent Negative Spaces album to the UK, we try to get to know the shadowy musical shape-shifter. She tells us all about getting bigger, playing on American telly with Knocked Loose and going to the GRAMMYs. But can we figure out the person behind the enigma?
Features “This isn’t a rebirth. It’s training for your f*cking life”: Inside Rico Nasty’s bold new era After breakout success caught up with her and things started to go down a dark path, Rico Nasty took some time out to find herself again. Now, on third album LETHAL, the Maryland-born star is all about freedom, openness and whole-heartedly fighting back…
Features Damiano David: “I had to break down many layers… This album is me, 100 per cent” As Damiano David prepares to drop his debut solo album FUNNY little FEARS, the Måneskin frontman shares the unhappy place he was in when the creative process began, how much has changed since, and why the record is “the narration of me coming back to life”…
Reviews Album review: PUP – Who Will Look After The Dogs Emotionally tortured and self-deprecating Canadian punks PUP let their sadness shine on marvellous fifth album.
Reviews Album review: Propagandhi – At Peace Canadian politipunks Propagandhi rage against the system and the dying light on superb eighth album.
Reviews Album review: Heart Attack Man – Joyride The Pale Horse Ohio pop-punks Heart Attack Man deliver a curate’s egg of a fourth full-length.
Reviews Album review: Momma – Welcome To My Blue Sky California alt-rockers Momma try to live up to the hype of their breakthrough record on fourth outing.
