Reviews Album review: Stick To Your Guns – SpectreStick To Your Guns return in fiery form with their first album in half a decade...
The Cover Story beabadoobee: “Beatopia offers hope that everything’s gonna be okay – I am living proof that it gets better”Sometimes you just need to escape, and as a child, beabadoobee found solace in her make-believe land of Beatopia. Fourteen years later, she’s not only reconnecting with her past for inspiration, but providing comfort for a new generation of fans who feel like they don’t belong…
The Cover Story Rico Nasty: “I think genre deserves to get bent and broken”As Rico Nasty prepares to drop huge alt. single Black Punk and hit the UK / Europe in July, the vital Maryland musician makes her Kerrang! cover debut to reflect on going from poet to rapper, rock and hip-hop’s give-and-take crossover, and creating her own revolution…
Reviews Album review: Black Lung – Dark WavesBaltimore metallers Black Lung emerge with a doomy nightmare for our times…
The Cover Story Witch Fever: “We’re not chasing a movement that’s already happening… You want to be the ones not fitting in”After half a decade in the Brit-punk underground, Witch Fever are ready to boil and bubble, harnessing the deepest darkness within on phenomenal debut LP Congregation. And they’re using their songs to fuel the fight for a brighter tomorrow…
Features 5 reasons why you need to check out Dead SaraLA’s Dead Sara are among American hard rock’s best kept secrets. As they return to to the UK for a run of live shows, there’s never been a better time to get involved. Here’s everything you need to know.
Features Lockdown, legacy and letting it all out: Meet Daisy BrainWith ‘producer project’ Daisy Brain, songwriter Will Tse uses music to talk about the things he wouldn’t normally be able to. And with latest EP Disconnected Happy, he’s hoping his message will resonate far and wide…
Features GILT: “I’m learning that grief isn’t a linear line of healing”On intense new EP Conceit, GILT tackle the loss of Ash Stixx’s father and examine the unpredictable journey of grief. And not only has it provided an emotional “bubble pop” for the vocalist, it’s a hugely important outlet for listeners, too…
The Cover Story The Regrettes: “We’ve found ourselves, we’re stronger”The rise and rise of The Regrettes looked unstoppable. But paused by COVID, Lydia Night began to wonder about everything. On their journey to rediscovering themselves and making their best album to date, she and guitarist Genessa Gariano actually found just how important this all is to them after all...
Reviews Album review: Cold Years – Goodbye to MiseryScottish dreamers Cold Years take a more optimistic tack on stunning second album...
Reviews Album review: Superlove – ColoursPop-rock duo Superlove throw a lot of ideas at the wall and end up with a sticky mess on debut album…
Screen For Me 5 TV series and movies to watch while considering buying a bunch of Easter eggs and just eating themFrom vampire superheroes to crypto conspiracies, here’s what you need to be watching this weekend…
Features Cave In talk new album Heavy Pendulum: “We had to make a great record, given the circumstances. If it sucked, this would all have been for nothing”Nobody expected it, but Cave In are back with a brand-new album. Dubbed Heavy Pendulum, it’s the seventh full-length from the progressive post-hardcore merchants, and sees them embark on a new chapter of the band. We sit down with frontman Stephen Brodsky and drummer JR Conners to find out what it’s all about.
News Listen: Chubby And The Gang drop new three-track EP, Labour Of LoveChubby And The Gang “show all the angles of love” with new single Who Loves Ya (Coup d’état) – taken from their three-track Labour Of Love EP.
News Robert Pattinson: The Batman was “by far the hardest thing I’ve ever done”Robert Pattinson has described the “insular” experience of playing Batman in Warner Bros. Pictures’ upcoming film, and how he felt “really, really, really dead” after filming the movie.
News Avril Lavigne on working with blink-182’s Mark Hoppus: “It was a huge honour”With Mark Hoppus guesting on Avril’s upcoming LP Love Sux, the singer tells the blink-182 bassist about what it was like to work with one of her “favourite artists”…
