Reviews Album review: Frank Turner – UndefeatedOn his 10th full-length, Frank Turner demonstrates that even after almost two decades of doing this, he’s still got plenty more to give…
Features Cold Years: “Success isn’t how big the shows are… The real payoff is seeing my dad’s face when I give him one of my records”With third record A Different Life, Scotland’s Cold Years have taken all the turmoil that comes with being in a band today and made the album of their career.
Reviews Album review: Aaron West And The Roaring Twenties – In Lieu Of FlowersThe Wonder Years’ Dan Campbell dives even deeper into the life and trauma of his fictional alter-ego, Aaron West...
The Cover Story 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…
Reviews Album review: Sum 41 – Heaven :x: HellCanadian punk icons Sum 41 bow out of the game after almost three decades with one hell of a final record…
Features The Kerrang! staff’s top albums of 2023You’ve seen the Kerrang! top 50. Now check out what the staff were individually listening to this year…
Features “Slipknot now is about being true to ourselves, and we know what we want”: Clown on celebrating the debut record and potential surprise showsSlipknot mastermind Clown reflects on the upcoming 25th anniversary of their debut album, playing it in full on tour, band philosophy, and even teases some surprise shows...
The Cover Story HEALTH: “The people who like us for the funny stuff and the people who like us for the music are not mutually exclusive. They’re the same people”HEALTH make music that could soundtrack the end of the world. On their killer new album Rat Wars, the LA noise-rock collective are going further into the digital murk, while also looking to blow up. We headed into their unique universe to meet the men behind the madness, find where all this comes from, and discover the truth behind the online mucking about...
Reviews Album review: HourHouse – Gold Tooth GuruNew Orleans five-piece HourHouse offer up an unrestrained debut that’s much better than its cover would have you believe…
Reviews Album review: Taking Back Sunday – 152Taking Back Sunday return after seven years with their eighth – and possibly best – album.
Reviews Album review: Sincere Engineer – Cheap GrillsAmusingly serious confessionals from emotive and poppy Chicago punks Sincere Engineer…
Features Spanish Love Songs: “I’ll never be comfortable with death. But it’s also freeing, because you might as well just do the things you love”Los Angeles punk rockers Spanish Love Songs have always focused on the sad parts of life. But on their ironically-titled fourth album No Joy, vocalist Dylan Slocum is learning to enjoy them a little bit more.…
Features The XCERTS: “We wanted to write songs like we were 14 again – nothing was off the table”After five years away The XCERTS are back with new album Learning How To Live And Let Go: a record that originally saw the trio tackle their sense of identity and worth head-on, but has ultimately led the Britrock underdogs to find inner peace.
Reviews Album review: Fiddlehead – Death Is Nothing To UsOn their sublime third album, post-hardcore supergroup Fiddlehead finally start coming to terms with death…
Reviews Book review: Geoff Rickly – Someone Who Isn’t MeThursday singer Geoff Rickly explores the darkest recesses of his psyche and his life on his sublime debut novel…
Features Greta Van Fleet: “The intention is to communicate an idea, to challenge people, to celebrate, to be present, and to heal”Who are Greta Van Fleet? To find out the answer we travelled to Nashville to meet the band and find out why what we thought was a simple question actually one shrouded in fantasy and the duality of self… and a delight in blowing things up.