Stone Gossard: “This is everything we could have ever hoped for!”Founding member Stone Gossard opens up on Pearl Jam’s Dark Matter world tour, 30 years of Vitalogy and his group Painted Shield’s brilliant new album…
From Myspace knee-highs to bedazzled booties: The best in alternative style this monthWe take it back to the Myspace era this month with the hottest trends and coolest collabs in all of alt. fashion – from retro Converse to cutie patooties!
Fu Manchu’s Scott Hill: “Surfing, skateboarding, cars – that’s all I know”Thirty years since their debut full-length, stoner giants Fu Manchu are still kings of the stoner age. As they release their 14th album, Scott Hill looks back on growing up in the California punk scene, car obsessions, and Metallica and Foo Fighters hailing them as masters of the fuzzy riff…
10 bands you need to see at Mad Cool Festival 2024Bring Me The Horizon, Avril Lavigne, Pearl Jam… Mad Cool is stacked with heavy hitters. Here are our picks of who to see at this year’s fest!
The Warning: “Rock makes me feel powerful… everyone connects in such a big way”A decade on from going viral for a cover of Enter Sandman, The Warning have become one of rock’n’roll’s most attention-grabbing young bands. And, yet, they’re still only just getting started. On the eve of fourth album Keep Me Fed, and with a headline date at London’s O2 Academy Brixton set for 2025, the Villarreal Vélez sisters reflect on all they’ve accomplished so far, and why nothing is more important than inspiring others…
“There’s a certain magic in things being imperfect”: Inside the raw beauty of The Mysterines’ new albumHaving left their fortified, riff-tastic sound of their early EPs and debut album Reeling behind, Liverpool four-piece The Mysterines have unveiled their second LP, Afraid Of Tomorrows. Darker and more introspective, vocalist Lia Metcalfe and drummer Paul Crilly talk us through the inception of the record, finding beauty in raw intimacy, and life on the road with two of rock’s hardest touring bands…
Who are Green Day’s fans?We head to Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester for the first UK date of Green Day’s epic tour celebrating Dookie and American Idiot (and new album Saviors) to find out who their fans are and why they keep coming back for more…
De’Wayne: “I’m planting my flag in the ground… I want to be the artist that’s here to bring joy and love to people”On new EP I WANT YOU MORE THAN ANYBODY WANTS YOU, De’Wayne arrives with his most accomplished work yet. Ahead of its release this Friday, the musician talks love, boxing, going deep, and how he plans to reach the musical playoffs…
Black Veil Brides: “Our fans have supported us for so long that we’re able to do exactly what we want”Andy Biersack always had a little razorblade edge about him, but Black Veil Brides’ inimitable frontman has sharpened it further, tapping into his inner Demon Barber for Sweeney Todd-inspired new EP Bleeders. With a Wembley Arena takeover scheduled for Devil’s Night on October 30, too, the Californians’ next chapter will be all about conquering rock on their own bloodthirsty terms…
Destroy Boys: “Breaking patterns and making changes are a really important part of this record”Destroy Boys’ new album isn’t an ending, but a beginning. A decade since first starting as teens, and having learned a lot about showbiz, manipulation, other people and themselves, the California punks are stepping into a bold era on Funeral Soundtrack #4. One where they “hope to make a change and make the world a better place…”
In pictures: Download Festival 2024Relive this year’s Download Festival from the comfort of your screen – no mud necessary!
SPIDER: “I want there to be more Black women in alternative music… That definitely drives me”Inspired by the grunge icons of the ’90s, SPIDER is a superstar in waiting – and is carving out a space for Black alternative artists…
Fall Out Boy: “When we get onstage, we as a band are still earning it. That’s exciting!”As Fall Out Boy prepare for their headlining turn at Download Festival, Patrick Stump and Pete Wentz lift the lid on their past year of mega-shows, why they’ve always managed to avoid falling into a nostalgia trap, and how after Donington they’ll be embracing “the challenge of figuring out what the next thing is…”
The rise of Enter Shikari, as told through their most important gigsFrom selling out the London Astoria as an unsigned band in 2006 to this year’s stunning arena tour, Rou Reynolds looks back at how Enter Shikari have conquered… well… literally everywhere.
Code Orange: “I would love for this band to be as visible as possible. We have more to offer than in the bubble we currently live in”In the shadow of their formidable album The Above, Code Orange return to the UK this weekend, laying waste to one of the biggest stages of the summer. But despite being one of heavy music’s most abrasive acts, armed with perhaps their darkest record yet, the Pittsburgh punishers know they belong in the big leagues – and they know how to get there…
Celestial Sanctuary: “This new breed of UK death metal boasts something grimier: a disgusting edge”Death metal is meant to be disgusting. Brit sickos Celestial Sanctuary understand this better than most. And though business is on the up-and-up, including a spot at Download, don’t expect them to tone down the reek of putrefaction anytime soon…
