DZ Deathrays’ track-by-track guide to new album R.I.F.FVocalist/guitarist Shane Parsons takes us inside DZ Deathrays’ new album R.I.F.F, song by song.
Yvette Young: “I want people to sing along to my riffs… then get annoyed because they can’t get them out of their heads”Growing up with piano and violin, the competitive nature of the classical world made Yvette Young fall out of love with music. On picking up the guitar, however, the Covet bandleader began to understand that not only could it be an outlet for positivity, pain, and pressure – but also a tool to transport listeners to other worlds…
Empire State Bastard: “I’ve been needing to make a record like this for a long time”You might know them as the frontman and live guitarist for Biffy Clyro, but together, the duo of Simon Neil and Mike Vennart make a much heavier, angrier beast known only as Empire State Bastard. Upon the announcement of their debut LP, we meet the metal-loving pair to find out why this is more than just a side-project…
Creeper: “We wanted to command a sense of majesty with this record. We want to take you to another place…”Harder, heavier and splattered in far more haemoglobin than ever before, Creeper’s third album Sanguivore sees Southampton’s wildest spirits tap into a rich vein of heavy goth-rock. As vocalist William von Gould and guitarist Ian Miles tease, if you want blood, they’ve got it...
The bands and artists you can’t miss at Slam Dunk Festival 2023Slam Dunk is here! With Enter Shikari, The Offspring, Creeper and loads more coming to Hatfield and Leeds, it’s going to be a lovely time. Need some hot tips for the weekend? Step right this way…
Freezing toilets, fun and FOMO: Life on the road with PVRIS’ Lyndsey GunnulfsenRandom venues, excellent service stations and walking onstage like The Grinch… this is what it’s like going on tour with PVRIS’ Lyndsey Gunnulfsen.
Nessa Barrett: “I want to help people because I know there’s a lot of people that felt the same way that I did”Growing up with severe mental health issues that her uber-religious family didn’t understand, Nessa Barrett has always felt different. But through dealing with traumatic loss and finding new connections in therapy, the Gen Z superstar-in-the-making has finally found a place to belong and be happy…
“A kebab nearly took my life”: 13 Questions with The Dirty Nil’s Luke BenthamFearlessly facing Kerrang!’s randomly-selected 13 Questions, The Dirty Nil frontman Luke Bentham relives the time a kebab almost killed him, as well as thinking about a world without memes, the wonder of dogs, educational Slipknot masks, and more…
The People Vs. Joe Perry: The Aerosmith guitar hero on rock’n’roll advice, Wayne’s World and the futureAs Hollywood Vampires prepare for their UK return in July, Aerosmith gear up to mark 50 years of their self-titled debut, and his reloaded sixth solo album Sweetzerland Manifesto MKII readies for release, we invited you to send your most burning questions to legendary guitarist Joe Perry...
The rise of The Offspring, as told through their most important gigsThese days, The Offspring headline arenas and festivals all over the place. But they started out with a debut show in a hallway. Dexter Holland tracks their entire live journey…
Kid Brunswick: “I had to kind of kill the momentum that I had… but I’m not going to disappear again”Following 2021 mixtape XFOREVER, Kid Brunswick had been earmarked as one of the most exciting young artists to watch. A messy label situation put a pause on things, but now he’s back with The Fall: Part 1 – and the promise that even more music is “consistently” on the way…
Andy Cairns: “We always tried to leaven the pain through our way of dealing with life itself – and that was to laugh at it”On the release of their 16th album, Therapy? mainman Andy Cairns reflects on his introduction to punk, growing up in northern Ireland, overnight success, and determinedly doing things his own way…
The Used: “We’ve been an emo band for 23 years. We never stopped, we never broke up, we never went anywhere!”Among emo’s most enduring heroes, Utah quartet The Used continue to set a scintillating, soul-baring standard on superb ninth album Toxic Positivity. As Bert McCracken explains, this story of struggle might be the most sincere he’s ever written…
Lambrini Girls: “The goal is to cultivate as big of a platform that we can in order to incite change”Lambrini Girls don’t take themselves too seriously – but they do wholeheartedly believe in their music. Just as much about “popping the p*ssy” as it is empowering others, debut EP You’re Welcome is the thrilling start of what’s to come…
OTTTO: “We like to have fun, but that doesn’t mean our songs can’t be dark and aggressive”Meet Californian surf punks OTTTO: the hyper-ambitious trio who refuse to be pigeonholed and just want to have fun…
Nita Strauss on her new solo album, being an In Flames megafan and working with Demi LovatoBona fide guitar hero Nita Strauss has just announced her new solo album The Call Of The Void for this summer. We get into the record, her love of In Flames, collaborating with other artists and how it feels to own a real-life Super Bowl ring…
