The Regrettes’ Lydia Night: The 10 songs that changed my lifeWhat’s Lydia Night’s angry song? What one track always makes her cry? The Regrettes’ leader reveals all…
Jason Aalon Butler: “The industry has to see that there’s a new bar that’s being set for BIPOC people in alternative music”While COVID grounded FEVER 333, Jason Aalon Butler took to the streets of LA to demonstrate against the systemic racism that led to the murder of George Floyd. Two years on, he doesn’t think much has changed. But that hasn’t stopped him striving to bring inequality down and create a genuinely better world…
In pictures: The Gaslight Anthem’s glorious Wembley gigOn Thursday night, The Gaslight Anthem hit London for their biggest UK date ever. This is what it looked like…
In pictures: twenty one pilots kick off their epic Icy TourThe Icy Tour kicked off in Minnesota last night – and twenty one pilots pulled out all the stops.
WEIRDO: The zine uniting the South Asian alternative communityWe meet the team behind the South Asian alt. culture zine WEIRDO to find out how they’re creating a space for a severely underrepresented community.
Lauran Hibberd’s track-by-track guide to new album Garageband SuperstarFrom DMing DJ Lethal to dumping someone and buying a PS4, Lauran Hibberd tells the stories behind every song on her debut album, Garageband Superstar.
Bay Watch: Berthold CityIn this week’s Bay Watch, Andrew Kline of Berthold City chats about the rise of hardcore, the motives behind his important Los Angeles label WAR Records, and giving back to the scene he clearly loves so much…
In pictures: Blind Channel’s wild homeland show in FinlandBackstage, onstage and everywhere in-between at Blind Channel’s standalone headline date at Möysän Musaklubi last Friday night.
The Gaslight Anthem’s Brian Fallon: “We didn’t want to be a nostalgia band. If there’s something new, then I’m excited”As The Gaslight Anthem gear up to make their highly-anticipated live return to the UK this week, frontman Brian Fallon lifts the lid on the band’s reunion, the tour so far, and new music…
Stand Atlantic’s Bonnie Fraser: The 10 songs that changed my lifeFrom the first song she ever heard to the track she’d like played at her funeral, this is Bonnie Fraser’s life in music.
Holding Absence and Alpha Wolf: “You get these worlds colliding…”Holding Absence and Alpha Wolf have just dropped their excellent split EP, The Lost & The Longing. Lucas Woodland and Lochie Keogh join Kerrang! for an in-depth chat about their new release and the current state of the music scene…
Petrol Girls: Fuel for thoughtPetrol Girls have built their name out of politicised punk. Their latest album Baby deals with abortion, domestic violence, police misogyny and the nature of debate. But, as Ren Aldridge discovered, sometimes the best way to get to hearts and minds is doing it with a smile on your face…
Enter Shikari’s Rou Reynolds on collabs, connection and conservativesAs Enter Shikari return with their first new music in over two years, Rou Reynolds talks working with WARGASM, embracing different production techniques, and conservative vs. progressive ideals…
Spielbergs: “If I have a very dark feeling, I want to make a bright melody and then a lot of noise on top of that”After breaking out with 2018’s Distant Star EP and the following year’s This Is Not The End album, Oslo indie-rock trio Spielbergs’ rise was then – like so many others – hampered by the pandemic. But with brilliant new album Vestli, they’re ready to reconnect with their audience the only way they know how…
WAAX’s track-by-track guide to At Least I’m FreeWAXX vocalist Maz DeVita takes us through the band’s second album At Least I’m Free, one song at a time…
“As the temperature rises, we’ve seen the erosion of democracy and human rights across the globe”While the ongoing heatwave continues to bring the UK to its knees, Nervus vocalist Em considers why we have to take direction ourselves and that climate justice is migrant justice.
