David McLaughlin

Formerly the Senior Editor of Rock Sound magazine and Senior Associate Editor at Kerrang!, Northern Ireland-born David McLaughlin is an award-winning writer and journalist with almost two decades of print and digital experience across regional and national media.

Articles by: David McLaughlin

Sound City: Real To Reel

The Reels Thing: How Dave Grohl's love letter to a Los Angeles recording studio beautifully captures the magic of music

By David McLaughlin published

Released on March 12, 2013, Real To Reel, the soundtrack to Dave Grohl's homage to Sound City Studios is an open-hearted celebration of music and those who make it

Far's Water & Solutions

Far's Water & Solutions at 25: "We were a mess... and on that record it was a beautiful mess”

By David McLaughlin published

A cult hit upon its release on March 10, 1998, Far's Water & Solutions stands as one of the most revered and essential post-hardcore albums of all time

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Neutral Milk Hotel's In The Aeroplane Over The Sea was acclaimed by one music magazine as the best album of the '90s. The fallout caused its creator to disappear from the spotlight entirely

By David McLaughlin published

Released on February 10, 1998, Neutral Milk Hotel's In The Aeroplane Over The Sea turns 25 today: here's how Anne Frank’s The Diary Of A Young Girl inspired one of the great cult albums of the '90s

Refused

“We could have called it F**k You”: why Refused's The Shape Of Punk To Come still sounds like the future, and still matters

By David McLaughlin published

Refused's The Shape Of Punk To Come, released on October 27, 1998, was born from conflict and contempt for the scene from which it came

Nebraska (1982)

How Bruce Springsteen battled the "black sludge" of depression to make his brutal, lo-fi masterpiece Nebraska

By David McLaughlin last updated

Released on September 30, 1982, Bruce Springsteen's stark, dark sixth album might just be his best

Stereophonics in their hometown, Cwmaman, 1997n,

Stereophonics' Word Gets Around at 25: gritty, evocative tales of small town life, love and loss, shared with rare sensitivity

By David McLaughlin published

Released on August 25, 1997, Stereophonics' debut album, Word Gets Around, found Kelly Jones shining a light on a community filled with both characters and character

Helmet

Helmet's Meantime at 30: The alt.rock masterpiece still shaping modern metal

By David McLaughlin last updated

Released on June 23, 1992, Helmet's Meantime has hit its 30th anniversary. Here's why it remains essential listening

Radiohead OK Computer

Radiohead's OK Computer at 25: The last rock album that truly mattered

By David McLaughlin published

Inside Radiohead's OK Computer: darkness, isolation, paranoia, and songs so far ahead of their time that the world is still catching up

Alk 3

Every Alkaline Trio album ranked from worst to best

By David McLaughlin last updated

Matt Skiba and Dan Andriano's punk-noir catalogue rated and ranked

QOTSA

Every Queens Of The Stone Age album ranked from worst to best

By David McLaughlin published

Post-Kyuss, Josh Homme embarked on a mission to create rock music “heavy enough for the boys and sweet enough for the girls”: here are QOTSA's albums in order of greatness

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