Latest articles by Emma Johnston
Black Spiders' comeback album is an effervescent love letter to rock’n’roll at its most joyous and uncomplicated
Can’t Die, Won’t Die is a wonder web of rock’n’roll thrills from South Yorkshire’s comeback kids, Black Spiders
How PJ Harvey’s raw, violent, vengeful masterpiece Rid Of Me inspired Nirvana and set hearts ablaze among a new generation of fearless female musicians
PJ Harvey’s savage, soul-baring second album Rid Of Me is 30 years old. Its howls of pain, rage and revenge now sound more vital than ever
If you want immense melodies and uplifting choruses, Welshly Arms have got you
Irresistible choruses from start to finish on Welshly Arms' third album Wasted Words & Bad Decisions
The Answer's Sundowners is the sound of a band with nothing to prove to themselves or anyone else
Northern Irish blues brothers The Answer return after a lengthy hiatus, their instinctive feel for rock'n'roll still very much intact
Light Up The Sky: How Hundred Reasons rose from the dead to make the comeback of the year with Glorious Sunset
The story behind UK post-hardcore heroes Hundred Reason's unexpected return with the brilliant Glorious Sunset
Lifesigns in the beginning: the story of the band's debut album
Lifesigns began life a a trio that featured Nick Beggs and released their self-titled debut in 2013
By 1994 The Cranberries were stars: then came the incendiary song that made them massive
The Cranberries had already enjoyed success with their sweet ballads, but this storming left-turn, a furious track about the bombings in Northern Ireland, made them huge stars
Ville Valo: the rock’n’roll Barry White returns with a luscious love-metal soundtrack
Him from HIM returns with his first album by him himself
The planet may be buggered, but Anti-Flag are still putting up a fight
Another kicking for capitalism as Pittsburgh punks Anti-Flag put the boot in again on album 13
Some rain must fall: The Garbage song that turns broken hearts to gold
One of the first songs Garbage worked on together, Only Happy When It Rains was a signature hit and is still on the band’s set-lists
Fleetwood Mac's Alternate Collection is insightful but lacks LA bells, whistles and cocaine pixie-dust
Once more into the archives for alternative takes on old Fleetwood Mac favourites
Six songs you need to know by Placebo
New to Placebo, or just need a refresher? These are the tracks you absolutely need to hear
Six things you need to know about... Thundermother
A football club has spurred Thundermother on, gig time is party time, and they’ve learned their trade from some of the best of the old masters
Pixies still blend subtle malevolence with surprise and intrigue
Alt.rock legends Pixies return with Doggerel and more tales from the dark side
Monster Truck's Warriors offers the escapism we could all do with right now
Country kicks and rock’n’roll singalongs fill Monster Truck's fourth album Warriors
The 10 most pivotal musical moments in the history of TV
From The Beatles on Ed Sullivan to Live Aid and beyond, these 10 TV performances went down in rock'n'roll history and inspired generations of hopeful musicians
The Mars Volta keep the fans guessing on super slinky comeback album
Thought The Mars Volta had confounded you enough? Nope, here’s their pop album
The Pineapple Thief and the making of All The Wars
Bruce Soord discusses The Pineapple Thief's journey to making eighth album All The Wars
Fantastic Negrito: the soundtrack of my life
Genre-hopping blueser Fantastic Negrito picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals why discovering Led Zeppelin felt like committing a crime
Thundermother's Black And Gold glides along on a wave of singalong arena rock
Black And Gold from Scandi quartet Thundermother tells of the highs and lows of a life in rock’n’roll
H.e.a.t.: an unbreakable brotherhood grounded in noise, beers and shampoo
The classics never go out of style for old-school Swedish crew H.e.a.t. on seventh album Force Majeure
Dub War: thwarted by the arrival of Britpop, their hour may have finally come
Westgate Under Fire is reggae-metal firebrands Deb War's second chance to shine brightly
Porcupine Tree's gorgeous comeback album is an elegant and accomplished treasure
Closure/Continuation is the much delayed eleventh album from progressive figureheads Porcupine Tree
