Latest articles by Emma Johnston
Fantastic Negrito's new album was 270 years in the making: its story changed his life
Fantastic Negrito's fourth album White Jesus Black Problems is a story of intrigue and bravery written across the centuries
Radiohead drummer Philip Selway opens up on his very first soundtrack
Not just the drummer for stadium proggers Radiohead, Philip Selway has also released a number of solo albums under his own name – and the latest is his very first soundtrack...
Justin Hawkins is thinking about buying a castle for The Darkness to live in
From writing advertising jingles music in a London bedsit, to headlining Wembley Arena fronting The Darkness, a lot has happened to Justin Hawkins
The Pineapple Thief provide hours of spot-the-difference fun on Give It Back
Old favourites The Pineapple Thief get a whole new lease of life on non-standard collection Give It Back
Motorhead and the song that helped changed the face of British television
It's a performance that's passed into legend: cult comedy The Young Ones, University Challenge, and Motorhead pretending to fire on all cylinders
Puppy are proof that rock is alive and begging for your attention
UK alt.rock finds its new pack leader with London three-piece Puppy’s second album Pure Evil
Stone Axe revisit the past again on love letter to classic rock Stay Of Execution
Classic rock revivalists Stone Axe plunder the archives one last time on odds-and-ends album Stay Of Execution
Eric Gales: the problem with politics and the redemptive power of the blues
With his substance-abuse years well behind him, and more acclaim and successes ahead, Eric Gales is shaping up to be the 21st century superstar bluesman
Britpop's greatest guitarist Bernard Butler shines anew with People Move On box set
Former Suede guitar wrangler Bernard Butler reinvents his own past with expanded version of debut solo album
Rolo Tomassi show genre-shattering ambition on Where Myth Becomes Reality
Free-ranging British rockers Rolo Tomassi head out on an epic journey through sound on sixth album Where Myth Becomes Reality
The 10 essential post-hardcore albums
The game-changing post-hardcore albums you need in your life…
Twin Atlantic's Transparency: euphoric, funk-flecked, irrepressible
Glaswegian rockers Twin Atlantic look inwards and get funky for a lockdown special
Dooms Children: rehab, redemption, and the healing power of the Grateful Dead
Having sunk into a dark hole of depression, Alexisonfire guitarist/Gallows frontman Wade MacNeil found the light with his psychedelic new project, Dooms Children
Ice Nine Kills: "People say, 'Oh they're cheesy.’ It's supposed to be!"
How Ice Nine Kills turned their horror movie obsession into a cross-media empire on The Silver Scream 2: Welcome To Horrorwood
The Darkness: still profoundly silly, still exactly what we need
Lowestoft’s finest The Darkness have a lust for (alien and robot) life on album seven Motorheart
Gov't Mule pay loving tribute to rock'n'roll's origins on Heavy Load Blues
Warren Haynes’s southern rockers Gov't Mule get the blues: the Heavy Load Blues
Mastodon mix beauty and beastliness on Hushed And Grim
Twenty years in, Georgia’s prog-metal heroes Mastodon continue to amaze with album eight, Hushed And Grim
Biffy Clyro's The Myth Of Happily Ever After: glorious, instantly recognisable weirdness
Lockdown experimentation from ever-inventive Scottish trio Biffy Clyro takes on a life of its own on The Myth Of Happily Ever After
The Dead Deads are the 21st century rock'n'roll band you've been waiting for
Meat the Dead Deads, the trio taking from Kiss’s book on how to make it in the world of professional badass rock
Backxwash: "I had planned I was going to die at the end of the year"
Fierce, fearless and boundary-smashing, Backxwash is the sound of 2021 - and her story is every bit as unique as her music
Perry Farrell: the soundtrack of my life
Jane’s Addiction and Porno For Pyros main man Perry Farrell picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals how he accidentally leaked David Bowie's phone number
Introducing Rich Ragany and The Digressions: darkness dressed up to party
Meet the former Role Model who’s making happiness from heartache with his new band, Rich Ragany and The Digressions
Arielle: proof that imaginary friends can be real and musical dreams do come true
Arielle was mentored by Brian May and wants her record to sound like Tom Petty... which is a good start
