Latest articles by Emma Johnston
Once more into the archives for alternative takes on old Fleetwood Mac favourites
New to Placebo, or just need a refresher? These are the tracks you absolutely need to hear
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
Alt.rock legends Pixies return with Doggerel and more tales from the dark side
Country kicks and rock’n’roll singalongs fill Monster Truck's fourth album Warriors
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
Thought The Mars Volta had confounded you enough? Nope, here’s their pop album
Bruce Soord discusses The Pineapple Thief's journey to making eighth album All The Wars
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
Black And Gold from Scandi quartet Thundermother tells of the highs and lows of a life in rock’n’roll
The classics never go out of style for old-school Swedish crew H.e.a.t. on seventh album Force Majeure
Westgate Under Fire is reggae-metal firebrands Deb War's second chance to shine brightly
Closure/Continuation is the much delayed eleventh album from progressive figureheads Porcupine Tree
It's 13 years since Alexisonfire released Old Crows / Young Cardinals, but new album Otherness is a grand return
Anton Newcombe and Brian Jonestown Massacre return with another set of down-and-dirty rock’n’roll
Motherhood's fourth album Winded explores the natural world as it mirrors human suffering
Fantastic Negrito's fourth album White Jesus Black Problems is a story of intrigue and bravery written across the centuries
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...
From writing advertising jingles music in a London bedsit, to headlining Wembley Arena fronting The Darkness, a lot has happened to Justin Hawkins
Old favourites The Pineapple Thief get a whole new lease of life on non-standard collection Give It Back
It's a performance that's passed into legend: cult comedy The Young Ones, University Challenge, and Motorhead pretending to fire on all cylinders
UK alt.rock finds its new pack leader with London three-piece Puppy’s second album Pure Evil
Classic rock revivalists Stone Axe plunder the archives one last time on odds-and-ends album Stay Of Execution
