Latest articles by Emma Johnston
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
Confrontation, chaos, and the turbulent tale of L7
Punk rock renegades who burst onto the Sunset Strip as grunge dawned, L7 burned brightly, released an all-time classic, and created headlines wherever they went
The Mars Volta test rock's limits on La Realidad De Los Suenos
A Mars Volta completist’s dream is realised as long-lost recordings finally see the light of day on the La Realidad De Los Suenos box set
Butch Vig: the soundtrack of my life
Producer and Garbage drummer Butch Vig chooses his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals a surprise love for KC and the Sunshine Band
The Pretty Reckless: Tragedy and trauma, and the making of Death By Rock And Roll
From child model and actor to rock frontwoman with The Pretty Reckless, Taylor Momsen’s life followed an upward curve. Then suddenly tragedy struck and it became life-threatening turmoil
