Latest articles by Emma Johnston
Wire - Silver/Lead album review
Not yet ratedPost-punk pioneers in their element on their ruby jubilee.
Son Volt - Notes Of Blue album review
Alt.country heroes look to their blues and folk legends
Crystal Fairy - Crystal Fairy album review
Two Melvins, a Genderbender and a prog-punk star team up
Crystal Fairy - Crystal Fairy album review
Two Melvins, a Genderbender and a prog-punk star team up
In Between Days: The Cure In Photographs 1982 - 2005 review
I’ve been looking so long at these pictures of you…
AFI: AFI (The Blood Album) is a sumptuous listen
Dark and dramatic Californian punks surf a new wave on album number 10
The Outer Limits: How prog are Dillinger Escape Plan?
Deep thinking, dangerous live shows and an unpredictable sound with a punk core – that sadly is now coming to an end. So we had to ask: how prog are The Dillinger Escape Plan?
Elbow - Little Fictions album review
Not yet ratedManchester maestros spread some much-needed love
Jim James - Eternally Even album review
Soulful solo album from the My Morning Jacket frontman
Big Brother And The Holding Company Be A Brother / How Hard It Is album review
All the right songs, but not necessarily in the right order
The best alt.rock albums you can buy this month
Not yet ratedEmma Johnston on the latest releases by Vanishing Life, Honeyblood, The So So Glos, The Empty Page and Super Unison
65daysofstatic - One Time For All Time album review
Not yet ratedSecond album from Sheffield’s premier post-rock band gets another day in the sun
Broken DC - Astragal album review
Not yet ratedBroken DC's noise and beauty from the mean streets of London.
The Dillinger Escape Plan: The Story Behind Jim Fear
Guitarist Ben Weinman explains how a childhood encounter with an escaped patient from the local psychiatric hospital inspired one of the stand-out tracks on Calculating Infinity
Bon Jovi - This House Is Not For Sale album review
New Jersey cowboys: one man down, but still standing
Helmet - Dead To The World album review
Alt.metal kingpins get heavy enough to wake the dead.
Famous Firsts: Red Fang's Bryan Giles on how The Muppets made him a karaoke king
The musical firsts of Red Fang's guitarist and vocalist Bryan Giles
Biffy Clyro: James Johnston's Top 5 Rock Bassists
James Johnston of Biffy Clyro pays tribute to his favourite four-stringers
Butch Walker - Stay Gold album review
Americana storyteller finds beauty in the minutiae of life
Imperial State Electric - All Through The Night album review
Celebration of pure rock’n’roll from former Hellacopters man
