JBL Boombox 2 review By Louder last updated 13 September 21 The Boombox is back – but is it any better than the original?
Soundboks (Gen. 3) review By Louder last updated 13 September 21 Meet the portable Bluetooth speaker that's as loud as a rock concert
Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic reveal secrets behind Nirvana’s meteoric rise in new documentary By Louder published 2 September 21 Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic recall how Nirvana’s global success was built in the UK in new BBC documentary
Watch Bob Vylan’s fierce, fearless call for anti-fascist action on Pretty Songs By Louder last updated 29 August 21 UK grime punks Bob Vylan call out music industry peers serving up white privilege platitudes when addressing racism
Mother Vulture and the face-melting new bands tour set to kickstart live music By Louder last updated 5 September 21 It's a fiver a ticket. You can bring a friend for free. And you'll be helping the live scene get back on its feet...
Feeder announce new album Torpedo, share riff-heavy title track By Louder published 25 August 21 Feeder preview forthcoming album Torpedo by sharing the title track, and reveal UK tour dates
‘Listening to Nirvana’s In Utero makes my skin crawl’: Read an extract from newly updated Dave Grohl book This Is A Call By Louder published 24 August 21 In this exclusive extract from the new, revised-and-updated 10th anniversary edition of the best-selling Dave Grohl biography This Is A Call, Grohl revisits Nirvana’s legacy
The best books about music ever written By Louder published 17 August 21 UPDATED Delve into the history of the world’s biggest artists, explore the many genres of rock and take a closer look at the pivotal moments that shaped our favourite sounds with our guide to the best books about music
Rega Planar 3 review By Louder last updated 25 August 21 The British manufacturer took two years to overhaul one of its most iconic turntables – but was it worth it?
Shure SE425 Wired earbuds review By Louder published 12 August 21 These sound-isolating buds are designed to breathe new life into your music
Watch teenage Foo Fighters fan Lauren borrow Dave Grohl’s guitar for killer performance of Monkey Wrench By Louder last updated 20 September 22 Foo Fighters invite teenager Lauren to play guitar with them at Kansas gig, teenager Lauren kills it
Sum 41, Four Year Strong, The Vandals and more forced to cancel Slam Dunk festival appearances By Louder published 6 August 21 Creeper and The Skints added to Slam Dunk festival as big names act drop out and organisers appeal to fans to keep the faith
Listen to the Fake Names EP from Minor Threat/Refused/GvsB supergroup By Louder published 6 August 21 Washington DC punk rock supergroup Fake Names release self-titled three-track EP on Epitaph
Watch Foo Fighters hilariously troll Westboro Baptist Church by performing Bee Gees cover on a flat-bed truck By Louder last updated 20 September 22 Foo Fighters take the piss out of Westboro Baptist Church bigots once more
Listen to Dream Nails’ fearless summer slammer Take Up Space By Louder published 4 August 21 Queer feminist punks Dream Nails share empowering summer anthem Take Up Space
The Offspring fire drummer Pete Parada for refusing to get Covid-19 vaccine By Louder published 4 August 21 The Offspring release drummer Pete Parada after 14 years over his decision not to receive a coronavirus vaccine shot
This Offspring/Boney M mash-up is the most fun you'll have today with your clothes on By Louder published 3 August 21 Did the world really need a hybrid Offspring/Boney M summer anthem? Yes it did, and it does, and we love it
Watch Dave Grohl’s 15-year-old daughter Violet front Foo Fighters at Lollapalooza By Louder last updated 20 September 22 Check out Violet Grohl singing lead vocals for Foo Fighters at the band’s headline appearance at Lollapalooza
TomDeLonge revisits classic Blink-182 vibes with Angels & Airwaves’ amusing Las Vegas-set video for Losing My Mind By Louder published 30 July 21 Tom DeLonge’s alter-ego Disco hits Las Vegas with TikTok dancer Rampage in Angels & Airwaves’ Losing My Mind video
The Offspring launch ‘Cockpit Karaoke’ with mid-flight Come Out And Play singalong on Dexter Holland’s private jet By Louder published 29 July 21 The Offspring offer a new spin on James Corden’s popular Carpool Karaoke, with private jet singalong at 20,000 feet
Biffy Clyro replace Queens Of The Stone Age as Reading/Leeds headliner By Louder published 28 July 21 Biffy Clyro to make third headline appearance at Reading and Leeds festivals as Queens Of The Stone Age pull out
Smashing Pumpkins to release Live At The Viper Room 1998, a 13-song Billy Corgan acoustic set, on vinyl By Louder published 27 July 21 Smashing Pumpkins dip into their archives for Live At The Viper Room 1998, an acoustic set displaying ’a certain innocence’, according to Billy Corgan
Listen to Dry Cleaning’s one-off double A-side single, Bug Eggs/Tony Speaks! By Louder published 27 July 21 Acclaimed London post-punks Dry Cleaning release bonus tracks from their superb New Long Leg album as digital single
Rega Planar 2 review By Louder last updated 25 August 21 Four decades on, an iconic British turntable gets a new lease of life
Pro-Ject Debut Carbon EVO review By Louder last updated 25 August 21 Austrian manufacturer Pro-Ject give their most popular turntable a revamp