Maddy Howell
Latest articles by Maddy Howell

Touché Amoré hit hard on Spiral In A Straight Line
By Maddy Howell published
Touché Amoré unravel the anxieties of modern life on their most dynamic album to date

Destroy Boys take on the world with Funeral Soundtrack #4
By Maddy Howell published
California punks Destroy Boys grow up on assertive fourth album, Funeral Soundtrack #4

Every St. Vincent album ranked from worst to best
By Maddy Howell published
The collected works of Annie Clark re-reviewed and ranked

Your essential guide to every PVRIS album
By Maddy Howell published
Unpredictable, creatively restless and utterly fearless, PVRIS have emerged as one of modern rock's boldest artists

St. Vincent's superb All Born Screaming offers up thrillingly unfiltered reflections upon life, death, and all the chaos that occurs between those two inevitabilities
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St. Vincent strives for catharsis on masterful seventh album All Born Screaming

"A whistle-stop tour through the best-loved parts of the band’s storied career, marked by the inescapable turbulence of life": the reunited Blink-182 return older, wiser and stronger for their scars on One More Time...
By Maddy Howell published
Guess this is growing up: Blink-182's classic line-up prove exactly why they're pop-punk royalty, and better together, on first post-reunion album

A beginner's guide to Sub Pop Records in five essential albums
By Maddy Howell published
Celebrated as the home of grunge, Sub Pop has evolved into one of America's most eclectic indie labels. Here is the Sub Pop story told via five key records

Every Lana Del Rey album ranked from worst to best
By Maddy Howell published
The collected works of Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, one of the great singer-songwriters of the modern age

Every Death Cab for Cutie album ranked from worst to best
By Maddy Howell published
Since their formation in 1997, Death Cab for Cutie have released 10 studio albums. Here's how they rank in order of greatness

The 'debate' around Meg White's drumming says everything about the enduring sexism in rock music
By Maddy Howell published
This week's tired and boring 'Meg White is a terrible drummer' discourse online speaks volumes about how too many view women in rock music

Every Rise Against album ranked from worst to best
By Maddy Howell published
Socially conscious, honest and fearless, few bands wave the flag for unity more furiously than Chicago’s Rise Against. Here's our assessment of their fiercely committed catalogue

The 10 best I Prevail songs ever, according to vocalist Eric Vanlerberghe
By Maddy Howell published
Looking for the essential I Prevail playlist? Vocalist Eric Vanlerberghe talks us through the band's defining tracks

Every Nickelback album ranked from worst to best
By Maddy Howell published
Love them or hate them, Nickelback remain a formidable presence on the modern rock scene. Here's our considered guide to the Canadian quartet's catalogue
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