
Mark Beaumont
Mark Beaumont is a music journalist with almost three decades' experience writing for publications including Classic Rock, NME, The Guardian, The Independent, The Telegraph, The Times, Uncut and Melody Maker. He has written major biographies on Muse, Jay-Z, The Killers, Kanye West and Bon Iver and his debut novel [6666666666] is available on Kindle.
Latest articles by Mark Beaumont

Pixies talk rehab, songs about seedy sex and filling Kim Deal's shoes
By Mark Beaumont published
The indie-grunge godfathers Pixies return with tales of seedy sex and miraculous decapitations. Classic Rock caught up with Black Francis to hear more

XTC - Skylarking reissue album review
By Mark Beaumont published
Rundgren versus Partridge equals accidental classic

Thee Oh Sees - An Odd Entrances album review
By Mark Beaumont published
Short-changing sister piece to A Weird Exits.

Kate Bush - Before The Dawn album review
By Mark Beaumont published
Bush’s spectacular live return, minus the spectacle

Nick Hasted - Jack White: How He Built An Empire From The Blues book review
By Mark Beaumont published
Peeling at the disguises of The White Stripes’ unknowable mainman

The Verve - Reissues album review
By Mark Beaumont published
Not yet ratedThe Wigan wonders’ primordial period

The Donnas - Spend The Night album review
By Mark Beaumont published
2002’s shit-kicking sleepover ages averagely

Goat - Requiem album review
By Mark Beaumont published
Greatness and indulgence on wicker-worshippers’ third

Green Day - Revolution Radio album review
By Mark Beaumont published
Emo-punk pioneers stick to the formula

Oasis - Be Here Now album review
By Mark Beaumont published
Triple-CD revisit to Britpop’s grandest folly.

Public Access TV - Never Enough album review
By Mark Beaumont published
An NYC rock almanac from the city’s next great garage pop band

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Skeleton Tree album review
By Mark Beaumont published
Cave’s devastating experimental exploration of grief

The Wedding Present - Going, Going... album review
By Mark Beaumont published
Indie legends produce their second-era magnum opus

God Damn - Everything Ever album review
By Mark Beaumont published
Midlands duo deliver meat, but scrimp on substance

Girlschool - Nightmare At Maple Cross / Take A Bite album review
By Mark Beaumont published
Not yet ratedNWOBHM’s scene queens get their bite back

Blink-182 - California album review
By Mark Beaumont published
Emo pop pioneers Blink-182 blast away the post-DeLonge blues

Good Charlotte - Youth Authority album review
By Mark Beaumont published
The Madden brothers reunite for by-numbers emo cracker.

Chris Cornell live review – London Royal Albert Hall
By Mark Beaumont published
Not yet ratedChris Cornell's ‘unplugged’ night hits the right notes.

The Kinks - Everybody’s In Show-Biz (Legacy Edition) album review
By Mark Beaumont published
Stinking underwear and sublime uncertainty for Ray Davies’s on-the-road record.

The Senton Bombs - Mass Vendetta album review
By Mark Beaumont published
Hefty, high-minded slab of Blackpool rock.

Live Review: Jeff Lynne's ELO
By Mark Beaumont published
Not yet ratedThe pomp-rock mastermind completes his most unlikely return with a hit-packed, crowd-pleasing audiovisual extravaganza.

Band Of Skulls – By Default album review
By Mark Beaumont published
Album review – British rockers Band Of Skulls add Iggy Pop and T.Rex to the mix on their fourth album

Augustines: This Is Your Life
By Mark Beaumont published
Rocktronic rousing in excelsis from worldly New Yorkers.
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