Latest articles by Paul Brannigan
"Everyone keeps telling us how pretentious this album is without even hearing it." An audience with The Smashing Pumpkins in summer '95
"Everyone keeps telling us how pretentious this album is without even hearing it"
How Ramones' first album changed the lives of Henry Rollins, Bob Mould, Ian MacKaye and Steve Albini
On April 23, 1976 Sire Records released a punk rock record that changed everything
"A reminder of just how powerful and wonderful music can be in a world where little else makes sense." Frank Turner charms the capital with a celebration of twenty years of punk rock honesty
Frank Turner closes out his Campfire Punkrock Twenty tour in London
Pink Floyd collaborator Polly Samson, wife and creative partner of David Gilmour, has a London photo exhibition
Polly Samson - Between This Breath and Then is at the Leica Gallery London
"It was like a little vacation." The Tool and Failure side project which dissolved before most people knew it had ever existed
Ever heard Maynard James Keenan singing a Paul McCartney song? Now is your chance
Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno and more sign open letter asking for Israel ban from Eurovision 2026
"We refuse to be silent. We refuse to be complicit"
Sammy Hagar downsizes Best Of All Worlds UK tour to more "intimate" venues
"After waiting 30 years to come back, we really wanted to get this right"
Joan Jett And The Blackhearts announce first UK headline tour in 16 years
Warning: rock 'n' roll icon incoming
Ten albums that prove, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that 1980 was the greatest year ever for hard rock and heavy metal
Ozzy reborn! AC/DC back! Iron Maiden on the prowl! 1980 rocked
As the 10th anniversary of his death nears, watch Bruce Springsteen, David Gilmour, Pearl Jam, Lenny Kravitz, Chris Cornell pay tribute to Prince
Prince: 10 years gone, never forgotten
"The fans always come first." Iron Maiden won't be attending their induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
Iron Maiden aren't snubbing the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, they just won't be there
Forget Live And Dangerous, No Sleep 'til Hammersmith and At Fillmore East, The Killer's Live at the Star Club, Hamburg is the greatest live show ever committed to vinyl
This isn't a record, it's a crime scene
"I have been looking for that brain forever. Someone might be using it as a paperweight for all I know." The day that surrealist art legend Salvador Dalí recreated Alice Cooper’s brain using a chocolate éclair, ants and diamonds
"I wasn’t exactly sure what was going on"
Petition launched to save studio where Iron Maiden recorded The Number Of The Beast
"If this development goes ahead, we will lose far more than a studio"
Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan on the painful day that he told his bandmates he was struggling with addiction
"If you'd said my mother had died, I wouldn't have cared less"
Tom Waits and Massive Attack collaborate on politically-charged new single Boots On The Ground
Waits’ first new material since 2011 is a dark collaboration with Massive Attack
"There’s so much hate and fear." Dave Grohl on America in 2026
Dave Grohl on his "deeply divided" homeland
"Listen LOUD." Trent Reznor on the forthcoming Nine Inch Noize album
The story behind the new Nine Inch Nails and Boys Noize collaboration
There's now a massive archive of thousands of indie rock gig recordings online, and it's awesome
Want to listen to Nirvana, Nick Cave, Sonic Youth or The Cure gigs from the '80s and '90s? Allow us to introduce you to your favourite new online archive
How an American band who were "just too weird for the powers that be" became national treasures
The story behind The B-52's timeless anthem Love Shack
Why Fleetwood Mac leader Peter Green walked away from his band, and began to give away all his money
"Fleetwood Mac has become a business, and I don't want to be a part of a business"
