
Polly Glass
Polly is deputy editor at Classic Rock magazine, where she writes and commissions regular pieces and longer reads (including new band coverage), and has interviewed rock's biggest and newest names. She also contributes to Louder, Prog and Metal Hammer and talks about songs on the 20 Minute Club podcast. Elsewhere she's had work published in The Musician, delicious. magazine and others, and written biographies for various album campaigns. In a previous life as a women's magazine junior she interviewed Tracey Emin and Lily James – and wangled Rival Sons into the arts pages. In her spare time she writes fiction and cooks.
Latest articles by Polly Glass

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: December 8, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Alter Bridge, The Darkness, Tax The Heat and more

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: December 1, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from the Lemon Twigs, Elles Bailey, Black Eyed Sons and more

Welcome to the blood-drenched, Rocky Horror-inspired world of Creeper
By Polly Glass published
Creeper’s new album is a rich, lascivious feast of vampires and rock’n’roll theatre, Jim Steinman-style. But the real Creeper story starts with shoestring punk gigs, DIY video shoots and community spirit

“We wanted some filth on this album." How Touchstone rocked out on their fourth album, Oceans Of Time
By Polly Glass published
The story of UK prog rockers Touchstone's fourth and most recent studio album, 2013's rocking Oceans Of Time

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: November 24, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Bad Nerves, Shinedown, Earth Tongue and more

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: November 17, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Massive Wagons, Black Stone Cherry, Starbenders and more

Review: Greta Van Fleet guitarist Jake Kiszka’s new band Mirador play London for the first time
By Polly Glass published
What happened when Jake Kiszka and Chris Turpin’s maverick blues project Mirador played London on their first UK tour

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: November 10, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Skindred, Tailgunner, Royal Republic and more

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: October 27, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Starbenders, Crobot, Dirty Blonde and more

Gazpacho’s Magic 8-Ball explores characters at breaking point
By Polly Glass published
Norwegian art-rockers deliver tightly-focused songs after a Hollywood clash forced them to reboot their 12th album

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: October 27, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Michael Monroe, Mammoth, ZZ Ward and more

Larkin Poe brought southern sugar and smarts to London on their biggest ever UK headline show
By Polly Glass published
Ten weeks ago, Larkin Poe lead singer Rebecca Lovell had a baby. Last night, she and her sister headlined the Hammersmith Apollo and threw in an unexpected cover of War Pigs

What happened when Greta Van Fleet's guitarist got himself a new band
By Polly Glass published
When the worlds of Greta Van Fleet’s Jake Kiszka and alt.folkie Chris Turpin collided, it was musical love at first sight. After a whirlwind romance, new project Mirador was born

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: October 20, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Orianthi, Sugar, Heavy Pettin and more

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: September 22, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Alter Bridge, Cheap Trick, Danko Jones and more

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: September 22, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from A Thousand Horses, Mirador, The Sheepdogs and more

“Love is like a mental disease that everybody wants to catch”: How Opeth made Sorceress
By Polly Glass published
Mikael Åkerfeldt on his violent games, hotel balcony prank, soaking a label exec in vodka, and being left to make music his own way

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: September 22, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Creeper, Gluecifer, The Hot Damn! and more

Greta Valenti picks the soundtrack of her life
By Polly Glass published
Beaux Gris Gris & The Apocalypse singer Greta Valenti chooses her records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and admits to having multiple guilty pleasures

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: September 22, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Black Stone Cherry, Karnivool, Royal Republic and more

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: September 15, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Mammoth, Biffy Clyro, Dirty Honey and more

De'Wayne's been working for 10 years, but people are finally paying attention
By Polly Glass published
Listening to De'Wayne's genre-flipping new album, it’s clear Taco Bell’s loss is very much rock’s gain

Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: September 8, 2025
By Polly Glass published
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Alter Bridge, The Struts, Castle Rat and more
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