
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

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Featuring Skunk Anansie, The Sheepdogs, The Mars Volta and five other robust defenders of the rock'n'roll faith

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Featuring Those Damn Crows, Brothers Osborne, Ally Venable and five other masters and mistresses of reality

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Featuring Joe Bonamassa, Mark Morton & Charlie Starr, The Darkness and five other tattooed beat messiahs

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Featuring Buckcherry, Luke Spiller, Battlesnake and five other speed kings and highway stars

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Starring Witch Fever, Dinosaur Pile-Up, The Southern River Band and more!

How Larkin Poe finally got over their imposter syndrome to make kick-ass new album Bloom
By Polly Glass published
Larkin Poe are taking care of business in all aspects of their music and career

The blockbusting Queen ballad that changed Von Hertzen Brothers frontman Mikko Von Herzten’s life
By Polly Glass published
When Von Hertzen Brothers’ Mikko Von Hertzen has control of the playlist, these are the songs you’re going to hear

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Including Ghost, Volbeat, Ricky Warwick, Baby Said and more!

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Including The Darkness, The Wildhearts, Rose Tattoo and five other masters of rock'n'roll reality

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Including Battlesnake, Those Damn Crows, Brass Camel, Gorilla Riot and four other artists who don't happen to be named after animals

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Including Tyler Bryant, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Samantha Fish and five other creatures of the rock'n'roll night

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Including Mother Vulture, Sludge Mother, and six other acts whose names don't contain the word 'mother'

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Including Larkin Poe, Ricky Warwick, the Doobie Brothers and five other rockin' rebels, rampagers and rioters

“This could be our last show!” Bad Nerves prove why they're Billie Joe Armstrong's favourite band
By Polly Glass published
Pure punkoid speed: Bad Nerves at London's Electric Ballroom

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Including Skunk Anansie, Billy F Gibbons, Thundermother and five other storm bringers and lightning riders

"I first heard it when I started taking acid": Devin Townsend picks the soundtrack of his life
By Polly Glass published
Canadian maverick Devin Townsend names his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals the music he listens to while mowing the lawn

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Including Bob Mould, The Cold Stares, The Hellacopters and five other warriors on the edge of prime-time

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Including Bonnie Tyler, Thundermother, Mary Spender and five other resolute New Year rockers

25 things we’re looking forward to in 2025
By Dave Ling, Polly Glass published
It's a new dawn, it's a new day, and we're feeling good - and here's 25 reasons why

Von Hertzen Brothers on new album In Murmuration, masculine music and band economics
By Polly Glass published
With their ninth studio album In Murmuration, Finnish rockers Von Hertzen Brothers have replaced their erstwhile prog epics for a more honest approach to songwriting reflecting their personal lives

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Including Black Spiders, Nate Bergman, Ally Venable and five other bearers of festive rock'n'roll gifts

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Including The Darkness, Black Eyed Sons, Those Damn Crows and five other bohemian rock'n'roll rhapsodists

The 50 Best Rock Albums of 2024
By Classic Rock Magazine published
A-listers, established artists, up-and-comers, previously unknowns and more
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