Latest articles by Polly Glass
How Failure found themselves at odds with everyone
Influential alt.rock trio Failure were tipped for stardom, but imploded in a haze of drugs and exasperation
Six things you need to know about Troy Redfern
Troy Redfern was raised on a turkey farm. He's been an accountant and a butcher. And you can dance to his new album
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
Eight rock monsters to tear the week asunder
“I’d always say you’d liken us to The Alan Parsons Project, rather than a unit like Led Zeppelin." Mostly Autumn and the story of Dressed In Voices
UK prog rockers Mostly Autumn tell the story of their eleventh studio album, the conceptual Dressed In Voices
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
Eight songs so good they'll impress your friends and your enemies
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
Eight new songs have completed the weigh-in and are ready to kick each other in the ears
The label that reinvented progressive rock: 10 albums on Kscope you should definitely listen to
Post-progressive label Kscope have been putting out quality records for more than 15 years: These are their best albums
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
Eight songs to rock you baby like a wagon wheel
Gary Clark Jr. thought about quitting music to open a BBQ restaurant: Instead, he made the best album of his career
With new album JPEG RAW Gary Clark Jr. has thrown off the labels and delivered a musically diverse record while still hitting the social commentary hard
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
Eight songs to start your week in the best possible way
Some people run away from home to join the circus: Genevieve Glynn-Reeves ran away from the circus to start a band
Meet the "accidentally punk" rising alt.rockers fronted by a former circus aerialist, Gen & The Degenerates
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including The Hot Damn!, Tuk Smith, The Inspector Cluzo and more
You put your left leg in, put your left leg out: In-out, in-out, shake it all about
Big Big Train’s battle back to make The Likes Of Us, an album for the world’s ‘shallowenders’
After a period of doubt over whether to continue, the new line-up delivered The Likes Of Us, a record that’s for ‘shallowenders’ – everyone who ever felt left behind
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including Blues Pills, Bill Fisher, Demon and more
Eight songs to soundtrack this week's rock revolution
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including Tyler Bryant, The Lemon Twigs, Joanne Shaw Taylor and more
Eight potent rock'n'roll cocktails from this week's packed liquor cabinet of life
"We walked into the control room to listen to the first track, and everybody was grinning, like: 'Okay, this will work'": Charlie Starr on music, life, and two decades of Blackberry Smoke
Album number eight Be Right Here is a rebirth for the southern country rock family of Blackberry Smoke as they reflect on almost a quarter of a century of keeping their dream alive
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including Black Country Communion, Orange Goblin, The Warning and more
Eight righteous rockers for elevated levels of even more righteous rockin'
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including Mdou Moctar, Wytch Hazel, Marjana Semkina and more
Revealed: this week's biggest bangers in the explosive world of rock'n'roll, alongside some quieter moments
Eight new rock songs you need to hear this week
Royal Republic, Wine Lips and The Treatment are just some of the artists pushing great new rock music our way
“Thomas can listen to a single and say, ‘This is going to be a hit; this won’t be.’ He knows what’ll work on radio. And, of course, we’ve completely avoided that in Gazpacho!” The two-year making of Demon
Released in 2014, Norwegian art rockers worried the album would make them sound like they were trying to be intellectuals - when they weren’t
"I wrote about a threesome I had in Holland." Lzzy Hale picks the 15 greatest Halestorm songs, and explains the stories behind them
Lzzy Hale guides us through the Halestorm songs that mean the most to her
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including Blues Pills, Tuk Smith, Pain and more
Eight magnificent monsters of rock to be excited about
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including Mdou Moctar, St Vincent, Danko Jones and more
Eight songs guaranteed to make you feel better about life, the universe and everything
