Backxwash: "I had planned I was going to die at the end of the year"
Fierce, fearless and boundary-smashing, Backxwash is the sound of 2021 – and her story is every bit as unique as her music
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Best phono preamps 2021: Upgrade your vinyl music system with a standalone phono stage for any budget
Adding a phono preamp is a quick and easy way to upgrade the sound of any turntable-based Hi-Fi system, and it won’t (necessarily) cost a fortune. Here’s what you need to know
‘Listening to Nirvana’s In Utero makes my skin crawl’: Read an extract from newly updated Dave Grohl book This Is A Call
In this exclusive extract from the new, revised-and-updated 10th anniversary edition of the best-selling Dave Grohl biography This Is A Call, Grohl revisits Nirvana’s legacy
Van Halen: a track-by-track guide to the debut album that saved rock'n'roll
Your handy guide to the Van Halen's first album, a record that took just 35 minutes to change the way rock'n'roll was played... and may have saved it in the process
Jakob Dylan: "I was brought up thinking records were not supposed to be fun to make"
Jakob Dylan on the return of The Wallflowers, “noisy guitars”, transitioning from Trump, and why songwriting brings out his Mr Hyde
Why I ❤️ AC/DC’s Back In Black, by Buckcherry’s Josh Todd
Buckcherry frontman Josh Todd reveals how AC/DC got him lit up during his pizza delivery days
How Reef wrote Place Your Hands, by Gary Stringer
Reef vocalist Gary Stringer reveals how the pain of losing his grandfather inspired Place Your Hands, the West Country rockers’ most-enduring anthem
10 pomp rock albums you should definitely own
Pomp Rock was the unruly child disowned by prog and orphaned by AOR. Its melodies were a hit at radio and filled arenas across America, and here's 10 albums to get you started
The night The Who’s Keith Moon drove his car into a swimming pool
On this day in 1967, Keith Moon celebrated his 21st birthday by taking a Rolls Royce for a swim – or did he? Eyewitnesses explain what they saw – or think they saw...
10 rap metal bands that time forgot
The bands that tried to catch the 90s rap metal wave but got left stranded in its wake
Kansas's Phil Ehart on the realities of COVID for the live music scene
Kansas drummer Phil Ehart explains the financial realities of COVID and socially distanced shows.
Tracks of the Week: new music from Halestorm, Mother Vulture and more
Eight minor monsters of rock are primed to mutilate each other in the name of music
Captain Lockheed And The Starfighters: The story of Robert Calvert’s comical concept album
Robert Calvert’s manic imagination was fuelled by bipolar disorder, but it helped him conceive one of the 70’s most outlandish concept albums
How Tears For Fears added prog to pop and ruled the 80s
A shared love of Blue Oyster Cult, Genesis and King Crimson saw Tears For Fears become much more than an 80s pop band
Tuomas Holopainen: “If Floor left, it would be the end of Nightwish”
Disney, dark places, and accusations of being ruthless: inside the life of Nightwish mainman Tuomas Holopainen
Riots, terrorism, death threats: the story behind System Of A Down’s game-changing second album Toxicity
System Of A Down risked it all for Toxicity. Their outlandish masterpiece killed off nu metal, created a ton of controversy and cemented the band as music’s most unique superstars
The best speakers for home 2021: Overhaul your system with our pick of hi-fi speakers for all budgets
From bookshelf to floorstanding, wallet-friendly to budget-busting, traditional to high-tech - these are the very best speakers you can buy
10 proto-metal albums you should definitely own
A handy guide to 10 of the ugliest, gnarliest, most influential proto-metal albums of all time
The Moon City Masters are putting fun, sunshine and colour back into rock’n’roll
Harmonising brothers The Moon City Masters have served time in lousy bands but now they're a Technicolour delight, proclaiming "The first step to being awesome is being bad"
