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They took a risk to escape broken music industry models. So far, it’s paying off
Anglo-Welsh quintet wrote enough material for a double album, but that’s not the format it’s being released in. Have they found a way to break the mould?
How Gong became more Gong than ever with latest album Bright Spirit
The most stable line-up in the band’s six-decade history have completed their first trilogy, with new spiritual insight and an old but well-loved guitar style borrowed from Syd Barrett
The story of the new System Of A Down album that will (probably) never happen
Since reuniting in 2011, System Of A Down have headlined festivals, packed arenas and released two songs. What’s the situation with their long-anticipated follow-up to Mezmerize and Hypnotize? Well, don’t hold your breath.
Remixed and remastered version of Quiet Sun's legendary Mainstream album due in September
Quiet Sun featured Roxy Music guitarist Phil Manzanera alongside Matching Mole's Bill MacCormick with Dave Jarrett and Charles Hayward
How post-metal maverick Julie Christmas returned with her first album in eight years
In 2024, the former Made Out Of Babies singer and Cult Of Luna collaborator released her long-awaited second solo album, Ridiculous And Full Of Blood
Ville Valo looks back on 30 years of HIM
Ville Valo reflects on 30 years of HIM and horny, doomed gothic romance
Album Of The Week Club: The Sex Pistols burn the apple cart to the ground on Never Mind The Bollocks
A work of spittle-flecked, petulant genius
The greatest Led Zeppelin album no one ever talks about might just be a legendary bootleg
Led Zeppelin Live On Blueberry Hill shows the band at the height of their powers in 1970
"I always go back to the early 1970s because those sounds are timeless, even though they’re from before I was born." Why Lars Fredrik Frøislie plays it defiantly old school on second solo album Gamle Mester
Wobbler and White willow musician Lars Fredrik Frøislie tells the story of his second solo album, 2025's Gamle Mester
