Californian hardcore trailblazers Touché Amoré embrace life’s chaos on dynamic sixth album, Spiral In A Straight Line By Maddy Howell published 3 October 24 Touché Amoré unravel the anxieties of modern life on their most dynamic album to date
With Funeral Soundtrack #4, Californian punks Destroy Boys flip a defiant middle finger to an industry that has repeatedly tried to take advantage of their naivety By Maddy Howell published 8 August 24 California punks Destroy Boys grow up on assertive fourth album, Funeral Soundtrack #4
Every St. Vincent album ranked from worst to best By Maddy Howell published 20 June 24 The collected works of Annie Clark re-reviewed and ranked
“A fearless creative with a penchant for all things mystical and macabre.” Your essential guide to every PVRIS album By Maddy Howell published 3 June 24 Unpredictable, creatively restless and utterly fearless, PVRIS have emerged as one of modern rock's boldest artists
St. Vincent's superb All Born Screaming offers up thrillingly unfiltered reflections upon life, death, and all the chaos that occurs between those two inevitabilities By Maddy Howell published 18 April 24 St. Vincent strives for catharsis on masterful seventh album All Born Screaming
"A whistle-stop tour through the best-loved parts of the band’s storied career, marked by the inescapable turbulence of life": the reunited Blink-182 return older, wiser and stronger for their scars on One More Time... By Maddy Howell published 19 October 23 Guess this is growing up: Blink-182's classic line-up prove exactly why they're pop-punk royalty, and better together, on first post-reunion album
A beginner's guide to Sub Pop Records in five essential albums By Maddy Howell published 19 June 23 Celebrated as the home of grunge, Sub Pop has evolved into one of America's most eclectic indie labels. Here is the Sub Pop story told via five key records
Every Lana Del Rey album ranked from worst to best By Maddy Howell published 12 May 23 The collected works of Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, one of the great singer-songwriters of the modern age
Every Death Cab for Cutie album ranked from worst to best By Maddy Howell published 11 April 23 Since their formation in 1997, Death Cab for Cutie have released 10 studio albums. Here's how they rank in order of greatness
The 'debate' around Meg White's drumming says everything about the enduring sexism in rock music By Maddy Howell published 17 March 23 This week's tired and boring 'Meg White is a terrible drummer' discourse online speaks volumes about how too many view women in rock music
Every Rise Against album ranked from worst to best By Maddy Howell published 15 March 23 Socially conscious, honest and fearless, few bands wave the flag for unity more furiously than Chicago’s Rise Against. Here's our assessment of their fiercely committed catalogue
The 10 best I Prevail songs ever, according to vocalist Eric Vanlerberghe By Maddy Howell published 6 March 23 Looking for the essential I Prevail playlist? Vocalist Eric Vanlerberghe talks us through the band's defining tracks
Every Nickelback album ranked from worst to best By Maddy Howell published 1 March 23 Love them or hate them, Nickelback remain a formidable presence on the modern rock scene. Here's our considered guide to the Canadian quartet's catalogue
Vital, urgent and utterly fearless, Paramore's This Is Why is the sound of a grown band boldly defining their own path By Maddy Howell published 10 February 23 Paramore return with their first record since 2017's After Laughter. Spoiler alert: it's worth the wait
Pierce The Veil's The Jaws Of Life: Endlessly exuberant, wondrously versatile, and never predictable By Maddy Howell published 9 February 23 Hiatus terminated, San Diego's arena-filling post-hardcore kings are hungry to make up for lost time
