Articles by Niall Doherty

Niall Doherty is a writer and editor whose work can be found in Classic Rock, The Guardian, Music Week, FourFourTwo, on Apple Music and more. Formerly the Deputy Editor of Q magazine, he co-runs the music Substack letter The New Cue with fellow former Q colleagues Ted Kessler and Chris Catchpole. He is also Reviews Editor at Record Collector. Over the years, he's interviewed some of the world's biggest stars, including Elton John, Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys, Muse, Pearl Jam, Radiohead, Depeche Mode, Robert Plant and more. Radiohead was only for eight minutes but he still counts it.

Articles by: Niall Doherty

"Antics leaked 10 days after we finished it... you’d go to every city and someone would be talking about it": Interpol on the premature release of their brilliant second record as it turns 20

By Niall Doherty published 14 September 24

Fans got to hear the New Yorkers' excellent second three months ahead of release in 2004, and the indie-rockers think it might have worked in their favour

“When we first playing Reading, we got everything thrown at us. The whole crowd hated us.” Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes on the hurdles the metal giants overcame to become one of Britain’s biggest bands

By Niall Doherty published 14 September 24

The Sheffield quartet released their debut EP 20 years ago this month, and there were plenty of bumps on the way to eventual triumph

Supergrass tease second reunion with announcement coming next week

By Niall Doherty published 13 September 24

The Britpop quartet’s iconic debut turns 30 next year – and it looks like they’re planning to celebrate it

"I was like, ‘What do I do?'. I chose the band": English Teacher's Lily Fontaine on how she turned her back on the world's best job to become a Mercury Prize-winner

By Niall Doherty published 8 September 24

The English Teacher singer and guitarist can finally rest easy that she made the right choice

The 10 best cover versions by Smashing Pumpkins

By Niall Doherty published 8 September 24

Billy Corgan and crew's renditions of hits by U2, Hole, Fleetwood Mac, Depeche Mode, The Cure and, umm, Natalie Imbruglia

“I’m not very good at ignoring people who slag us off”: the story of Radiohead’s My Iron Lung, the song that changed everything for Thom Yorke & co.

By Niall Doherty published 7 September 24

The Oxford band were determined to show there was more to them than Creep, and they wrote just the song to do so

Ash, Liam Gallagher, Mansun, Elastica, Suede and Blur

The 10 best Britpop B-sides, featuring Oasis, Supergrass, Ash, Elastica, Blur and more

By Niall Doherty published 7 September 24

It wasn’t all about Parklife, Alright and Live Forever, you know. Here’s some Britpop magic you might have missed…

From Oppenheimer to The Mandalorian, Childish Gambino to Vampire Weekend and more: 10 of the best by Oscar-winning producer and composer Ludwig Göransson

By Niall Doherty published 1 September 24

In celebration of the film score supremo and pop polymath’s 40th birthday, we celebrate his finest moments

“One of the toughest lessons I’ve learned is how to show backbone but not show your fist”: You Me At Six’s Josh Franceschi on the wisdom he’d pass on to the next wave of rock bands

By Niall Doherty published 1 September 24

The pop-rock quintet will begin their farewell tour in the US next month, and they have some advice for the groups that come next

“It had a huge impact on me and helped shape who I am today”: Metallica’s Lars Ulrich on being an Oasis superfan

By Niall Doherty published 31 August 24

The Metallica drummer has loved Oasis since the early days – and even once did the lights for them at a show

“You’ve got to have control over the creative side. If all you’re interested in is the music then you’re gonna get shafted”: 25 years on from the release of their debut, revisiting a 1999 interview with Muse

By Niall Doherty published 31 August 24

The rock titans’ 1999 debut Showbiz turns 25 next week and an early interview shows that Matt Bellamy & co. already had their sights set on the big time

“When you hear the Monnow Valley stuff, it’s not got a swagger to it”: Noel Gallagher on the version of Definitely Maybe that Oasis binned

By Niall Doherty published 25 August 24

The Britpop classic turns 30 next week, but Noel Gallagher says its creation was far from easy

“The phrase ‘What’s the frequency, Kenneth?’ represents inscrutability”: Michael Stipe on the story behind an R.E.M. classic

By Niall Doherty published 25 August 24

The lead single from Monster is about to turn 30 - and its title has got a crazy back story

“It’s been one of the peaks of my musical life”: Foals’ Yannis Philippakis on his long-awaited project with late drumming great Tony Allen

By Niall Doherty published 24 August 24

The Foals man and Afrobeat legend worked together on music back in 2016 and it’s finally seeing the light of day

“The Moors Murderers’ Manchester was the same as our Manchester”: Buzzcocks’ Steve Diggle on growing up next door to Myra Hindley and Ian Brady

By Niall Doherty published 24 August 24

The guitarist and co-founder says he had a close shave with the notorious killers as a kid

“They celebrate Mozart in Vienna 400 years later and they’ll be celebrating Prince in Minneapolis 400 years from now”: Prince’s old bandmates on Purple Rain, his legacy and more

By Niall Doherty published 4 August 24

It’s 40 years ago this weekend since Purple Rain went to Number One in the US – and stayed there for 24 weeks

“I did it in 40 minutes and thought little of it”: How Phil Daniels saved Blur’s classic Britpop anthem Parklife

By Niall Doherty published 4 August 24

The iconic title track from Blur’s third album turns 30 later this month…

"The annoying thing is that our album played Madison Square Garden before we did": the night Metallica launched The Black Album with the world's biggest listening party

By Niall Doherty published 3 August 24

The band hired an arena to unveil their monster fifth record to fans

“Bonehead was saying, ‘You’ve not just written that!’”: Noel Gallagher on the night he showed Live Forever to the rest of Oasis

By Niall Doherty published 3 August 24

The Definitely Maybe anthem turns 30 next week, and Gallagher says he knew he’d written a classic from the off

From solo albums to The Smile and Peaky Blinders to Flea: the 10 best non-Radiohead Thom Yorke songs

By Niall Doherty published 28 July 24

The Radiohead frontman has built up a huge body of work away from the group and here’s some of his best

“The greatest Pink Floyd moments are the ones where he is in full flow”: revisiting David Gilmour’s tribute to Richard Wright on what would have been the keyboardist’s 81st birthday

By Niall Doherty published 28 July 24

The Pink Floyd pair were on good terms before Wright’s death from cancer in 2008

"I didn’t know that you could be signed to a major label and earning less than minimum wage": English Teacher's Lily Fontaine on how her band's success has left her feeling "incredibly cynical"

By Niall Doherty published 27 July 24

The Leeds quartet were nominated for the Mercury Prize this week, but their singer says things need to change in the music industry

Mike Skinner and Chris Martin, both in 2003

“It was never released because Chris thought it didn’t need him”: 20 years since The Streets’ Dry Your Eyes hit Number One, hear the unreleased version featuring Coldplay’s Chris Martin

By Niall Doherty published 27 July 24

The Streets' classic originally contained a chorus sung by the Coldplay frontman

"Blur asked about our availability and I was like, ‘This is too good an opportunity to pass up'": how Damon Albarn unwittingly got Soft Play back together

By Niall Doherty published 21 July 24

The Kent punk duo formerly known as Slaves say the Britpop icons played a big part in their reconciliation

"I knew immediately it was a heavy-hitting song": Soundgarden on how they made Black Hole Sun

By Niall Doherty published 21 July 24

The Superunknown cut was released as a single 30 years ago and became the Seattle rockers' biggest hit

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