beabadoobee has hit the top of the UK Albums Chart once more with her new album, celebrating emo and alt-rock in abundance. The album features contributions from everyone from Deftones’ Chino Moreno and The 1975’s Matty Healy and George Daniels, to vocal features from Turnstile’s Brendan Yates and Hayley Williams. It was co-produced by the […]
The wait before a show can feel like an exercise in checking your watch. RÜFÜS DU SOL had a more interesting solution at the Gorge: make the waiting part worth hearing. The group’s official channel has shared a backstage DJ set recorded in May 2026 and uploaded July 2. According to the video description, it […]
Polyphia have shared another piece of their upcoming new album ‘BE NOT AFRAID’ in the form of ‘WITH EYES TO SEE’. Demonstrating how the band are approaching their musicianship from a different angle with this record, it is a sample-filled and eardrum-destroying experience, full of bludgeoning bass drops and intricate trap beats. Keeping chaos at […]
Before you break up with that jacket, introduce it to somebody new. We all have a piece that has quietly become part of the furniture. It hangs there, perfectly wearable, while we announce that we have nothing to wear. A familiar denim jacket is a particularly good candidate for a second conversation. No scissors, no […]
Louder Than Life Festival 2026 | Full Interviews Skip to the content We headed out to Louisville, Kentucky for the biggest rock and metal festival in the US, Louder Than Life, to chat backstage with some of the biggest names on the lineup: BILMURI BLACK VEIL BRIDES BOWLING FOR SOUP FIT FOR A […]
Five countries. Two headlines each. A few minutes to look beyond our own feed. The world does not begin and end with the argument taking over our phones. Welcome to World Window, our daily look at reporting from different corners of the planet. We bring you the essentials in English, give the original journalists their […]
Elliot Minor have announced a tour to celebrate two decades of their band, and they’ll be joined by some very special bands as support. Photo credit: Chris Eycott With 2025 bringing their first new music in a decade, a huge sold-out tour and a triumphant return to a packed crowd at Download Festival, the band are […]
Featured image: Petra Fagerström, Spring/Summer 2027. Courtesy of Petra Fagerström, via PAUSE. Florals have apparently stopped asking permission to behave themselves. Looking through Petra Fagerström’s Spring/Summer 2027 collection, we keep coming back to the contrast: flowers with a little severity, pretty surfaces with a sharper outline. There is room for both. The London-based Swedish designer […]
THE DARK.FM are stepping into their next chapter with an intoxicating new single, transporting us straight onto the darkened streets of LA. Photo credit: Harrison Woodard Released via Arising Empire, the LA band’s latest track is titled ‘Thai Angel’. A cut-throat slice of modern metal infused with 80s-inspired guitars and a gargantuan chorus, it’s a […]
Community commentary · Ahead of the International Day of Peace, September 21 We can lose twenty minutes to an argument between strangers before the coffee has cooled. Surely we can spare a few of those minutes for something that helps an actual person. Monday, September 21, is the International Day of Peace. The United Nations’ […]