History proved The Lawrence Arms right to take their new direction. Punknews rated ‘Oh! Calcutta!’ as their top album of the entire decade, ranking it higher than Green Day’s ‘American Idiot’ or Blink ...

There’s a lot of great covers out there, but it’s nearly impossible to talk about excellent covers, certainly within the ...

Misfits put out four of the tracks as their single ‘Bullet’ on their own label, then quietly shelved the rest of the album.

Black Stone Cherry are determined to mark their successes in life, and the very literally named ‘Celebrate’ is seven tracks dedicated to just this. That said, don’t expect songs you can blow out your ...

On their new album, The Gloom In The Corner are tuned to a whole new wavelength. The results are as thrilling as a signal beamed in from another planet. Wow – ‘Royal Discordance’ is a breathtaking ...

In 1976, astronomers at the Big Ear Telescope discovered a signal from space. The signal was so strong and unexpected that while reading the printout, astronomer Jerry Ehman circled it a wrote ‘Wow!’ ...

With Sabaton’s “The Legendary Tour” taking them to some of the biggest arenas they’ve ever played on these shores, there was one question that needed answering heading into the first night of the UK ...

In ‘Teenage Dirtbags: A Brief History of the MTV2 Generation’, Jon Sheasby has written a gritty retrospective of the alternative music explosion defining the late 90s and early 2000s. This isn’t a ...

A Wilhelm Scream have turned to the dark side, and it suits them. The Massachusetts punks’ sixth outing, ‘Cheap Heat’ sees them taking on the role of the heel, playing the villain as a foil to the ...

The fact this record was produced by Zack Odom and Kenneth Mount, who also produced Cartel‘s Chroma and the recent Bedlight For Blue Eyes record, kind of gives away what this band sounds like. While ...

The word ‘grey’ has plenty of negative connotations. Tarmac is grey, the sky is grey, depression is grey, porridge is grey, the mood is very much grey. Despite it being part of their name, ‘grey’ is ...

Baking a cake is a simple thing. Two eggs, two hundred grams of flour, sugar and margarine, all mixed together and gently cooked for thirty minutes. An easy recipe. The results are fairly consistent, ...