Category: Music

Yes, Dear Reader. while the music press at large concerns itself with such weighty matters as artistic evolution and genre deconstruction, we’re over here asking the really important questions. Have you ever had a nemesis who didn’t know they were your nemesis?No – I can be civil, but if you’re my nemesis, you’ll know about…

“T here’s just this undeniable magic about bands, isn’t there?” says Joff Oddie. Since their gorgeous, fiery debut album ‘My Love Is Cool’, there’s been no better proof of that than Wolf Alice themselves. A group of friends who look like absolute rock stars onstage but celebrate big wins like the 2018 Mercury Prize with…

“I thought by the time I got to album four I would know what the fuck I was doing.” We’re three weeks out from the release of Black Honey’s fourth album, ‘Soak’, and it’s all starting to get a bit real for vocalist/guitarist Izzy Phillips. “I have a really overwhelming sense of anticipation. I can’t…

“I’m told I’m a Miranda,” says drummer Eliza Enman-McDaniel. The Beaches are in their Sex and the City era. “I’m a Charlotte, I think,” adds guitarist Kylie Miller. “I don’t wanna be, but I am.” “They’re a mix of Carrie and Samantha,” Eliza asserts about The Beaches’ other two members, guitarist Leandra Earl and vocalist-bassist…

17 albums in, Paradise Lost remain masters of the gothic arts on new album Ascension (LouderSound)

As the grassroots gig circuit continues to weather landlord greed, financial collapse and the death-by-developer gauntlet, Opus Kink are doing more than just shouting into the void. Their latest project, ‘A Hideous Collective’, is a 24-track, vinyl-only compilation album raising funds for Music Venue Trust and the UK Artist Touring Fund – two lifelines for…

It’s been seven years since 2018’s ‘Generation Rx’, but Good Charlotte have finally returned. A rejuvenated sight, their time behind the scenes – raising families and new bands alike – has resulted in a band ready to return to their place in the pop-punk and emo lineage where they belong. Leading this charge comes ‘Rejects’.…

When you load up Spotify, a great big chunk of the time you can’t think what to play, right? You default back to your old favourites, those albums and songs you played on repeat when you first discovered you could make them yours.  This isn’t about guilty pleasures; it’s about those songs you’ll still be…

You know what’s easier than following around your fave pop stars, day in, day out, to see what they’re up to right that minute? Asking them. This month, we nab PUNCHBAG. 9:00am →  Wake up to our rooster. 9:10am → We begin the 4-step routine: 1. Wax. 2. Ice plunge (face and feet). 3. Go…

“It’s such an eclectic album. It’s mad and it’s wonderful and it’s got a bit of everything in it” – Brian May (LouderSound)

Yes’s 2018 release, Fly From Here: Return Trip, reunited the band’s 1980 Drama line-up (LouderSound)

From Cradle of Filth to Whitechapel, Bloodywood to Spiritbox, these are some of the best metal releases of 2025 so far. (LouderSound)

The UK metal heavyweights will continue the Run For Your Lives tour with a second European leg in the summer (LouderSound)

We revisit and review every entry in the death metal maestros’ game-changing discography (LouderSound)

Looking like they’ve stepped out of the world of Conan The Barbarian, Castle Rat are one of metal’s most vibrant new bands (LouderSound)

More than just a band that produced some classic music, The Doors and Jim Morrison remain iconic, their recordings embraced by each new generation (LouderSound)

Ross Halfin, who photographed Ozzy Osbourne for nearly 50 years, reflects on his time spent with the late Prince Of Darkness (LouderSound)

The guitarist’s wife and long-term creative partner helped him put a full-stop on The Endless River, before the couple brought his 2015 album Rattle That Lock to fruition (LouderSound)

Watch the video for Slash’s version of Fleetwood Mac’s classic Oh Well now (LouderSound)

Yungblud hooks up with Aerosmith for five-track EP – their first new music in 13 years (LouderSound)

PVA are set to release their second album, ‘NO MORE LIKE THIS’, on 23rd January via It’s All For Fun (Secretly Distribution), and have shared its first single and video, ‘Boyface’. The record follows debut ‘BLUSH’ (via Ninja Tune) and signals a shift towards more intimate, experimental and sensory work. They explain: “Boyface is a…

The Wombats are set to release an extended edition of their sixth album ‘Oh! The Ocean’ on 5th December via AWAL Recordings, and have shared a new track, ‘Holy Sugar’. The expanded version adds new songs alongside the original tracklist, including material recorded with John Congleton. Murph says, “Definitely a tune that has a bit…

Laura-Mary Carter has released a new single, ‘Four Letter Words’, accompanied by a video shot in a farm shop in West Wales. The clip follows Carter waiting for someone who never arrives, transforming the empty space into a makeshift stage. Best known as one half of Blood Red Shoes, Carter’s latest track precedes her debut…

bar italia have released a new single and video, ‘rooster’, the latest preview of their forthcoming album ‘Some Like It Hot’, due 17th October via Matador. ‘rooster’ follows recent singles ‘Cowbella’ and ‘Fundraiser’. Alongside the new track, the band have confirmed further live dates across Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the UK and Europe, including their…

Mimi Webb has released the official video for ‘I Met A Boy’, a single lifted from her second album ‘Confessions’ via Epic Records. Directed by Avesta Keshtmand, the clip moves between apartments, city streets, and cafés, pairing candid, playful moments with scenes of self-reflection. Speaking about the track, Mimi says, “‘I Met a Boy’ is…

Rocket have released a new single, ‘Another Second Chance’, taken from their debut album ‘R Is For Rocket’, which arrives on 3rd October via Transgressive Records / Canvasback. Vocalist/bassist Alithea Tuttle calls ‘Another Second Chance’ “an ode to never feeling good enough” and adds that its dreamy, hypnotic outro is “one of my favourite moments…

djank, formerly known as Cosmorat, have announced a name change and released a new EP, ‘POOSHKA’, accompanied by a video for EP cut ‘Robbing 5 Points’. Framed as a first-person portrait of small-town cycles of self-destruction, the six-track project sets out a chronological arc for a compulsion the band term “POOSHKA”, tracing triggers, loss of…

Though The Open Window, out in October, delves into the legendary singer-songwriter’s work between 1956 and 1963 (LouderSound)

Get your claws on a bundle you won’t find anywhere else, before Creeper’s new album drops on October 31 (LouderSound)

The synth giants captured three huge shows in Mexico on their Memento: Mori tour (LouderSound)

Ozzy: No Escape From Now will be streaming from October 7 (LouderSound)

The late Soundgarden frontman’s final work was one of his most stripped-down and intimate records. (LouderSound)

Listen to AVTT/PTTN’s debut single Eternal Love now (LouderSound)

Killswitch Engage frontman Jesse Leach faces down Metal Hammer readers’ questions (LouderSound)

Van der Graaf Generator – NYC ’76 captures prog legends Van der Graaf Generator at their only US live show prior to 2009 (LouderSound)

The triple vinyl set is the follow-up to 2015’s The First Ten Years. What will he call the one that comes out in 2035? (LouderSound)

Starring a new mash-up collaboration from Nine Inch Nails, a mysterious Radiohead project, the return of Dave Grohl’s favourite band and more… (LouderSound)

They might be divisive, but Violent Nature proves I Prevail are still swinging for the fences on album 4 (LouderSound)

The masked metal superstars put on a 15-song show at Gas South Arena in Duluth, Georgia (LouderSound)

Rick Wakeman and Oliver Wakeman will tour the US under the banner Rick Wakeman And Son in March (LouderSound)

We got to go to Ghost Con III and had a hell of a time (LouderSound)

Game, the first film to be released through Barrow’s new Invada Films imprint, is out in November (LouderSound)

Former Porcupine Tree alumni will be performing the band’s earlier material in the live arena (LouderSound)

The Great Escape is set to kick off their 2026 edition with the return of First Fifty, a one-night live launch across East London on 13th November 2025, unveiling an initial wave of artists confirmed for next May’s Brighton festival. Taking place at a number of buzzy venues around the area, Dork will stage The…

The alt-metal band will play a second show at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on July 15 (LouderSound)

12-disc full catalogue collection shows how they bemused and confused by incorporating classical instruments long before it was common (LouderSound)

They were dismissed by many as a one-off supergroup. But vocalist Joel Ekelöf insisted the spirit of Genesis and Peter Gabriel were embedded in his band’s concise sixth album (LouderSound)

Me And Mrs Jones comes from the Pretenders’ singer’s upcoming album of duets with Mark Lanegan, Lucinda Williams, Debbie Harry, Shirley Manson and more (LouderSound)

B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100 features Buddy Guy, Slash, Keb’ Mo’, Larkin Poe, Jimmie Vaughan, Warren Haynes, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi and many more (LouderSound)

Lucinda Williams will join Heart for a run of shows next year (LouderSound)

Tributes to Tomas Lindberg have come from Opeth, Napalm Death, Cradle Of Filth, Avatar, Exodus and many more (LouderSound)

Ripley and Art made special appearances during Ice Nine Kills’ Silver Scream Con in Massachusetts on Saturday (LouderSound)

30 years ago, At The Gates would release an album that’d change metal forever and make melodeath one of the most influential metal movements of the 90s (LouderSound)

Scottish post-rock quartet Mogwai continue their tour in support of The Bad Fire album, released earlier this year (LouderSound)

The frontman – known for his existential lyrics and distinct, anguished-sounding scream – revealed last month that he was diagnosed with adenoid cystic carcinoma in December 2023 (LouderSound)

Swedish prog metallers Soen share the powerfully emotive Primal, the first new music from their upcoming album Reliance (LouderSound)

Simmons calls the late Black Sabbath singer’s attitude “a good lesson for idiots like me who sometimes, guilty as charged, get full of themselves” (LouderSound)

The UK heavy metal stalwarts will return to the top of the bill at the Derbyshire weekender, 25 years after they headlined the first-ever Bloodstock (LouderSound)

Aussie proggers Karnivool will release their long-awaited new album, In Verses, In February (LouderSound)

Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith and partially-retired drummer Nicko McBrain performed with Tool bassist Justin Chancellor at Smith’s daughter’s wedding on Friday (LouderSound)

David Byrne’s Night are set to take their hybrid tribute to David Byrne and Robert Burns on the road in 2026, confirming a short UK run that culminates with their biggest headline to date at London’s KOKO. Founded by Maddy O’Keefe and Dundee native Lola Stephen, the project launched at Hackney’s MOTH Club in 2023…

Cardinals are set to release their debut album ‘Masquerade’ on 13th February via So Young Records, and have shared its title track alongside details of UK and European headline shows. Recorded with producer Shrink at RAK Studios in London across the summer, the ten-track set is described as balancing grand, romantic scale with intimate, reflective…

Tom A. Smith is set to release a new EP, ‘Say What You Want’, on 26th September via Fiction Records. The announcement follows his recent single ‘Fashion’. “It’s a new era for me,” Tom shares. “I’m really proud of this and every inch of it’s me. It all feels really exciting.” Alongside the EP news,…

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds are set to play a UK-exclusive headline show at Preston Park, Brighton on 31st July 2026, marking Cave’s return to the city he called home for more than two decades. Positioned as a homecoming, the event underscores Brighton’s longstanding place in Cave’s life and work, with the city referenced…

Prog legends Yes announce a nine-date tour of England and Scotland on which they’ll play all of 1971’s Fragile album (LouderSound)

EA SPORTS FC 26 have unveiled their new soundtrack, a 109-song line-up spanning more than 30 countries and marking the first time a professional footballer features on an FC soundtrack, with Italy international Moise Kean appearing under his artist name KMB. The collection continues the series’ long-running focus on global artists, mixing established names with…

National Album Day have confirmed Wolf Alice, Nova Twins, Architects and Iron Maiden as Album Champions for 2025, with this year’s edition set to return on Saturday 18th October. Now in its eighth year, National Album Day is organised by the BPI and ERA, presented in association with BBC Radio 2. The 2025 theme aims…

Mitski and Trafalgar Releasing have shared the official trailer for new concert film ‘Mitski: The Land’, which will screen exclusively in cinemas worldwide for a limited time on 22nd October. Arriving to mark two years since the release of ‘The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We’, the project captures Mitski’s recent live production, filmed…

“The green button’s almost ready to go,” says frontman Rob Halford (LouderSound)

Gov’t Mule’s leader Warren Haynes on new album The Whisper Sessions, musical and marital partnerships, and the difference between women and men (LouderSound)

Warning: headbanging to these songs could result in serious injury (LouderSound)

The story of a trio of Brummies who created the progressive orchestral pop-rock band that became a global phenomenon (LouderSound)

Her fifth album came out of relationships, nature and old movies, along with all her nightmares in one song. It became one of her most-loved releases, featuring big hit Running Up That Hill, but she endured a challenging climb to complete it (LouderSound)

A teaser video of Steven Tyler and Yungblud singing My Only Angel is out now (LouderSound)

The trip-hop trailblazers will perform Sepultura’s classic Chaos A.D. with the pair to shine a light on the plight of the indigenous people of Brazil (LouderSound)

Down With Boring is back on home turf tonight (15 September) on Dork Radio, returning to full-fat chaos after a summer of irregular specials and festival shenanigans. Joining us in the ‘studio’ (well, Zoom call – Ed) are Friends of the Magazine VLURE, who are about to drop their much-anticipated and Really Very Good debut…

The band will play their only UK show of 2026 at the city’s Preston Park next July (LouderSound)

Dork is heading over to Hamburg this week, bringing a stacked lineup to our very own stage at Reeperbahn Festival 2025, which kicks off on Wednesday 17th September. We’ll be taking over Docks on Saturday 20th September, with performances from headliners Everything Everything, alt-rock sensation – and recent Dork cover star – Blondshell, and rising pop star Bow Anderson. Set times are…

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Mammoth, Biffy Clyro, Dirty Honey and more (LouderSound)

“Albums matter,” says Bruce Dickinson, whose band are one of four “Album Champions” alongside Architects, Nova Twins and Wolf Alice for this year’s rock-themed event (LouderSound)

The Swedish melodeath masters didn’t expect such a huge response to this modern metal classic (LouderSound)

Gauzy Records are teeing up a new single titled I Wanna Know Your Name, with the My Chemical Romance frontman on vocals and bass duties (LouderSound)

Lewis Capaldi is set to play his biggest UK and Ireland outdoor headline shows to date in 2026, including a slot at American Express presents BST Hyde Park in London on 11th July. The run begins at Dublin’s Marlay Park on 24th June and features eight large-scale outdoor dates across summer. Pre-sale opens on 18th…

The Gallagher brothers became fast friends with the late boxer and fellow Man City fan who was an Oasis diehard (LouderSound)

Steve Hackett announces UK leg of 2026 tour and names new band replacements (LouderSound)

Forlorn mix folk horror with metalcore and might be the most interesting new band you hear about this month (LouderSound)

The singer/multi-instrumentalist dropped out of Ozzy’s final show due to a schedule change, but he got to meet the Black Sabbath frontman at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame the year before (LouderSound)

Treasure from the Foreigner vaults (LouderSound)

Listening to De’Wayne’s genre-flipping new album, it’sclear Taco Bell’s loss is very much rock’s gain (LouderSound)

Glam metal guitar slinger had been a fan of The Nice but hadn’t even heard of Carl Palmer when the super-talented supergroup blew him away live (LouderSound)

Just about to tour MSG’s Assault Attack in full, Graham Bonnet is still singing songs by his old bands, having fun and not taking things too seriously (LouderSound)

By the time they delivered their 13th album in 2018, they’d already outlived many of their expectations. With line-up issues returning and the market having changed, they decided to focus on artistic achievement (LouderSound)

The Iron Maiden frontman sang the American National Anthem ahead of the Steelers vs Seattle Seahawks encounter (LouderSound)

Rose Gray has released a new single, ‘April’, and confirmed a deluxe version of her debut album, ‘A Little Louder, Please’, due on 24th October via Polydor Records. Arriving with a visualiser filmed in Chamonix – the location of the deluxe artwork – ‘April’ is positioned as an ode to living in the moment and…

Cat Burns has released a new single, ‘Lavender’, taken from her forthcoming album ‘How to be Human’, due 31st October. The track follows recent singles ‘All This Love’ and ‘GIRLS!’, with the album set to span 16 songs that explore vulnerability, growth and love. Speaking about the record, Cat said: “How to be Human’ is…

vincent’s last summer are back with ‘Soapbox’, a new single from the Manchester duo released via APOLLO Distribution. The release follows a busy run of UK shows across 2025, including appearances at The Great Escape and Truck Festival, a headline at London’s The George Tavern, and support slots with Courting and Chloe Slater. The pair…

For a band frequently pigeonholed as a singles act, Nightingales & Bombers proved Manfred Mann’s Earth Band could deliver depth and daring in equal measure (LouderSound)

Mick Mars’ bitter feud with Motley Crue rumbles on as bassist Nikki Sixx dismisses backing track accusations (LouderSound)

Foo Fighters unveiled new drummer Ilan Rubin at an intimate club show on Saturday night (LouderSound)

How a guy with balls in his mouth became an unlikely Stones cover star (LouderSound)

Looking for rare System Of A Down and Limp Bizkit songs? Early 00s Hollywood had ’em (LouderSound)

Ayreon mastermind’s third solo album mixes humour and tragedy as he explores the countdown to an extinction-level event (LouderSound)

It’s been an all-conquering summer for Noel and Liam, but what about the guys they left behind? (LouderSound)

Ongoing retrospective series revisits his solo era of the 90s (LouderSound)

Released on 9/11, this Slayer classic could not have been more timely (LouderSound)

Foo Fighters announce show at 900-capacity venue in San Luis Obispo tonight (Saturday, September 13) (LouderSound)

The late Motörhead frontman liked a lot of things, but religion wasn’t one of them (LouderSound)

The story behind a 70s soft rock classic (LouderSound)

In July, Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne performed their final show together. Weeks later, Ozzy passed away. Metal Hammer caught up with the band ahead of their final farwell (LouderSound)

Sharon Osbourne salutes the “otherworldly amount of love” in the wake of Ozzy‘s death (LouderSound)

Third and fourth studio albums remastered at half speed for vinyl reissues (LouderSound)

The cello champion defies comparison as her compositional skills continue to develop and impress (LouderSound)

Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Oasis, The Smiths, Deftones, the Manics and more all had classics going spare, as these superlative compilations prove (LouderSound)

P.O.D. guitarist says the band have stayed relevant by not following musical trends (LouderSound)

The Who will say goodbye to North America with a show in Greater Palm Springs, California, on Wednesday, October 1 (LouderSound)

Issue that led to Motley Crue postponing Las Vegas residency had doctors doubting Vince Neil would ever perform again (LouderSound)

piri & tommy have returned with a new single, ‘someone’, alongside news of a forthcoming EP, ‘magic!’, and a signing to Believe. The duo will also support Dope Lemon across European dates in September. Written in the first months of their collaboration during lockdown in 2020, ‘someone’ began from a beat and hook tommy put…

Rachel Chinouriri has released a new single, ‘What A Life’, a bonus addition to her ‘Little House’ EP via Parlophone Records / Atlas Artists. The track extends the EP’s focus on healthy romantic love, with Chinouriri reflecting on the details of a shared life. ‘Little House’ also features the singles ‘Can We Talk About Isaac?’…

Biffy Clyro are set to mark the arrival of new album ‘Futique’ with an intimate celebration show at London’s HERE at Outernet on 18th September. The band have also launched limited edition Screwfish formats of ‘Futique’ via their official store. A new vinyl and cassette feature alternative artwork with the Screwfish logo replacing Biffy Clyro,…

Picture Parlour are set to release their debut album, ‘The Parlour’, on 14th November, and have shared a new single, ‘Used To Be Your Girlfriend’. Shaped by Northern Soul culture and 70s rock’n’roll, ‘The Parlour’ presents a fictional space that underpins the band’s origin and identity. Written between Liverpool, London and Nashville, the album draws…

Cavetown has announced a new album, ‘Running With Scissors’, for 16th January, and shared a new single and video, ‘Rainbow Gal’. The project arrives via Futures Music Group. ‘Rainbow Gal’ is described as a synth-led love song drawing on Robin Skinner’s relationship. “’Rainbow Gal’ is like a light display turned into a song, she brings…

Twenty One Pilots wrap up their decade-long dystopian narrative in style (LouderSound)

Pebbledash have released their new single ‘Tiles & Moss’, taken from their forthcoming EP ‘To Cast the Sea in Concrete’. The track arrives ahead of their run on The So Young Tour. Recorded by Cathal MacGabhann (Altered Hours) and mixed by Andy Killian (Pretty Happy), ‘Tiles & Moss’ continues the Cork group’s blend of post-punk,…

School Disco have released their new single ‘Happen’ via Krautpop!. The Brighton quartet – who’ve shared stages with the likes of Wolf Alice, Lime Garden and Froth – recorded at Farm Road Studios with engineering from Jake Smallwood alongside the band’s Rory Lethbridge, and mastered by Harry Hayes (School Disco, Roebucks). Vocalist, songwriter and guitarist…

The two bands have teamed up for Crossing The Rubicon, the fifth single from Sabaton’s upcoming album Legends (LouderSound)

Sabaton, Mudvayne and Limp Bizkit are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite! (LouderSound)

Label: ANTI-Released: 29th August 2025 The Beths have always written songs that race ahead, neat and aerodynamic, as if forward momentum itself were the point. Their fourth album, ‘Straight Line Was a Lie’, opens by undoing that instinct. Instead of planting a flag, it circles back on itself, acknowledging that improvement isn’t linear, that the old…

Djo has released a surprise new album, ‘The Crux Deluxe’ – a 12-track set arriving alongside the project’s recent run of standalone singles and featuring focus track ‘Mr. Mountebank’. The record was written, recorded and produced by Joe Keery with long-time collaborator Adam Thein. Mirroring the original album’s length, it collects songs conceived during ‘The…

Self Esteem’s Rebecca Lucy Taylor is set to make her West End play debut, starring in the 50th anniversary revival of David Hare’s ‘Teeth ‘n’ Smiles’. Produced by Wessex Grove and Gavin Kalin Productions and directed by Daniel Raggett, the production will run for 12 weeks at the Duke of York’s Theatre from March 2026.…

Whoman have released their new single ‘Damp The View’ via Capitane Records, offering an early look towards their debut album ‘About Honey’, scheduled for 2026. Formed in Brussels around siblings Mira and Ambroos De Schepper (Bandler Ching, Mos Ensemble) alongside Lou Wery (Stace, Paradoxant), the Belgian group have been compared to Animal Collective, Dirty Projectors…

Wolfgang has performed Van Halen songs in public on only two occasions since his father Eddie passed away in 2020 (LouderSound)

Pink Floyd will release Wish You Were Here 50 on various formats on December 12 (LouderSound)

Bowie picked songs by The Beatles, Roxy Music, Little Richard, Sonic Youth and more (LouderSound)

Label: section1Released: 12th September 2025 On ‘Girl Violence’, her third and quite possibly best album yet, King Princess levels up in every direction – louder, funnier, hornier, sadder, and, crucially, freer. It’s a record that embraces contradiction: raw but polished, devastating and deeply unserious. Opening with the title-track, lush and drenched in queer melodrama, Mikaela Straus…

Within Temptation’s recent music was heavily influenced by the war in Ukraine, and Sharon isn’t fazed by anyone who has a problem with that (LouderSound)

Label: Epic RecordsReleased: 12th September 2025 If Mimi Webb’s debut ‘Amelia’ was the heartbreak handbook, ‘Confessions’ is the messy, introspective follow-up therapy session. The Canterbury-born pop powerhouse is back with her second LP, and she’s got a few things to get off her chest. Kicking things off with ‘My Go’, Webb wastes no time taking aim…

Label: Because MusicReleased: 12th September 2025 Laughter, jokes, building piano and synths: the key ingredients to the opening track of Parcels’ third album, ‘LOVED’. ‘Tobeloved’ immediately brings you into the thick of this world of Parcels’ creation, building an atmosphere rich in blissful happiness that overtakes you from the first listen. That beginning chatter quickly gives…

Label: Last GangReleased: 10th September 2025 Ho99o9 don’t ease you in. ‘Tomorrow We Escape’ opens with a blast and barely lets up, channelling pain, frustration and raw power into 11 tracks that feel more like survival tactics than songs. The duo, theOGM and Yeti Bones, have never sounded more emotionally tuned in or sonically unhinged. From…

Label: Post AtlanticReleased: 28th August 2025 There is a particular kind of freedom that only comes once you have walked through the longest of contracts, fulfilled obligations written when you were barely old enough to understand what they meant, and finally, after two decades, closed the door. Hayley Williams knows that freedom. She signed her major…

Limp Bizkit have dropped a brand new single, and it is about as Limp Bizkit as it could possibly be (LouderSound)

FOLLOW PLAY ON SPOTIFY There’s no one better at offering up joy than Parcels. It’s in the ethos of the band, and has been since the beginning. From the winding grooves of their eponymous debut album to their much-praised, effervescent live shows to the innovative prowess of ‘Day/Night’, they have proven time and time again…

aespa have released two new versions of their single ‘Rich Man’ today (12th September): a collaboration with Iranian-born, Dutch-raised singer, songwriter, producer and visual artist Sevdaliza. There’s also a separate English-language take. The tracks arrive shortly after the group’s sixth mini-album, ‘Rich Man’, via SM Entertainment. The six-track ‘Rich Man’ set spans dance-pop, hip-hop and…

Mariah Carey is set to headline Amazônia Live – Today and Always with a special performance on a floating stage on the Guamá River in Belém, Brazil, on 17th September. The one-off event will take place in the Amazon Rainforest and will be filmed for a TV special to be broadcast nationwide in Brazil. Staged…

Twenty One Pilots have released their new album, ‘Breach’, via Atlantic Records and unveiled a video for opening track ‘City Walls’, directed by Jensen Noen. The ‘City Walls’ clip follows on from Noen’s previous video for ‘Paladin Strait’ and ties into the duo’s long-running narrative arc. ‘Breach’ also features the previously issued singles ‘Drum Show’…

Creamfields have confirmed Calvin Harris as the first headliner for their 2026 edition, which marks 20 years at the festival’s Daresbury home. The GRAMMY-winning DJ and producer will top the bill on the Arc Stage on Saturday 29th August during the August Bank Holiday weekend in Daresbury, Cheshire. Harris first played Creamfields in 2009 and…

dodie has shared her new single ‘Darling, Angel, Baby’, the latest cut from her second album ‘Not For Lack of Trying’, which is set to arrive on 3rd October via Decca / Verve. Dedicated to Mrs, the cat she shares with flatmate and FIZZ bandmate Greta Isaac, the track also features an appearance from Isaac.…

Gorillaz are set to release a new studio album, ‘The Mountain’, on 20th March via their own label KONG. The record’s first track, ‘The Happy Dictator’ (feat. Sparks), is out now. ‘’The Mountain’ marks Gorillaz’ ninth studio album. Produced by Gorillaz, James Ford, Samuel Egglenton and Remi Kabaka Jr., with Bizarrap producing ‘Orange County’, it…

Following serious health issues, Leeds alt.rockers Dinosaur Pile-Up are back with their first album in six years (LouderSound)

Tragedy and comedy are combined among rich musical moments in Ayreon leader’s pre-apocalyptic adventure (LouderSound)

Their 11th album arrives via a slimmed-down line-up, but they remain as musically wide-ranging as they’ve ever been (LouderSound)

Also in this issue: Robert Plant, Terry Reid, Grand Funk Railroad, Luke Morley, Spinal Tap, George Harrison, W.A.S.P, Vernon Reid and more (LouderSound)

Ginger Wildheart and band plus dog will play ten UK shows later this year (LouderSound)

The heavy metal giants held one of their smallest-ever shows in Long Island on August 28 (LouderSound)

US prog rock quintet Spock’s Beard will release their new stidio album, The Achaeoptimist, in November (LouderSound)

NPR have officially decreed the frontman’s leap from the eponymous desk is the long-running series’ first ever stage dive. (LouderSound)

Bring Me The Horizon are set to mark the 10th anniversary of their fifth album ‘That’s The Spirit’ with a reissue on limited and exclusive vinyl variants due 12th December via Music For Nations. Originally recorded at Black Rock Studios in Santorini, Greece, ‘That’s The Spirit’ includes several of the group’s most-streamed tracks, including ‘Throne’,…

As It Is have released a new single, ‘Lose Your Way & Find Yourself’, marking the transatlantic pop-rock quartet’s first music from their classic line-up since 2018 and their debut for new label FLG. Written after a period of personal and collective upheaval, the track arrives as the group reconnected away from the pressures of…

Mayday Parade are set to continue their 20th anniversary project with new single ‘One Day At A Time’, taken from ‘Sad’, the second instalment in their three-part album series, due on 3rd October 2025. The track follows ‘Under My Sweater’, and arrives as the band reunite with longtime collaborators Zack Odom and Kenneth Mount. Guitarist…

Tough Cookie are set to embark on their first UK headline tour and have released a new single, ‘Paycheck’, the final preview of their upcoming mixtape ‘The Countryside Is Good For You’. The London alt outfit will play six headline shows, including Bristol’s Louisiana and Manchester’s YES Basement, culminating at Oslo, Hackney on 9th December.…

Bad Omens have released a new single, ‘Impose’, arriving alongside an indie film–inspired video directed by Noah Sebastian and Nico. The accompanying visual tracks a disorienting all-nighter sparked by a chance meeting in a nightclub, centring on a woman caught in a cycle of fast living, with the male lead observing her unravel. The two-track…

Stella Donnelly is set to release her new album ‘Love and Fortune’ on 7th November via Brace Yourself Records in the UK and Europe (Dot Dash Recordings for the rest of the world). Alongside the announcement, she has shared a new single, ‘Feel It Change’, which premiered on Huw Stephens’ BBC 6 Music show and…

They might be prog metal geniuses, but Between The Buried And Me are also still fallible (LouderSound)

Killed By Deaf: A Punk Tribute To Motörhead will be out on October 31 (LouderSound)

Legendary Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant will bring his “song book of the lost and found” to ten UK venues in the buildup to Christmas (LouderSound)

The Steve Morse Band will release their brand new album, Triangulation, in November (LouderSound)

Whether it’s Metallica, Slayer or any other gaggle of speed freaks, we want to know your pick for the best of the thrash metal bunch (LouderSound)

The latest iteration of Led Zeppelin’s epic double album Physical Graffiti is accompanied by an EP of live recordings (LouderSound)

The Sheffield metal giants are one of the world’s biggest bands these days and their fifth record is the one that sent them on the path to superstardom (LouderSound)

From his dalliances with pop to taking comedians on tour, blues rock singer-guitarist believes he illustrates a perfectly progressive attitude – and he’s a nice bloke to boot (LouderSound)

The Darkness frontman Justin Hawkins explains why “musicians of a certain age” feel “irked” by Yungblud (LouderSound)

David Gilmour made the remarks at the UK premiere of his concert film Live At Circus Maximus, Rome (LouderSound)

Adrian Belew, Danny Carey, Tony Levin and Steve Vai will release Beat Live in September (LouderSound)

vegas water taxi have shared a new single, ‘jerry’, the latest preview of their forthcoming EP ‘long time caller’ due 3rd October on PNKSLM Recordings. Arriving after recent track ‘chateau photo’, ‘jerry’ continues the narrative into post-break-up paranoia. The band’s Ben Hambro says, “I was really inspired by Sabrina Carpenter’s approach to lyrics for this…

“Fifty years on, and Twisted Sister is still the soundtrack for every rebel with a reason and a reason to turn it up” (LouderSound)

Parcels have released a new single, ‘Sorry’, taken from their forthcoming album ‘LOVED’ coming this week via Because Music. The track arrives alongside a video and precedes the band’s London date at OVO Arena Wembley on 27th September. ‘LOVED’ follows 2021’s ‘Day/Night’ and their 2018 self-titled debut. The new record was developed after a six-month…

SPEED have announced a new three-track EP, ‘ALL MY ANGELS’, and shared its lead single ‘PEACE’ with an accompanying video. The Australian hardcore group’s EP will arrive on 23rd October via Flatspot Records and Last Ride Records. Produced, recorded and mixed by Elliott Gallart at The Chameleon Studios, it’s an exploration of grief and remembrance.…

Erin LeCount has returned with new single ‘808 HYMN’, out today, 10th September. Written and produced solely by LeCount, the track draws on orchestral strings, drum machines and synths, sitting between art-pop and baroque-pop. Speaking about ‘808 HYMN’, Erin LeCount says: “‘808 HYMN’ was written after a long walk home in the dark, glitter under…

Lambrini Girls have released a new remix of ‘Cuntology 101’ by Peaches, following the duo’s debut album ‘Who Let The Dogs Out’ on City Slang earlier this year. The track arrives as Lambrini Girls continue a busy run of international shows and prepare for a largely sold-out UK tour in November, alongside their first festival…

Coach Party have released a new single, ‘Disco Dream’, a collaboration with Black Honey that serves as the latest preview of their second album, ‘Caramel’, due on 26th September via Chess Club Records. The track pairs Coach Party’s Jess Eastwood with Black Honey’s Izzy Bee Phillips. It follows recent releases ‘Do It For Love’, ‘Do…

Lorna Shore continue to raise the bar for deathcore and extreme metal in the mainstream (LouderSound)

“That’s when the thought formed, ‘What do I actually do with my life?’ Am I just a human noise generator? Or am I actually telling stories?” (LouderSound)

Big Thief have released a new video for ‘Words’, taken from their sixth studio album ‘Double Infinity’, which arrived last week. The clip marks the band’s first non-live performance music video since 2017’s ‘Mythological Beauty’ and coincides with the start of their Somersault Slide 360 Tour next week. Directed by Adrianne Lenker’s brother, Noah Lenker,…

The Beaches are set to bring their biggest UK and EU headline tour to date to Europe next February, including a stop at London’s Brixton Academy on 18th February 2026. The announcement follows the release of the Canadian alt-rock four-piece’s third album, ‘No Hard Feelings’, out now via AWAL. The band also recently released a…

Goodbye are set to play a couple of headline shows in October, with pre-sale access available now via their mailing list and a general sale opening Friday 12th September at 10am. A year into public life, the band have already appeared on bills alongside Lime Garden (for a Dork show, no less), Lambrini Girls and…

Pink Floyd’s ninth studio album, Wish You Were Here, celebrates its 50th anniversary on September 12. Just saying… (LouderSound)

Despite having their career cut brutally short, Acid Bath remain one of the 90s’ most influential metal bands. And now they’re back (LouderSound)

Could we soon see Spinal Tap trio on their knees awaiting the touch of King Charles’ sword? Time will tell (LouderSound)

The California alt-metal band released their first five albums via Madonna’s label, Maverick (LouderSound)

The deathcore star claims that his now-covered tattoo of the Black Sun, an image associated with white supremacist movements, was not an expression of neo-Nazi views (LouderSound)

Be prepared to throw down hard with Militarie Gun in 2026 (LouderSound)

The 2025 Mercury Prize ‘Albums of the Year’ shortlist was announced live on BBC Radio 6 Music and BBC Sounds this morning (Wednesday 10th September), alongside a red carpet event at The Langham Hotel in London. Artists in the running include current and former Dork cover stars CMAT, Fontaines D.C., Sam Fender and previous winners…

Wolf Alice have shared the official video for ‘Just Two Girls’, taken from their fourth album ‘The Clearing’. Directed by Colin Solal Cardo and choreographed by Ryan Heffington (who also worked on ‘Bloom Baby Bloom’), the clip stars Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody, The Politician) and follows two friends meeting in a bar. Ellie Rowsell explains:…

The nu metal-era four-piece will bring a star-studded lineup to seven stadiums in the UK and Europe next summer (LouderSound)

VILLANELLE have shared their debut single ‘Hinge’ and confirmed details of an underplay headline tour in December. The band – Gene Gallagher (vocals/guitar), Ben Taylor (guitar) and Jack Schiavo (bass) – are currently putting the finishing touches to their debut EP, influenced by the likes of Deftones, Smashing Pumpkins and My Bloody Valentine. Gene says,…

Militarie Gun have released a new single, ‘Throw Me Away’, alongside a performance video directed by Ian Shelton, and announced a headline run across Europe and the UK for early 2026. The track arrives ahead of the band’s second album, ‘God Save The Gun’, due 17th October via Loma Vista Recordings, which follows 2023’s debut…

Former Police man Stewart Copeland is about to embark on a trip around the UK telling stories about the band and more (LouderSound)

Up for discussion: AI, internet trolls, crapjournalists, dead birds, sausage dogs, nerd pyjamas and music execs who need a punch in the face (LouderSound)

Giancarlo Erra had been avoiding guitar in favour of synths in solo and collab projects. Then he realised he’d assembled enough music to form a release, and had a good reason to do it quickly (LouderSound)

Gravel-voiced bandleader plays eco-warrior, futurist and satirist on 1975 genre-crossing album wrapped in a sleeve where Roger Dean meets Marvel (LouderSound)

Jeff Beck joins a stellar lineup of musicians including Billy Preston, Buddy Miles and Willie Weeks (LouderSound)

It’s a good time to be a member of King Gizzard & The Wizard Lizard (LouderSound)

It’s Ace Of Spades, but not as you know it (LouderSound)

The multi-disc Bold As Love set includes 28 previously unreleased tracks – listen to a demo of Stone Free/Up From The Skies now (LouderSound)

VLURE have released a new single, ‘Between Dreams’, the latest preview of their debut album ‘Escalate’, due 26th September on Music For Nations. Described as a propulsive, trance-infused track, ‘Between Dreams’ was co-produced by Manni Dee and the band’s Conor Goldie, and arrives with a video directed by James Price, filmed at Parklands, a wooded…

Gurriers have released a new single, ‘Erasure’, via No Filter, their first new music since debut album ‘Come and See’. Recorded with returning collaborator Alex Greaves and mixed by Pelle Gunnerfeldt, ‘Erasure’ arrives alongside a video directed by Adam Hart, set within the offices of a shadowy security agency. Speaking about the song, vocalist Dan…

Hinds are marking the first anniversary of ‘Viva Hinds’ with a studio cover of Charli xcx and Lorde’s ‘Girl, so confusing’, ahead of a run of US and European shows billed as the final dates of the album campaign. The Madrid-based duo of Carlotta Cosials and Ana Perrote originally released ‘Viva Hinds’ via Lucky Number,…

Homobloc are set to return to Depot Mayfield, Manchester, on 6th December for their sixth edition, unveiling a full day-to-night programme spanning live performances, DJ sets, and curated takeovers from queer collectives across the venue’s multiple spaces. This year’s event will feature Sugababes, Honey Dijon, The Blessed Madonna, Beth Ditto (DJ), Patrick Mason, Slayyyter, Peaches…

FOLLOW HYPE ON SPOTIFY When Jessica Baker launched ugly ozo in 2019, the plan was to *not* sing. In fact, the idea of opening her mouth and letting any noise out, on purpose, was terrifying. So she started where many musicians begin: alone in a bedroom, layering reverb like a sonic security blanket. “I had…

jasmine.4.t has released a new single, ‘I Can’t Believe I Did This Without You’, and announced a deluxe edition of her debut album, ‘You Are The Morning (YBT Deluxe)’, arriving on 12th September via Saddest Factory Records. Based in Manchester, jasmine.4.t became the first UK signing to Phoebe Bridgers’ label. Her debut, ‘You Are The…

Jay Som is teasing her album ‘Belong’, out next month via Lucky Number, with new song, ‘What You Need’. The project of Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer Melina Duterte, ‘Belong’ marks Jay Som’s first full-length in over six years and features collaborations with Hayley Williams of Paramore, Jimmy Eat World’s Jim Adkins on ‘Float’,…

This weekend gone (6th September), we threw a party. Twenty One Pilots came along for the ride. The result? Club Breach – a packed-out Saturday night at Colours Hoxton, painted head-to-toe in red and yellow. With indie record store playbacks happening earlier that evening, the vibes were already high. There was an exclusive recorded message…

Incredible battery life, great sound and exception ANC make these a very decent pair of phones – but they’re big! (LouderSound)

FOLLOW UPSET ON SPOTIFY Ho99o9 are dying to be essential. The noisenik punks from New Jersey are finally releasing their third album, ‘Tomorrow We Escape’, and it’s their gambit to open themselves up to more people than ever before. Embarking on this endeavour, they’ve realised that taking a breather is sometimes the best course of…

The Armenian-American band projected their logo onto multiple buildings across London on Monday night, and teasers have reportedly also been sighted in Italy and Germany (LouderSound)

Dressing up, deciphering codes and creating sex playlists: We explore the cult of Sleep Token at their biggest show to date (LouderSound)

Nightwish’s lead singer takes no prisoners when asked whether she has religious beliefs or not (LouderSound)

This news arrives as Bryan Adams embarks on a lengthy run of North American shows, with support from Pat Benatar, The Sheepdogs and more (LouderSound)

The late synth genius delivers several memorable moments – but his music from Ridley Scott’s 1992 flop contains corny parts too (LouderSound)

Overwhelmed by the success of Tubular Bells, he found peace in a solitary house on a hill and in playing ancient music in an old mansion. Even when his peace was shattered, he managed to create an uplifting and chart-topping record (LouderSound)

Allen Blickle left Baroness after the band’s horrific tour bus crash in 2012 (LouderSound)

MTV’s tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne featured Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Nuno Bettencourt and Yungblud (LouderSound)

“I think the idea is exciting, weird, and potentially disastrous, which seems apt and is how I like to work” – Taika Waititi (LouderSound)

We examine the wild, weird, and often blood-soaked world of Alice Cooper’s albums, splayed out from worst to best (LouderSound)

Rattle, Ramble & Roll: The Best of Blackberry Smoke – Volume One will contain two new tracks (LouderSound)

The residency continues: Eagles will now play a total of 48 shows at the 20,000-capacity Sphere (LouderSound)

Wolf Alice have confirmed guitarist Joff Oddie will sit out the band’s forthcoming North American tour due to the impending birth of his first child, with Gengahr’s John Victor set to cover the dates. The Mercury Prize-winning group and current Dork cover stars recently returned with fourth album ‘The Clearing’. The North American leg begins…

If you’re itching to hear new music from Foo Fighters, we have good news (LouderSound)

The story behind the star-studded charity compilation, recorded on this day in 2005, which made music business history (LouderSound)

The odds of a metal icon joining you for a singalong on a random street corner are low, but never zero (LouderSound)

The faceless four-piece will top the bill at Takedown festival in Portsmouth, UK on April 4 (LouderSound)

The 28-year-old had a piece of the Prince Of Darkness with him when he sang Crazy Train, Changes and Mama, I’m Coming Home in New York on Sunday (LouderSound)

The popular Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses exhibition in Seattle welcomed its last visitors yesterday. Dave Grohl was “blown away” when he stopped by (LouderSound)

Mitski and Trafalgar Releasing have confirmed a global theatrical run for the new concert film ‘Mitski: The Land’, screening exclusively in cinemas worldwide on 22nd October for a limited time. Captured over three nights at Atlanta’s Fox Theatre, the film translates Mitski’s recent live production to the big screen, featuring material from ‘The Land Is…

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Alter Bridge, The Struts, Castle Rat and more (LouderSound)

“It wasn’t sent down from the gods every day” (LouderSound)

With Bob Ezrin behind the desk and a pocketful of rollicking, quality tunes, Killer – in tandem with Alice’s shlock-horror image – just couldn’t fail (LouderSound)

Del Water Gap is set to release third album ‘Chasing The Chimera’ on 7th November via Mom+Pop, introducing the project with new single ‘Marigolds’. The record explores moral ambiguity and the search for meaning, with Del Water Gap framing the collection as a series of intimate character studies. The announcement follows recent singles ‘How To…

Lizzo has released a new surprise mixtape, ‘My Face Still Hurts From Smiling’, via Nice Life Recording Company and Atlantic Records. The project follows her viral summer mixtape and arrives as a second body of work in less than three months. It continues the focus on themes of joy, self-love and self-expression, and features collaborations…

Nervosa’s singer/guitarist Prika Amaral picks the bands who’ve shaped her musical journey (LouderSound)

Famous are set to go on an indefinite hiatus, confirming their forthcoming London headline at the ICA will serve as a farewell show. The South London group have also released ‘Revelation’, the first of two final tracks. Sharing the decision, band leader Jack Merrett said: “We have come to the decision – in friendship and…

Holt swapped his Kill The Kardashians top for a clerical shirt on Saturday (LouderSound)

Blood Orange is set to headline Manchester’s O2 Victoria Warehouse on 14th November, alongside four nights at London’s Alexandra Palace Theatre. The shows arrive in support of new album ‘Essex Honey’, out now via RCA Records – Dev Hynes’ first Blood Orange full-length in over six years. Written, produced and recorded by Hynes, the record…

Thanks to their constant evolution and introverted sound, the California metal band have been compared to the UK alt-rockers multiple times over the years (LouderSound)

An updated version of Nick D’Virgilio and Mark Horsnby’s Rewiring Genesis – A Tribute To The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway will be reissued in November (LouderSound)

Classical music, Eastern mysticism and the River Thames came together to inspire the 19-minute title track from their fifth album in 1972 (LouderSound)

Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Yungblud, Nuno Betterncourt and Adam Wakeman joined forces for an Ozzy medley at the annual VMAs (LouderSound)

Rick Davies was the author of Bloody Well Right, Goodbye Stranger and more (LouderSound)

Despite being pretty much the definition of a rock star, Motley Crue’s Nikki Sixx has had enough of life on the road (LouderSound)

The pundit, who met John Wetton and Geoff Downes through their mutual love of the sport, recommends albums by Asia, Supertramp, Marillion and others (LouderSound)

Former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl’s passionate service to local community will be recognised at Hope in the City of Angels gala (LouderSound)

Andy Latimer’s collaboration with Peter Jones, In The Dark, is one of five new tracks the Camel guitarist has shared online (LouderSound)

Norwegian proggers Leprous will release An Evening Of Atonement in October (LouderSound)

Metallica had just become one of the biggest bands on the planet, but they weren’t about to repeat themselves with their sixth record (LouderSound)

Gojira began work on their fabled Sea Shepherd EP in 2010. A decade and a half later, it still hasn’t come out. We ask, what on Earth is going on?! (LouderSound)

For some group, splits are a permanent thing… (LouderSound)

The Canadian trio’s fifth album set them on a new course that embraced synths, double-necked guitars and exploring the concept of loss. It was an experience they’d never be able to replicate, even though they tried (LouderSound)

Foreigner make public appeal to be the wedding band for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding (LouderSound)

Restored interview not seen in decades features Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield speaking shortly before Black Album is released (LouderSound)

On October 14 last year, I received a letter that would change my life – and the way I feel about touring with Tallah (LouderSound)

With the likes of Morbid Angel, Deicide and Death leading the charge, death metal blew up in Florida in the late 80s and early 90s (LouderSound)

Lorna Shore, Fit For An Autopsy and latter-day Whitechapel are forcing me to respect what used to be the worst style of music in the world (LouderSound)

He eventually came to love the 1995 release – but he’s glad he didn’t like it at the time, and he helped the band develop a method of working they still use today (LouderSound)

Their band might have been inactive since 2018, but Thom Yorke, Ed O’Brien, Philip Selway and Greenwoods Colin and Jonny definitely haven’t… (LouderSound)

EA Sports’ new ice hockey game NHL 26 to feature soundtrack led by rock and metal acts (LouderSound)

Members of Aerosmith and Extreme will be joined by Yungblud for medley of Ozzy’s greatest hits at VMAs this weekend (LouderSound)

From the mega Amy Lee/Poppy/Courtney LaPlante collab to Alter Bridge and President, these are the new metal songs you need to hear this week. (LouderSound)

Adam D oversaw the recording of the Aussie band’s first two albums in 2005 and 2007 (LouderSound)

NewDad have released their new track ‘Everything I Wanted’, premiered by Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 6 Music. It’s the final preview of the Irish trio’s second album ‘Altar’, set for release on 19th September 2025 via Atlantic Records. Written nearly two years ago, ‘Everything I Wanted’ marked a turning point for frontwoman Julie Dawson…

flowerovlove has shared a new single, ‘I’m your first’, via Capitol Records, accompanied by a video directed by Matty Peacock. The track follows ‘new friends’, released in June, and arrives after a run of recent live activity, including US dates with Halsey, a Hyde Park appearance opening for Olivia Rodrigo, and a debut at Lollapalooza.…

PRESIDENT have released a new single, ‘Destroy Me’, taken from their debut EP, ‘King of Terrors’, due 26th September. Positioned as a key track from the project, which references Biblical language and signposts themes running through the record, including darkness, religion, and death. Announcing their first headline run, The Campaign Trail will take PRESIDENT across…

Master Peace has released ‘There’s No More Underground’, which was previously available as a free download via his website. The single follows his appearance on AJ Tracey’s album ‘Don’t Die Before Your Head’ with the collaborative cut ‘Red Wine’. It also builds on his recent two-track release, ‘Harley’ and ‘Shake Me Down’, produced by Dan…

aespa have released their sixth mini-album ‘Rich Man’, out via SM Entertainment alongside the title-track and its accompanying video. The lead song, ‘Rich Man’, is a dance-driven cut built around gritty electric guitar and a message of self-belief. In an interview with NME, KARINA said, “What makes the song very special is its message. It’s…

John Myrtle has released his second album, ‘The Little World of You and Me’, via Dog Bites Records with a physical vinyl release from Cherry Lime Records. The record presents a close-knit portrait of love, heartbreak, and everyday detail, developed across sessions in Los Angeles and at Myrtle’s attic studio in Birmingham. The album features…

The three singers tell all about their new collaboration – including whether or not more music is on the horizon (LouderSound)

The Last Dinner Party offer second preview of their forthcoming second album From The Pyre (LouderSound)

The UK masked metal act will put out the six-track release King Of Terrors later this month (LouderSound)

Scottish indie-rock stars Biffy Clyro share another teaser for their follow-up to The Myth of the Happily Ever After (LouderSound)

FOLLOW UPSET ON SPOTIFY Seven years since 2018’s ‘Hard Feelings’, and blessthefall are back with their most vicious outing yet. The Arizona metalcore mainstays have been biding their time. It turns out, sometimes you need a little perspective to find inspiration, and ‘Gallows’ – fittingly their seventh outing – finds the four-piece navigating this new…

Sunflower Bean have released a new single, ‘Crashing Highs’, and confirmed a deluxe edition of their recent album ‘Mortal Primetime’ via Lucky Number, featuring five additional tracks. The New York trio – Julia Cumming (vocals, bass), Nick Kivlen (vocals, guitar), and Olive Faber (drums) – issued ‘Mortal Primetime’ earlier this year, their first self-produced full-length…

Celeste has released a new single, ‘Woman of Faces’, the title-track from her forthcoming second album. The studio version follows last month’s demo release, which arrived alongside a French version, ‘A Femme aux Mille Visages’. The album, ‘Woman Of Faces’, is due 14th November via Polydor Records and features nine tracks, including previous singles ‘On…

The Guest List have released a new single, ‘Weatherman’, and announced a UK headline tour for November, including three nights at London’s Camden Assembly. The track addresses climate crisis themes, as frontman Cai Alty explains: “I wrote the song as a reminder that this is not a so-called woke issue. It’s destroying homes and lives…

You can see his notes and ideas for the proposed show at the David Bowie Centre, which opens at London’s V&A East Storehouse this month (LouderSound)

We’re surprised it didn’t happen sooner, to be honest (LouderSound)

Mura Masa has released a new single, ‘I’m Really Hot (For Myself)’, via Pond Recordings, arriving with a video by regular collaborators The Reids. The track was premiered during his headline set at Body Movements in London last weekend and features twins Jay and Georgia Lance performing in the accompanying clip. Speaking about the visual,…

DORK MIXTAPE COVER STORY FOLLOW DORK MIXTAPE ON SPOTIFY A decade in the game, and SG Lewis has never stayed still for long. Breaking out in the late 2010s with a succession of chilled and relatively minimalistic EPs, the London producer dropped his full-length debut ‘times’ as an escape back to the dancefloor during the…

Tame Impala are set to release their fifth full-length album, ‘Deadbeat’, via Columbia Records. The project arrives alongside a new single, ‘Loser’, which landed yesterday with a video directed by Kristofski and starring Joe Keery. Developed across multiple locations over recent years, ‘Deadbeat’ took shape primarily between Kevin Parker’s hometown of Fremantle and his Wave…

CATTY has released a new single, ‘4am (Back in His Bed)’, previewing a forthcoming project due this autumn and following recent tracks ‘Joyride’ and ‘Prized Possession’. Described as a late-night confessional built on pulsing drums and brooding synths, the track leans into darker pop-rock territory while foregrounding CATTY’s vocal. It arrives via AWAL and accompanies…

The Weeknd is set to extend the ‘After Hours Til Dawn’ stadium tour into 2026, adding dates across Mexico, Brazil, mainland Europe and the UK. The run opens in Mexico City and includes stops in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paris, Amsterdam, Milan, London, Madrid and more. Anitta will join across the Mexico and Brazil…

The Last Dinner Party have released new single ‘The Scythe’, the second preview of their forthcoming second album ‘From The Pyre’, due 17th October. First written by vocalist Abigail Morris in her teens, the track is presented as a slow-burn ballad that broadens the London five-piece’s songwriting palette. It follows July’s ‘This Is The Killer…

Chloe Moriondo have released a new single, ‘girls with gills’, via Public Consumption/Atlantic Records, accompanied by an official visual. The track arrives ahead of a short run of UK headline shows later this month. The song follows Moriondo’s third studio album, ‘oyster’, issued earlier this year. Made with Jonah Summerfield, Chloe Kraemer, AfterHrs and others,…

Gabby Rivers is teasing her new EP ‘What Is The Problem’ with lead single, ‘Leave Me Alone’. The East Anglian artist, who recently opened for Courteeners, has built momentum since an early BBC Radio 1 play, moving from local shows across the south east to appearances at Reading and Leeds, Latitude and Wild Fields. Live…

Lola Young has released a new single, ‘Spiders’, taken from her forthcoming album ‘I’m Only F**king Myself’. The track lands ahead of an in-store run this month, followed by a sold-out UK headline tour and newly announced European headline dates in 2026. The album ‘I’m Only F**king Myself’ is co-written and produced with Manuka and…

FOLLOW PLAY ON SPOTIFY We’re sitting in Shame singer Charlie Steen’s flat on a murky July afternoon as he makes us a coffee, presented in a vintage Prince Charles and Lady Diana wedding mug. He clutches his own coffee as he sits down, exhausted after a very late night filming the video for new song…

She’s shared stages with Slash, Skid Row and Tom Keifer, and bonded with Ann Wilson and Amy Lee. She’s Lzzy Hale, and these are her stories (LouderSound)

Plus Roy Harper, Hawkwind, Jeff Wayne, Jakko Jakszyk, Green Carnation, Ihlo, Discipline, Chimpan A, Kindred Spirit and loads more… (LouderSound)

Glenn Hughes’ 15th solo album could be his last (LouderSound)

Textured and laced with extremes, plus a guest appearance from Enslaved’s Grutle Kjellson, each song stands strong alone but the collection works best as a whole (LouderSound)

The Southern Rock Mansion was home to Duane Allman before his move to The Big House (LouderSound)

The fallout from Roger Waters’ criticism of Ozzy Osbourne continues (LouderSound)

The Antlers have released new single ‘Something In The Air’ from their first studio album in over four years, ‘Blight’, which arrives 10th October via Transgressive Records. A visualiser accompanies the track. Led by singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer Peter Silberman, the song explores an unnamed threat and builds towards an orchestral jolt. The album…

Hotel Lux have shared a new single, ‘Nod (To The Retrospect)’, taken from their second album ‘The Bitter Cup’, which is due on 14th November. The release – which they describe as, “Not a love song per se, but a tribute to those early days. A tale of hindsight, a nod to the retrospect” –…

Poppy, Amy Lee and Courtney LaPlante have united for a new single, ‘End of You’, released via Sumerian Records, alongside an accompanying music video. The collaboration was previewed last week with a joint Instagram post. The track features all three artists sharing lead vocals, with the video presenting stark, dark imagery and the lyric, “the…

hemlocke springs has returned with new track ‘the beginning of the end’, released via AWAL, accompanied by a video directed by Quinn Wilson. It marks her first new original music since the 2023 debut EP ‘going…going…GONE!’. The North Carolina-born, Los Angeles-based singer, songwriter and producer first emerged in 2022 with ‘gimme all ur luv’ and…

Earl Sweatshirt has announced the 3LWorldTour, following the release of his new album ‘Live Laugh Love’ and videos for album tracks ‘Tourmaline’ and ‘CRISCO’. The run begins at Red Rocks Amphitheatre before heading across North America, then on to the EU and UK. All UK tickets will be available from 5th September at 10am local…

Taken from the fabled ‘Electric Nebraska’ sessions, the trio recording of Born In The USA comes from Nebraska ’82: Expanded Edition (LouderSound)

One of the most hyped heavy metal collaborations of the year is finally here! (LouderSound)

Collaboration, family, mortality and that stridently emotive guitar work – it’s all there on David Gilmour’s sixth studio album Luck And Strange (LouderSound)

Limp Bizkit enlist LA-based drummer Kristina Rybalchenko to tease unreleased track (LouderSound)

Softcult are set to release debut album ‘When A Flower Doesn’t Grow’ on 30th January via Easy Life Records, and have shared new single ’16/25′. Written during a period of upheaval and self-discovery, ‘When A Flower Doesn’t Grow’ addresses cycles of abuse, systemic oppression, and toxic conformity, framing a narrative of resilience and personal reclamation.…

Pulp have announced ‘Different Class – 30th Anniversary Edition’, a reissue of their 1995 album, set for release on 24th October via Universal Music Recordings on behalf of Island Records. Available as a quadruple LP and double CD, the expanded edition includes the band’s full 1995 Glastonbury Festival performance, released in full for the first…

Georgia has released a new single, ‘Get Over It’, and shared an accompanying video. It follows ‘Wanna Play’ from earlier this summer. The track stems from recent sessions with New York duo Frost Children. Speaking about the collaboration and the song’s creation, Georgia says: “Frost Children and I got together and on one grey London…

Blondie are set to reissue their 1999 comeback album ‘No Exit’ in a newly remastered and expanded deluxe edition via BMG on 31st October, marking the record’s first appearance on vinyl and adding previously hard-to-find material alongside updated packaging. Issued digitally and across three physical formats – a 2CD set, crystal glass clear 2LP and…

The Belair Lip Bombs have released new single and video ‘Don’t Let Them Tell You (It’s Fair)’, the second preview of their new album ‘Again’, set for 31st October via Third Man Records – the label’s first Australian release. Following lead single ‘Hey You’, the track arrives from the Australian quartet of Maisie Everett, Mike…

Tibular Bells producer Tom Newman will release his autobiography, Fine Old Tales, in September (LouderSound)

Celebrate the release of the power metal overlords’ new album Giants & Monsters with this exclusive Metal Hammer bundle (LouderSound)

Watch the video for Chevrolet, single three previewing new Robert Plant album Saving Grace (LouderSound)

Pulp to release remastered reissue of a Britpop classic (LouderSound)

Ivar Bjørnson releases new single under his ambient/prog moniker BardSpec with Blackfeet Nation member Nicholas Rink to raise money for charity (LouderSound)

Rick Wakeman’s new studio album, Melancholia, completes a trilogy of piano-based album releases (LouderSound)

Scottish rockers Idlewild are poised to celebrate their 30th anniversary with the release of their self-titled 10th album. Frontman Roddy Woomble talks us through the history of the band, album-by-album (LouderSound)

Lzzy Hale faced her biggest challenges yet going in to make Everest. Thankfully Halestorm were there to help her pull through (LouderSound)

Lady Gaga has released the music video for new single ‘The Dead Dance’, marking her first creative collaboration with director Tim Burton. Shot on location at Isla de las Muñecas, Mexico’s Island of the Dolls, the clip moves between monochrome and bursts of colour, pairing unsettling doll imagery with Gaga’s performance. The video was produced…

d4vd has partnered with Epic Games to deliver Fortnite’s first official anthem, ‘Locked & Loaded (Official Fortnite Anthem)’. The track is out now and will make its in-game debut in the Fortnite Shop as the official Fortnite Global Championship Series (FNCS) Emote and Jam Track from 4th September at 8pm ET. ‘Locked & Loaded (Official…

The Last Dinner Party are set to embark on a 35-date headline tour running from this autumn through to next spring. Beginning at Dublin’s 3Arena on 14th November, the UK and Ireland leg concludes with two nights at O2 Academy Brixton, London on 7th and 8th December, before dates in Australia in January and across…

Oasis have released ‘Wonderwall (Live from Dublin, 16 August ’25)’, captured during their Live ’25 world tour, as the run heads to Los Angeles for two nights at the Rose Bowl this weekend. Recorded on Saturday 16th August at the first of two sold-out shows at Dublin’s Croke Park, the performance marked the band’s first…

Tame Impala (Kevin Parker) has shared ‘Loser’, the second song of this new era, arriving alongside a video directed by KRISTOFSKI and starring actor/musician Joe Keery (‘Stranger Things’, ‘Fargo’). The track continues Parker’s focus on rhythm, texture and studio experimentation, and follows recent drop ‘End of Summer’. Tame Impala is the studio project of Kevin…

Mike Oldfield celebrates the 35th anniversary of Amarok with a newly remastered vinyl reissue (LouderSound)

Radiohead have announced a run of 20 shows across five European cities, with dates in Madrid, Bologna, London, Copenhagen and Berlin. In a message shared alongside the announcement, drummer Philip Selway said: “Last year, we got together to rehearse, just for the hell of it. After a seven year pause, it felt really good to…

Jordan Benjamin tries to make sense of a world on fire (LouderSound)

It may have been the 13th album by Bruce Soord’s band, but he regarded is as their third, after drummer Gavin Harrison’s arrival changed everything (LouderSound)

The results are in, and a Mount Rushmore of classic rock is ready to be carved (LouderSound)

Ritchie Blackmore and his band reflect on Rainbow Rising, hailed as an instant classic upon its release in 1976 (LouderSound)

Silent Divide comes from Alter Bridge’s upcoming eighth album (LouderSound)

Sprints have released a new single, ‘Better’, taken from their forthcoming second album ‘All That Is Over’, which is set to arrive on 26th September via City Slang worldwide and Sub Pop in North America. The track arrives with a video directed by Niamh Bryson. ‘All That Is Over’ was written largely on the road,…

dexter in the newsagent has shared a new single, ‘Eighteen’, arriving alongside an accompanying music video. Leaning into early-2000s pop ballad territory, ‘Eighteen’ marks her third release of the year, following ‘With u’ and ‘Special’. The South London DIY alt-pop artist also had a guest feature on Jim Legxacy’s acclaimed album ‘black british music’ (2025)…

Good Neighbours have released new single ‘People Need People’, the final preview of their debut album ‘Blue Sky Mentality’, which is due on 26th September via Capitol/Polydor. Premiered as BBC Radio 1’s Hottest Record, ‘People Need People’ focuses on friendship and solidarity. The track follows recent singles ‘found u/me’ and ‘Suburbs’, as well as the…

UNIVERSITY are set to release a new three-track EP, ‘YES’, on 26th September 2025 via Transgressive, and have shared its lead single, ‘Bee’. The band will play UK and European dates in September, including a London headline at George Tavern on 17th September, alongside first US headline shows in New York on 30th October and…

She’s In Parties have shared a new single, ‘Fallen’, and confirmed a vinyl edition of their forthcoming EP ‘Are You Dreaming?’, due on 7th November via Submarine Cat. ‘Fallen’ follows recent single ‘Same Old Story’. She’s In Parties will mark the release of ‘Are You Dreaming?’ with an exclusive show at The Social, London on…

Curtis Harding has released a new track, ‘The Power’, accompanied by a roller-disco video, ahead of his forthcoming album ‘Departures & Arrivals: Adventures of Captain Curt’, which is out this Friday. He will tour Europe in autumn, beginning 17th October. Self-produced at Electric Deluxe Recorders in Austin, the studio owned by Adrian Quesada of Black…

Belgian shoegaze quartet Slow Crush deliver captivating follow-up to 2021’s Hush (LouderSound)

Label: Matador RecordsReleased: 5th September 2025 When it comes to eclectic careers, it’s hard to beat David Byrne. Since his last studio album American Utopia was released in 2018, Byrne has turned the subsequent tour into a broadway show, resurrected his Fatboy Slim-collaborating musical ‘Here Lies Love’, released a book of drawings he calls ‘Dingbats’ and…

Label: 4ADReleased: 5th September 2025 ‘Double Infinity’ may have come together in a wintery New York, but there is a warmth at its core that is hard not to be touched by. Big Thief’s sixth studio album, and their first without the presence of former bassist Max Oleartchik, the record required a shift in form, an…

FOLLOW HYPE ON SPOTIFY Back of the van. Spirits high. Miles to go. The Orchestra (For Now) – the seven-headed hydra of cello, violin, guitars, drums, piano and deeply dramatic vibes – are en route from a run of festivals when we pin them down. “It is us,” they announce. And it really is: one…

Label: Dead OceansReleased: 5th September 2025 Shame have always felt most alive with their backs against a venue wall, testing new songs against the sweat and noise of a crowd. ‘Cutthroat’, their fourth album, sounds like it was built with that same pressure in mind. Produced by John Congleton, it strips away indulgence in favour of…

Label: EpitaphReleased: 5th September 2025 Concept albums aren’t necessarily new in the world of emo music, but La Dispute’s newest offering, ‘No-One Was Driving The Car’, pushes the envelope about as far as any band has before. Jordan Dreyer’s vocal performance slides from throat-splitting, guttural cries to a breaking poetic metronome, reinforcing the cinematic nature of…

Label: Forever Days / PositivaReleased: 5th September 2025 Utilising sounds of the past is not a new skill for SG Lewis, but romanticising that melancholic but yearning feeling for an era long gone is the driving force behind his latest full-length, ‘Anemoia’. Opening with the aptly titled ‘Memory’, a funky, slow-grooving instrumental sets the stage for…

Label: Rise RecordsReleased: 5th September 2025 Blessthefall bring back ten tracks of 00s nostalgia with their first album in seven years. Sticking steadfast to their metalcore roots, ‘GALLOWS’ unleashes an unrestrained energy, complete with signature angsty lyricism to deliver what the band describe as “some of the most disgustingly heavy parts” they have ever created. ‘mallxcore’…

The bimbocore provocateur will hit the road from September 4 (LouderSound)

David Gilmour fans might not have to wait too long for a follow-up to Luck and Strange (LouderSound)

David Byrne has released a new single, ‘What Is the Reason for It?’ featuring Hayley Williams, taken from his forthcoming album ‘Who Is the Sky?’ via Matador Records. Marked by the interplay between Byrne and Paramore’s Williams, the track considers love beyond logic. Speaking to People about the collaboration, Byrne said, “When we were finishing…

Radiohead will perform four consecutive nights at London’s O2 Arena as part of European dates in November and December (LouderSound)

Hatchie has announced new album ‘Liquorice’, due on 7th November via Secretly Canadian, and shared its first single, ‘Lose It Again’. Developed in collaboration with producer Melina Duterte (aka Jay Som), the record explores themes of longing and obsession within self-discovery. Hatchie says, “This album feels like the culmination of everything I’ve wanted to do…

First-look rehearsal images have been released of Nicola Roberts as she prepares to join the West End production of Hadestown at the Lyric Theatre, London. She will play Persephone from 16th September 2025 until 18th January 2026. Roberts appears alongside Desmonda Cathabel as Eurydice, Chris Jarman as Hades, Cedric Neal as Hermes, and Dylan Wood…

Blue Bendy have shared their new single ‘Poke’, released today, 3rd September, ahead of a run of live dates that includes European shows with Floodlights, a UK headline tour, and a London support slot with Black Country, New Road at O2 Academy Brixton on 31st October. ‘Poke’ marks the band’s first new music since their…

Your favourite Marvel heroes are undead now, and their killing spree is being soundtracked by one of the biggest metal team-ups of the year (LouderSound)

Self Esteem has released a new single, ‘The Curse’, alongside a self-directed video. The track, an ode to her relationship with alcohol, features on her new album ‘A Complicated Woman’, out now via Polydor Records. Rebecca Lucy Taylor says, “A song about being more shy than you realised. I put my directing bonnet back on…

The Ramona Flowers are set to release their fourth album, ‘Made By Humans’, on 10th October. The Bristol-based band have also shared a new single, ‘That Summer’, taken from the record. Spanning 13 tracks, ‘Made By Humans’ blends disco, funk and indie, and features previously released cuts ‘Up All Night’, ‘California’ and ‘Human’. Elsewhere, the…

Their 1985 contained tones of Pink Floyd, Kraftwerk and Supertramp. It took until 2022 for the singers and producer Stephen Lipson, as xPropaganda, to deliver The Heart Is Strange. But it was worth the wait (LouderSound)

Big Thief are set to extend their Somersault Slide 360 Tour into spring 2026 with a UK and European run that includes a three-night residency at London’s O2 Academy Brixton. The news lands as the trio prepare to release their sixth studio album, ‘Double Infinity’, on 5th September via 4AD. Adrianne Lenker, Buck Meek and…

Del Water Gap has released a new track, ‘Marigolds’, arriving alongside a visualiser and previewing an upcoming run of Australian headline dates beginning on 20th September. Written and produced by Del Water Gap with Gabe Goodman, and co-produced by Jonathan Wilson, ‘Marigolds’ reflects on missed chances and relationship regret. It follows recent single ‘How To…

Together For Palestine have expanded the line-up for their OVO Arena Wembley event on 17th September 2025, billed by organisers as the UK’s largest-ever fundraising concert for Gaza. Tickets are sold out, with supporters encouraged to donate to the Together For Palestine Fund; merchandise is also available. New additions include Amelia Dimoldenberg, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bilal…

Saint Etienne have released a new collaborative single with Confidence Man, ‘Brand New Me’. The track is taken from Saint Etienne’s new album, ‘International’, which follows on 5th September via Heavenly Recordings, and arrives with a Hanna-Barbera-inspired animated video directed and animated by Kyle Platts and Matt Lloyd. Saint Etienne and Confidence Man first connected…

“God save the wrist!” (LouderSound)

Get your claws on a bundle you won’t find anywhere else, before Creeper’s new album drops on October 31 (LouderSound)

Clockenflap have unveiled the first wave of artists for their 2025 edition, which returns to Central Harbourfront, Hong Kong from 5th–7th December. Initial confirmations include Vaundy, Jacob Collier, Franz Ferdinand, Rich Brian, Sparks, Beth Gibbons, TV Girl, Soccer Mommy, Jeremy Zucker, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and yeule. Japanese artist Vaundy will give his first-ever public…

“Working with Luke, I’m often thinking of Freddie.” (LouderSound)

Ellur has released new single ‘The Wheel’ via Dance To The Radio. The track is her second single of 2025 and was written with The Snuts’ Jack Cochrane and Scotty Anderson. The new release follows July’s ‘Missing Kid’ and this year’s EP ‘God Help Me Now’, and arrives ahead of a busy autumn touring. “I…

Soft Play are set to complete the headliner line-up for Rockaway Beach 2026 at Butlin’s Bognor Regis, joining Public Image Ltd and English Teacher for the three-day event from 2nd-5th January. The duo’s confirmation follows recent sets at Reading & Leeds and the release of their album ‘HEAVY JELLY’ this summer. Also newly confirmed alongside…

Rabat’s Tricinty Festival is helping put Moroccan metal on the map (LouderSound)

Solstice’s 1984 debut album, Silent Dance, will be released on vinyl and CD in November (LouderSound)

State Champs have released a new single, ‘Common Sense’, via Pure Noise Records. The track arrives as the band’s first new music since their self-titled album ‘State Champs’ in November 2024, which featured the singles ‘Light Blue’, ‘Too Late To Say’ and ‘Silver Cloud’. “Common Sense brings out a slightly darker and heavier side to…

Our reviewer tries and fails to take notes every minute of a gig by The Hives at The Outernet, London (LouderSound)

“I’ve got so much from the Post Human: Nex Gen archive that I want the world to hear,” says singer Oli Sykes (LouderSound)

Jack Osbourne lets loose on Waters after the former Pink Floyd man disses Ozzy during an anti-media diatribe (LouderSound)

Audioslave successfully separated the four members from the shadows of their former bands, but for Chris Cornell it was far more important than that (LouderSound)

The music might be brilliant, but how do concept album plotlines fair once they’re distilled to their bare bones? (LouderSound)

Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins discusses how he got into prog rock (LouderSound)

Gavin Rossdale on thirty years of Bush, the mysteries of music making, Steve Albini and the defiance of gravity (LouderSound)

Jack Osbourne doesn’t hold back after Roger Waters disses Ozzy during anti-media diatribe (LouderSound)

The news arrives with just 112 days left until Christmas (LouderSound)

Mid ’90s nostalgia is at a peak, but there was much more to Britpop than scene figureheads Oasis, Blur and Pulp (LouderSound)

Hundreds of Atlantans walked the streets of Hinds’ hometown on Sunday, following the ex-Mastodon man’s death in a traffic accident last month (LouderSound)

FOLLOW DORK X REEPERBAHN ON SPOTIFY Coach Party are not a band who let things settle. Their 2023 debut ‘Killjoy’ introduced the Isle of Wight quartet as a sharp, snarky force in UK indie, fizzing with chaotic hooks and emotional candour. Now, they’re back with album two, ‘Caramel’, due this autumn via Chess Club Records,…

The leading lights of the Canterbury Scene’s third album is a genuine masterpiece – but pitifully few people heard about it on its arrival (LouderSound)

Tallah’s third album sees them branch out from their more obvious nu metal inclinations (LouderSound)

Joe Talbot of IDLES has launched his debut podcast, Oh Gatekeeper with Joe Talbot, today (2nd September 2025). The weekly series will see Talbot host one-to-one conversations with artists, musicians, and cultural figures to explore why they make work, focusing on process, purpose, and personal truths. Series 1 features Julian Casablancas, Danny Brown, Tony Hawk,…

Kneecap have shared a video for ‘Sayōnara’, a new stand-alone track written and recorded in collaboration with Paul Hartnoll of Orbital. Directed by Finn Keenan, the clip features an appearance from Jamie-Lee O’Donnell, best known for Derry Girls. O’Donnell said: “I had the best time filming the ‘Sayōnara’ music video. Not only is it a…

Pillow Queens are back with new single ‘Be A Big Girl’, released independently via Pillow Queen Records, and are set to tour the UK and Europe supporting Lord Huron, alongside a Dublin headline date. Produced and mixed by Daniel Fox (Gilla Band, Sprints, Lambrini Girls) at Sonic Studios in Stoneybatter, and mastered by Jamie Hyland…

English Teacher, girli and Katy J Pearson are set to play a series of intimate UK shows in support of War Child UK’s Day of the Girl campaign. The run will see girli appear at Oslo in London, English Teacher perform at Liverpool’s Hangar 34, and Katy J Pearson take to the stage at London’s…

blur are set to mark the 30th anniversary of ‘The Great Escape’ with a new double vinyl edition, released on 12th December. Featuring expanded artwork by Tony Hung, the set is pressed on yellow and turquoise vinyl and housed in a gatefold sleeve. Disc one presents the 15-track standard album, including the singles ‘Country House’,…

Fuzz Lightyear are set to release new EP ‘Zero Guilt’ on 21st November via Nice Swan Records (English Teacher, Sprints, Chalk), and have shared the single ‘Sit Awake’ today, 2nd September. Recorded with producer Alex Greaves (Yard Act, Working Men’s Club, Gurriers), ‘Sit Awake’ follows recent single ‘Berlin, 1885’ and lands alongside news of a…

Plug your lugs with these highly-versatile earplugs from a seminal audio heavyweight (LouderSound)

The unstoppable rise of Hayley Williams, an icon for our time (LouderSound)

Norwegian black metal trio Witch Club Satan made a thrilling, theatrical and utterly terrifying UK debut at Birmingham’s Supersonic Festival (LouderSound)

Blaze Bayley and his band are playing the whole of Silicon Messiah live and it’s finally coming to life (LouderSound)

The Moody Blues were just another British R&B band. Then they got into some old clothes, mind-expanding drugs and lashings of Mellotron… and helped invent prog rock (LouderSound)

Dismissed by many of their peers as grunge interlopers, Pearl Jam have out-written, out-sold and outlived most of those detractors (LouderSound)

Diplomacy abandoned singer Steve Hogarth and keyboardist Mark Kelly in disagreement over 1995 artwork, which was later reinstated. In the end it was just another fight between mates (LouderSound)

We travel back to 1976 to spend time with AC/DC as they clamber the first few rungs on stardom’s greasy ladder (LouderSound)

Florence Road have released their new single ‘Break The Girl’ alongside an official video directed by Benji Gershon, shot in their hometown of Bray. Arriving as part of their 5* debut mixtape ‘Fall Back’, ‘Break The Girl’ continues a run that has seen the band feature on the cover of Dork (hurray), appear at SXSW,…

The Ivors Academy has announced that Kae Tempest will receive an Ivors Academy Honour, with broadcaster Edith Bowman set to host the inaugural Ivors Academy Honours at the InterContinental London Park Lane on 2nd October 2025. The Ivors Academy Honours recognise advocates and innovators who champion songwriters and composers, continuing the legacy of the Gold…

Babyshambles are set to return to the stage for the first time in eleven years, confirming a ten-date UK run across autumn and winter to coincide with the 20th anniversary of their debut album, ‘Down In Albion’. The tour will visit venues in Norwich, London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow, Leeds, Nottingham and Plymouth, including…

“Exit light, enter plight”, apparently (LouderSound)

From touring with Slipknot to opening for Trivium and Bullet For My Valentine in the US, Bleed From Within are a band on the rise (LouderSound)

And breathe. Reading Festival 2025 is over, and what a weekend it was. To celebrate another massive year, we’ve put together a very special edition of Down With Boring, recorded live from the festival site. This week, we’re bringing you all the action and gossip from the field. We’ve got three of the weekend’s most…

System Of A Down might not’ve fit in, but they helped reshape metal for generations to come (LouderSound)

Maiden’s bassist/founder addresses the hatred towards two of their least-liked releases, while also admitting his band have never made “the perfect album” (LouderSound)

Desertfest will fill five Camden venues with the sounds of doom, stoner and psychedelic rock from May 15 to 17 (LouderSound)

The Labor Day sales have dropped in from hyperspace – here are my favourite Lego Star Wars deals along with money off a Disney+ sub – the home of the Star Wars universe (LouderSound)

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Cheap Trick, the Vintage Caravan, Foxy Shazam and more (LouderSound)

Quick question for you, Dear Reader. If you were a certified international pop star  arriving for a photoshoot for the cover of a magazine, what’s one book you’d bring with you? For Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, better known as CMAT, the answer is obvious: a photobook of celebrities in their pants. “It cost me about £50,…

From Gates To Hell’s Kentucky fried death metal, to the shimmering industrial metal of The Defect, riffy stoner rock’n’roll of King Kraken, crossover thrashers Inhuman Nature and nu gaze champions Split Chain, these are the metal bands you need to hear in September 2025 (LouderSound)

The Riverside leader’s seventh side-project album, intended to be its penultimate release, continued his personal life-and-death story cycle (LouderSound)

Space rockers Hawklords also announce UK tour dates for October and November (LouderSound)

From Black Sabbath’s blockbuster farewell to Sleep Token’s first time as a Download festival headliner, all eyes have been on the British metal scene in recent months. Rightfully so. (LouderSound)

News of Def Leppard’s plans for next year breaks as they gear up for their only UK show of 2025 (LouderSound)

Mirage: a flute-heavy mix of symphonic sweep, jazz fusion and melodic subtlety (LouderSound)

Aaaggh! My eyes! (LouderSound)

From a box of his parents’ cassettes to voracious filesharing, the vocalist always wanted to be the one bringing strange new music to his friends (LouderSound)

Retooled German metal meisters Helloween show their class on seventeenth studio album (LouderSound)

System Of A Down guitarist hears his own band being covered, then walks into venue and joins them onstage (LouderSound)

“An astrophysicist, and an intellectual with a noble soul” – Andrea Bocelli (LouderSound)

A third album is finally on the horizon as Alabama Shakes promise to “unleash more music” (LouderSound)

The Hives are back to ruin your bad mood (LouderSound)

On the rare occasion a K-pop group books a tour date outside of London, they make it count. ENHYPEN do that and then some. Before they even step on stage at Manchester’s AO Arena, the energy is already at a 10, with the fans packing it out roaring at eardrum-rattling decibels as music videos play…

Riverside frontman Mariusz Duda will release his new Lunactic Soul album, The World Under Unsun, in October (LouderSound)

Inspired by real-life landscapes and knowing what he didn’t like, the forthright creator of remarkable worlds explains his partnership with Yes (LouderSound)

Billy Corgan has made the band’s 2000 Machina project even bigger and more bombastic when it needed toning down, not blowing up (LouderSound)

Smashing Pumpkins frontman is surprise guest for My Chemical Romance’s cover of Bullet With Butterfly Wings (LouderSound)

Frontman of the British metal band and his colleagues accidentally discovered a breadth of influences after feeling uninspired by their peers (LouderSound)

The greatest rock album of the ’90s was released on this day 31 years ago. Now a new generation is discovering its irresistible swagger (LouderSound)

Samia is set to mark five years of her debut album with a digital-only 5th anniversary edition of ‘The Baby’, arriving on 5th September. The release brings together her NPR Tiny Desk performances, including ‘Pool’, the original album, and previously released covers and remixes from ‘The Baby Reimagined’ featuring Bartees Strange, Palehound, Anjimile, Briston Maroney,…

Ashnikko has released a new single, ‘Sticky Fingers’, accompanied by an official visualiser. The track follows ‘Itty Bitty’ and ‘Trinkets’ as the latest preview of second album ‘Smoochies’, which is set for release on 17th October via Parlophone/Warner Records. Speaking about ‘Sticky Fingers’, Ashnikko says: “we have a very finite time on this earth, and…

LEAP have released their new single ‘Messages’ in partnership with CALM, alongside confirming details of their debut album ‘Entropy’ and a run of UK and EU dates this autumn. Written for frontperson Jacky’s father, who died by suicide, ‘Messages’ arrives as the band team up with CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably) to raise funds for…

Mudvayne, Soulfly and Avatar are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite! (LouderSound)

We sat down with Iron Maiden’s frontman to talk about life around the release of his second solo album, which was recently remixed and reissued (LouderSound)

Former Savages vocalist Jehnny Beth returns with thrillingly intense, nu metal-influenced second solo album (LouderSound)

Lollapalooza is returning to South America in March (LouderSound)

FOLLOW UPSET ON SPOTIFY Slow Crush are preparing for big things. “It’s very much a new era for Slow Crush; everything has changed since the last release,” bassist and vocalist Isa Holliday opens decidedly. The Belgian group’s third album, ‘Thirst’, is a bolder, more determined, and crushing version of the band that first appeared in…

After countless packed-out nights and festival stages during our Dork 100 celebrations, Dork’s Night Out returns to proper underground territory for one night only: Do Nothing coming through as the headline act at The 100 Club, London, on Wednesday 12 November. Dork faves Do Nothing are exactly what our Nights Out are all about: a…

FOLLOW PLAY ON SPOTIFY Difficult Second Album Syndrome has plagued the music industry for decades. But Nova Twins, never ones to follow the rulebook, swerved the curse completely. Their aptly named second record, ‘Supernova’, launched them from exciting underground talent to world-class, genre-bending, fire-breathing rock stars. But while the second album might make the headlines,…

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Intimate, fun and occasionally feral, I feel like I just witnessed something truly special (LouderSound)

Caity Baser is set to play a London headline show at KOKO on 25th September, following the release of her new EP ‘There, I Said It’ via Capitol UK / Chosen Music. The performance will be her first with a full live band since the EP arrived. It follows a summer of festival appearances, including…

Gretel has returned with new single ‘Unbloom’, her first new music in over a year, out now via Breadcrumb Records/AWAL. A track that almost didn’t see release, ‘Unbloom’ came together at RAK Studios in a spontaneous session that captured a live take in minutes. Gretel explains: “Unbloom is about challenging heavy feelings by embracing them.…

Alabama Shakes have returned with ‘Another Life’, their first new music in over a decade, released via Island EMI. Recorded at Sound Emporium Studios in Nashville, the track was produced by Alabama Shakes with long-time collaborator Shawn Everett. The band reunited for a surprise show at the Bama Theatre in Tuscaloosa, AL on 18th December…

The 500 plus page ROCK and ROLE: The Visionary Songs of Peter Hammill and Van der Graaf Generator features many rare and previously unseen photographs (LouderSound)

Florence + The Machine are set to take ‘Everybody Scream’ on the road with a UK and EU arena tour in early 2026. The run follows the announcement of their sixth studio album, which is set for release on 31st October. The eighteen-date itinerary includes two nights at London’s The O2, plus headline stops at…

Jehnny Beth has shared the video for new single ‘Out Of My Reach’ with her new album ‘You Heartbreaker, You’ out now via Fiction Records, arriving as she returns from two Sheffield shows supporting Queens Of The Stone Age. Directed by Zak Watson with art direction from Jehnny Beth and Johnny Hostile, the clip reflects…

Soaked are set to release their new single ‘Simple Little Things’ on 29th August, launching a joint campaign with Beat, the UK’s leading eating disorder charity. The project includes a music video, a merch line donating 50% of profits, and awareness content across social media – find out more at soakedband.com/soakedxbeat. ‘Simple Little Things’ addresses…

The greatest metal mash-up since the discovery of the alloy (LouderSound)

The frontman’s solo output uses more downtuning and fewer guitar harmonies than Maiden’s songs (LouderSound)

Please help us settle one of rock’s most enduring arguments (LouderSound)

Rob Reed and Steve Balsamo’s unique approach delivers an ambitious and unorthodox triumph (LouderSound)

Six years after beloved debut Union, the British prog-metallers deliver a record that floats and comes crashing down at all the right moments (LouderSound)

Bryan Adams defiantly sticks to his guns on Roll With The Punches (LouderSound)

Also out now: Bon Jovi’s new single Red, White and Jersey (LouderSound)

Neil Young’s Big Crime calls out Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard on US streets (LouderSound)

Halsey is set to mark the 10th anniversary of debut album ‘BADLANDS’ with the ‘Back to Badlands’ international tour, running across late 2025 and into 2026 with stops in North America, Mexico, Europe, the UK, and Australia. The run opens with a special show at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles on 14th October before…

Ariana Grande is set to return to the road with ‘The Eternal Sunshine Tour’, announcing extensive multi-night arena shows including five nights at London’s The O2. The shows mark Grande’s first tour in six years following her ‘Sweetener World Tour’. The dates support her seventh studio album, ‘Eternal Sunshine’, released via Republic Records in 2024,…

HighSchool are set to release their self-titled debut album on 31st October via [PIAS], introducing the record with new single ‘Dipped’. The Naarm/Melbourne duo of Rory Trobbiani and Luke Scott follow earlier lead single ‘149’. Detailing the track, the band explain, “This track explores themes of luck, chance, and gambling, using the Greek tragedy of…

Awesome new prog sounds you must hear from Teramaze, The Vintage Caravan, NYOS and more in this week’s Tracks Of The Week (LouderSound)

Genesis’s show at the Paris Bataclan on 1973’s tour in support of Foxtrot can now be viewed in its entirety (LouderSound)

Label: MarshallReleased: 29th August 2025 When you release an album as flaming hot as Nova Twins’ sophomore album ‘Supernova’, what do you do next? Do you stick to the winning formula and hope for the best? Or do you simply increase the madness, hit those drums harder, and thrash the guitar even more? Well, thankfully, the…

Label: FictionReleased: 29th August 2025 Jehnny Beth has always operated on the fringes. A shape-shifting auteur, her work is as likely to claw at your chest as it is to leave you frozen in the dark. On ‘You Heartbreaker, You’, her second solo album, she doubles down on the noirish intensity. This is a record that…

Label: AWALReleased: 29th August 2025 There comes a moment in all the best pop stars’ careers where everything magically falls into place. The vision. The style. The hooks. The melodies. Madness and chaos intertwining with beautiful serendipity. Irish pop singer and all-around cultural icon CMAT has always proclaimed herself as the world’s greatest pop star, and…

London, brace yourselves: the spookiest night of the year returns. Night of the Living Dork 2025 is unleashed on Thursday 30 October at Colours Hoxton, with doors at 8 pm and the horror-filled party running till midnight. This year we’ve summoned Catty to lead the chaos with a spine-tingling headline set. Fresh off her summer‑smashing…

Hurt People Hurt People is the first taste of new Mudvayne material since 2009’s self-titled album (LouderSound)

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues comes complete with two Knights of the Realm (LouderSound)

Label: Pure Noise RecordsReleased: 29th August 2025 Slow Crush’s third album, ‘Thirst’, is a record that lives in contrasts: weighty yet feather-light, shimmering yet crushing. Across its ten tracks, the Belgian shoegazers lean further into their trademark haze of reverb and distortion, but with a grit that makes each swell feel sharper, more urgent. The title-track…

The nu metal band brought their cover out of the vault at a co-headline show with Korn on Wednesday (LouderSound)

QOTSA’s Songs for the Deaf has just turned 23. This is the story behind a modern classic (LouderSound)

One of the classic emo / pop-punk records of the modern age is getting a deluxe reissue (LouderSound)

The 18-legged wrecking machine are putting out a very expanded re-release of their propulsive debut album on September 5 (LouderSound)

Nieve Ella wrapped up her “fucking magical” festival season with a cathartic, celebratory late-night set on Reading’s Festival Republic stage, just ahead of The Dare. “It’s been really full on but so rewarding,” she tells Dork a few hours earlier. “Seeing the crowds get bigger, doing the larger stages… It’s just so validating. The response…

Gazpacho will release Magic 8-Ball, their brand new studio album, in October (LouderSound)

Tom Morello and Elton John approved alt stars Nova Twins make a triumphant return with album three (LouderSound)

Jules Buckley will mark his 25th BBC Prom with a one-night collaboration featuring St. Vincent at the Royal Albert Hall on 3rd September, reimagining her catalogue with a full orchestra. Fresh from winning three Grammys in 2025, St. Vincent will make her Proms debut following artists including Stormzy, Florence + The Machine, Quincy Jones, Moses…

grandson has announced a 2026 UK and European headline tour, following the release of his new album ‘INERTIA’ on 5th September. The run includes dates at Manchester Academy and London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town. ‘INERTIA’ sees grandson addressing issues including a new wave of fascism, a rise in misogyny, an assault on queer rights and…

BENEE is set to release her second album, ‘Ur An Angel I’m Just Particles’, on 7th November via Republic Records, and has shared a new single, ‘Cinnamon’. The New Zealand-born, Los Angeles-based artist wrote and recorded the album while continuing a run of activity that has included releasing ‘Animal’ and ‘Sad Boiii’ and touring with…

The Police are heading to court (LouderSound)

Champ have released their second single, ‘Future’, today (28th August), alongside details of their debut UK headline dates this autumn. The Hartlepool quartet’s new cut follows their debut single ‘Taste To Run’ earlier this summer, with more new music is on the way in the coming months. Speaking about the single, frontman Jonny Bee explained:…

Mitch Sanders has shared a new single, ‘Moth’, via Island Records UK. The track follows recent releases ‘Emotion Kicks’ and ‘Heaven Is Ours’. Emerging from Bristol, Sanders’ work explores vulnerability, masculinity and the grey areas in between. “Moth is a song about feeling out of control and wanting what you shouldn’t want anymore; an obsession,…

WOOM have released their new EP, ‘To Slow You’, via House Anxiety alongside a video for EP track ‘Welts’. The South London ensemble are about to embark on their first UK headline tour, opening with a headline show at the ICA in London on 26th September before further dates across November and December. The band…

Ramones? Fun House? The Crack? Dookie? The Shape Of Punk To Come? Randy the Band? We want to know your pick for punk’s finest hour (LouderSound)

With songs for the lost and the lonely, detailing trauma and loss – but hardly ever his own – Bowness’ intensely personal sixth album is another fine addition to his impressive body of work (LouderSound)

Lunachicks loved splatter movies and fast food and bright red lipstick, and they poured it all into a fright-wiggy stew of hugely influential punk rock (LouderSound)

In 2008, Marillion got a Classic Rock journalist to play on the album Happiness Is The Road, and things got weird (LouderSound)

More to Macca than The Beatles: Nine Paul McCartney albums you should listen to, and one to avoid (LouderSound)

For The Black Keys, 2024 is a year they’d like to forget. But they’re hoping 2025 will be one to remember (LouderSound)

Label: RCA RecordsReleased: 29th August 2025 Blood Orange has long since been a revolutionary figure, with a command over sonics and genre that is inimitable. ‘Essex Honey’ feels like the pinnacle of that – a conversation involving every version of Blood Orange thus far, steeped in melancholia and that magic he’s beloved for. It’s a reflection…

Label: Run For Cover RecordsReleased: 29th August 2025 On his second full-length record, Runnner embarks on a quest for clarity, and he finds it in droves. ‘A Welcome Kind of Weakness’ is crystalline in more ways than one. From its straight-up, pretenseless rock sound to the straightforward nature of the lyrics, it’s a record that revels…

Label: Play It Again SamReleased: 29th August 2025 If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if The Hives tried to make a record that wasn’t just wall-to-wall Hives songs… well, that’s not this one. At this point, you don’t go to The Hives for surprises. You go for the hit of garage-punk sugar rush they’ve been…

Label: NettworkReleased: 29th August 2025 On their new album, Flyte are wiping the slate clean and starting anew. ‘Between You and Me’ sees Will Taylor and Nick Hill focusing on the simplest of things. What happens if you just write about what you know – no sugarcoating, just a focus on those experiences and the feelings…

Label: AWALReleased: 29th August 2025 The Beaches’ third album, ‘No Hard Feelings’ is a fizzing cocktail of sharp hooks and cheeky one-liners. Across its 11 tracks, the Canadian four-piece spin tales of messy relationships, queer heartbreak and the nights out that blur them together, all delivered with their signature mix of guitar pop brightness and punky…

Olivia Dean has added five new dates to her 2026 UK and EU headline tour, including two extra nights at The O2 in London. The run will now open with two nights at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro from 22nd April, moving on to two nights at Manchester’s Co‑op Live before four shows at The O2 in…

HUNNY have shared a new single, ‘i can see my house from here’, taken from their forthcoming album ‘SPIRIT!’, which is set to arrive on 26th September via Epitaph. The release marks a shift for the Los Angeles project, with frontman Jason Yarger now the sole member steering HUNNY. Co-produced by Yarger and former HUNNY…

Reading always offers its own special high definition version of rebellion and chaos. From pop theatre to rock tantrums and a conveyor belt of future headliners punching above their weight, across three days, tents heave, the main stage roars, and small-print names fight their way into the memory bank. This is the weekend as it…

With their new album ‘Breach’ set to drop on 12th September, Twenty One Pilots and Dork are throwing a late‑night celebration for the Clique. On Saturday 6th September, we’re taking over Colours Hoxton for Club Breach – an official after‑hours party in association with the band, built to go hard on every era. If you’re…

I think these are the greatest metalcore albums ever. Agree with me? (LouderSound)