Bryan Garris knew it was going to be one hell of a flight. Climbing the steps onto a rickety old airliner and staring out the box window at a swirling storm, a feeling of dread about crossing North America had lumped in his stomach. Ashtrays plugged into seat-backs, haunted by the scent of decades-old cigarettes did little to assuage concerns about the airworthiness of his ride. Neither did the realisation that his own seat was broken, contorting him into a permanently reclined angle. Then a flight attendant demanded all headphones be removed until cruising altit ..read more

It’s been more than five years since Chelsea Wolfe last performed in the UK. And that was as an opener, on tour with A Perfect Circle at the tail end of 2018. In 2020, an intended acoustic run of cathedrals and concert halls for the previous year’s stripped-back Birth Of Violence album became one of the first to get nixed as COVID rose up. It’s a long wait – long enough to make an album that stands on the podium of her finest work in She Reaches Out To She Reaches Out To She – but the rarity only makes this return in all its graceful glory so much more incredible.  Even ..read more

Lacuna Coil have released a brand-new single featuring Ash Costello. The band have teamed up with the New Years Day vocalist for new tune In The Mean Time, explaining that it’s ​“a reflection on how much our society has generally ​‘lost the plot’.  “We are living in really mean times filled with unhappy people: lonely, anxious, depressed, destructive. The pressure that crushes from the outside doesn’t allow to see things with the right clarity. This song is like group therapy: not a lamentation, but acceptance that once broken, it’s hard to put oneself back together a ..read more

Yes, it’s actually happening – beloved post-hardcore firebrands letlive. are reforming for a series of farewell shows across the world next year. Breaking the news on social media earlier today (April 17), the band announced – along with a new, remastered version of landmark album The Blackest Beautiful – they would be coming back in 2025 to say goodbye in style. “To our friends that we never got to say goodbye to – we’ll see you next year to do so.”  Seemingly with no concrete plans in place, letlive. are encouraging fans to contact their local promoters to help ..read more

ratbag has just kicked off a brand-new live video series. Following the release of her debut EP why aren’t you laughing? last year, the musician is inviting listeners into her world by giving each of the record’s songs – dead end kids, exit girl, rot in love and rats in my walls – an accompanying performance video that showcases ​‘her monstrous bandmates’ natural habitat’ according to a press release. And this first look is for rot in love, which is set in a place called Slug’s Glove… “For these performances, each video was shot inside the home of the band member I&nb ..read more

Following last month’s single MAGNETIC, Florida titans Wage War have unleashed another new track and announced their fifth album STIGMA. The quintet – vocalist Briton Bond, guitarists Cody Quistad and Seth Blake, bassist Chris Gaylord and drummer Stephen Kluesener – have today unveiled the heavy and experimental NAIL5, and revealed that it’s a ​“tribute” to their upcoming record. “NAIL5 is a tribute to our fifth album and continuing to push the envelope in every way, and in this instance, the heavy side,” reads a collective statement from the band. ​“We took the elements t ..read more

Gwen Stefani has revealed in a new interview that, while there aren’t any No Doubt plans beyond this month’s reunion shows at Coachella, she isn’t against doing more stuff with the band in the future. The legendary ska punks – completed by Tom Dumont, Tony Kanal and Adrian Young – will return to the stage in their home state of California this weekend for their first proper gigs since 2015, and speaking with Nylon, Gwen enthuses that these dates are ​“going to be a really nice bow to tie on the relationship”. “I already know what it’s going to feel like because we’re just ..read more

The BBC have announced that they will be releasing a brand-new Kurt Cobain documentary this Saturday night. Thirty years on from his passing on April 5, 1994, the Nirvana frontman will be remembered on BBC Two in Kurt Cobain: Moments That Shook Music – a new 45-minute programme that, according to a press release, ​‘uses powerful and unseen archive footage to demystify the tragic moment when the Nirvana frontman took his own life’. A brief synopsis describes: ​‘One of musical history’s most shocking stories is told as never before, as footage captured by local fans in ..read more

Jamie Campbell Bower​’s new project BloodMagic have just unveiled their debut single, Death / Rebirth. After teasing things earlier this week, the new band – completed by drummer Kyle Adams – have gone with an absolute rager to introduce themselves to the world, as well as a very cool accompanying music video that includes everything from blindfolds to BDSM to black bath water (and other things that don’t start with the letter ​‘b’). Launching his latest musical endeavour, Jamie shares in a short, simple statement: ​“Blood runs through all of us, a little magic too. Welcom ..read more

“Baaaaabe, everything’s going mad. It’s hard to keep up sometimes.” Where to begin with Cassyette​’s diary? It’s date-spaghetti. She’s all over the place: going to America with YONAKA; doing her own headline tour, featuring a show at the Scala in King’s Cross. After that, in a turn that no bookie would ever let you bet on, advising you not to throw away your money, she’s going out on the road with Canadian radio-rock kingpin Bryan Adams. Then there’s the small matter of releasing her debut album – the immaculately-titled This World Fucking Sucks. And because she’s still not doi ..read more