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OUT OF THE SHADOWS

MOTHICA IS A NAME YOU'LL HAVE SEEN BY NOW, BUT WITH NEW ALBUM 'NOCTURNAL' UNDER HER BELT, IT'S TIME TO GET FAMILIAR WITH ONE OF ROCK'S NEXT SUPERSTARS...

WORLDS AWAY

WITH THEIR HUGE NEW ALBUM, 'REMEMBER THAT YOU WILL DIE', POLYPHIA ARE ON COURSE TO TRANSCEND THE INCREDIBLE HEIGHTS THEY HAVE ALREADY REACHED. HERE, THEY TELL THE STORY OF HOW THEY TORE UP THE RULE BOOK AND BECAME ONE OF ROCK'S MOST UNIQUE AND FASCINATING BANDS...

BLOOD COMMAND

NIKKI WALKS US THROUGH HER HOPES FOR THE FUTURE.

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NO FEAR

PUT VERY VERY BLUNTLY, THE NEW ITHACA ALBUM COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY CRUSHES. DJAMILA BODEN AZZOUZ WALKS US THROUGH IT...

WE GO AGAIN

TRAVIE LIFTS THE LID ON HIS PAST FEW YEARS, AND TELLS SOME TRUTHS ON HIS LONG-AWAITED NEW ALBUM, 'NEVER SLEPT BETTER'.

COMING CLEAN

DEAF HAVANA HAD MORE UPS AND DOWNS DURING THE PANDEMIC THAN MOST BANDS HAVE IN AN ENTIRE CAREER. HERE'S HOW JAMES AND MATTHEW VECK-GILODI SET OFF ON A PATH TO SOMETHING BRIGHTER.

A PROMISE KEPT

AFTER FIVE YEARS OF HEARTBREAK, UNCERTAINTY AND RESILIENCE, WE CAME AS ROMANS ARE READY TO TELL THEIR STORY. THIS IS HOW THEY OVERCAME TRAGEDY TO CREATE THEIR MOST VITAL, EMOTIONAL AND STUNNING ALBUM TO DATE.

THE FIRST...CRAIG OWENS D.R.U.G.S.

CRAIG TAKES US BACK TO THE VERY BEGINNING OF HIS FASCINATING CAREER AND REVEALS SOME OF THE MOMENTS THAT KICKED THINGS OFF.

THE SHAKE UP

MEMPHIS MAY FIRE ARE BACK, AND IT FEELS... FAMILIAR. MATTY MULLINS EXPLAINS HOW HE AND HIS BAND WOUND BACK THE CLOCK AND MADE SOME OF THEIR MOST VITAL WORK YET.

SAY SOMETHING

THE FAIM ARE BACK FOR ALBUM TWO AFTER A LONG, LONG REST. JOSH RAVEN OPENS UP ON 'TALK TALK'.

PARTY HARD

IT'S BEEN A WHIRLWIND YEAR FOR BLIND CHANNEL, ENDING AT THEIR MASSIVE NEW ALBUM. HERE, JOEL HOKKA, NIKO MOILANEN, JOONAS PORKO AND ALEKSI KAUNISVESI TELL ITS STORY.

ON THE SPIN

SPECTACULAR. ENDURING. ESSENTIAL. DANCE GAVIN DANCE HAVE BEEN THROUGH MORE IN A FEW YEARS THAN MOST BANDS WOULD GO THROUGH IN THEIR ENTIRE CAREER, BUT THEY'RE NOT JUST MAKING IT THROUGH THEY'RE THRIVING. HERE, JON, WILL, TILIAN, MATT AND ANDREW WALK US THROUGH THE JOURNEY FROM 'AFTERBURNER' TO THEIR IMMENSE NEW ALBUM 'JACKPOT JUICER', TO THE PASSING OF THEIR BASSIST TIM FEERICK AND THE FUTURE OF THE BAND. IF EVER A BAND NEEDED TO WIN, IT'S THIS ONE. AND THEY'RE DOING IT.

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VAXIS II: A WINDOW OF THE WAKING MIND'

MINT GREEN

MEET THE PEOPLE BEHIND WHAT MIGHT JUST BE ONE OF 2022'S BREAKOUT ALBUMS.

BUCKET LIST DANNY BEUS DUNE RATS

DANNY WALKS US THROUGH THE ACHIEVEMENTS HE'S YET TO TICK OFF HIS LIST.

NOW, NOW, NOW

NOVA TWINS AND THEIR SPECTACULAR NEW ALBUM ARE EVERYWHERE RIGHT NOW. WE SIT DOWN WITH AMY AND GEORGIA AS THEY EXPLAIN WHY...

ANY QUESTION ANSWERED NOAHFINNCE

NOAH WALKS US THROUGH HIS FASCINATING LIFE AND CAREER SO FAR AHEAD OF HIS NEW EP, 'MY LIFE AFTER THERAPY'.

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IBARAKI

A PROJECT A DECADE IN THE MAKING THAT HAS STORYTELLING, EXPERIMENTATION AND HUMANITY AT ITS HEART.

HOME SWEET HOME

SLAM DUNK FESTIVAL IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER, AND AT THE TOP OF THE BILL FOR 2022 ARE SOME NEW FACES, SOME FAMILIAR. WE SPOKE TO BEN BARLOW, DERYCK WHIBLEY, GEORGE PETTIT AND WADE MACNEIL FROM HEADLINERS NECK DEEP, SUM 41 AND THIS MONTHS' ROCK SOUND COVER STARS, ALEXISONFIRE, TO FIND OUT WHY IT MIGHT JUST BE THE BEST YEAR YET.

Band Of Brothers

ALEXISONFIRE ARE BACK, AND BIGGER, BETTER AND BOLDER THAN EVER BEFORE. HERE, ALL FIVE OF THE BAND TAKE US THROUGH THE EMOTIONS AND STEPS THAT HAVE ALLOWED THEM TO CRAFT THE FINEST ALBUM OF THEIR CAREER, AND GROW STRONGER THAN EVER.

BONNIE FRASER: STAND ATLANTIC

BON WALKS US THROUGH A FEW THINGS SHE'S YET TO TICK OFF.

ANY QUESTION ANSWERED: LZZY HALE

LZZY TELLS HER STORY ACROSS HER MOST EXTENSIVE, IN DEPTH INTERVIEW TO DATE, FROM HER FIRST EXPERIENCES OF MUSIC AND THE FORMATION OF HALESTORM RIGHT THROUGH TO THEIR AWESOME NEW ALBUM 'BACK FROM THE DEAD', AND BEYOND.

THE OTHER SIDE

PART TWO OF MAN WITH A MISSION'S BREAK AND CROSS THE WALLS' PROJECT IS ALMOST HERE! WE SAT DOWN WITH JEANKEN JOHNNY FOR A BRAND NEW INTERVIEW ABOUT IT.

THE FIRST... AARON BRUNO AWOLNATION

AARON WALKS US THROUGH A SERIES OF FIRSTS...

SALT, SWEAT, SUGAR

LIGHTS GOES DEEP ON HER NEW ALBUM, 'PEP', AND EXPLAINS HOW IN SPRINKLING A LITTLE OF EACH PART OF HERSELF INTO THE SONGS, SHE MADE HER FINEST RECORD YET.

TIME AND PLACE

FROZEN IN PURGATORY, STATE CHAMPS TOOK A STEP BACK AND DIALLED INTO EXACTLY WHAT THEY LOVE ABOUT THEIR BAND. THE RESULT IS THEIR MOST COMPLETE ALBUM YET.

GET AWAY

NOAHFINNCE STARTED THERAPY, THEN LAID HIS BRAIN OUT ACROSS THE BEST SONGS HE'S EVER WRITTEN. THIS IS THE STORY OF MY BRAIN AFTER THERAPY'.

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