Debate: what’s the greatest punk album ever?
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
“Do I ever look at Steven Wilson and think, ‘Why is he having top-five albums and I’m not?’ No”: Tim Bowness found catharsis in exploring forced isolation on Late Night Laments
With songs for the lost and the lonely, detailing trauma and loss – but hardly ever his own – Bowness’ intensely personal sixth album is...
“A mish-mosh of low-budget glamour and high-concept absurdity”: In praise of Lunachicks’ day-glo classic Babysitters On Acid
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
“Steve Hogarth bursts into the studio, holding a gun”: What happened when Marillion allowed a journalist to play on their new album
In 2008, Marillion got a Classic Rock journalist to play on the album Happiness Is The Road, and things got weird
Nine Paul McCartney albums you should listen to, but none of them are by The Beatles
More to Macca than The Beatles: Nine Paul McCartney albums you should listen to, and one to avoid
“I know what Dua Lipa looks like on stage, and that’s as far as I get to understanding the mainstream”: Back to business for The Black Keys – serving their audience and paying the bills
For The Black Keys, 2024 is a year they’d like to forget. But they’re hoping 2025 will be one to remember