Craig Johnson

Los Pirañas

Una Oportunidad Más de Triunfar en la Vida

Sean Kitching celebrates the Latin tropical supergroup releasing their best record to date

20 Years On: The Breeders’ Last Splash Revisited

Emily Mackay enjoys goosebumps - or is that endures horripilation - on relistening to the Breeders' second LP

Space-Time Dilation: Semibreve 2022 Reviewed

Daryl Worthington visits Semibreve Festival in Braga, Portugal, and finds a mind-boggling, perception altering array of boundary-pushing performances

Why The Problems With Philip Anschutz Go Beyond Coachella

Philip Anschutz, an ultra-conservative multi-billionaire, is making a fortune on counterculture via the tours and festivals he promotes. The profits indirectly benefit some grim causes - but what can we do against it, asks Joost Heijthuijsen

Palm Desert Discs: John Garcia’s Favourite Albums

With his self-titled debut solo album out earlier this year and a run of UK shows imminent, the former Kyuss man has been wringing his hands over picking 13 all-time favourite LPs. Mark Eglinton helps him boil it down

Full Clip: November’s Hip Hop Albums Reviewed by Gary Suarez

Whether you rep the old school, the new school, or were homeschooled, our resident rap columnist comes through with the latest straight outta America.

Columnus Metallicus: May’s Heavy Metal Reviewed By Kez Whelan

Kez Whelan attempts to summarise 2019's busiest month for metal in a single column, with new releases from Saint Vitus, Possessed, Nocturnus AD, Full Of Hell and many more coming under scrutiny

From The Darkest Chasms: Neil Young’s On The Beach Revisited

Forty-five years after it was first released, Joseph Burnett returns to Young's fifth solo record, an album that marked an angered transition from Harvest, bolstered by some of his bleakest and greatest moments

How Michael Jackson’s Bad Shaped Pop As We Know It

Thriller might be considered the greatest Michael Jackson album but, argues David Bennun, it's Bad that changed pop music forever

Horns Up Ya Shitters! The Best Metal Of March Reviewed

Toby Cook once more utters his Columnus Metallicus AIIIEEEEEE as he reviews new albums from Meshuggah, Black Breath, Napalm Death, Cannibal Corpse, Angel Witch, Christian Mistress, Soulfly, MAKE, Drudkh and Mike Armine

Kanye West, Sensitive Soul

Quietus Editor John Doran gets drunk, falls over, destroys phone, makes noise like "broken panther" and has Proustian recall of two run ins with the "resolutely mediocre" Kanye West

An Aura Of The Mythic: Prince Live, By Simon Price

In the wake of the sad news of his passing, revisit the time self-confessed Prince nutter Simon Price witnessed the first proper gig of the great man's surprise London takeover (and a second one the same night)

The Ting Tings

Sounds From Nowheresville

Manic Street Preachers

Journal For Plague Lovers

Chance-Taking: Stephen McRobbie Of The Pastels’ Favourite Albums

With The Pastels releasing their first album in 16 years last week, original member Stephen McRobbie reveals the 13 albums that “defined his taste” and inspired his band

Yves Tumor

Serpent Music