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24-hour room service: Zero 1, Montreal
Saturday 24 December 2011
A study in elegance: Montreal's latest digs
'Black is perfect, you can fill it with any emotion'
Monday 19 December 2011
Ann Demeulemeester's designs are modern, minimal and monochrome. Harriet Walker talks to the queen of darkness
The Lemonheads, Shepherds Bush Empire, London (3/5)
Tuesday 13 December 2011
There’s an understandable perception that Evan Dando blew it.
Steel Panther / Mötley Crüe / Def Leppard, LG Arena, Birmingham
Little Dragon, Concorde 2, Brighton
Sunday 11 December 2011
It's as if poodle rock never went away when Mötley Crüe and the hair metallists get together
Everybody Loves Our Town: A History of Grunge, By Mark Yarm
Sunday 04 September 2011
How Seattle conquered the lamestains
Greg Upchurch of 3 Doors Down on his sport addiction
Tuesday 31 May 2011
ESPN America’s Michael Kim speaks to, Greg Upchurch the drummer of US band 3 Doors Down about his sport obsession.
Barometer: Kurt Cobain
Tuesday 05 April 2011
17 years ago today Kurt Cobain took his own life in a suicide that shook not just the music world, but pop culture in general. All this time on, there’s very little to say about Cobain, or indeed Nirvana – the ground breaking grunge rock’n'roll band he fronted – that hasn’t already been said.
Mike Starr: Bassist and self-destructive founder-member of the Seattle band Alice in Chains
Saturday 12 March 2011
When the grunge band Alice In Chains named their 1990 debut EP We Die Young after the eponymous composition by their guitarist and primary songwriter Jerry Cantrell, it proved sadly prophetic.
Album: Yuck, Yuck (Mercury / Fat Possum)
Sunday 20 February 2011
In the early 1990s, when US guitar rock was at its high watermark, Yuck weren't born.
Biffy Clyro make second attempt at America
Friday 04 February 2011
Biffy Clyro are trying to crack America for the second time.
Album: Alan Moore & Mitch Jenkins, Unearthing (Lex)
Sunday 05 September 2010
Unearthing began life as a 2006 essay by Watchmen author and comics genius Alan Moore, and has now, with the help of Warp offshoot Lex, developed into "a work of psychogeography" in multi-media form, incorporating photography and a musical backing provided by alt-hip-hop duo Crook & Flail with contributions from Faith No More's Mike Patton, Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite, Godflesh's Justin Broadrick and drummer Zach Hill.
Album: Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan, Hawk (V2 / Co-Operative)
Sunday 15 August 2010
He growls, she coos: alt-rock's oddest couple strike again
The Word On... Nobody's Daughter, Hole
Friday 07 May 2010
"Somehow, some way, this record, unlike Courtney Love's persona for the last decade, isn't a cringe-inducing disaster." - nowtoronto.com
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