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They’re the biggest heavy metal band of all time and have had nothing short of a rollercoaster career. But how much do you know? Here’s the complete 26-point alphabetical guide to everything Metallica.A is for AlcoholicaIt’s no exaggeration to say that if it wasn’t for alcohol, there almost certainly would never have been a Metallica, with the super-introverted James Hetfield leaning heavily on booze from day one in order to conquer his stage fright and crippling shyness. On Ride The Lighting the quartet gave a shout out to Carlsberg, by Master Of Puppets their burgeoning status meant they were giving…
The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four.Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios in Bexhill-on-Sea. For this album, Trevor Moss took over the production duties and provided bass, mandolin, banjo, and harmonica, as well as fellow musicians Thure Johansen on electric guitar and resonator guitar, violinist Henry Bristow, and Moss’s wife, Hannah-Lou, on vocals. McClure himself says, “we wanted to capture a moment, prioritising feel over perfection, and the record came together pretty quickly over a few sessions”.We…
Photo: James Minchin IIIThe musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car, while his genre-diverse accompaniment has gatecrashed its way from folk to rock, jazz, delta blues, opera, vaudeville, cabaret, funk, to even flirting with experimental techniques that verge on industrial music. So, with that in mind, does he really qualify for a…
Further explaining the film, Joe reveals that the title is based on the idea that “Something can be broken, rebuilt, and still carry its scars. “To me, resilience isn’t about pretending something never happened. It’s about accepting what happened, honouring it, and finding a way to keep moving forward. That felt like the best way to describe both the film and our journey. This is really a story about loss, friendship, creativity, and reinvention. “This wasn’t supposed to be a documentary. It started with an opportunity to film our 2024 show in São Paulo, just wanting to capture that moment.…
The records that lit her eternal flame: “I always think of music as my drug”… DIONNE WARWICKDionne Warwick’s Golden Hits Part 2SCEPTER, 1969 When I was growing up, my mother played Dionne Warwick singing Burt Bacharach and Hal David songs on repeat. So for the little girl who loved to sing, the roadmaps of these songs are so important. The melodies are truly extraordinary, the lyrics are so clever and specific, and the delivery is so imbued with heartache, joy, sadness, every possible emotion. It’s a rare synergy between Bert and Hal and Dionne Warwick. Obviously their songs were covered…
Scene Within A Scene: Scottish Independent Music 1992-2001 by Grant McPheeOmnibus PressOut 6th AugustBuy HereScene Within A Scene follows the authors excellent Postcards From Scotland, this time with labels such as Chemikal Underground and acts such as Belle and Sebastian, Bis, and Franz Ferdinand joining the party.In the aforementioned compelling and dynamic oral history, McPhee chronicles the radical transformation of Scotland’s independent music scene from 1983-1995. With a slight bit of crossover, Scene Within A Scene takes hold of the baton and runs with the story, again including archival photos and drawing from over 100 interviews with the key players…
Gary NumanThe Piece Hall, HalifaxFriday, July 31st 2026Gary Numan was one of the key pioneers of British synthpop, but this show also showcased his darker industrial work. Paul Clarke joined the Numanoids.Everyone cites the Sheffield bands as the key players in the creation of the British synthpop sound, but Gary Numan working as Tubeway Army and then solo was ahead of them, scoring two number ones before the South Yorkshire crowd broke into the charts.The late seventies was a time when all sorts of weird acts could get to number one, and none stranger than the other worldly looking Numan…
Credit: Curtis Wayne MillardNashville East resident Aaron Lee Tasjan has long been a favourite of Americana UK, and with 12 albums to his name, including his latest Get Over It, Underdog, and approaching 40, he is no longer the young kid on the block. While he is recognised as a songwriter’s songwriter who is a great collaborator, and brings his own wry take and slant to his folk-based story songs, the fact that he had been on the musical treadmill for 20 years and was still a cult artist as far as the wider listening public is concerned was beginning…
If you ask ten people why Hull’s annual Humber Street Sesh music festival is held so dearly by communities throughout the city and beyond, you’ll get ten very different answers. The meticulously diverse music programming is definitely one of the festival’s defining assets, along with its distinctive marina-side setting, and palpable energy that belies its size. But what does it actually feel like to be there? That’s what I endeavoured to discover at this year’s festival. What began in 2012 as a small-scale, grassroots showcase of Hull’s best emerging talent has, in the last 14 years, expanded into Yorkshire’s largest…
KITSCHKRIEG have taken their 2026 breakout hit ‘Gut Genug’ global, linking up with UK rap icon Skepta and German band Blumengarten for a huge new remix.Originally appearing on the Berlin production trio’s latest album KITSCHKRIEG ZWEI, ‘Gut Genug’ has become one of Germany’s biggest international success stories of the year. Built around an instantly memorable chorus translating to “you are good enough”, the track has clocked over 100 million streams, topped the Global Shazam Chart and spent two consecutive weeks at number one on the Official German Singles Chart, picking up co-signs from the likes of Wiz Khalifa, Lizzo, Steve…
Open Mike Eagle and Kenny Segal have shared their new single “She Swear I’m Colourblind”, linking up with underground hip hop heavyweight billy woods for the latest taste of their forthcoming collaborative project, DOOMED!.Inspired by an argument over the colour of a rental car, the track turns relationship friction into something characteristically offbeat and darkly funny, with Diego Gaeta adding Rhodes piano alongside saxophone and flute from Aaron Shaw. It sets the tone for DOOMED!, which arrives on 14th August via Backwoodz Studioz and is described as the world’s first “half whimsical break up album”.Despite a friendship and creative relationship…
North London born vocalist Phebe Edwards is widely regarded for her gospel rooted power, effortless versatility and soaring soprano. She is a singer whose artistry has been shaped by both classical training and a lifetime immersed in soul, R&B and contemporary music. Classically trained on piano from the age of five and raised on gospel traditions, she developed a sound that blends technical precision with emotional depth.Phebe’s career spans an extensive list of collaborations and performances with artists including Adele, Macy Gray, Gabrielle, Jessie J, Stormzy, Elton John, Rod Stewart and Craig David. She has also performed a solo both…