Latest articles by Matt Parker
Festival season is upon us once again and we’ve compiled this handy list of six-string savants for whom it’s worth enduring your annual dose of gig-leg
Sounding like the irksome offspring of Arctic Monkeys and The La’s, Fronteers grew around the close-knit dual guitar and vocal talents of Andy Towse and James Taylor
Guitarist Christian Bland on the psychedelic band’s fifth album
Pennsylvania’s Balance And Composure have grown a lot since they formed in 2007
It’s hard to pinpoint the precise moment when the rock ’n’ roll establishment decided that two guitars in a band was quite enough, thank you, but it’s a mindset that persists to this day.
The UK singer-songwriter picks the brave and the blue
Rough Trade signees Josienne Clarke & Ben Walker are a British folk duo, but new album Overnight stretches that definition into soulful electric territory
Ash Wilson and Mike Cunniff, guitarists with Blackpool’s own Boston Manor, blend the best bits of Brand New with Blink-182’s most melancholy moments
Five minutes and 40 seconds into the tour video for Plini's Paper Moon, the camera pans to the audience to reveal an entire front row bearing a look of ‘wtf!?’ wonderment
From BB King’s bends to Peter Green’s vibrato, some players just ooze personality. Ryan Lindsey, of Oklahoma garage-rockers Broncho, uses “melodic chugging” to create worlds
Kent duo Slaves are successfully prodding a pacified rock scene. All they need is an errant Beastie Boy, a stack of riffs and a ludicrous amount of amplifiers…
“I liken being in a band to being in a relationship,” says Dan Steer, frontman of Reigning Days. “Whatever the outcome, you’ve learned a lot about what and what not to do.”
Singer-songwriter Fin Greenall is best known by his nom-de-plume Fink, a name shared with his trio, completed by bassist Guy Whittaker and drummer Tom Thornton.
As opening statements go, “Muthafucka, I’m back from the dead. About to raise hell, I’m out of my coma and ready to show ya” rates pretty highly on our ‘outrageous swag-ometer’
Wise words from Behemoth's Polish metal overlord
The punk guitar great looks back on life in Minor Threat, Bad Religion and Dag Nasty, plus a fateful Santana show…
14 fine USA models and one notable omission
