THE CLAYTON
Hailing from Aramaio, The Clayton proudly fly the flag for Basque rock & roll with a sound that has evolved from punk towards hard rock, blues and Scandinavian high-energy rock. Formed around 2018 playing covers of bands such as The Clash, Ramones, Barricada and The Hellacopters, they soon began forging a sound of their own, […]
OLD 97’s
Hailing from Dallas, Texas, Old 97’s have spent more than three decades proving that country and rock & roll work particularly well when played with punk urgency. Led by Rhett Miller and still featuring their classic line-up, they were one of the key bands in defining the alt-country sound of the ’90s, building a catalogue […]
JOHN GARCÍA
John Garcia’s voice is forever tied to the sound of the desert. As the frontman of Kyuss, he became one of the defining figures of the Palm Desert scene that, in the early ’90s, turned crushing riffs, psychedelia and groove into the language that would become known as desert rock and stoner rock. Albums such […]
PATTI SMITH QUARTET
Few artists have fused poetry, rock and attitude with the force of Patti Smith. A central figure in New York’s 1970s scene, she turned Horses into a landmark record and gave rock enduring songs such as Because the Night and People Have the Power. Following her memorable appearance at Azkena Rock Festival in 2022, she […]
LOS STRAITJACKETS
More than three decades after first pulling on their unmistakable lucha libre masks, Los Straitjackets remain masters of instrumental rock ’n’ roll. From Nashville, Eddie Angel, Greg Townson, Pete Curry and Chris Sprague have built a world of reverb-soaked, twanging guitars where surf, garage and ’60s rock ’n’ roll collide, drawing on the spirit of […]
LES GREENE
Les Greene has rock ’n’ roll and soul running through his veins. Born in Baltimore and seasoned on the stages of Key West with The Swayzees, he brings together the electricity of Little Richard, the drive of James Brown and the elegance of classic soul with a thoroughly contemporary stage presence. His voice reached a […]
BLIND RAGE & VIOLENCE
Executioner hoods, concealed identities and an absolute obsession with Link Wray: welcome to Blind Rage & Violence. The mysterious North Carolina outfit take the legacy of the distorted-guitar pioneer and drag it through instrumental rock & roll, garage punk and rockabilly, keeping everything suitably raw and dirty. Associated with Deke Dickerson, the band have pushed […]
MARILYN MANSON
Marilyn Manson became one of the most recognisable figures in American rock during the 1990s, taking industrial metal and shock rock into the mainstream. Antichrist Superstar, Mechanical Animals and Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) defined his most influential period and established a formula in which music, image and provocation were […]
AMERICAN AQUARIUM
For years, BJ Barham has been writing about the America that rarely makes it onto postcards: small towns, jobs that barely pay the bills, marriages falling apart, nights spent in bars and endless miles on the road. That world lies at the heart of American Aquarium, the Raleigh, North Carolina band who have turned those […]
THE DRONES
Ten years away from touring haven’t tamed The Drones. The Australian band returned to the stage in 2026 after a lengthy hiatus that, as they themselves insist, was never actually a break-up, rekindling a chemistry forged through years of relentless touring. Led by Gareth Liddiard, The Drones built a catalogue that has always resisted neat […]