The Return of a Joyful Noise: Gossip Are Back

Photo: Cody Critcheloe If you had a baby on the day that Gossip put out their last album, that child would now be in secondary school. That’s how long it’s been.

Written by: Matt Mills | Date: Monday, 25 March 2024

Glitter & Trauma: Why Biffy Clyro's Beginnings Are Worth Celebrating

As big as Biffy Clyro are today (and they’re massive, mate) thanks to their appetite for melding anthemic songs and a sense of spectacle, there has always been a sizeable section of their fanbase ready to get dewy-eyed about the good old days at the drop of a hat. It’s not without good reason.

Written by: Huw Baines | Date: Tuesday, 12 March 2024

'It Feels Like Those Years Apart Never Happened': Fightstar On Wembley and Two Decades Of Music

Photo: Chazz Adnitt Charlie Simpson was trying to tell an old friend some big news, but on the other end of the line something wasn’t clicking. “When I got the call, I was in Asia,” Fightstar drummer Omar Abidi recalls. “The word ‘Wembley’ just would not compute.”

Written by: Jack Butler-Terry | Date: Wednesday, 06 March 2024

The 10 Songs We NEED to Hear on Judas Priest's UK and Ireland Tour

For more than half a century, Judas Priest has been at the forefront of British metal, staking their claim as one of the most important and enduring heavy acts on the planet. Having written some of the genre’s most iconic anthems, it’s hard to narrow things down when selecting a setlist that accurately captures their influence and undimmed arena-shredding power. 

Written by: Jack Butler-Terry | Date: Monday, 04 March 2024

Editors: 'We've Taken People on a Journey'

Photo: Rahi Rezvani When they first announced themselves to the world back in the mid noughties, Editors were pegged in some quarters as just another indie-rock guitar band with a Joy Division fixation. Yet, in the years since that scene’s expiration, Birmingham’s finest miserablists have shown themselves to be capable of so much more. 

Written by: Simon Ramsay | Date: Friday, 23 February 2024

Wildmen to Elder Statesmen: Five of Pearl Jam's Most Important Live Performances

Photo: Danny Clinch It’s not strictly a surprise but Pearl Jam’s longevity is something to marvel at. Emerging from the Seattle grunge scene with perhaps the most easily-aped style of all their contemporaries, the band have adapted and evolved across more than three decades to stand tall as one of the enduring modern American rock bands.

Written by: Huw Baines | Date: Thursday, 22 February 2024

Rhythm, Playfulness: William Doyle On 'Springs Eternal'

‘Springs Eternal’, the new album from William Doyle, is imbued with a playfulness, a lightness of touch, revealing an artist unafraid to have fun even as the characters in his songs drown in the chaos of an uncertain world. It’s a vibrant, pulsating, euphoric ride that fizzes with a greater focus on rhythm than Doyle’s recent works.

Written by: Jeremy Blackmore | Date: Monday, 19 February 2024

'I Love Being The Band That Doesn't Fit': The Callous Daoboys On Standing Out From The Metal Crowd

Let’s start with a simple truth. The Callous Daoboys are the most exciting prospect in mathcore since the Dillinger Escape Plan hung up their instruments. Now, it’s time for some nuance. Yes, the bands share maniacal shifts in time signatures, stabbing panic chords, acerbic screeches and a disregard for rules and good taste, but this Atlantan sextet are still evolving. Their new EP ‘God Smiles Upon The Callous Daoboys’ takes the pop structures they have flirted with in the past and embeds them at the heart of what they do.

Written by: Will Marshall | Date: Thursday, 15 February 2024

"It's Important To Talk About These Things": Introducing Venomous Punks SNAYX

Photo: Bridie Cummings SNAYX vocalist Charlie Herridge has just compared his band to another group. Take 10 guesses which one. Hell, take 100. You won’t get it. “We’re like the punk Vengaboys,” he proclaims. But witness the Brighton trio live and you might quickly agree with him. On-stage, they fizz with life, strutting with confidence and attitude that belies their relative youth as an outfit. They’re spitting venom, but they’re also here to party. They also happen to have a van nicknamed the Vengabus. “It’s got disco lights and everything,” Charlie adds. Of course it does.

Written by: Emma Wilkes | Date: Monday, 12 February 2024

Blueprints: The Making of Noah Kahan's Breakout Success

Photo: @aysiamarotta A prominent seam running through 2024’s live landscape is Noah Kahan’s rapid, almost unprecedented rise to stadium-conquering prominence. Off the back of his breakout album ‘Stick Season’, the singer-songwriter has booked eye-wateringly huge shows across Europe and North America, including a brace of sold out nights at Boston’s Fenway Park, the baseball cathedral close to his adopted home base of Watertown, Massachusetts. 

Written by: Huw Baines | Date: Wednesday, 07 February 2024

Men Of The Hour: Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes on 'Dark Rainbow'

Photo: Brian Rankin In December 2017, Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes descended on London’s Brixton Academy for a night of celebration, playing every one of the 23 songs they had recorded together. When they were done, they fused the noise and sweat and chaos into a live album that could have felt like an ending. Except it wasn’t. Fast forward to today and they'd be needing a whole weekend to carry out the same feat. “We did a 23 song setlist in practice the other night and then did another 23 and it kicked the shit out of me,” Frank laughs. “My respect for Taylor Swift went through the roof.”

Written by: Jack Butler-Terry | Date: Monday, 05 February 2024

Bruce, Taylor and You: Stereoboard's Guide To The Best Tours In The First Half of 2024

How’s the diary looking? Be honest. You could use a couple more dates with noise, lights, people, dancing, right? Couldn’t we all. Here, in an easily digestible month-by-month breakdown, we compile some of the must-see tours and shows for the first half of 2024, from zeitgeist-capturing pop mega-spectacles to gnarled rock ‘n’ roll road warriors and a host of next big things. See you out there.

Written by: Huw Baines | Date: Wednesday, 31 January 2024

Celestial Candyfloss and French Electricity: Gruff Rhys Takes Another Leap Into The Unknown

Photo: Mark James Gruff Rhys’s career has been defined by a constant quest to explore, to discover how different environments can forge new sounds. That ongoing musical pursuit even extended to mastering his latest recordings in Paris to test a theory that electricity in different locations drives equipment in unique ways.

Written by: Jeremy Blackmore | Date: Thursday, 25 January 2024

Back To The Front: The Sleeping Souls on Their Time to Shine

Photo: Lukas Rauch Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan would be the first to admit that some of their most iconic work wouldn’t be anything resembling that without the support of their respective backing bands. Likewise, folk-punk troubadour Frank Turner couldn’t have crafted some of his finest records without the superb talents of his very own supporting ensemble, The Sleeping Souls. A superlative four piece — Tarrant Anderson on bass, pianist Matt Nasir, drummer Callum Green and guitarist Ben Lloyd — with class to burn, the group recently took a break from backing Turner to stride out on their own with impressive results.

Written by: Simon Ramsay | Date: Tuesday, 23 January 2024

A Pretty Good Team: Downton Abbey Stars Michael & Michelle on Their Musical Second Act

It’s easy to default to cynicism when successful actors decide to walk a musical path. Yet, in the case of former Downton Abbey stars Michael Fox and Michelle Dockery, you’d be wise to hurl such preconceptions out of the nearest window. Anyone listening to the duo’s beguiling Americana without knowing who was behind it could easily believe it’s the work of seasoned artists operating at the peak of their creative powers. They are that good. 

Written by: Simon Ramsay | Date: Monday, 22 January 2024

Stereoboard's Ones to Watch in 2024

New year, new favourites. That’s the great promise for any music fan as December becomes January, and here at Stereoboard we’re no different. Head below to check out 10 thrilling propositions for the forthcoming months, from sense-rearranging screamo to flawless technical rap and atmospheric pop.

Written by: Huw Baines | Date: Thursday, 18 January 2024

The 10 Songs We NEED to Hear At Korn's Massive Summer UK Shows

Photo: Tim Saccenti Korn have announced a trio of massive UK shows for this August, with the nu-metal icons set to take in dates in Scarborough and Halifax before their biggest ever show on these shores at London’s Gunnersbury Park. With support coming from Denzel Curry, Spiritbox, Wargasm and Loathe across the three dates, the run is set to offer up one of the biggest and best alt-metal line ups of the year. 

Written by: Jack Terry | Date: Wednesday, 10 January 2024

The List: Stereoboard's Top Tickets Of 2023

td#right {display:none !important;} Music fans really stepped up this year. There was an astonishing 62, 138, 717 searches for the top 200 most popular artists' tour dates over the past 12 months via Stereoboard, up from 39, 128, 765 in 2022. Taylor Swift may have dominated music press headlines with The Eras Tour, but there was a plethora of other artists hitting the road in support of new music.

Written by: Laura Johnson | Date: Wednesday, 20 December 2023

The List: Stereoboard's Best Albums of 2023

td#right {display:none !important;} Welcome to Stereoboard's Album of the Year rundown for 2023, where we delve into 12 months of head-spinning, pulse-quickening, thought-provoking music. Join us.  

Written by: Stereoboard | Date: Monday, 11 December 2023

'It Was Mad Max But Fun': Health on Rising From Noise-Rock Squats to Pop-Metal Excellence

Photo: Mynxii White Jake Duzsik has long been obsessed with the contrasts in people and things. His list of favourite films includes both Alien and Blade Runner: classics made by the same artist that lay fantastical sci-fi concepts alongside images of half-ruined, broken-down machinery in entirely different ways. Among his musical idols are Hüsker Dü, a foundational American hardcore band who gradually transitioned towards infectious indie-punk anthems. This fascination with duality explodes from the speakers when you hear Duzsik’s work as the singer and guitarist of Health.

Written by: Matt Mills | Date: Friday, 08 December 2023