Mark Beaumont

Inside The Cult Of Pixies: Why They’re More Than Just A Band

Call them what you want – a quasi-demonic cult, a UFO fantasist sect, Satan’s own Beach Boys – but don’t call Pixies a band....

Two Door Cinema Club’s Surreal ‘Gameshow’ Launch Gig Showed A Much Changed Band

Returning indie-pop heroes Two Door Cinema Club took over the Tufnell Park Dome last night (September 14) for a surreal and exciting pre-album party....

Kings Of Leon: Their Ten Best Songs

From young-dumb-and-full-of-thrum punk country upstarts to mature masters of cavernous stadium rock, it’s been a long and crazy trip for Kings Of Leon –...

The Ten Best Albums From Leeds

“Everything’s Brilliant In Leeds!” yelled the Kaiser Chiefs around 2005, putting this northern indie powerhouse back on the musical map, but the truth is...

“We Don’t Have A Pig-Flying License!” – Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason Discusses The Iconic Items We’d Like To See In Their V&A Exhibition

Next May sees the opening of the Victoria & Albert museum's Pink Floyd exhibition ‘Their Mortal Remains’. Drummer Nick Mason talks us through some...

Twin Atlantic – ‘GLA’ Review

It’s the age of the Trojan rock band. Once, alternative music would lay siege to the mainstream, occasionally breaching the gates to run riot...

World Exclusive Comeback Interview: How Kings Of Leon Rebuilt Their Family – And Their Sound

Kings Of Leon, the hardest-partying band of the noughties, have spent the last three years cutting down on the boozing, organising food festivals and...

“We refused to support Ziggy Stardust!”: Mott The Hoople’s Ian Hunter Remembers David Bowie

“This world was black and white, you showed us what it’s like to live inside a rainbow,” sings Ian Hunter, ex-singer with Mott The...

Only Superfans Will Be Able To Complete All Of These Coldplay Lyrics

There was a time, around debut album ‘Parachutes’, that you could score a good 90 per cent on any Coldplay lyric quiz simply by...

The Scariest Stalkers In Pop History

When Deryk Whibley of Sum 41 received death threats – serious, “sophisticated” and wiped of fingerprints – from the stalker of his then-wife Avril...
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