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Nickelback: "If you don’t leave a little bit of your sanity behind when you make an album, you haven’t dug deep enough"

By Matt Doria

Look at this photograph… Okay, now read this interview, where Nickelback bassist Mike Kroeger looks back on 15 years of the iconic All The Right Reasons

Biffy Clyro: "It's really special when you can go through a tough moment and come out on the other side with more confidence"

By Matt Doria

Their new album may be called A Celebration Of Endings, but don’t get it twisted: Biffy Clyro ain’t going anywhere soon

Nothing But Thieves: "I think we need to move rock forward, because it died in its tracks for a reason"

By Matt Doria

Rock ’n’ roll ain’t dead – just look at English shredheads Nothing But Thieves for proof. In fact on album #3, they’re taking their signature modern rock mayhem to a whole new level

PVRIS: “It’s just about wanting to be truthful and authentic to what is actually happening behind the scenes”

By Matt Doria

On their poignant and empowering new album Use Me, PVRIS frontwoman Lynn Gunn takes charge and embraces her well-earned turn in the spotlight

Spotlight: Courtney Marie Andrews

By Matt Doria

The new album, Old Flowers, is out now via Fat Possum

The Front Bottoms: “It was fun because we got to get into a room together and just jam out”

By Matt Doria

The Front Bottoms mastered their transition from basement-staple folk-punks to arena-packing pop kings. Now, they’re throwing caution to the wind with an album of pure, unfiltered chaos

Beabadoobee: “I think what really helped me was the tunings I find, and the alternate tunings we play in”

By Matt Doria

Earning a major label smash-hit and Fender’s seal of approval just two years into her career, Beabadoobee certainly isn’t here to f*** around

Hatebreed: “People will definitely be surprised when they hear some of the songs on this album”

By Matt Doria

Hardcore's generation-spanning heroes go heavy on their latest album – both in sound, and in amp stacks...

iDKHow: “I have a tendency to throw everything and the kitchen sink at a recording”

By Matt Doria

Blending futuristic sounds with nostalgic attitudes, I Don't Know How But They Found Me (A.K.A. iDKHow) bring more than just the Razzmatazz to their as-titled debut album

Spotlight: David Potter of Stand Atlantic

By Matt Doria

The new album, Pink Elephant, is out now via Hopeless

Tired Lion: "I write music because it helps me to get through things, so the fact that this is all 100 percent me is terrifying"

By Matt Doria

The dumb days are over and Tired Lion are ready for a second shot at life, thanks in no short part to the red-hot resilience of their badass frontwoman

Something For Kate: "If I’m listening to a record that came out in 2020, I want to listen to a record that sounds like 2020!"

By Matt Doria

Something For Kate are back with an epic new album of big, lush musical atmospheres and warm, kaleidoscopic melodies: exactly what this clusterf*** of a year has needed

The future sound of Fender: Black Pumas, Yola, Girl In Red, Ashley McBryde and IDLES on gear, tone and songwriting

By Jonathan Horsley

We meet the Fender Next alumni who are building new sounds from fresh approaches

Josh Teskey and Ash Grunwald: "It’s the kind of stuff you’ll put on and it’ll instantly transport you to a time and place you wish you could go back to"

By Matt Doria

Though they’re both undeniably phenomenal songwriters in their own respects, something truly magical happened when Josh Teskey and Ash Grunwald teamed up

Dave Martone tells the story behind his lead role on Nickelback's surprise shred-heavy cover of The Devil Went Down to Georgia

By Sam Roche

“It was refreshing to have the chance to shred in a pop song that's played on the radio – it's almost like it isn't allowed anymore!”

Cry Club: “We want to be making stuff that connects with other people”

By Matt Doria

Equally charismatic and chaotic, the debut album from Cry Club is a revolutionary pop-rock romp you'll need to hear to believe

Spotlight: Hendrik Wipprecht of A. Swayze & The Ghosts

By Matt Doria

The new album, Paid Salvation, is out now via Ivy League

Dominic Fike: “When Rick Rubin heard the demos, he said it felt like I was speaking through the guitar”

By Amit Sharma

The Floridian six-stringer talks championing Fender's new American Professional II series, and the theory-free approach to his new album, What Could Possibly Go Wrong

Producer Profile: Alain Johannes

By Matt Doria

Getting down to the basics with the king of '90s alt-rock

DevilDriver: “After spending so much time writing music over the last 20 years of my life, I’ve started to have these little epiphanies here and there”

By Matt Doria

On what's been described as their "most literal" album, Devildriver deliver some of their most jaw-droppingly powerful material to date