Pup on how the unraveling of an indie-punk guitar institution began with a Rhodes piano By Mike Huguenor published 7 November 22 Brains melted by the piano’s potential, the Canadian stalwarts went all in on a guitar album full of regrettable choices that turned out to be genius powermoves
PUP’s new single Matilda will make you weep for your first guitar By Matt Parker published 4 March 22 Hold ‘em close, if you got ‘em – the Canadian punks’ latest tells the tear-jerking story of a once-loved guitar, abandoned to the closet
From effervescent funk to chaotic, full-throated nu-metal: here are this week's essential guitar tracks By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche, Matt Owen published 12 November 21 Usher in the weekend with playlist-bolstering new songs from Slipknot, Foals, PUP, Nilüfer Yanya, Korn, Camp Cope, Rolo Tomassi and more
Why Canada is home to some of the world's most exciting hard-rock guitar players By Adam Kovac published 27 October 20 The Dirty Nil, Monster Truck, David Wilcox and PUP offer a guided tour of the Canadian six-string scene
From heavy metal earworms to cathartic, shout-along pop-punk: here are this week's essential guitar tracks By Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche published 7 August 20 On tap this week are awesome new tracks from Gojira, John Petrucci, Bully, Avatar and more
PUP's Stefan Babcock and Steve Sladkowski discuss bizarre time signatures, and how they made one of 2019's best punk albums By Mike Huguenor published 31 January 20 “If the song doesn’t sound good with the four of us playing it at the jam space, it’s not a good song,” Babcock tells GW