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February 2026

  • Two men standing in front of a graffiti-covered venue, with an awning saying CBGB and OMFUG.

    ‘The bathrooms were rank, but we didn’t care’: how the grimy-but-great CBGB changed rock for ever

  • Primal punk dramaturgy … (from left) Jeppe Rottier, Jesper Rottier, Finley Nijsse, Danny Rottier and Luuk Bosma of Grote Geelstaart.

    Add to playlist
    Add to playlist: the bizarro punk of Dutch upstarts Grote Geelstaart and the week’s best new tracks

  • Ted Milton with his puppet Constable Nosey Parker.

    ‘Charisma is a form of psychosis’: inspiring Eric Clapton, having kids at 70 … the irreverent life of post-punk puppeteer Ted Milton

  • Alexis Petridis

    The Grammys riled Donald Trump – but the big winners were chosen for their music, not politics

    Alexis Petridis

January 2026

  • Imbalance performing at the 1 in 12 Club.

    ‘Fascists threatened us but we always took them on’: the anarchic Bradford club still fighting after 45 years

  • Dave Vanian, Rat Scabies, Captain Sensible and Paul Gray.

    ‘We wouldn’t still be playing if we’d got stinking rich’: the Damned celebrate 50 years of punk, goth and holy grail hunting

December 2025

  • Clockwise from top left: Death Side (with van and in studio), the Nurse, and Lip Cream.

    ‘We were treated like enemies of society’: Japan’s dangerous hardcore punk scene looks back to its roots

  • The Au Pairs’ Lesley Woods, Paul Foad and Pete Hammond performing at the Marquee, London, 1979.

    ‘Time isn’t on my side’: Au Pairs vocalist Lesley Woods on reforming the 80s punk pioneers – without her bandmates

  • Chrissie Hynde, dressed in black, sat on a red chair.

    Film & Music reader interview
    Chrissie Hynde: ‘I pierced Johnny Rotten’s ear in a toilet with an earring and a bar of soap’

  • ‘A maverick talent of a man familiar with self-sabotage’: a young Shayne Carter. The Straightjacket Fits leader is the subject of new documentary Life in One Chord

    Life in One Chord review – the Dunedin sound through the eyes of a music maverick

November 2025

  • Sydney hardcord band Speed

    Hardcore band Speed wins inaugural $80,000 New South Wales Music prize

    Sydney band, as well as Ninajirachi and rapper Barkaa, win new state government awards aiming to support local musicians against international competition
  • Breaking Glass Breaking Glass Szenenbild --Breaking Glass, film still, 1980 credit line: United Archives GmbH / Alamy

    My feelgood movie
    ‘A blast of gritty, unvarnished relief’: why Breaking Glass is my feelgood movie

    The latest in our ongoing series of writers highlighting their most rewatched comfort movies is a trip back to 1980s London and the predatory music industry

    • Harley Flanagan: Wired for Chaos review – riotous life story of hardcore punk godhead

    • ‘We never had much fun – we were angry’: Eve Libertine on life with anarcho-punk pioneers Crass

    • Book of the day
      Bread of Angels: A Memoir, by Patti Smith review – a wild ride with the poet of punk

October 2025

  • Teen Jesus and the Jean TeasersAustralian rock band Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers. The group consists of vocalist Anna Ryan, guitarist Scarlett McKahey, drummer Neve van Boxsel and bassist Jaida Stephenson. Canberra, Australia. Monday 29 September, 2025.

    Guardian Australia's headline act
    Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers: ‘We don’t want to be the biggest band in the world. It’s just fun playing with our besties’

    The Australian rock band are ‘legit now’ with their second album Glory. They talk about performing while underage, playing with Dave Grohl and the ‘girl band’ label
  • Composite image including Nick Cave, Ethel Cain and stills from Psycho, Halloween, Death Wish and Jaws

    ‘The nuns were convinced they were possessed by demons’: goth and metal stars select the scariest music ever made

    Forget the Monster Mash. For the ultimate Halloween playlist, reach for horror soundtracks, 1940s kids’ music and Russian darkwave – all chosen by Sunn O))), Creeper, Diamanda Galás and more

    • ‘Pepper-spraying a 15 year old is cowardly’: Turnstile on hostile cops, playing through pain and taking hardcore punk global

    • ‘We were the original punks’: the rebel women revitalising local music scenes

    • I judged this year’s Welsh music prize – and Don Leisure’s winning album sums up the nation’s eclectic spirit

      Tim Jonze
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