Another year has flown by and once again it was time to step back into the 80s and 90s as Rewind South returned to Henley on Thames. The sun was out, the temperature was hot although thankfully not quite as hot as some of the temperatures we've endured recently and the Rewind faithful were once again arriving in their finest attire. There is something gloriously ridiculous about seeing thousands of people turn up dressed for a weekend somewhere between a music festival and

Hi there, thanks for answering some questions for us! Happy to be here! Always great to talk about holon and the music - especially if it means a break from obsessing over mix tweaks I’ll probably undo later anyway. Please tell us a bit about yourself… My name’s Ronny, I’m based in Trondheim, Norway, and holon is my solo project - though I’ve had the great fortune of collaborating with Geir Anfinn Halland Johansen on drums since the very beginning. I write, record, arrange, m

PLEASE TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOURSELF… Jem: Hi! We’re Prayers Electric, a British indie psych-punk rock two-piece based across Manchester and the North West. We started this band after another project fell apart. We just kept hanging out and making music because we enjoyed it. We also still had gigs booked, so we carried on to honour the commitments. It started as the practical option and ended up becoming the actual band! TELL US ABOUT YOUR NEW ALBUM OR SINGLE Jem: Our latest

After more than five decades of friendship, musical exchange and separate careers that helped redefine what the electric guitar could do, Joe Satriani and Steve Vai have finally made a record together. The Sea of Emotion, the first studio album from SatchVai, will be released November 6, 2026 via earMUSIC. The announcement arrives alongside the release of “Mayhem,” the album’s blistering new single, out today. The story began in 1973, when 13-year-old Steve Vai began taking g

There’s something rather satisfying about an album that sounds like it was made to be played from beginning to end. In an age of streaming playlists and songs fighting for attention in the first few seconds, Parker Barrow’s Hold The Mash feels wonderfully old-fashioned and I mean that as a compliment. This is a proper rock album. It has swagger, groove, big guitars, plenty of attitude and, most importantly, songs that make you want to turn the volume up and let the whole thin

Just a few weeks after performing to tens of thousands in Hyde Park, Lewis Capaldi found himself in very different surroundings. Swapping one of the country's biggest festival crowds for the much more intimate O2 Forum Kentish Town, this one-off show, organised with Carers Trust and ABLE2UK, wasn't simply another date on the calendar. It was a chance to thank primary carers while demonstrating what can happen when accessibility is considered from the very beginning rather tha

So, you've landed your first concert photo pass. Congratulations! After weeks (or months) of building your portfolio, emailing promoters, chasing opportunities, and refreshing your inbox waiting for that magic approval email, you're finally going to stand in front of a stage with a camera in your hands. Exciting, right? Then you arrive at the venue, look into the photo pit, and realise there are ten other photographers, three security guards, a singer running towards the edge

Some albums arrive right on time. Others have to wait over forty years to finally be heard. Eureka, the long-lost debut from The Western Front, falls firmly into the latter category, and thankfully it's been worth the wait. Originally recorded between 1983 and 1984, the album captures everything that made melodic rock so exciting during that era. It was set for release through Atlantic Records before label upheaval saw the project shelved. Four decades later, it's finally get

Hi there. Thank you for answering some questions for us. Please tell us a bit about yourself. Hello! Thank you for asking questions, it’s an honor to answer them for you. A little bit about ourselves: we are Famous Strangers. We’re from Sherwood Park, Alberta. We are a heavy rock band with a little bit of grit and also softness to us. We are kind of all over the place. We started about three years ago, but all of us have been playing music and in bands for many years. Tell us

SPLAT! proves that Deep Purple have no intention of slowing down. Rather than simply revisiting past glories, the band continue to push themselves creatively, delivering an album that feels both classic and refreshingly modern. While the songs explore themes of transformation, mortality and the future of humanity, they never lose the sense of fun and musical adventure that has always made Deep Purple unique. Opening track Arrogant Boy has the same relentless bite and drive as

With Foreign Tongues, The Rolling Stones have achieved something few bands could ever hope for this late in their career: they have delivered an album that feels fresh, inspired and unmistakably like themselves. Critics have been unanimous in their praise, with Rolling Stone suggesting it could be a fitting final chapter to their legendary career, while The Guardian and Uncut have hailed it as some of the band's strongest work in decades. Listening to the album, it's easy to

Back in 2005, Confessions on a Dance Floor was groundbreaking. Madonna embraced '70s disco at a time when dance music wasn't dominating the charts, teaming up with then-rising British producer Stuart Price in his London flat to create one of the defining pop albums of the decade. More than twenty years later, the pair reunite for Confessions II, but this isn't an attempt to recreate lightning in a bottle. It's a very different album from a very different era, built not on nos

After the bigger, shinier production of Addicted To You, Rhythm, Rust & Static feels like When Rivers Meet kicking open the studio door, dragging the amps into a dusty warehouse and seeing what happens. It's rawer, heavier and, perhaps most importantly, more adventurous. The opening couple of tracks don't quite hint at where the album is heading. 'The Tide Is Turning' plays things relatively safe, delivering everything fans have come to expect: gritty riffs, walls of fuzz and