The NME Awards tour bill-toppers met Joe Goggins to talk Tarantino, Mercury nods and being the world’s unlikeliest headliners

The Nebraskan post-hardcore outfit are back – and louder, sharper and angrier than ever before

The alt-rock old hands bring their ear-shredding live show to the Ritz

The Interpol frontman spoke to Joe Goggins about going it alone, ditching his pseudonym and being inspired by Snoop Dogg

A monumental year for the Ohio two-piece culminates in their first UK arena jaunt – with mixed results

The Canadian songstress brought a live shows as eccentric as her records to the Ritz

The Bostonian quintet continued to spin Gossamer’s convoluted web at the Academy

The Canadian duo bring their now-more-sedate live show to the Academy

DIIV mark their first visit to Manchester with a spellbinding set at the Deaf Institute

The Sheffield quintet couldn’t have made their Manchester return at a more appropriately-named venue

The Welsh rockers take a break from recording to open for Muse at the Arena

The Compton rapper’s latest record proves that there’s still more to hip hop than controversy and materialism

Wakefield’s finest speak to music editor Joe Goggins about touring, recording and the essence of punk.

The Compton rapper’s latest record proves that there’s still more to hip hop than controversy and materialism

The legendary outfit’s finest hour changed the face of alternative rock

A majestic set at the Manchester Arena showed why Radiohead remain the world’s most important rock band

Lonerism strikes a delicate balance between celebrating its influences and outright copying them

Joe Goggins suggests the soundtrack to this year’s Liberal Democrat party conference

LCD Soundsystem’s legacy might yet extend beyond their music.

A welcome addition to a stylish genre that’s been crying out for some substance.