Interviews

Foreigner

A couple of years ago, Foreigner celebrated its 40th anniversary as a band. It's a remarkable achievement and a huge...

25 Sep

As It Is

Some albums take an absurd amount of time to codify when there’s an ambitious plan behind them. Take Chinese Democracy, The...

21 Sep

Basement

Ahead of the release of their fourth album, Beside Myself, UK post-grunge exports Basement find themselves at a curious...

21 Sep

Nice Biscuit

Like Daft Punk or Mogwai, Nice Biscuit’s name started out as a joke. During the band’s first jam session, drummer Kurt Melvin...

18 Sep

The Amity Affliction Turn Misery Into Mania

If there’s one criticism even the biggest fans of The Amity Affliction will admit, it’s that the regional Queensland oceancore...

18 Sep

Living Colour

Three decades on, Vivid is still one of the most indispensable albums in rock – not only by virtue of its ultra juicy production...

14 Sep

Skegss

Across the pages of Mixdown, you'll find countless bands and artists that can tell you the inner workings of every single...

12 Sep

Halestorm on inspiration, isolation and maintaining creativity

The fourth album to come from Pennsylvania hard rock powerhouse Halestorm is an aptly titled one. Vicious triples down on the...

5 Sep

IDLES look on the bright side of life

IDLES are a band who pride themselves on honesty and loving yourself, and they spread this message through their music.

31 Aug

Show & Tell: Ben Rechter from Circles

Show & Tell is where we get artists to tell us about a piece of gear that they cherish and use as a part of their live or...

30 Aug

Show & Tell: Dan Brown from The Amity Affliction

Show & Tell is where we get artists to tell us about a piece of gear that they cherish and use as a part of their live or...

24 Aug

The many faces of TesseracT

For the prog-metal masterminds in TesseracT, stagnation is a disease. From the crushing chugs of One and atmospheric grooves of...

23 Aug

Keeping it dangerous with Nine Inch Nails

With over 30 years under their belt, it would be safe to assume that Nine Inch Nails have their craft down to a fine art and...

22 Aug

Plini doesn't hate jazz anymore

Plini has shot to the forefront of hip guitar exposure with his combination of sounds, influences and crafty use of melody....

17 Aug

How audio engineers can keep their jobs in 2018

Paula Jones, the producer and audio engineer whose fingerprints are on everything from the Lion King soundtrack to Rob Zombie and...

17 Aug

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