Former Rolling Stone editor Rod Yates sits down with some of music’s biggest stars and behind-the-scenes players and asks: How did they get where they are today? What made them who they are? How have they navigated the ups and downs of life and their career, and what have they learned along the way? The results are frequently funny, occasionally heartbreaking, often educational and always very, very revealing. Come behind the scenes and discover what makes these music-makers human.
Matt Sorum joined Guns N'Roses in time to play on their 1991 Use Your Illusion albums. At that point they were the biggest rock band in the world, and though Matt had experienced fame before with The…
Keli Holiday is a fictious character created by Peking Duk's Adam Hyde to channel a different side of his musical personality.
While Peking Duk deal in high energy, partystarting electronic music tha…
The name Skylar Grey might not be instantly recognisable, but you’ll definitely know the songs she’s co-written: "Love The Way You Lie" by Eminem, "Clarity" by Zedd, "I Need A Doctor" by Dr. Dre and …
Tex Perkins is one of the finest and fiercest frontmen ever to stalk a stage, and the very definition of an artist who follows his instincts wherever they take him.
He first made his name in Sydney i…
Midlake recently released their fifth studio album, For the Sake of Bethel Woods.
It’s their first album since 2013’s Antiphon, and the second to feature guitarist Eric Pulido on vocals after foundin…
Shamir’s new album Heterosexuality is an intensely personal record.
While in the past Shamir has sung about his identity as a queer, non-binary person, he says this is the first time he’s really tack…
As the daughter of two visual artists, art has always played a central role in Nilüfer Yanya’s life.
Discovered at 20 after uploading demos to SoundCloud, she quickly released a series of EPs for whi…
New Zealand indie-pop superstar BENEE recently released her latest EP, Lychee. It’s the follow-up to her 2020 debut album Hey u x, which exploded around the world on the back of the hit single 'Supal…
Midnight Oil recently released their 13th studio album, Resist.
It’s the Oils’ first full-length since 2002’s Capricornia, after which they disbanded and singer Peter Garrett pursued a career in poli…
Foxes – AKA British singer-songwriter Louisa Rose Allen – recently released her third album, The Kick.
It’s her first full-length in six years, and follows a period out of the spotlight during which …
Danish singer-songwriter MØ has just released her new album, Motordrome.
The record’s title refers to the hamster wheel MØ felt she was on for years, saying yes to everything, never taking a break, a…
British artist Sam Gumbley – AKA S-X – first made a name for himself as a producer in his teens. He was 17 when he created an instrumental track called "Woo Riddim", which became a fixture on the UK …
Anders Trentemøller started playing in bands in Copenhagen in the early '90s before moving into club music a few years later. But ever since he started releasing albums as Trentemøller in 2006 he has…
In the years since he released his debut album as a 16-year-old guitar prodigy in 1991, Eric Gales has been to Hell and back. Prior to getting sober five-and-a-half years ago Eric spent decades in th…
Killswitch Engage guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz is one of the most colourful characters in modern heavy metal. While his band's music is brutal and their lyrics drawn from emotionally dark places, when y…
When Isabella "Machine" Summers met Florence Welch in the mid-2000s, they formed a deep connection that led very quickly to writing music together. One of the first songs they wrote was Florence + Th…
In 2021 Twin Shadow – AKA George Lewis Jr – released his fifth full-length, called Twin Shadow.
It brings together many of the influences he absorbed while growing up in Florida – from punk and indie…
There’s not much Joe Chiccarelli hasn’t achieved in music – as a producer, mixer and engineer he’s won 10 Grammys and Latin Grammys, and over the course of his 40+ year career has worked with artists…
At one point in this interview, LP says they’ve had nine lives. They’re referring to the fact that since they released their debut album in 2001, they’ve had multiple major and indie label deals.
Aft…
Curtis Harding spent much of his childhood travelling with his family as his mother performed in churches and helped spread the word, immersing young Curtis in the world of gospel music.
In his mid-…