When Josh Raven and Stephen Beerkens first started making music together, they never could have imagined how far it would take them.
Cole: 'Berkeley's on Fire' came together very deliberately. After years of approaching the recording process as an extension of our craft as live perfor...
"Spend a little, live a lot." As it turns out, this is not just the slogan for a chain of discount supermarket stores. This is how Charly Bliss have spe...
The band's new album is a corker.
"When I'm high, I'm in heaven / When I'm low, I'm in hell," cried Frank Carter on the opening track of 'End Of Suffering' and those lines could not be m...
If wry takes on life are your kinda thing, look no further than Dry Cleaning. They're set to clean up.
"Is she a girl? Is she a machine? Is she humanity's redemption, or its damnation?" asks the back cover of 'Genesis 1', a book exploring Poppy's origin....
Nearly 15 years after forming, Foals have just released their most outward-looking record to date, heralding a new era of social accountability, visceral lyrics and a commitment to saving our dying planet. That's if Yannis doesn't do himself another mischief first…
Their debut album ‘The Witch’ was a critical darling, but with its arrival came news that changed everything for Pumarosa. Now back with a second album which rips up expectation; they’re a band reborn.
On 1st November 2018, Creeper "broke up" on stage after playing a sold-out gig at Koko in Camden. On 1st November 2019, they returned at London's 229. L...
Why WOULDN’T we interview rap sensation Duckwrth in the UK headquarters of Major League Baseball? That’s the question.
It’s been a long time coming, but PC Music’s shiniest gem has a debut album on the books. Watch out, Planet Pop!
One of the biggest bands in the world, Mark, Travis and Matt retain their position at the top of the pop-punk pyramid.
In a world where social media governs the young generation and mental health issues continue to spread like wildfire, it's more important than ever befo...
During a brief visit to London, we pinned the current-and-future pop megastar down to work out just why he’s so massive.
Blink, and you'll miss it. The strides into realising you're getting older, and life is outpacing you, can seem humongous and confusing. But it's not un...
It’s a little after midday in Cincinnati, Ohio, and The Menzingers’ Greg Barnett thoughtfully explains down the phone line: “I lived here for the first...
"Do you want to come and watch hip new hit-makers Feet get matching tattoos?" they asked. What do you think?
Chase Atlantic are going places. And so are we. Heading over to New York City for a huge headline show in support of their brand new, future-baiting album ‘Phases’, we discover a band revelling in their own creativity.
The "greatest band in the world" are back, and they're out to save it. MUNA return with an album of top bangers; they're holding nothing in reserve.
She's ripping up the airwaves with banger after banger, and has just dropped a debut album of top bops. Meet UK pop's next big superstar.
It's been a whirlwind few years for Sleeping With Sirens. After signing with major label Warner Bros. Records and releasing fifth studio album 'Gossip'...
From the September issue of Dork.
There's loads to come.
Supergroup? You call *that* a supergroup? Nah mate. Simple Creatures are a super group. We pinned down Mark Hoppus and Alex Gaskarth to find out why this is more than just a side-project for two of rock’s true icons.
Sam Fender is a man on a mission. Already beating current ‘biggest noise on the block’ Lewis Capaldi to a Brit Award, as his debut album nears its much-anticipated arrival, the sky really is the limit for an artist not short of stuff to say.
Relationships, eh? Not easy. But - it seems - fertile ground for a stonkingly brilliant second album for the mighty Shura. As she returns with ‘forevher’, prepare to anoint the leader of a whole new alt-pop religion.
Back in 2016, Knocked Loose came through like a runaway freight train with their debut album 'Laugh Tracks'. Along with it occurred a thunderous earthqu...
As one of the vital cogs in Kasabian’s arena thumping juggernaut, Serge Pizzorno has conquered the planet. Now he's launching something altogether new.
The Murder Capital are a band that arrived with expectation. Before their first track dropped, word of mouth had already begun to spread about five men from Dublin kicking up a fuss.
Back in 2015, at Toronto’s Riot Fest, Wade MacNeil triumphantly declared that “Alexisonfire is officially back”. Rightly so, everyone excitedly took tha...
Every so often, an artist comes along that refuses to conform to expectations.
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May 2014. Shocking images of Deryck Whibley are in the news, the Sum 41 frontman looking close to death following kidney and liver failure. Admitting to...
Nasty Cherry are loaded with pop bangers and attitude.
Bleached plainly just don't do things by half. Finding herself at rock bottom shortly after 2016's ‘Welcome The Worms' release, singer/guitarist/lyricis...
WSTR are currently riding high off the back of last summer’s new album ‘Identity Crisis’, and just about a million tour dates. Frontman Sammy Clifford,...
“I don’t feel like the same person as before,” admits Frank Iero.
Justine Jones and co. are taking metal to new and exciting places.
Imagine how fun you think it is, then times that by fourteen.
Yes. Dork does jazz now. Jazz is cool, as Femi Koleoso, band-leader and drummer for North London sensations Ezra Collective is more than happy to explain.
She’s bloody brilliant, too.
This bunch break the mould.
Chart-topping singles. Sold out tours. A social sensation.
Rallying against the world around them, but with hope in their hearts, SWMRS’ second album proper isn’t so much a spark that starts a fire as a personal pledge.
As their much-anticipated debut album finally arrives, Yonaka are ready to fly high.
They’ve just dropped their best - and most honest - album so far. We head to PUP’s native Toronto to talk ‘Morbid Stuff’.
The Great Escape is a festival of many flavours. A cross genre blast of the best new, emerging and even a few established artists, it's not just a groun...
The trio's debut album is about to arrive.
Twenty One Pilots are one of the biggest bands on the planet, and yet still have the mysterious edge of a cult concern. Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun explain why they’re still aiming high.
New indie kids on the block, SPINN aren’t trying to be cool; “We’re just writing decent pop songs,” frontman Johnny explains.
Already able to play the biggest festival stages with anthems in their back pocket, and a new album that throws open a fresh set of doors, frontman Kieran Shuddal isn’t slowing down.
With sets from across the festival being broadcast via YouTube, here's what you should set your alarm for.
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard are back after a year off to recover from 2017’s epic album streak, with a new record in tow and their biggest ever UK headliner.
Taken from the April issue of Dork, out now.
We've been waiting for the debut album from Amber Bain, AKA The Japanese House, for what feels like forever. Now, it's finally here, and it's just as good as we'd ever hoped.
Their debut album is about to arrive.
Dillon Eastoe tackles Kevin Devine backstage at his recent London headliner to chat Devinyl splits, Bad Books, and new solo material...
"It's something we've talked about since we were kids."
As the planet heads towards Really Very Bad Environmental Things, Pond’s Nick Allbrook is waking up to reality.
"I love dogs. Make sure you put that in!"
Jason Aalon Butler has never exactly been a shy, retiring type.
Jamie Muir finds out more.
"There'll always be chaos," he explains.
Rebecca Lucy Taylor heads out on her own.
Jason Aalon Butler is leading a crew determined to make a difference.
We go 'behind' the 'scenes' at the band's huge London show.
White Lies have battled their share of industry bullshit to reach what they describe as a milestone record - fifth album, ‘Five’.
After some time away, Blood Red Shoes have returned with a new album that's anything but tragic.
There's never a boring day in camp FIDLAR.
Dork catches up with Sunflower Bean's Julia, Nick and Jacob to find out more about their exciting new step, the 'King of the Dudes' EP.
Girlpool are ready to take on whatever life has to throw at them.
Taking Back Sunday are celebrating a landmark year.
