Ben Tipple

DIY • 14th June 2022

Feature: Nova Twins - No Holds Barred

Carving out a singular space in the rock landscape, Amy Love and Georgia South have resolutely done it their way. Now, with the advent of Nova Twins’ ‘Supernova’, their potential feels limitless.

Rock Sound • 1st June 2022

Feature: Memphis May Fire - The Shake Up

Memphis May Fire are back, and it feels... familiar. Matty Mullins explains how he and his band wound back the clock, and made some of their most vital work yet.

Rock Sound • 1st April 2022

Feature: Bob Vylan - Ghost In The Machine

It kind of goes without saying that Bob Vylan's new album 'Bob Vylan Presents The Price Of Life' is something worth listening to, in absolutely every sense. Here is its story.

Rock Sound • 1st March 2022

Feature: PUP - Living In Chaos

In their latest, quite possibly greatest record, PUP have refined everything they are into one huge, chaotic chunk. Here, they tell the album's story.

Rock Sound Magazine • 29th September 2021

Feature: Thrice - The Illusion Of Safety

What happens when one of the most introspective bands on the planet gets locked up for two years? Dustin Kensrue explains the new Thrice record.

Rock Sound Magazine • 1st June 2021

Feature: Covey - Breakout

British-born, Brooklyn-made, and absolutely fascinating.

DIY Magazine • 14th March 2021

Feature: Tigers Jaw - On Letting Go

In their many guises Tigers Jaw continue to make sure they are doing it right for themselves, and for the legacy and message they put out into the world.

Rock Sound Magazine • 24th February 2021

Feature: Jetty Bones - “I Believe In A World Where We Can Feel Safe To Talk About What We Are Struggling With”

Having already built a strong community with heartfelt releases across the past five years, Jetty Bones, the musical moniker of Kelc Galluzzo, is gearing up to release her debut full-length ‘Push Back’ on Friday (February 26) via Rise Records.

Rock Sound Magazine • 24th February 2021

Feature: Here Are 15 Alternative LGBTQ+ Anthems Made To Be Played Loud And Proud

As the UK celebrates LGBT+ History Month, here are 15 alternative rock and punk anthems from the past 30 years to play loud and fucking proud...

DIY Magazine • 15th December 2020

Feature: PVA - Class Of 2021

Treading the line between the gig and the club, PVA are bringing a new type of euphoria to the live stage.

Rock Sound • 5th December 2020

Feature: Palm Reader - Stand Steady

When all the world around you are giving up on their dreams, what do you do? Well, you make an album like Palm Reader did.

DIY Magazine • 16th October 2020

Feature: Into The Stratosphere - Omar Apollo

“I do, but technically it’s not”, he laughs over Zoom from New York City when asked if he sees ‘Apolonio’ as his first official album. “I was going to put out a full-length, but because of COVID I just started calling it a project.”

DIY Magazine • 21st September 2020

Feature: A brief look into… Lanterns on the Lake's ‘Spook The Herd'

Whether speaking to a lover or to the world, it’s a reassuring notion that things can still be saved.

DIY Magazine • 14th August 2020

Feature: Eades - "I wanted to make it clear on our EP that we aren’t a one trick pony"

"We’re not the youngest band in the world,” vocalist Harry Jordan states, looking back on the various groups Eades’ five members have been part of over the years. “We’re not Arctic Monkeys being 19 when they released their debut album. We’ve made...

DIY Magazine • 18th June 2020

Feature: Muzz - A Beautiful Fraternity

Interpol’s Paul Banks and life-long pal Josh Kaufman have joined forces with The Walkmen’s Matt Barrick for the oldest new union on the block. Making a great new supergroup? It’s child’s play.

Ticketmaster UK • 16th June 2020

Feature: 15 must-hear songs about fathers and fatherhood

For centuries, fathers and their children alike have utilised the art of music to put across both the overwhelming awe and the newfound uncertainty of nurturing a young ‘un. Here are fifteen of the best.

Ticketmaster UK • 12th June 2020

Feature: Looking towards the return of live entertainment

“We can hold public events without limitations,” New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern rejoiced earlier this week, announcing the current eradication of the coronavirus in her country. For her people, at least, live entertainment is well and truly back.

Ticketmaster UK • 11th June 2020

Feature: Introducing Ondara

With Folk n’ Roll Vol 1: Tales Of Isolation, Minneapolis-based Ondara reinterprets these emotive, socially charged anthems for a modern era. Tales of vast injustice are intertwined in his exploration of both the inward and outward impact of the global...

Ticketmaster UK • 4th June 2020

Feature: Introducing Lido Pimienta

“I hope that the Aryan specimen who told me to go back to my own country two weeks after I arrived in London, Ontario, Canada is watching this,” she powerfully scathed, bringing further to light the reality that people of colour face in predominately...

Ticketmaster UK • 14th May 2020

Feature: Introducing Sinead O'Brien

As bleak as it is playful, it carries the same anger and frustrations displayed by more overtly irate contemporaries, yet presents it with an unparalleled eloquence.