We're basking in something of a heatwave here in the UK so singer-songwriter Lucy Spraggan talks us through her Ultimate Summer Playlist.
When pinpointing the beginnings of heavy metal, many consider Black Sabbath the originator of the genre and, while we all can hum the melody of “Iron...
This contest is now closed. Congrats to our winners: Tim Kearn and Kyle Wilfong!
Our “190 Proof” artist of the month for June is laye, a talented multi-instrumentalist from Montreal who, today, dropped her “goldfinger” music video via Sony Music...
Red Run Art Series (No Blackout Dates) is a mixed-media series by artist Damon Kardon created to celebrate the traveling circus that is the music tour....
In the second installment of our Hip-Hop Fantasy Draft, we are picking the cream of the crop of rising Toronto rappers. We separate the wheat from...
Burlington, NC noisemakers, BIG Something celebrate the recent release of their new album The Otherside with a funky fresh TOP 10 list of Casey Cranford’s (Sax,...
For 40 years now, Saxon have been one of the most reliable bands in the British hard rock and classic metal scene. Feast on the reissues...
In this totally just-for-fun list - non-partisan, completely neutral, and in no way reflective of PureGrainAudio’s political alignments - list, in no particular order, 10 heavy...
Several weeks after the release of EVE via Tragic Hero Records, we got a hold of Toronto progressive metallers The Afterimage and slot them as May’s...
Red Run Art Series (No Blackout Dates) is a mixed-media series by artist Damon Kardon created to celebrate the traveling circus that is the music tour....
British five piece Ryders Creed release their self-titled debut album on 1st June 2018, via Off Yer Rocka Recordings so we sat down with the band...
For those of us who have spent many years worshipping at the bloodstained altar of Blasphemy, these two records via Nuclear War Now! deserve a place...
Derek Hess, one of the most notable artists in the heavy music scene in the last 30 years, has released his new book, 31 Days In...
In this edition of our Women of Rock series, Swedish post-rock quartet Junodef present a killer list of five must-hear English acts including Esya, Jennifer Walton,...