Review
Live Review: Superchunk at Bush Hall, 9/11/23
A supercharged, breathless stomp through the past and present of indie punk's finest
Mark Grassick
I'm Mark, head of content at Ticketmaster. Been writing about music, film and TV for a long, long time, the result of a youth misspent in record stores and tiny clubs that smell weird. Obsessed with Rickenbackers, jangle pop and film scenes set to music, like that bit in Magnolia when everyone sings Wise Up by Aimee Mann.
What would your specialist subject on Mastermind be? The life and times of The Replacements, the best (and drunkest) band on the planet
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Interview
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Portland's power pop supremo talks us through his list of the finest bands from the genre's latest crop
Review
Live Review: Aunty Donna at the Eventim Apollo, 22/09/23
Deeply silly and irrepressibly brilliant, the Australian trio bring the house down with their biggest live show to date
Review
Album Review: Teenage Fanclub – Nothing Lasts Forever
The Glaswegian greats return with a gently autumnal album filled with their trademark melodic brilliance
Review
Album Of The Week: Slaughter Beach, Dog – Crying, Laughing, Waving, Smiling
Our pick of this week's new releases is the latest from Jake Ewald's indie folk outfit, an album that instantly feels like a classic
Plus One
The 11 best songs by The National
Why have a Top 10 when you can have one more? Here are our 11 favourite National songs, ranked
My Greatest Hits
My Greatest Hits: Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub
The Teenage Fanclubber takes us through his career highlights, from his early days in Bellshill to 99s in Stockholm with Nirvana
Looking Back
Counting Crows’ August And Everything After at 30
For its 30th birthday, we look back at Counting Crows' hugely successful debut album