Ash drummer Rick McMurray joins Crannk to discuss celebrating 30 years of 1977, memories of Big Day Out 1999, touring Australia, his biggest drumming influences and why Ash are still focused on the future. Read More …
Tag: alternative rock
From Ashes To New Announce First Ever Australian Headline Tour With Banks Arcade
American rock chameleons From Ashes To New are set to return to Australia this October for their first ever headline tour, joined by special guests Banks Arcade. Following their debut Australian performances at Good Things Festival in 2024, From Ashes To New will bring their Read More …
Noir Addiction Step Into A Sharper, Darker New Chapter With Pretty Things Don’t Last | Crannk Interviews
When I first caught up with Sonny Lanegan from Noir Addiction, the band were right on the edge of unleashing Decadent Desire, a dark, dirty industrial rock record loaded with big guitars, synth-soaked atmosphere, massive drums and that real cinematic sense of danger that runs Read More …
Koyo Return With Barely Here, A Lean And Anthemic Punk Record Built For The Heart And Pit
Koyo have returned with their sophomore album Barely Here, out now via Pure Noise Records, and this one wastes absolutely no time getting straight to the point. Ten songs. Twenty eight minutes. No overblown padding. No trying to reinvent the wheel just for the sake Read More …
Rock, Punk and Metalcore Collide on Remember The Monsters’ War of Attrition | Crannk Reviews
That Mix of Rock and Punk, What a Day! Alternative hard rock and metalcore band Remember The Monsters have dropped their explosive new work, War of Attrition, and it hits with a blend of rock, punk, metalcore, and modern cinematic energy. The thirty-minute album weaves Read More …
FROM EUROVISION CHAOS TO INNER COLLAPSE: JOEL HOKKA BREAKS THE CAGE WIDE OPEN
Joel Hokka (ex-Blind Channel) discusses his new project HOKKA and the album Via Miseria IV. In this emotional interview, he opens up about leaving Blind Channel, creative freedom, rock bottom, and the personal journey behind his new music. A raw, honest conversation about identity, rebirth, and finding your own voice again. Read More …
John Flansburgh on The World Is to Dig and the Endless Curiosity of They Might Be Giants
There are some interviews that make perfect sense on paper, and then there are the ones that feel unexpected until the first few minutes reveal exactly why they work. A chat between Crannk and They Might Be Giants might seem like one of those unlikely Read More …
Sparta unveil “Crater,” co-written with Frank Iero, as they announce their upcoming album “Cut A Silhouette”, arriving May 29 via Equal Vision and Civilians.
Alt rock mainstays Sparta are back with a renewed sense of purpose, unveiling their powerful new single “Crater” alongside the announcement of their upcoming album Cut A Silhouette, due out May 29. For a band with such a deep and influential legacy, this isn’t just Read More …
Moodring Death Fetish Review: Emotional and Experimental
Moodring and Their New Album of Bliss The alternative legends strike again with their new album Death Fetish, leading the way deeper into metal while still holding onto their signature sound. Moodring have definitely let their true alternative identity shine through each and every individual Read More …
Don Broco Push Boundaries on New Album Nightmare Tripping Out Now
Few bands in modern heavy music move the goalposts quite like Don Broco. Blending elements of metal, post-hardcore, funk, and electronic music into something entirely their own, the UK outfit have built a reputation on unpredictability and evolution. Now, they take that even further with Read More …
12 Stones Reignite “World So Cold” with Lyric Noel in Powerful New Release
Some songs never lose their meaning. They wait. They sit in the background until the world catches up to them again. For 12 Stones, World So Cold is one of those songs. Now, nearly two decades after its original release, the band have reintroduced the Read More …
Wax Mekanix Tears Down the Illusion on “Naked” — A Quiet, Confrontational Reckoning
The Philadelphia songwriter strips his sound to the bone, turning vulnerability into one of his most dangerous statements yet. “Naked” finds Philadelphia songwriter Wax Mekanix at his most exposed — not just shedding layers of production, but tearing down the personal and cultural illusions he’s Read More …