Mad About Rock

  The Smashing Pumpkins have announced a huge open-air show taking place this summer at London’s Gunnersbury Park on Sunday 10 August 2025 with special guests Skunk Anansie and White Lies. Tickets go on general sale at 10AM on Friday 14 February 2025 via www.ticketmaster.co.uk . The Smashing Pumpkins are one of the most iconic, iconoclastic, and influential bands of all time, shaping alternative music and culture. Since forming the group has sold over 30 million albums worldwide and garnered two GRAMMY® Awards, seven MTV VMAs, and an American Music Award. Their back catalogue includes seminal offerings such as the platinum ‘Gish’ (1991), the quadruple-platinum ‘Siamese Dream’ (1993), the diamond-certified ‘Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness’ (1995), the platinum ‘Adore’ (1998), and the gold ‘Machina/The Machines of God’ (2000). In 2018 The Smashing Pumpkins unveiled ‘SHINY AND OH SO BRIGHT, VOL. 1 / LP: NO PAST. NO FUTURE. NO SUN.’ and launched the immensely successful Shiny a...

  British rock icons Skunk Anansie have released their brand new single ‘An Artist Is An Artist’ . Their first new music in almost three years, it finds the acclaimed four-piece at the peak of their powers, and is a witty, provocative, pulsating slice of spiky, new-wave brilliance. Tackling everything from ageism to our current need for approval in the digital age, ‘An Artist Is An Artist’ somehow seems to hark back to the band’s vitriolic debut single, ‘Little Baby Swastikkka’, in terms of its confrontational quality. It also reaffirms the fact that Skunk Anansie are part of Britain’s proud agit-pop lineage that extends back to The Slits, whilst also conjuring up the wordplay of Ian Dury. Produced by David Sitek of TV On The Radio fame, known for his production work with Foals, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Santigold, Solange, Weezer and Chelsea Wolfe, ‘An Artist Is An Artist’ is the surprising first taste of what’s to come from the band in 2025. Reinvigorated after a period of introspectio...

  British rock icons Skunk Anansie roar back into action next year with a huge UK headline tour in Spring 2025. Promising an entirely brand new production, the tour will usher in an exciting new era in the history of this legendary band, with new music also on the horizon. Formed in London in 1994, Skunk Anansie instantly caught attention with their unique blend of alternative, rock, and punk influences, coupled with a dub sensibility which showcased their multi-cultural background. Their outspoken lyrics tackling social and political issues, alongside vocalist Skin’s unapologetic queer sexuality and high-fashion aesthetic, meant that they became one of the most talked about and important bands of their generation and quickly led to global success. With a string of critically acclaimed albums including ‘Paranoid & Sunburnt’, ‘Stoosh’, ‘Post Orgasmic Chill’ and ’25LIVE@25’ and hit singles such as ‘Hedonism (Just Because You Feel Good)’, ‘Selling Jesus’, ‘Twisted (Everyday Hur...

Check out the new Stencil Mag which includes my feature of The Used & my reviews of Skunk Anansie, Last Chance City, Waterparks, Twitching Tongues, SECRETS, Bad Pollyanna, Outright Resistance & Perfect Hero. Plus loads of awesome interviews, such as cover band, Simple Plan, Bloc Party, Sylosis, American Head Charges & other reviews! https://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue35/1?e=0 Direct Links to my reviews/features inside:  Badpollyanna, Secrets, Outright Resistance, Perfect Hero Reviews  http://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue35/167?e=1780949/33146877 Twitching Tongues Review  http://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue35/169?e=1780949/33146877  Waterparks & Last Chance City Review  http://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue35/173?e=1780949/33146877 Skunk Anansie Review  http://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue35/175?e=1780949/33146877 My Used Feature http://issuu.com/stencilmag/docs/issue35/193?e=1780949/33146877

SKUNK ANANSIE RELEASE SECOND SINGLE ‘DEATH TO THE LOVERS’ FROM CURRENT STUDIO ALBUM ‘ANARCHYTECTURE’, OUT NOW ON SPINEFARM RECORDS IN THE UK EUROPEAN HEADLINE TOUR, INCLUDING 2 UK SHOWS, SET FOR FEB 2016 Skunk Anansie have released a second track from their sixth studio album, ‘Anarchytecture’, out now via Spinefarm Records. The single, ‘Death To The Lovers’, is a revealing and deeply emotional track, Skin’s genuine delivery will pierce your heart… “‘Death To The Lovers’ is about the loss of intimacy in a relationship,” says Skin, “that grey area between love and hate you fall into just before it's truly over. There is desperation, there is the realisation that it can't last, but there's still hope. Musically, it’s another electronic experiment from us, something fresh and contemporary, but very Skunk.” A music video for ‘Death To The Lovers’ will be revealed shortly. ‘Anarchytecture’ was released on January 15th to much critical acclaim and impressive official char...