Fall 2026
Opener
Finding Your Way With FATHER TIME
Fred Pessaro
HIRED GUNS
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Stars Cars
JARED JAMES NICHOLS
and his 1973 Chevy Nova
CREEM DREEM
WALTER SCHREIFELS
Creem's Profiles
CHAPTERHOUSE
Pour One Out
LOU KOLLER
Fred Pessaro
R.I.P.
Questions & Jaanswers
ROCK STARS EXPOSED
Jaan Uhelszki
What happens backstage doesn’t stay off stage. More 'counseling, advice, and hard truths for bands from a CREEM OG
Dusty Fingers
INTO THE NOT REALLY WELL-KNOWN
Jerry A. Lang
Examining the long-lost Bad Religion prog LP
Youth of America
A THRASH COURSE WITH ZACH KRYS
CREEM Staff
Born to Booze
SURREAL SCIENCE
Jonathan Toubin
Having a whale of a time with Kim Salmon
Greetings from Detroit
THE CREEM INTERVIEW: JOE CASEY
Joe Casey
A candid conversation with the only singer of Protomartyr about their new album, his creative process, and the thrill of being interviewed by a real smart guy for a change
Last of the Big-Time Fuck Ups?
BOING!
Joel Gion
What is the sound of a flying tambourine?
Interviews
DEAD MOON (EVERY) NIGHT
Fred Pessaro
After the staggering loss of Fred Cole, Toody Cole returns
Features
DAVE MARSH MEANT IT
Jaan Uhelszki
To the legendary critic, music was politics. His longtime friend remembers the man behind the byline.
Interviews
THEIR JOURNEY IS COMPLETE. (OR IS IT?)
Matt Hoffman
Forty-five years of Anthrax
Features
COME OUT AND PLAY
Michael Coyle
Recess Records’ Todd Congelliere just wants to have fun
Nine Perfect Minutes
CREATURE COMFORTS
Jaan Uhelszki
Courtney Barnett explores the space between habit and change
Interviews
BONSAI BOOGERS IN DOLBY ATMOS
Dave Hill
Breaking the nostril plane with Tommy Lee
Interviews
DOWN ON THE UPSIDE
J. Bennett
Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil on punk, the death of Chris Cornell, and his new memoir
Features
GOD SAVE THE CLEAN
Brian Turner
Diving in with the antipodean deans of DIY courtesy of a new book
Interviews
THE ROAD THAT GOES
Sam Calagione
Craig Wedren on Shudder to Think’s reunion, The State, and “healthy friction”
Features
FRACTURING THE MATRIX
Anagricel Duran
Nothing outrun trauma ghosts and illness to deliver their most revealing album yet
Interviews
STRANGER LOVE WAS ALWAYS RIGHT
Jaan Uhelszki
Chet Faker on leaving New York, losing his voice, and his new record
Interviews
RE-VENGEANCE OF THE CRAMPS
Eric Davidson
Henry Rollins and Larry Hardy want the world to stay sick
Features
ENDLESS SPINNER
Zachary Lipez
Chloë Sevigny and Mischa Richter stay wook with Summer Tour
The Big Interview
STILL ROTTEN AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
Jaan Uhelszki
John Lydon is older, louder, wiser, funnier, and still a pain in the ass. Thank God.
Interviews
“YOU’D GET YOUR CAMERA SMASHED”
Sam McPheeters
Brooke Smith discusses her time in the mid-1980s New York hardcore scene
Crème de la CREEM
Crème de la Creem
At CREEM, believe it or not, we truly have envy for those who shrug their shoulders and say “eh” when it comes to being totally into music. I mean, think about how much easier our lives would be if we were sort of like “whatever” and were totally content with listening to Sugar Ray or Staind for the rest of our lives. The massive amount of FOMO that courses through our veins means we are always and forever on the hunt for that new-new and quickly growing tired of the old. Except Sugar Ray, that shit is fire. And like a fiend in Tompkins Square Park looking for a fix, we’re always gonna find it, even if we have to go through stacks and stacks of whatever whispercore and subpar indie bullshit is thrown our way. So here are the fruits of our labor, four banger new bands to look out for because ain’t nobody got time for that. Except us, I guess. What’s a social LIFE?
Rock-a-Rama
ROCK A RAMA
Bring Us the Head of Andrew Watt! Strokes vs. Charli XCX vs. Deep Purple vs. Cheekface vs. Vince Staples— whose rock is the hottest?? Whose diamonds are the hackiest??? Which G.O.A.T. is the head, and which ones are the soup????
Creemedia
CREEMEDIA
As vivid, rich, and good-looking of storytellers as we are (threw that last one in there just because), some tales just make more sense on video, in photos, or some other way. That’s why we have books, documentaries, and all of these other formats—to tell a tale the way it should be told.
CREEM Presents
THE BOY HOWDY! BEER LAUNCH
Ali Donohue
CREEM goes to the land of cheesesteaks
CREEM Comix
The Story of the Doors
Dan Melchior
Parting Shot
JAMES HETFIELD
Long live Megadeth!