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WE SAT DOWN WITH QUIN AND GUS OF THE GROGANS TO TALK WRITING SONGS SHOULDER-TO-SHOULDER, WHY LYRICS DON’T ALWAYS NEED TO “MEAN” SOMETHING TO MATTER, AND HOW ‘STAGGER’ CAME TO LIFE WHILE THE BAND WAS CONSTANTLY ON THE MOVE. FROM KINKS-LACED GUITAR LINES AND LESSONS LEARNED ON THE ROAD, TO LATE-NIGHT JAZZ BARS IN AMSTERDAM AND THE INTENSITY OF TOURING, WE DIG INTO THE NEW ALBUM, THE CHALLENGE OF STAYING CREATIVE ON THE MOVE, AND HOW BEING FRIENDS FIRST HAS KEPT THE BAND GROUNDE

WE SAT DOWN WITH RUSS BALLARD, THE LEGEND BEHIND SOME OF ROCK’S MOST ENDURING ANTHEMS, TO TALK LATE-NIGHT SUIT SHOPPING WITH THE BEATLES, WRITING FOR KISS, AND WHY HE’S STILL HITTING THE ROAD BALLARD IN 1974 ANOMIE : Hi Russ! You came up at such an interesting time for British music, during the 60s and 70s. We're curious to know what that atmosphere was actually like when coming up. Was there sort of a sense of community? RUSS : It certainly was with guitar bands. In the late

WE SAT DOWN TO CHAT TO FATBOY, LEAD SINGER OF ON-THE -COME-UP HIP HOP BAND BRICKNASTY WE TALK OPENING FOR KNEECAP, THE RISING IRISH MUSIC SCENE AND THEIR NEW EP 'BLACKS LAW' The boys of Bricknasty Anomie : We caught you at your show back in September with Kneecap. I'd love to know how you ended up opening for them, and how touring with the boys was. Fatboy : We got the chance to go with Kneecap and, obviously, they're doing a similar thing to us in terms of where they grew up

ALAN VEGA IS A PRODUCER, MIXER, AND MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST BASED IN LOS ANGELES, WHOSE WORK STRETCHES FROM HEAVY METAL BEGINNINGS TO CUMBIA EXPERIMENTS, SPANISH MUSIC SCENES, AND COLLABORATIONS WITH DAMON ALBARN’S AFRICA EXPRESS. IN THIS INTERVIEW FOR ANOMIE, WE TALK GROWING UP WITH MUSIC AT THE KITCHEN TABLE, CHASING SOUNDS THAT FEEL ALIVE, AND WHAT IT MEANS WHEN PASSION AND WORK BLUR INTO ONE. Vega in the studio Anomie : Do you remember a moment, maybe early on, when you rea

WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR A TRACK TO STAND OUT IN 2025, AND WHICH ARTISTS ARE QUIETLY DEFINING THE SOUND OF THE MOMENT? For this year’s Anomie Wrapped , we pulled together eight tracks that capture something about the current moment in music: a mixture of pop, underground experimentation, and the kind of songwriting that doesn't stay confined to a single genre. Some arrive from established voices returning in peak form, others from artists who feel like they’re only just beginn