And they were, A Certain Trigger landed in the Top 20 on its release. Originally from Billingham, Smith's Teesside accent is ...

On March 9th, 2005 I talked about Maximo Park after hearing they were playing their first U.S. show ever at Rothko in NYC on March 15th. I did go to the show, but never wrote a word about it until now ...

The newly-shared single marks the first new material from the band in over 18 months, and comes as somewhat of a salute to the impact that pop music can have on its listeners – celebrating how it can ...

Armed with a unique blend of stunning ‘art-pop’ melodies and pertinent lyrics, when Maximo Park formed in Newcastle a few years back they made it their sole aim to convey their sound to the wider ...

UK alt-rock vets Maximo Park just released their eighth album, Stream of Life, which they made in Atlanta with producer Ben Allen (Gnarls Barkley, Animal Collective). “We’ve always tried to document ...

Maximo Park return with their first full length studio album in nearly four years as they release Nature Always Wins. It's close to 16 years since Maximo Park released their stunning, Mercury ...

Maximo Park have released their first song in nearly four years. “Child of the Flatlands” “is an affectionate look at both the psychic and physical edgelands of the town where I grew up, punctuated by ...

The song serves as the latest preview of the Newcastle band’s eighth studio album ‘Stream Of Life’, which is due for release on September 27 via Lower Third (pre-order/pre-save here). In a statement, ...

All that aside, Maximo Park put on one of the most entertaining shows I have seen this year. Their catchy post-punk, new wave blend is frenetic and frenzied in its pace and while the album does ...

Maxïmo Park’s Paul Smith really knows how to use it. In “Girls Who Play Guitars,” the Derby-donning frontman jolts about the Astoria London stage with Mick Jagger-like swagger, doused in flirty high ...