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“A vast tonal palette from gnarly, aggressive distortion to smooth, creamy overdrive. ”: Crazy Tube Circuits cooks up a crazy tube circuit for real – meet Venus, an overdrive pedal with an “oddball” ECC832 inside

Inspired by the BK Butler Tube Driver, a favourite of Joe Satriani and Eric Johnson's, Venus has a heap of tone-shaping features, including tube bias control – and you can swap out the tube

MusicRadar

Lady Gaga tops UK album chart for the fifth time with Mayhem

The 38-year old singer previously reached number one with her debut album The Fame, Born This Way , Artpop and Chromatica.

Evening Standard

Great new proggy sounds from Magic Pie, Sleep Token, Michael Woodman and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week

Cool new prog you must hear from SOM, Gösta Berlings Saga, Benthos, worriedaboutsatan and more in this week's Tracks Of The Week

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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now

Sleep Token, Cradle Of Filth and Epica are among the best new metal songs this week

Metal Hammer

“Vintage charm and modern performance”: Gretsch and Guitar Center go green with an exclusive Streamliner that features some rather unusual f-holes

Available exclusively at Guitar Center, the $549 six-string aims for tonal versatility with the help of a rather peculiar semi-hollow design

Guitar World

Radiohead’s five members just minted a new limited liability partnership, sparking rumours that they're about to break cover with a new album

Speculation mounts as the band's second album, The Bends, marks its 30th anniversary

MusicRadar

Paul Di’Anno’s final interview to appear in Iron Maiden documentary

The band’s former died last year.

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Iron Maiden making official documentary to mark 50th anniversary

Actor Javier Bardem and Kiss frontman Gene Simmons will be among the talking heads in a film about the British heavy metal band by director Malcolm Venville

The Guardian - UK

“I think people are cottoning on to the fact that it’s just a good idea”: Why are so many players turning to headless guitars? We asked Plini, one of the biggest names in the game, to find out

Ibanez, Kiesel, Schecter and Strandberg are all flying the flag for headless electrics, which have reached an unprecedented level of popularity in recent years

Guitar World

“I really just did it for fun. I’m not switching genres or anything”: As she releases her new country song, The Giver, Chappell Roan names the Lady Gaga song that turned her on to pure pop

"I am just here to twirl and do a little gay yodel for y'all," she explains

MusicRadar

“I’m sitting on the couch with a guitar, and Jeff is standing over me. He pulled out a notebook with lyrics and doodles, started singing, and that was Grace”: How Gary Lucas made guitar magic with Jeff Buckley, Captain Beefheart and Chris Cornell

The guitar journeyman has suffered his share of torture during a career of spreading the word about underdogs – and while he remains one himself, he’s not giving up on his mission

Guitar World

Nova Twins on silencing the heavy metal doubters: ‘People don’t question men’

The duo count Elton and Rage Against the Machine among their fans, but being two Black women in a largely white, male scene means working twice as hard. The duo discuss winning over the mosh pit – and why they’ve banned synths

The Guardian - UK

Peter Wolf was warned about his memoir

Peter Wolf’s "Waiting on the Moon" chronicles a life lived in the heart of rock

Salon

Chappell Roan: The Giver review – saddle up, there’s a new sheriff in town

The midwest princess embraces her roots with a queer country banger about pleasure that toys with the genre’s gender and class cosplay

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“Remove the barrier between you and your music”: Revv collaborates with modern blues hero on new signature amp

Joey Landreth has helped fine-tune Revv amps over the years, and now he’s been honored with his own signature version of the acclaimed D25 combo

The Independent UK

Sting and Shaggy offer a new reggae song as musical medicine for a fractured world

The affection between Sting and Shaggy is palpable from the moment they sit down together for an interview

The Guardian - UK

Clairo review – charming pop-soul from a singer with starpower to spare

Playing material from her wonderful 2024 album Charm against lavish, elegant staging, the US artist has ushered in a confident new era

Louder

Bob Mould, live in London: one man and his guitar elevating troubled souls in a manner that only the best music can

Punk rock icon Bob Mould showcases his new album Here We Go Crazy at intimate London gig

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Why country's cool again in the UK as C2C: Country to Country returns with Lainey Wilson as headliner

EXCLUSIVE: As 70,000 cowbow hat-wearing fans descend on the capital, Apple Music Country host Kelleigh Bannen lifts the lid on why country is taking over the world

Guitar World

“I don’t think I have the agility on the neck to do a traditional guitar solo – I’m more from the Kurt Cobain school”: Interpol frontman Paul Banks on making landmark records, his favorite John Frusciante solo and why he’s no fan of the Fender Twin

As the New York band celebrate 20 years of sophomore classic Antics, we catch up with Paul Banks to find out what gear he used back then and now, and how solos can be used as a surrogate vocal

Louder

Justin Hayward hooks up with Mike Batt to cover The Dream Academy's Life In A Northern Town

Moody Blues signer and guitarist Justin Hayward and producer Mike Batt team up for the first time since Hayward's 1989 album Classic Blue

Metal Hammer

“Paul liked to ruffle a few feathers. He used to call me Hitler. I’ve been called Sergeant Major, but Hitler takes the biscuit.” Iron Maiden's Steve Harris remembers "lovable rogue" Paul Di'Anno

Steve Harris salutes the singer who helped launch Iron Maiden from London's East End to stadiums worldwide

What Hi-Fi?

Apple Music Classical lands on the web – but there's bad news for Mac users

Apple Music gets app support for desktop access...unless you're a Mac user.

The Independent UK

Justin Bieber admits he feels like a ‘fraud’ in brutally honest post

Pop singer made the frank admission in an Instagram post, a month after representatives hit out at ‘pitiful’ online rumours

The Independent UK

Memorial service planned for Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone

A memorial service is planned near Atlanta for Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone

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