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“All these sound engineers and friends were advising us to use a backing track…we really despise that! We wanted arealperson”: How an 18-year-old shredder supersized Frozen Crown’s triple-guitar power metal assault

Backing tracks? GTFO. Frozen Crown is going for triple-guitar shred maximalism – and don't try holding them back

Guitar World

The 10 best contemporary albums of 2024

Astrid Sonne’s sonic odyssey led her to Auto-Tune experiments, Caroline Shaw took Emily Dickinson into junkyard hip-hop and Nala Sinephro went space-age

The Guardian - UK

“I hope I don’t sound too French... but we already know how most typical guitars sound. Why stick to someone else’s palette?” Meet Lizzard’s Mathieu Ricou, the delay-keen guitarist whose giant tone defies the power trio format

Five albums in, the European art-rock trio are still searching for new ways to expand their sound

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“I'm absolutely heartbroken”: Haemorrhaged vocal cords force Sam Fender to scrap rest of UK tour, including Newcastle homecoming Christmas gig

It’s not the first time that the star has had to put his health first and been forced to let down fans

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“George got a bit fed up. He didn’t want to do a third one”: But Ringo Starr wants one more Grammy, for Now And Then

And he’s not worried about AI... yet

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“I never quit the band; I never will quit the band. I just got outvoted”: Kevin Cronin on why REO Speedwagon has ended, against his wishes

Band play their final show on Saturday

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The new Eurovision logo has triggered a deep design debate

I never thought the song contest would make me question the purpose of logo design.

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"I listened to classical music right up until I saw Black Sabbath on TV when I was eight": Michael Monroe picks the records, artists and gigs that mean the most

Hanoi Rocks frontman turned solo star Michael Monroe on living with Stiv Bators and Johnny Thunders, and the possibility that he might never die

Louder

Beloved Spanish Singer Raphael Hospitalized After Suffering a Stroke

The iconic Spanish singer was filming a Christmas special when he collapsed and went to the hospital after suffering a stroke.

Latin Times

Media 'trying to avoid' chart-topping Keir Starmer Christmas parody song, writer says

THE songwriter behind a viral song panning Keir Starmer for the cuts to the Winter Fuel Payment has said it will be “almost impossible” to be…

The National (Scotland)

Glam tidings of joy: how Slade made Merry Xmas Everybody a seasonal hit for the ages

Are you hanging up your stocking on your wall? It’s the time that every Santa has a ball!

The Conversation

“My brain is like, ‘Guitar solos are dated because Metallica’s solos are from the ’80s…’ She was like, ‘No, I want a guitar solo’”: Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan producer Dan Nigro explains why today’s pop stars want guitar solos on their tracks

Nigro has graduated from the indie world to pop producer stardom – and brought his guitar knowledge with him

Guitar World

“When we were little kids our dad would say, ‘Get your guitars and play for our guests.’ Someone would always say, ‘Maybe someday you can make a record together’”: Jimmie Vaughan on the only album he and Stevie Ray Vaughan ever made together

In 1990, the Vaughan brothers linked up in the studio to record Family Style, which was released weeks after SRV died

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Matt Goss says he is ‘completely estranged’ from brother Luke

‘I don’t want to lie anymore,’ said the musician

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“On Load and ReLoad we tried to get a little looser, a little bluesier. Greasy is the word”: Watch James Hetfield lead Metallica in a swampy blues version of Fuel with a Danelectro 58 Longhorn Baritone

In 2009, Hetfield told us that the Fuel era was all about loosening up and on Friday night at the Helping Hands charity gig he made good on it as Metallica reimagined Fuel, slower and lower

Evening Standard

From Ed Sheeran to Sooty: the best (and worst) Christmas singles of 2024

Here’s a chance to update your playlist with the latest festive tunes

The Guardian - UK

‘Like Depeche Mode, but evil’: the sweaty, sexual music of 80s EBM

As documented in a new book, electronic body music swept Belgium and Germany as its artists strove to make something entirely new – but their militaristic look became controversial

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Young Miko Makes Grammy History In Urbano Music

Female artists like Karol G and Young Miko are reshaping the reggaeton industry, challenging norms, and gaining recognition, with Young Miko receiving her ...

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Badfinger's crisp "Head First" remix

Bob Jackson discusses bringing the 1974 album back as a testament to the Welsh band's enduring impact

Louder

“We should have toured Europe and taken advantage of the impact our single had. We were lazy and stuck to playing in Britain. It was a huge mistake”: The all-too-short story of promising early proggers Rare Bird

A US tour without enough dates, a move away from the sound that got them signed, frequent line-up changes and never any money – just some of the things that went wrong for the band who once stood alongside The Nice and Van der Graaf Generator

MusicRadar

Aphex Twin drops new compilation of super rare vinyl releases

Music From The Merch Desk is available now

Metal Hammer

"They push the genre forward." Yungblud reveals who he believes are the "best metal band under 40 years old", explains how David Bowie inspired him

Genre-hopping singer-songwriter Yungblud gives props to some British metal heavyweights and a music icon

The Independent UK

Puerto Rican rapper Young Miko proves the tide is changing in Latin trap. Grammy nom backs it up

Who are the top reggaeton musicians in the world

The Guardian - UK

The 50 best albums of 2024: No 4 – Clairo: Charm

The singer-songwriter’s best album yet conjures low-lit jazz bars with swelling, sultry songs of attraction and desire, fleshed out with flurries of brass and vintage Wurlitzers

Guitar World

“We started doing that before there was a thing called ‘metal’ or the Seattle stuff, we just did it to save our voices. And then it became commonplace”: Gene Simmons says Kiss was one of the first bands to take downtuning into the mainstream

Dropped and downtunings became a defining characteristic of many ’90s guitar bands, but Simmons explains how and why downtuning became an integral part of Kiss' live act

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