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It’s a prog/metal pile on! Ghost and Opeth just blasted Bohemian Rhapsody back at Queen at the Polar Music Prize

The massive metallers were joined by Opeth’s Fredrik Åkesson and the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir for a rousing Queen homage

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“It’s unfamiliar, intimidating, and seemingly impenetrable for producers raised on DAWs like Ableton Live - but it can unlock a whole new world of creativity”: I tried a music tracker and it rewired my brain (in a good way)

Beloved by artists from Aphex Twin to Deadmau5, trackers swap the trusty piano roll for a text-based, vertically-scrolling interface that looks like something out of The Matrix. Let's find out how deep the tracker rabbit hole goes

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“Dazzling specs, million dollar looks...”: Entry-level price? Harley Benton’s HBJ-45E SBK is a vintage-inspired dreadnought acoustic with onboard electronics, a solid Sitka spruce top and it is crazy affordable

The name HBJ-45E SBK does not drip off the tongue but with that old-school aesthetic, a solid Sitka soundboard, it's could become a household name for beginner players

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“You don’t have to spend a lot of money to get a great sound, and it doesn’t have to be overly complex”: Joe Bonamassa on how to choose the right amp for a gig

The blues superstar reveals what he looks for when sitting in with a band for the night

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“Every update deepens AstroLab’s performance potential and workflow”: Arturia’s new 88 key AstroLab finally realises the full potential of the ‘avant-garde’ stage keyboard

The Analog Lab-powered keyboard gets an expanded weighted, hammer action counterpart

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“It would be a bit of an ego thing for me to say I made Sleep Token’s world”: Producer George Lever dishes the production secrets of the band’s first two albums and what he really thinks of their latest

Lever explains the two reverbs that became essential for the Sleep Token sound and what’s wrong with the band’s latest

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“I’m like, ‘Hey, I’m here to take the New York Stock Exchange. Is that a right or a left?’ And he hits the panic button and the riot police come and the riot doors slam shut”: The day Rage Against the Machine caused chaos on Wall Street

The Wall Street shoot for Sleep Now in the Fire ended up making history as RATM descended on the New York Stock Exchange

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“I have a very identifiable voice. It’s a unique sound, the divinity of my vocal cords. So everything I built around it was to protect the integrity of that voice”: How Perry Farrell defined alternative rock with Jane’s Addiction

The album Nothing's Shocking was the antidote to hair metal

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“Art creation always starts with a prompt, a seed. Anything can work as a first prompt. Only you can decide that”: Superproducer Rick Rubin just reinvented himself as an AI-powered ‘vibe coder’

The legendary producer of music from The Beastie Boys to Slipknot to Adele to everyone in between just went off at a tangent…

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The ultimate guide to pedal board essentials (and what order to put them in)

Here's what you need on board and where they all sit best for maximum effect

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"I said I was completely available for the foreseeable future.... Rog said 'Oh!' and we kind of left it there.": Zak Starkey and Roger Daltrey have made up after ‘confusing’ chat

Seems that Starkey was ‘retired’, not ‘fired’ from The Who

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“Derringer's legacy extends beyond his music, entertaining fans with his signature energy and talent”: All American guitar legend Rick Derringer dies, aged 77

He scored a number one hit when he was still a teenager, played with Johnny and Edgar Winter, Steely Dan, KISS, and more. He wrote Hulk Hogan's anthem. Derringer's life was extraordinary

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“Six finished arrangements”: Slipknot are putting together a new record after all

Jim Root says he wants to make a “raw” album

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“I just really needed to play this part as hard as I could, as fast as I could, or my brain would start screaming at me”: Ethan Ives on playing nasty, searching for melody and unleashing “indie Motörhead” energy on Car Seat Headrest’s epic rock opera

Ives’ playing on the Seattle indie-rocker’s audacious new album, The Scholars, is a masterclass in tone and melody, and maybe also how stylistic slipperiness is key to holding our attention

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“It’s pretty extraordinary - the world’s gonna be listening”: The 1975 are working on a new album

Group headline Glastonbury next month

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“He was the only one who found it necessary to perform - which was useless”: The Beatle who had to be cut from Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon

The making of Pink Floyd’s 1973 masterpiece originally featured a cameo from one Paul McCartney - but his contribution didn’t impress Roger Waters…

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“It’s a real bow with synthetic hair on two sides and it’s capable of doing some amazing things”: Turn your acoustic guitar into a violin or cello? The Pickaso Guitar Bow might be this year’s must-have accessory for Jimmy Page superfans

A double-sided mini-bow with an integrated pick in its design, the Pickaso Guitar Bow opens up a new world for exploring guitar

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“If you’re a bass player in a rock band, you are by definition a moron”: As Frank Zappa’s bassist, Scott Thunes rose to legend status, then turned his back on it all

The bass enigma delivers the inside track on Zappa’s genius and why bass players need to know their place

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“Billy is undergoing specific physical therapy”: Billy Joel cancels all live shows after brain disorder diagnosis

He is suffering from Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

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“David Lynch said, ‘I’m using this song in a movie. Hey, why don’t we have a video?’ I said, ‘David, because I don’t have any money'”: How Chris Isaak's Wicked Game could have been lost if not for David Lynch

Chris Isaak’s steamy 1989 masterpiece took the intervention of David Lynch before it started turning heads

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"They want to go out with a bang": Saint Etienne announce final album and release new single co-produced with Tom Rowlands of The Chemical Brothers

The much-loved British musical institution aim to “go out with a bang”

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“He said to me, ‘To be honest, we're kind of looking for a Beatles-type visual.’ I left there feeling like ‘OK, this is not gonna happen": Session drummer Hannah Montrose on facing down challenges and manifesting a spot behind the kit with Lizzo

"In high school, playing drums was everything. But when it came to me picking my GCSEs, the head of music told me, 'Hannah, you don't want to do that'"

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“I still remember the fascination of hearing Sgt. Pepper for the first time. It's The Beatles — but they're pretending to be another band? It breaks all the rules”: Gene Simmons salutes the Fab Four

"It was almost music hall stuff," he says

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"We have lived and breathed metal for over five decades, and finally we are summoning our congregation to officially witness our lives uncensored, in a never-before-seen way”: A Judas Priest documentary is in the works

Tom Morello is behind the camera

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“One of the individuals who is encouraging this deal to take place is Scooter”: Could Taylor Swift finally be about to take ownership of her first six album’s master recordings?

Her back catalogue famously fell into ‘enemy’ hands. Now it’s claimed that the man that ‘took’ it wants her to have it back…

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