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Madonna, Rolling Stones, Taylor Swift: 2023’s hottest music merch ranked

From Harry Styles and Madonna to the Rolling Stones and Beyoncé, 2023 has been one blockbuster year for the music business. Joe Bromley has your guide to the best merch available now

Evening Standard

“Steve Vai tried to school me on string bending, but you just don't do that on bass!” Pete Griffin reflects on his time with Steve Vai, and his latest solo EP

The seasoned sideman compares notes on Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Nuno Bettencourt, Zakk Wylde and Dweezil Zappa

Guitar World

“Rock is the cult music of the 21st century, in the same way that jazz became a cult. Maybe that’s not a bad thing”: Steven Wilson says the days of rock bands selling a million records are over

Porcupine Tree frontman Steven Wilson has a controversial view of rock’s place in the scheme of things in 2023

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Great new prog music you must hear from Gong, Tarja, Exploring Birdsong and more in Prog's Tracks Of The Week

The week's coolest new prog music to check out from Glass Hammer, Arabs In Aspic, Unprocessed and more...

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Watch the the hilariously weird moment that Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers played a trumpet solo with Nirvana

Watch the Red Hot Chili Peppers man lend his brass skills to Smells Like Teen Spirit at a festival in Brazil in 1993

Louder

Every The Wonder Years album ranked from worst to best, by vocalist Dan 'Soupy' Campbell

Dan Campbell, frontman of Pennsylvania pop-punk kings The Wonder Years, rates and ranks their seven studios albums

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Pallas release video trailer for new album The Messenger

Scottish prog rockers Pallas will release their new album The Messenger on December 15

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Pro-Ject treads new ground with a fresh phono stage and its first step-up transformers

A phono stage featuring balanced outputs and two different step-up transformers look to improve a wide range of set-ups

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"My lifelong love of The Beatles collided into a wall of sheer terror at the thought of letting everyone down": Peter Jackson's video for Now And Then is now online

Peter Jackson's Now And Then short film is compiled from unseen footage and home movies, and includes a first airing of the earliest known clip of The Beatles playing live

Louder

OPINION - The industry backlash over Taylor's versions is a red herring: it's got much bigger problems

Labels seeking to stop artists re-recording their music is only part of a much wider issue regarding contracts

Evening Standard

"So Jaco Pastorius and Joni Mitchell walk past and ask, ‘Hey, is there a party here?’." The story of Italian prog legends PFM

Newly signed to InsideOut Music, Italin prog legends Premiata Forneria Marconi return with new album Emotional Tattoos in both English and Italian

Louder

The 13 best Beatles music videos, ranked (including Now and Then)

The best Beatles music videos of all time, ranked.

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Piotr Anderszewski review – raw and astonishing, Beethoven is transformed

The Polish pianist is an understated presence but in his hands, a programme that also included Bach, Webern and Szymanowski, was muscular and full of ferocious energy amid meticulous playing

The Guardian - UK

Van Morrison taps into his 'spirit music' with a return to rock 'n' roll

The Belfast musician is returning to where it all began... sounding as youthful as when he started out

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Taylor Lautner Shares How He Was Asked To Reunite With Taylor Swift For ‘I Can See You’ Music Video And His Wife’s Reaction Is The Best

Taylor Lautner shares the story behind how he came to star in Taylor Swift's "I Can See You" music video.

Guitar World

“It didn’t tick his boxes. It didn’t give him what he wanted”: Before Fender, Jeff Beck worked with Ibanez to create a wild Telecaster/Les Paul hybrid – this is the never-before-told story of the signature model that almost was

In the 1980s, Beck sought out Ibanez to help his unique vision for a signature guitar become a reality. We trace the history of an instrument so elusive that few even knew it existed

The Guardian - UK

Flying Lotus review – electronic music legend flexes his jawdropping skills

Despite being a heavily garlanded and in-demand collaborator, composer, label owner and soon to be sci-fi director, the musician seems happiest simply making people dance

The Independent UK

Joe Jonas reacts to CVS security guard telling him he ‘looks crazy’

‘Is the a compliment?’ singer quips on TikTok

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Metal Hammer

10 new albums coming in 2024 to get incredibly excited about right now

New music incoming from Green Day, Bob Vylan, The Last Dinner Party, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, IDLES and more? Hurry up 2024

Guitar World

“Springsteen taught me how to write songs, but Pearl Jam, Dinosaur Jr., Fugazi and Sonic Youth taught me how to play those songs I’d learned to write”: Brian Fallon is breaking out the guitar solos for The Gaslight Anthem’s second coming

Brian Fallon and co. bring the noise – and the solos – on their first album since reforming. And they invited Bruce Springsteen along for the ride

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s an emotional day for Liverpool’: fans gather to buy new Beatles single Now and Then

At HMV Liverpool, Beatles heads – including one called John Lennon – queue up for vinyl copies of what is billed as the final Beatles song

The Independent UK

As the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame brings female artists to centre stage, is 2023 the Year of the Woman in music?

With Beyonce and Taylor Swift as pop’s reigning queens, and Kate Bush and Missy Elliott among the pioneers recognised by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 2023 feels like a banner year. Roisin O’Connor reports

Guitar World

Gary Rossington shaped the sound of Southern rock with Lynyrd Skynyrd – and his guitar style influenced everyone from the Black Crowes to Metallica

Learn the distinctive pentatonic licks of the Les Paul-toting Southern rock master

Evening Standard

Isle of Wight Festival 2024: Date, headliners, and how to get tickets

The festival is widely considered to be Europe's Woodstock

Guitar World

“We pulled a few guitars out – I loved the ’61 Strat immediately. John said, ‘I want you to take that guitar with you – it’s yours”: John Frusciante gave away a prized vintage Fender Stratocaster to a fan who became one of his favorite modern guitarists

This 1961 Olympic White Strat has the rare honor of being played by both Frusciante and Josh Klinghoffer during the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Stadium Arcadium tour – but Frusciante eventually handed it over to a fan who would go on to become one of his favorite contemporary guitar players

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