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“Do not try to play them like Edward – because you can’t”: Steve Vai says this is the secret to nailing Eddie Van Halen’s guitar parts in front of a live audience

Vai has been considering his experiences winning the hearts and minds of Van Halen fans back in the ’80s – as his friend Joe Satriani gets ready to do the same this summer

Guitar World · Jan 11, 2024

The Vaccines - Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations album review: a return to jangly indie-pop form

Though they're over a decade into things by now, line-up reshuffles keep the indie-pop band feeling fresh

Evening Standard · Jan 11, 2024

Kali Uchis - Orquídeas album review: heaps of sunny appeal

Cranking up the energy, this sees the prolific star trying out new styles and shaking things up

Evening Standard · Jan 11, 2024

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“We never went into this band with any expectations, so we’ve never been disappointed… We just love making music together”: Teenage Fanclub on fame, perseverance and ice cream with Nirvana

Scotland's finest alt-rock exports on how DIY ethics, deep-cut influences, and reckoning with their own band's mortality have kept their unique brand of jangle pop alive for over three decades

Guitar World · Jan 11, 2024

Anna Prohaska/Phantasm review – her tone is a mixture of silk and silver

Music by William Byrd and his Renaissance contemporaries was exquisitely performed by the viol group, with the versatile and sensitive soprano matching their quiet intensity

The Guardian - UK · Jan 11, 2024

“My dad showed that the bass can play an equal role in melodic and rhythmic invention”: Heavenly Cream mastermind Malcolm Bruce doesn’t use Jack Bruce’s gear, but he can tell you how to easily get his father’s sound

The world has only begun to understand what Cream contributed to music and culture, says Malcolm, who finds it easy to perform like late pioneer Jack did

Guitar World · Jan 11, 2024

Finnish musicians call for Israel boycott at Eurovision 2024

Tensions over Israel’s participation in this year’s Song Contest grow amid further calls to ban them from the competition over Gaza conflict

The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2024

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“If I’m working with another person watching me, I feel like I have to make them happy. When I’m alone, if I fk up, I can say ‘Fk it’ and go home”: George Lynch is done with big studios – and he won’t build a Mr. Scary guitar for Michael Sweet

On their latest collaborative effort, Sweet & Lynch sought to channel classic Dokken – although Lynch reckons the best tracks recorded for Heart & Sacrifice might just be the ones that got rejected…

Guitar World · Jan 11, 2024

"Billy Corgan helped me through some personal struggles and has been a close friend." How Myrkur is balancing loss, motherhood and humanity

Myrkur switched folk and black metal for shimmering art prog with 2023's Spine - but the record also took inspiration from Amalie Bruun's own journey through motherhood, the pandemic and beyond

Metal Hammer · Jan 11, 2024

Kali Uchis: Orquídeas review – urgent Latin beats from a superstar in waiting

Less hazy than her recent Red Moon in Venus, the witty Colombian American singer returns with an album centred on reggaeton, cumbia and reggae rhythms

The Guardian - UK · Jan 11, 2024

Neil Slaven obituary

Other lives: Blues aficionado who founded Blue Horizon Records

The Guardian - UK · Jan 11, 2024

"We learned so much from In Flames": Orbit Culture have toured with some of metal's most legendary names, now they're ready to conquer the world on their terms

Orbit Culture have toured with everyone from Trivium and Meshuggah to In Flames and Machine Head, but a decade into their careers they are ready to step up as one of metal's hottest up-and-coming bands

Metal Hammer · Jan 11, 2024

"Why didn’t you guys call me?" Ozzy Osbourne calls T-Pain's cover of Black Sabbath classic War Pigs the best ever - and T-Pain is delighted

T-Pain's impressive cover of Black Sabbath's War Pigs has received the highest praise!

Metal Hammer · Jan 11, 2024

A new range of Slipknot Funko Pop! Vinyl figures are being released - and it includes recently ejected drummer Jay Weinberg

Six new Slipknot Funko Pop! figures are coming this spring, with a 4-inch tall 'Jay Weinberg' among the collection

Metal Hammer · Jan 11, 2024

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Guitar World · Jan 11, 2024

“I think it’s the challenge right now, as it is for a lot of musicians”: Pete Townshend pinpoints the one thing Instagram players get wrong – and reveals who his favorite social media guitarist is

The Who icon honed in on an aspect of guitar playing that many social media shredders overlook – but also offered a solution in the process

The National (Scotland) · Jan 11, 2024

Popular Scottish nightclub closes its doors 'with immediate effect'

Metal Hammer · Jan 11, 2024

"Sometimes when you're scared and your adrenaline's pumping, you just start beating the shit out of your instrument": revisiting Nirvana's electrifying 1992 appearance on Saturday Night Live

Celebrating the equipment-smashing, French-kissing day Nirvana knocked Michael Jackson off the top of the charts

Metal Hammer · Jan 11, 2024

"Steve Harris was very suspicious. He said: Why do you wanna come back?": Bruce Dickinson on rejoining Iron Maiden with a mission to "sweep away the past"

Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson recalls exactly what he sought to achieve by rejoining the band in 1999

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Louder · Jan 11, 2024

"He was so close to death - they had to cut off his finger": Bonafide are back, and they've got some stories to tell

After a lengthy layoff, 'the Swedish AC/DC' have returned with tales of acoustic shows, singing in Swedish, and Tommie Nine Fingers

Louder · Jan 11, 2024

"This big guy comes in like he owns the place, and we all hate him immediately": the truth about Chad Smith's audition for the Red Hot Chili Peppers

When drummer Chad Smith walked into the Red Hot Chili Peppers rehearsal studio to try out for the band, their first impressions were not good

Cinemablend · Jan 11, 2024

Selena Gomez Just Found Her Next Role, And I'm Excited Singing Will Be A Major Part Of It

Following Selena Gomez's Only Murders in the Building award buzz, the actress/singer is leading a biopic next.

The Independent UK · Jan 10, 2024

Boy George says he’s ‘never gonna be friends’ with ‘unfriendly’ Janet Jackson

British singer-songwriter claimed Jackson was ‘not friendly’ in his new memoir ‘Karma: The Definitive Autobiography’

MusicRadar · Jan 10, 2024

Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram only has four pedals onstage – including a tuner and a Shredmaster with the gain set to max

"I'm simple when it comes to pedals," says the bluesman. But he makes every one of them count!

MusicRadar · Jan 10, 2024

System of a Down drummer John Dolmayan tells Kanye West to “Show some class man” after the rapper posts revealing photos of his wife Bianca Censori to Instagram on her birthday

"Would you show pictures of your wife’s t*ts to your friends? Your parents?", Dolmayan argued with one commenter

Guitar World · Jan 10, 2024

The doublestop is a neo-soul guitar staple – learn how it can add harmonies to your solos and spice up your chord transitions

Neo-soul is one of the hottest guitar trends of the moment – and in this lesson, Pickup Music's Niklas Myhre gives you a primer on one of its essential approaches

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The Latest Breaking News on Music

“Do not try to play them like Edward – because you can’t”: Steve Vai says this is the secret to nailing Eddie Van Halen’s guitar parts in front of a live audience

The Vaccines - Pick-Up Full of Pink Carnations album review: a return to jangly indie-pop form

Kali Uchis - Orquídeas album review: heaps of sunny appeal

“We never went into this band with any expectations, so we’ve never been disappointed… We just love making music together”: Teenage Fanclub on fame, perseverance and ice cream with Nirvana

Anna Prohaska/Phantasm review – her tone is a mixture of silk and silver

“My dad showed that the bass can play an equal role in melodic and rhythmic invention”: Heavenly Cream mastermind Malcolm Bruce doesn’t use Jack Bruce’s gear, but he can tell you how to easily get his father’s sound

Finnish musicians call for Israel boycott at Eurovision 2024

“If I’m working with another person watching me, I feel like I have to make them happy. When I’m alone, if I f**k up, I can say ‘F**k it’ and go home”: George Lynch is done with big studios – and he won’t build a Mr. Scary guitar for Michael Sweet

"Billy Corgan helped me through some personal struggles and has been a close friend." How Myrkur is balancing loss, motherhood and humanity

Kali Uchis: Orquídeas review – urgent Latin beats from a superstar in waiting

Neil Slaven obituary

"We learned so much from In Flames": Orbit Culture have toured with some of metal's most legendary names, now they're ready to conquer the world on their terms

"Why didn’t you guys call me?" Ozzy Osbourne calls T-Pain's cover of Black Sabbath classic War Pigs the best ever - and T-Pain is delighted

A new range of Slipknot Funko Pop! Vinyl figures are being released - and it includes recently ejected drummer Jay Weinberg

“I think it’s the challenge right now, as it is for a lot of musicians”: Pete Townshend pinpoints the one thing Instagram players get wrong – and reveals who his favorite social media guitarist is

Popular Scottish nightclub closes its doors 'with immediate effect'

"Sometimes when you're scared and your adrenaline's pumping, you just start beating the shit out of your instrument": revisiting Nirvana's electrifying 1992 appearance on Saturday Night Live

"Steve Harris was very suspicious. He said: Why do you wanna come back?": Bruce Dickinson on rejoining Iron Maiden with a mission to "sweep away the past"

"He was so close to death - they had to cut off his finger": Bonafide are back, and they've got some stories to tell

"This big guy comes in like he owns the place, and we all hate him immediately": the truth about Chad Smith's audition for the Red Hot Chili Peppers

Selena Gomez Just Found Her Next Role, And I'm Excited Singing Will Be A Major Part Of It

Boy George says he’s ‘never gonna be friends’ with ‘unfriendly’ Janet Jackson

Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram only has four pedals onstage – including a tuner and a Shredmaster with the gain set to max

System of a Down drummer John Dolmayan tells Kanye West to “Show some class man” after the rapper posts revealing photos of his wife Bianca Censori to Instagram on her birthday

The doublestop is a neo-soul guitar staple – learn how it can add harmonies to your solos and spice up your chord transitions

“If I’m working with another person watching me, I feel like I have to make them happy. When I’m alone, if I fk up, I can say ‘Fk it’ and go home”: George Lynch is done with big studios – and he won’t build a Mr. Scary guitar for Michael Sweet