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Here are the best songs you'll hear this week, featuring Olivia Rodrigo, Creeper, Goat, Teenage Fanclub and more

It's another killer week for new singles: vote for your favourite here

Louder

Mick Fleetwood ‘devastated’ as his Hawaii restaurant destroyed in Maui wildfires

The drummer has shared his ‘prayers’ for the people of Maui who are ‘suffering unimaginable loss’

Evening Standard

Olivia Rodrigo reveals new song using Instagram’s latest carousel music feature

Soon, everyone will be adding songs to their Instagram photo dumps

Evening Standard

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"We have to bring people together not divide them": Electric Callboy don't mind being tagged a 'novelty' band so long as they can make metalheads smile

German 'dance' metal crew Electric Callboy answer your questions on rebranding, dance anthems and going viral with songs like Pump It and Hypa Hypa

Metal Hammer

Friedman and Jake E Lee roll out the red Tolex for a fire-breathing new signature amp that balances ‘70s Plexi tones with ‘80s aggression “and a little more scream”

The JEL20 is a feature-packed two-channel head with cab simulated XLR out, ultra-transparent effects loop, EL84 power tubes, and there's a matching 1x12 cab too

MusicRadar

Malaysia organizer seeks $2.7 million from British band whose gay kiss got a music festival canceled

The organizer of a Malaysian music festival is seeking $2.7 million in losses from British band The 1975 over a breach of contract

The Independent UK

14 best summer tracks to test your music system

We've put together some of our favourite tracks to enjoy in the sun or help brighten up those grey afternoons.

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“Fenders give me so much versatility – I can go from rock to cumbia to funk to salsa to vallenato to metal”: He’s one of Colombia’s biggest-selling artists – now Juanes has a signature Stratocaster as multitalented as he is

The multiple Grammy winner on the touching story behind his all-new Luna White finish, how he landed a spot on The Metallica Blacklist after getting Lars Ulrich’s seal of approval, and what he learned from John Mayer’s guitar tutor

Guitar World

Jungle - Volcano album review: a sense of fun and energy that rarely lets up

Their music goes down like a cool drink on a summer day

Evening Standard

"I’d pay to be in it!": Noel Gallagher names his dream supergroup, featuring some very familiar faces

"Get me Harvey Goldsmith!" Noel Gallagher jokes after detailing his dream supergroup

Louder

London rapper Fredo on his new album Unfinished Business: ‘You’re never going to fully move on from your past’

After a self-imposed break brought on by fatherhood and the death of a number of close friends, he’s back, and he’s got things to say

Evening Standard

Want to sound like Trevor Horn? Spitfire Audio's new Jupiter sample library can help

Jupiter is a collection of drums, synths, piano, bass and FX recorded and produced in Horn's studio

MusicRadar

“I didn’t realise how much I missed Cliff until I went into rehab”: When Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson interviewed Metallica’s James Hetfield about Some Kind Of Monster and the death of Cliff Burton

James Hetfield admitted to “hazing” ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted and discussed “weeping in the corner in the foetal position” while talking with one of his heavy metal heroes

Metal Hammer

Steve Hackett called him “probably the most proficient tapper out there”: Watch underrated tapping genius Stanley Jordan apply his masterful technique to Stairway to Heaven – on two guitars at once

The visionary virtuoso put a jazzy and classical spin on a technique most often associated with hard-rock, and applied it to a bold reimagining of the Led Zeppelin classic

Guitar World

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Louder

"All the things that happen during any revolutionary time brings out the best music": Vintage Trouble's Ty Taylor is ready for the revolution

They’ve been off the radar for a while, but Vintage Trouble have returned with new album Heavy Hymnals, and this time their blazing rock’n’soul is fuelled by heartbreak, social commentary and racial injustice. Just don’t call it a comeback

Evening Standard

The Hives: The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons album review – absolutely ridiculous, riotous fun

Why grow up, really?

Guitar World

“Everything about the design appeals to me”: Jacob Collier on why he created his wild 5-string Strandberg – and how he unlocked a new musical language with its unusual alternate tuning

The multi-instrumentalist is dipping his toes into rockier waters for his upcoming album, and he’s got the perfect axe to do so. Here’s how one of 2023’s most unorthodox custom builds came to life

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That Was Then... Musical Fidelity A1 (1985)

Musical Fidelity’s A1 amplifier is considered a mid-’80s classic and rightly so.

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The Guardian - UK

Mervyn Stutter: ‘If landlords stay greedy, they will kill the Edinburgh festival’

The comedian, songwriter and actor on how Scotland’s annual arts jamboree has evolved, loathing corporate gigs and his Pick of the Fringe turning 30

The Independent UK

15 awful albums by classic bands, from Led Zeppelin to Metallica

Even rock’n’roll heroes can have a bad day at the office, writes Kevin E G Perry

Marie Claire

What is going on with the Taylor Swift friendship bracelet trend?

Swifties are having a *lot* of fun with it

The Guardian - UK

Noname: Sundial review – riveting rapper builds new ways of living

On her long-awaited album, the Chicago artist isn’t scared to spread around the culpability for discord, from white society to Beyoncé, Barack Obama – and herself

Metal Hammer

Greta Van Fleet take lessons on longevity from tour partners Metallica

Greta Van Fleet's Sam Kiszka says his band are inspired by Metallica's commitment to their craft

The Conversation

Throwing things on stage is bad concert etiquette – but it's also not a new trend

The recent spate of incidents where objects have been thrown at musicians by people who paid to see them perform has generated comment, consternation and condemnation on media both mainstream and social.

Guitar World

"We had no idea we were going to do it": That time Jimmy Page, Jack White and The Edge saluted the Band with a surprise campfire cover of The Weight

The impromptu acoustic jam closes out the 2008 guitar-themed documentary, It Might Get Loud

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