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The Fierce And The Dead to release new album in July

The Fierce And The Dead's News From The Invisible World is their first to feature vocals

Louder · May 31, 2023

Double Whammy: metal guitarist Sean Long goes viral with his bonkers dual-pedal technique

Clips of the While She Sleeps guitarist’s experimental pitch-shifting approach have had over 2 million views. As he tells us: “It allows me to create things that sound impossible”

Guitar World · May 31, 2023

Groove Armada confirmed as headliners for Valley Fest near Bristol

The DJ will also be speaking at the festival about how he sold his music rights to become a farmer

Bristol Post · May 31, 2023

Freaks, mullets, coochie calls, pysch-punk and the coronation of Caroline Polachek: why Wide Awake 2023 was everything

Caroline Polachek, Osees, Viagra Boys, Shygirl and more light up the most eclectic, electric Wide Awake festival yet

Louder · May 31, 2023

On our radar: Joe Kelly & The Royal Pharmacy – "Hearing Nebraska by Springsteen was a game changer for an indie kid growing up on a council estate"

For fans of: Bob Dylan, The Black Keys, Father John Misty, The Lumineers, Rolling Stones… and The Boss

MusicRadar · May 31, 2023

‘An astounding rush of real-time creativity’: 40 years of the Smiths’ Peel Sessions

Not everyone finds it easy to listen to the Smiths now, but those early transmissions were utterly formative for this vital new band and their enraptured fans

The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2023

Scouse band's 'crazy dream' of playing Glastonbury comes true

Stone will join Jamie Webster and Lana Del Rey at the festival

Liverpool Echo · May 31, 2023

Rick Astley jokes he might wear his pyjamas on stage at Glastonbury as he sports sleepwear in interview

‘I’ll be very early on the Saturday... I might do it in my pyjamas,’ singer said

The Independent UK · May 31, 2023

Duff McKagan: “I discovered my acoustic guitar as a refuge during Covid. It lessens the panic attacks”

The Guns N’ Roses bassist and songwriter speaks candidly about how trading the bottle for playing acoustic has helped his panic attack and mental health struggles

Guitar World · May 31, 2023

The unlikely story of Aphex Twin's weirdest gig, when he DJ'd with sandpaper and stuck a microphone in a blender

"I mixed some sandpaper together, played a food mixer and threw it at someone. I thought I would get sued for that, but he wanted me to sign it afterward"

MusicRadar · May 31, 2023