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“The drums, the guitar and the bass are already in there. What we didn’t have is a vocalist”: Alex Van Halen says a new Van Halen record was virtually finished before Eddie passed away

The Van Halen drummer has also shed more light on Steve Lukather's involvement in the project

Guitar World · Feb 19

"We had the desire to create something extraordinary. And we did." Queen announce remixed, remastered and expanded Queen II Collector’s Edition

"It's not perfect, it has the imperfections and excesses of youth, but I think that was our biggest single step ever"

Louder · Feb 19

Musician and film-maker Flying Lotus: ‘The whole lo-fi beats thing has become like Starbucks music’

Ahead of a new EP, the creative polymath answers your questions on Thom Yorke, Kendrick Lamar and how a sci-fi epic ate up his whole life

The Guardian - UK · Feb 19

U2's Days of Ash EP: Political fury drives a thrilling set of comeback songs

5/5 U2’s surprise EP sees a band coming back with serious political intent on some of their best songs for years

Evening Standard · Feb 19

Ex-Beatle Sir Paul McCartney says he often agrees with people ‘damning’ him

He also addressed former bandmate John Lennon’s diss track How Do You Sleep?

Evening Standard · Feb 19

“The single biggest leap we ever made. That's when we really started making music the way we wanted to”: Brian May reflects on Queen II, as it's confirmed that the 1974 album is about to get a lavish reissue

Its five CDs will include demos, BBC sessions, outtakes and more

MusicRadar · Feb 19

The Streets review – semi-theatrical staging of A Grand Don’t Come for Free resurrects a British classic

Deadpan recital of the era-defining album of downbeat English rap suits the full-album format, presented with a formidable band

The Guardian - UK · Feb 19

“Joe Satriani said, ‘Every time I do an album, I feel like the first song I have to prove that I can play guitar. I wish I could let that go.’ I thought, ‘I know exactly what you mean’”: Paul Gilbert on why it’s so hard to resist the urge to shred

Gilbert says shred can sometimes be the easy way to give his audience what they want, but their expectations only make him want to work harder on his melodies

MusicRadar · Feb 19

“A search for spiritual redemption”: Hear new President single Angel Wings – the masked band’s first song after signing with major label Atlantic Records

The fast-rising alt-metalcore outfit are starting “a new chapter” with a new record deal

Metal Hammer · Feb 19

Mitski: Nothing’s About to Happen to Me review – mordant, melodic melancholy from the best songwriter of her generation

The US singer-songwriter’s latest album flits deftly from horror to humour, with threads of melancholy and desperate unhappiness binding the tracks

The Guardian - UK · Feb 19