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I test all my new headphones with these 7 tracks - my testing playlist may be embarassing but here's why it works

I test headphones a lot here at Tom's Guide — and what better way to test them than some of the coolest tracks around?

Tom’s Guide

“The Life of a Showgirl takes center stage”: An exclusive paid-for download version of Taylor Swift’s new album has sparked a high-kicking, unexpected iTunes revival

But don’t worry - she’s not ‘doing a U2’...

MusicRadar

Fans Pointed Out Taylor Swift Teased Her Orange Era Before It Happened, But Why Orange?

Well, Taylor Swift answered that question.

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“I don’t know what he was thinking, but he went into the little kitchen behind the control room and returned with a carving knife”: How David Byrne, Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz created a sinister new wave classic

With some help from a carving knife

MusicRadar

“When I went to the all-digital realm, I took on a world of pain that I was not expecting”: Why Stephen Carpenter has returned to tube amps for Deftones’ latest tour

The Deftones guitarist was an early champion of amp modelers, but has re-embraced a more hybrid, amp-dependent setup

Guitar World

“This is the greatest rock’n’roll band in the world!”: Iron Maiden are on the cover of the new Metal Hammer. And it comes with three exclusive gifts!

The new issue features exclusive interviews with Bruce Dickinson and Steve Harris – plus a 50th-birthday patch, keyring and art print

Metal Hammer

Taylor Swift to return to Graham Norton Show to discuss new album

It’ll be the first time the singer has appeared on the BBC show since 2022

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“I look at tapping in two different ways. There’s Eruption, and there’s Hot For Teacher”: Wolfgang Van Halen explains the variations in EVH’s trademark technique – and shows you how to play them

The multi-instrumentalist delivered a Mammoth tapping masterclass as he demonstrated how to play one of his new singles, The End

Guitar World

Biffy Clyro frontman Simon Neil: ‘We took Slayer’s Dave Lombardo to Todmorden for a curry and a pint’

With the band’s 10th album out this week, their frontman answers your questions on Matt Cardle’s version of Many of Horror, playing a German swimming pool – and getting carried away over Richard Ashcroft

The Guardian - UK

“We got about an hour in, and I was like, ‘I haven’t even pulled the slide out of my pocket yet!’” Derek Trucks is one of the greatest slide guitar players of all time but sometimes forgets he even has one – here’s how he decides when to use it

Trucks says you can be just as lyrical playing fretted – just look at what Jeff Beck did with his Strat

MusicRadar

Madonna, 67, returning to roots by rejoining label where she started for upcoming dance album

New album will be Queen of Pop’s first in seven years

The Independent UK

Teenage Engineering leak appears to reveal dub reggae-themed EP-2350 Riddim Supertone sampler and EP-40 mixer

A spin on the EP-133 K.O. II inspired by Jamaican music, the sampler is joined by a 2-channel DJ mixer and Ting FX microphone

MusicRadar

John Lennon’s school desk goes on display at Beatles Museum in Liverpool

Desk from Quarry Bank high school had been hidden by staff as teachers considered Lennon a ‘nuisance’

The Guardian - UK

“Look for one that says ‘80’s Icon on the case and another one that says ‘Woke As F**k’”: Johnny Marr says UPS has lost his guitars

The indie guitar icon takes aim at the courier company on Twitter/X

MusicRadar

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Queen detail 50th anniversary editions of A Night At The Opera and Bohemian Rhapsody

"It's such an eclectic album. It's mad and it's wonderful and it's got a bit of everything in it" - Roger Taylor

Al Jazeera

Who was Celeste Rivas, the missing teen found dead in singer d4vd’s Tesla?

The LAPD identified the body of a girl in the car of Romantic Homicide singer d4vd. She went missing in 2024, aged 13.

Louder

Yes announce new reissue of Fly From Here: Return Trip with Atmos mix

Yes's 2018 release, Fly From Here: Return Trip, reunited the band's 1980 Drama line-up

The Independent UK

Sarah McLachlan talks Lilith Fair, her first new album in 11 years and yes, that ASPCA commercial

Sarah McLachlan thought her forthcoming album, “Better Broken,” would be her last

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“He says to Mick Jagger backstage ‘They hate me!’ Mick told him, ‘if you’re going to play to a crowd this big, you have to have a rock band. You have to have a big sound’”: Did Prince’s "humiliating" Rolling Stones experience inspire his later success?

Producer Andrew Watt recalls what Jagger told him when he happened to be wearing a Prince T-shirt in the studio

The Guardian - UK

Joy Crookes: Juniper review – sadness made sublime by streetwise soul and snappy wit

Four years ago, the south Londoner’s star was on the rise with her debut Skin – then she vanished. Now, she’s back with shimmering sounds and cleverly unsentimental lyrics, plus explosive cameos by Vince Staples and Kano

The Independent UK

Lola Young: I’m Only F***ing Myself review – Facing down her monsters in typically bold and blatant style

4/5 South Londoner embraces a proper melting pot of genres as she takes aim at narcissistic exes and opens up about her sexual escapades

The Independent UK

Kojey Radical: Don’t Look Down review – All-encompassing creative approach makes for one outstanding album

5/5 Mercury Prize-shortlisted rapper develops ideas on fatherhood, love and self-doubt on this phenomenal follow-up to 2022’s ‘Reason to Smile’

Metal Hammer

Iron Maiden announce more European shows for 2026, including phone-free Paris concert and secret UK date

The UK metal heavyweights will continue the Run For Your Lives tour with a second European leg in the summer

MusicRadar

“It’s pretty rancid! That brain mulching sound they put on vocals makes me feel slightly sick”: The Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon isn’t a fan of modern pop music

He recorded his new album Abbey Road, but says that "I don’t believe that Syd Barrett’s hand is on your shoulder or John Lennon is guiding your fingers across the piano"

Evening Standard

Ed Sheeran reveals why he was 'intensely unhappy' in early career as he flees UK for US

The singer, 34, admitted he struggled with his ‘sanity’ after he shot to fame with his 2011 debut album +

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