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“I knew the spirit of the Alice Cooper group was back – what we were making was very much an album that could’ve been in the '70s”: Original Alice Cooper lineup reunites after more than 50 years – and announces brand-new album

The Revenge of Alice Cooper – the lineup's first record since 1973's Muscle of Love – promises to deliver all the shock rock goods of the band's heyday

Guitar World

Arturia’s V Collection gets a Roland JP-8000 emulation and lo-fi synth/sampler, along with five more instruments and a host of updates

V Collection 11 also features MiniBrute V, Synthx V and a redesigned SEM V, along with two new instruments in the Augmented series

MusicRadar

“Such a rare piece”: Dave Navarro has chosen the guitar he’s using to record his first post-Jane’s Addiction material – and it’s a historic build

Navarro will be taking a milestone six-string from PRS into the studio with Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins

Guitar World

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Natalia Lafourcade’s alter ego takes center stage in ‘Cancionera’

When Natalia Lafourcade sat down to craft “Cancionera” she never expected to discover an alter ego that would lead her down a pathway of artistic enlightenment

The Independent UK

Harnessing chaos and charm, Pere Ubu’s David Thomas rewrote rock’n’roll

The bandleader, who has died aged 71, created a vast body of work that influenced everyone from Ramones to REM, thanks to his absurdist energy

The Guardian - UK

“An amazing piece of history from the British blues scene”: Robert Plant is selling a trove of gear for charity – including a John Birch-modded ‘62 Stratocaster with two switches that once belonged to Stan Webb of Chicken Shack

The 1990 Les Paul that Les Paul gave the former Led Zeppelin frontman has been sold but that Strat is one super-cool refin – so too the mandolin and resonator

MusicRadar

R&B singer Kehlani barred from Cornell performance over pro-Palestine comments

University president says popular US singer was felt to have made ‘antisemitic, anti-Israel sentiments’, after she made statements including ‘long live the intifada’

The Guardian - UK

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“I was like ‘Wow, Coldplay were definitely listening to Radiohead and trying to make their version of it’": Porter Robinson says that he only recently discovered that Coldplay used to sound a bit like Radiohead

“I found tons of forum debates from 2004 from people saying, you know Radiohead fans being like, ‘Coldplay's trash’”

MusicRadar

Mick Lynch joins Scottish rock band and comedian at Edinburgh show

Scottish rock band The Tenementals will be joined by former top union leader Mick Lynch and comedian Zara Gladman at their Portobello show next…

The National (Scotland)

I've never seen a catwalk open up in the middle of a moshpit before - but then I've never seen a band quite like Alt Blk Era

Alt Blk Era had a packed-out Camden Underworld moshing and raving its ass off last night - and you can't help but feel this is just the start

Metal Hammer

“The best guitar player I ever heard”: Nashville guitar extraordinaire Mac Gayden – who worked with Bob Dylan, Elvis, Linda Ronstadt and Simon & Garfunkel – dies at 83

The guitarist, who formed part of an elite group of Nashville session players known as the Nashville cats, is also responsible for co-writing the evergreen pop hit Everlasting Love

Guitar World

Alternative pop star Lorde has returned for her crown on new single ‘What Was That’

4/5 Following an electro-pop rebirth by way of a Charli XCX collaboration, the singer returns to what she does best: crafting melancholic, minimal yet monumental tracks for heartbroken souls

The Independent UK

K-pop idol Bain of JUST B comes out during US tour: ‘Proud to be part of LGBT community’

Bain is first K-pop idol to come out on major world-tour stage

The Independent UK

David Thomas, anarchic Pere Ubu bandleader, dies aged 71

The US musician was a major influence on post-punk and alt-rock scenes thanks to his spirited, chaotic style

The Guardian - UK

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“I’ve never bought a guitar and I’m quite proud of that! I always tell people when they’re learning: there’s a guitar not being played”: Meet Sacred Paws’ Ray Aggs, the dextrous Tele-wrangler inventing new chords and capturing Thurston Moore’s imagination

The self-taught songwriter on their singular six-string path, working with alt-tuning icons Glenn Branca and Thurston Moore, and the shift to big choruses on new album Jump Into Life

MusicRadar

“Every post feels like a test. If it flops I feel like a failure”: 61% of DJs feel that their social media presence is more important than their skill

That’s just one of the sobering stats from a new Pete Tong DJ Academy survey, spelling out how hard it is to breakthrough in 2025

The Guardian - UK

Men of a Certain Age by Kate Mossman review – close encounters with charismatic male rockers

A journalist’s bracingly honest account of interviews with musicians from Brian May to Shaun Ryder

The Guardian - UK

Pink Floyd at Pompeii MCMLXXII review – mesmerically peculiar portrait of band on cusp of greatness

Gilmour, Waters, Wright and Mason are space rock whippets in the burning Italian sun in this outrageously indulgent yet vivid and beguiling music documentary

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The Independent UK

Oasis fan lost £1,700 in scam during scramble for reunion tour tickets

Many Oscar fans are paying well over face value in their desperation to attend one of the Britpop band’s reunion shows

The Guardian - UK

The Proms 2025 season offers plenty both to cherish and challenge

Alongside rareties such as Birtwistle’s Earth Dances and Reich’s The Desert Music there’s some intriguing and ambitious new music coming to this year’s festival

Louder

Bryan Adams announces mammoth North American tour schedule with Pat Benatar and The Sheepdogs

Bryan Adams' Roll With The Punches tour will reach North America in September after a lengthy European run

Louder

Wheatus to celebrate 25th anniversary of their platinum-selling debut album with UK and Ireland tour

"United Kingdom and Ireland – you’ve been patient enough..."

Louder

Blink-182, Weezer, Green Day, Sex Pistols, Knocked Loose, The Beach Boys and more to play Riot Fest 2025

Jack White, Dropkick Murphys, Alkaline Trio, The Pogues and more also set for Chicago weekender

Latin Times

American Music Awards 2025: Kendrick Lamar, Post Malone, Bruno Mars, and Bad Bunny Sweep the Nominations

The 2025 AMAs nominations feature Kendrick Lamar with 10, Post Malone with 8, and Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, and Shaboozey with 7 each. The most prominent Latin artists are once again urban artists.

Louder

"Life moves at such a pace these days that we imagine there will be plenty of time to rekindle a friendship, and then suddenly one day it's too late." Queen's Brian May pays tribute to legendary producer Roy Thomas Baker

"Thank you, Roy for all the great work you did for us, and all the fun we had"

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