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The Darkness review – retro rockers are still in acrobatically high spirits

Fresh from Taylor Swift’s endorsement, Justin Hawkins and his hard-riffing band can still strut and peacock with the best – so it’s a shame about the bad sound mix

The Guardian - UK

Ariana Grande Fans Slam Elon Musk's 'X' For Malfunctioning During 'Eternal Sunshine' Announcement: 'Feels Like a Hate Crime'

Grande's fans were frustrated with the ongoing social media outages at Twitter.

Latin Times

“The idea was to make an album heavier than anything that had ever been heard before”: Tony Iommi recalls the making of Black Sabbath’s legendary debut

"It was a bit nerve-wracking!"

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How a lone Bee Gee became the first person to use a drum machine on a pop hit

When it hit the chart in 1969, it was the first exposure the record buying public had to an electronic beat

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Headliners announced as Scottish music festival makes return

SEVERAL major music artists have been revealed as the headliners for a Scottish music festival.

The National (Scotland)

"If you hated Tool fans, this is what you would do": Tool booed by their own fans at their own festival

The band didn’t play two completely ‘unique’ sets, it seems, and the diehards weren't happy

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"We tend to write very emotive music – you could say emotive rock." How Panic Room discovered themselves with Incarnate

The story of UK prog quintet Panic Room's fourth album, 2014's Incarnate

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“The industry often pits women against each other, and women’s voices are silenced worldwide. But we are still shouting from the rooftops!” Nova Twins share new single Soprano, reveal album details plus UK and Europe headline tour itinerary

Nova Twins say forthcoming third album Parasites & Butterflies is about “the bridge between chaos and beauty, embracing and accepting both sides”

Metal Hammer

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now

Including Ghost, Volbeat, Ricky Warwick, Baby Said and more!

Louder

“The tone of the note has so many moving parts to it. There are so many parameters”: Steve Vai on how players can instantly change their guitar tone – without buying new gear

The virtuoso has offered some sage advice that can help players achieve instant results without having to spend any money

Guitar World

‘It sounds terrible but I listen to it 30 times a day’: how the Lumineers made Ho Hey

‘We were moving away from bar band covers to doing our own songs. So shouting “Ho hey!” from the stage got people’s attention. We were doing it to be heard. Then suddenly everyone started listening’

The Guardian - UK

“Can you learn 17 Mastodon songs immediately? Please give some love, stage right, say hello to Mr Ben Eller”: YouTuber makes Mastodon live debut following Brent Hinds’ shock exit – but what’s next for the prog-metal behemoths?

Hinds is out. Eller is in for now. Brann Dailor has a black eye. Palace intrigue notwithstanding, “all 2025 touring plans will remain intact,” says the band

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"Flashes of utter brilliance mixed with too many extra-curricular activities and bad management." Black Sabbath's Sabotage is the end of a golden age - and the point cracks are beginning to show

The final entry into Black Sabbath's original golden run, Sabotage is often hailed as the band's heaviest and most fearless album. But is it really?

Louder

"It's been in the real world and put back into the computer... that's the magical ingredient": Tired of lifeless synth plugins? Try this Aphex Twin-inspired sample instrument based on re-amped hardware synth recordings

Noon Instruments' Vessels breathes new life into a spectacular library of synth samples through "contemporary and experimental" re-amping techniques

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“Carl and I fell in love when I was 18 and he was 23, and like all great love stories, they never end. They live in memory and in song”: Dolly Parton’s new song is a tribute to her late husband

Couple were together for over 60 years

The Guardian - UK

‘Everyone knew who he was’: James Hamilton, the ‘eccentric aristo’ who catalysed British club culture

He outed Norman Cook as Fatboy Slim, imported turntablism and made BPM a staple of dance journalism. Pete Tong and Gilles Peterson remember a pivotal figure

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“The first full length album I ever listened to was The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill”: Doechii describes joining Lauryn Hill on stage in Miami as “the greatest honor hip-hop could give me”

“I would sing your songs as if I wrote them, imagining myself on stage”

The Independent UK

Doechii named 2025 Woman of the Year by Billboard

The rising rapper Doechii has earned the title of Billboard’s 2025 Woman of the Year

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“Can you learn 17 Mastodon songs immediately?” Mastodon recruit YouTuber for first show following Brent Hinds’ shock departure

The band mutually parted ways with their founding guitarist just days before they were due to play at the Tool in the Sand festival – and it seems the YouTuber wasn’t given much time to learn the material

Louder

“I heard it in a hip-hop song and thought, ‘No way did Nas write that!’” How Wendy James fell in love with an Iron Butterfly track she’d never be drunk enough to write

Won over by the psych-prog outfit, ex Transvision Vamp singer used a clip from In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida in one of her own songs

Evening Standard

What is on the King's playlist as Charles shares songs with Apple for Commonwealth Day

Monarch honours Bob Marley, Beyoncé, Kylie and more

MusicRadar

“It was a beautiful, hot, sunny day and I just got this phrase in my head: 'Everybody loves the sunshine'”: A music professor breaks down the theory behind Roy Ayers' most iconic song

Our resident music professor puts Ayers' oft-sampled 1976 classic under the musical microscope

Guitar World

“It was under my dad’s bed when I was a kid. When it slid out from underneath the bed… it was like the heavens were opening up”: How Zakk Wylde’s sparring partner Dario Lorina started a new chapter – with the help of a holy grail Les Paul

Dario Lorina – who has split Black Label Society’s guitar duties with Zakk Wylde since 2014 – delivers some serious fuel-injected moto-metal fury on Dark Chapel’s Spirit in the Glass

Guitar World

“I put large erasers under the pickups. I play pretty loud with Mr. Big, so I take extra precautions to keep feedback to a minimum”: Paul Gilbert names his three favorite guitars – including one that was stolen very recently

The virtuoso behind Mr. Big and Racer X digs out three stalwarts from his arsenal of Ibanez guitars and explains what makes them cool – oh, and why he puts erasers under his pickups

MusicRadar

“I didn’t care about the guitar. I wanted to be a drummer my whole life. That was all I cared about”: Jack White tells Oxford Union he didn’t care about the guitar but needed to play it to achieve "validity"

He says it was the simplicity of the band that appealed to people

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