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“Across the course of his troubled and tragically short life, he left behind a back catalogue that is as insightful as it is utterly captivating”: The 5 essential Elliott Smith songs to start with

A musical legacy that continues to inspire

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10 bands that defined Wacken 2024

From Accept's triumphant trad metal to the flamethrowing folk of Feuershwanz, these were the bands that ruled Wacken Festival 2024

Metal Hammer

Lauryn Hill and The Fugees abruptly cancel Miseducation US tour dates

Fans said it was ‘disheartening’ to be a fan of Hill

The Independent UK

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“I just had to tell him, ‘You’ve outdone me, you bugger!’” Iron Maiden used to merely hint at their prog credentials… now they flaunt them

A selection of the NWOBHM veterans’ longest, deepest and weirdest tracks – and they weren’t all written by Steve Harris

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"Angus Young may be a silver-topped 69-year-old, but he's still the blueprint of what a rock'n'roll guitarist should be": Back on the road with AC/DC

Given events surrounding AC/DC in recent years, anyone could be excused for thinking it was all over for one of rock’s greatest bands. But as long as there's a school uniform...

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"We played eight shows and they were amazing. The kids followed us everywhere": The story of the album that should have turned Angel into stars

In 1976 Angel released On Earth As It Is In Heaven: It turned out be be a mixed blessing

Louder

Elle King says she feels like a ‘different person’ months after drunk Grand Ole Opry performance

Footage of King’s Dolly Parton tribute went viral after she admitted to being ‘hammered’ on stage

The Independent UK

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All the winners from the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards

Taylor Swift tonight became the most-awarded solo artist in VMAs history

The Independent UK

“The culmination of years of experimentation by the Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna bassist to find an instrument with superior electric tone”: Epiphone honours long-serving signature artist Jack Casady with fretless bass

From its semi-hollow build to its JCB-1 humbucker and impedance switch, here's a bass with mojo for an artist who is all mojo, and it's available for the first time as a fretless model

MusicRadar

“A lot of the magic happens right around there”: Paul Gilbert had one of his guitars modded to just 20 frets so that he could play more pinch harmonics

Gilbert has been sharing his strategies for emulating the human voice on guitar but don't start pulling the frets out of your fingerboard just yet

MusicRadar

“There was half a bass note that got chopped. That was my fault. Nobody noticed, though. I think I got away with it!”: Alan Parsons on engineering the side 2 medley on The Beatles’ Abbey Road

“Every day I walked up those famous Abbey Road steps and opened the door felt like I was stepping into a magic kingdom," he tells us. "There really is something very special about that building”

MusicRadar

'Winning Eurovision didn't change our lives,' claim Lordi

EXCLUSIVE Lead singer Mr Lordi also reveals he is a massive hoarder who has a second house to store his most prized possessions and personally knows the real Santa Claus

Evening Standard

“Some of the most important and iconic instruments of the last 70 years”: Jim Irsay's world-famous collection is set to go on public display – showcasing iconic guitars played by Kurt Cobain, Jerry Garcia and David Gilmour

The best bits of Irsay's revered guitar collection will be around for one day only, at the grand opening of a year-long exhibit that will explore “how guitars have impacted popular music genres including jazz, country, folk, and especially rock and roll”

Guitar World

Ivan Cornejo: Rising Star In Regional Mexican Music Scene

Discover Ivan Cornejo's musical journey in regional Mexican music, blending traditional sounds with modern influences in his latest album 'Mirada.'

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Watch the Metal Queen Doro join Scorpions to perform Big City Nights live at Wacken

Doro Pesch helped Klaus Meine and company blitz through one of their greatest hits over the weekend

The Independent UK

Ed Sheeran fans in hysterics after singer shares Pokemon Stadium clip: ‘Harry Styles said the same thing’

Singer-songwriter made a self-deprecating gag as he enjoyed some downtime

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Beats Solo Buds review: The best "AirPods" for most people

In this financial climate, getting great tech at wallet-friendly prices is more important than ever. Enter: Beats Solo Buds. Small price. Smaller package. Big sound and battery life.

MusicRadar

“You bring in the full band and it just sort of erupts”: Watch Julian Lage unleash the mother of all electric guitar jazz grooves in the live video of Northern Shuffle

Recorded on an Epiphone Coronet, tuned to C standard, Northern Shuffle is one of the standout tracks from Lage's 2024 studio album, Speak To Me

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“I learned Irish history through Stiff Little Fingers and my worldview education through punk rock.” Guns N' Roses star Duff McKagan on the history lessons you don't learn in a school class room

Duff McKagan on the education he received from punk rock

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”Every time you go into the mainstream, I get really uncomfortable”: Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt declined to join an Abba tribute band at Eurovision this year

Opeth’s leader was approached to help celebrate 50 years of Abba’s 1974 Eurovision win, but turned the chance down

The Guardian - UK

Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign: Vultures 2 review – some of Ye’s most jaded, degraded moments

The lyrics veer from nihilistic provocation to drunken messages to his ex-wife, and the music is equally erratic and confused

Guitar World

“No-one will ever have an amp on stage at the Sphere. They might have dummies, but they’re not on”: Trey Anastasio reveals why it’s impossible to play with onstage amps at the most advanced music venue in the world

In order to play the Sphere, The Edge ditched tube amps for amp sim pedals, and John Mayer has hidden his own amps away in wooden shipping creates. The Phish maestro explains why such workarounds are necessary for the state-of-the-art stage

Evening Standard

Billy Ray Cyrus and Firerose reach divorce settlement

They Achy Breaky Heart hit-maker said he could now ‘breathe a sigh of relief’

Metal Hammer

This Viking folk version of Slipknot’s Wait And Bleed is the weirdest thing you’ll hear today

Nordic folk duo Nytt Land have released a shamanic take on Slipknot’s nu metal classic

Guitar World

Pat Metheny called him “one of the brightest new talents on the instrument today” – and Dan Wilson’s remarkable phrasing will elevate your jazz guitar vocabulary no end

Wilson is a mind-blowing talent, and here he opens his box of tricks to share some licks that will improve your understanding of melodic minor modes

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