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“An audio-controlled sampler that tracks your playing to create immersive musical landscapes”: Chase Bliss’ Onward sampler pedal is glitching and freezing heaven for guitarists of all styles

A deceptively small little stompbox, the Onward is the laden with synth sorcery

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I’m with the band: who knew Antony Blinken could play rock classics?

The US secretary of state, who performed with a Kyiv band in a bar this week, is the latest musically inclined politician to hit the stage

The Guardian - UK

“People were crying and screaming and smiling from ear to ear”: Marty Friedman revisits Megadeth reunion at Budokan

The former Megadeth guitarist performed with the thrash metal favourites in his new home country of Japan last year

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Judas Priest’s Rob Halford reflects on the PMRC: “It was a political hack job”

The Metal God has some stern words for the US government committee that named Judas Priest’s Eat Me Alive as one of its “filthy 15” songs

Metal Hammer

“It was four days of recording – I had the flu for two days. You’re in the studio with one of your favorite artists ever, and not wanting to let him down”: Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament on recording with one of their biggest idols

Pearl Jam were recruited by the godfather of grunge to help him record his 1995 album

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Billie Eilish’s new album, Hit Me Hard and Soft: everything you need to know

From sneaky song snippets to the singer’s biggest clues about what to expect from this “album-ass album” it’s time to get stuck in

Evening Standard

“They’re fighting not just for a free Ukraine, but for the free world”: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken plays Neil Young’s Rockin’ in the Free World with covers band in Ukraine

Blinken joined the local covers band to play Neil Young’s political anthem while in the country for high-level talks with Ukraine officials

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Meet the Indie Artists Fighting for Fair Wages

The industry is facing a wave of challenging conditions, from meager streaming profits to threats from AI. One advocacy group believes it has the answer.

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Taylor Swift UK Tour 2024: This Side Hustle For Swifties Can Earn Up To $16,000

With the anticipation of Taylor Swift's UK Tour in 2024, some fans are cashing in on the frenzy by selling Swift-themed friendship bracelets on Etsy.

International Business Times UK

Brian Setzer is a Gretsch-toting guitar god who breathed new life into rockabilly with fresh picking approaches and Bigsby swagger

Brian Setzer mixes jazz, swing and rock 'n' roll for a sound that's all his own. This lesson unpacks his soloing style so you crazy cats won't stray on the fingerboard

Guitar World

“This is a very iconic guitar. It’s one of the harder guitars I’ve ever had to replicate”: Fender’s latest Joe Strummer tribute model is a meticulous Masterbuilt Custom Shop creation that costs $20,000

The forensic replica is said to reproduce “every aspect” of the Clash trailblazer’s 1966 Telecaster, including all the scrapes and scars of the original model

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"You really can’t exhort The Man to ‘Suck my *****’ without the spectre of Eric Cartman demanding that you respect his authority": Peter Tagtgren's electro-metal side project Pain embrace sardonic gothic fun on I Am

Hypocrisy frontman Peter Tägtgren takes a break from singing about aliens and conspiracies to indulge electro-goth dancefloor fillers with side project Pain

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“I gave up hope on any future tours. I threw together a resume and sent it in, thinking it probably would get lost”: Kiki Wong reveals how she nailed her Smashing Pumpkins audition ahead of 10,000 other candidates

The Instagram shredder was recently announced as the alt-rock icons' newest guitarist following a lengthy worldwide open audition

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“Karl Sanders taught me there are way more notes you can play during a solo than notes you can’t”: Meet Belushi Speed Ball, the ‘pizza thrash’ band chasing greasy guitar tones and making a pineapple-friendly racket on rare ‘90s Jacksons

Inspired by death metal greats, Belushi Speed Ball’s fourth album is available as an actual pizza, and features two new guitarists to slam home more punchlines – but beneath the silliness there’s escapism in their mad maelstrom

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Dave Grohl's guitars: meet the six-strings behind the Foo Fighters, plus get DG's tone on a budget

Want to know what guitars Dave Grohl plays? We unveil the nicest man in rock's guitar arsenal

Guitar World

“Searing hotness that will cut through any mix”: Seymour Duncan promises country tone without the hum with new noiseless Hot Chicken Strat and Tele pickups

Seymour Duncan’s latest single coils were designed with contemporary country guitarists’ high-gain demands in mind

Evening Standard

Olivia Rodrigo suffers wardrobe malfunction as she kicks off London four-night run

The American pop star expertly handled the on-stage blunder while singing Love Is Embarrassing

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Olivia Rodrigo live at The O2: this often felt like a Greatest Hits show

Knowing melodrama and snarled one-liners abounded at a pop show with just the right amount of polish

The Independent UK

Cage The Elephant and New Kids On The Block offer up new albums

There is also new music from Lip Critic and Michael Head.

Evening Standard

Why are there no singles for the new Billie Eilish album?

The singer's third studio record Hit Me Hard And Soft is due to be released on May 17

Louder

In 1971 Pink Floyd played a show at Crystal Palace in London. Hundreds of fish died as a result

Why you should never hire an octopus

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Emeli Sandé Wishes Her Mother A Happy Birthday

Emeli Sandé's heartfelt birthday tribute to her mother on social media celebrates their close bond and the enduring love between a mother and child.

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"It was all a bit exhausting and emotionally draining": Meet the man who auditioned to replace Bon Scott in AC/DC and Paul Di'Anno in Iron Maiden

Terry Slesser, singer with Paul Kossoff’s Back Street Crawler, recalls the days when AC/DC were a humble support act

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"It was like a spy movie; I was in a room, this light shining in my face": A true crime story of Roger Glover, a new Rickenbacker, and Smoke On The Water

Roger Glover bought a new bass guitar for the recording of Machine Head, but things did not go according to plan

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