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“Partnered with a decent Stratocaster, it’s sonic dynamite that can cover Hendrix, SRV,John Mayer and many more”: Victory TheDeputy Compact Head review

Victory joins forces with Peter ‘Danish Pete’ Honoré onceagain to produce a compact signature model loadedwith classic sounds

Guitar World

Eurovision 2024: Israel's entry draws pro-Palestine protest in Malmo's main square

Eden Golan, representing Israel, is due to perform at the Malmo Arena in Sweden on Thursday night

Evening Standard

"If Graham Norton ripped into me, I would totally respect it." Ireland's Bambie Thug explains why Eurovision is great for metal and alternative communities

When Lordi won Eurovision in 2006, it opened the gates for other metal acts. Now Ireland's 2024 entry Bambie Thug is hoping to push boundaries even further

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Taylor Swift Eras Tour setlist: Which songs from The Tortured Poets Department could be added?

Swift has released 31 new songs since her last Stateside Eras show, but which will be featured in tonight’s gig?

Evening Standard

"I always think this is the closest anyone has ever come to making the perfect record": The story of The Undertones' punk classic Teenage Kicks

Guitarist and songwriter John O’Neill on how a young band from Derry created a classic: "I can’t believe someone didn’t come up with it before me"

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Why is Israel competing at Eurovision? Eden Golan set to sing in final

Israel’s 20-year-old entry will perform Hurricane in Saturday’s final

Evening Standard

“He was and is the best guitar player I've ever played with”: Ozzy Osbourne reveals the name he rates above all his other guitarist collaborators

Ozzy Osbourne says he has played with many guitarists, but none of them could quite capture the energy of one of his former bandmates

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‘Our children’s schools were bombed’: the Eurovision stars fighting to rebuild Ukraine

Former teacher alyona alyona and singing partner Jerry Heil are favourites at this year’s contest – and they’re using their rousing song Teresa & Maria to help children who have lost their childhood

The Guardian - UK

Eurovision 2024: Why and how some people are boycotting the contest as Israel set to participate

Eden Golan set to sing for her nation in Thursday’s semi-final

Evening Standard

“I note the passing of old friend Steve Albini – certainly gone too soon”: Lee Ranaldo remembers the time Steve Albini made Sonic Youth a guitar with 16 high E-strings –and an inlaid appendage

The alt rock icon has recalled the producer and guitarist’s ultimate in-joke custom guitar build

Guitar World

"This is what Bruce calls his primal scrub": Bob Clearmountain talks mixing and tweaking Springsteen's Born In The USA guitars

The Apogee ECS Channel Strip gets a special mention

MusicRadar

“People say, ‘You could afford Buckingham Palace by now if you’d stayed with Genesis.’ But music is its own currency”: Steve Hackett on creative liberation, recording with practice amps and why he used a Brian May Red Special

The British guitar icon discusses the tones and techniques behind new album The Circus And The Nightwhale –and reflects on the ’what-ifs’ of his time with prog greats Genesis

Guitar World

“This was one occasion where employing fills and chops in a funk tune really paid off”: Listen to Stuart Zender’s isolated bassline on Jamiroquai's Virtual Insanity

Stuart Zender made an audacious statement with this killer bassline from Jamiroquai’s Traveling Without Moving

Guitar World

‘I bet Drake heard it and laughed’: BBL Drizzy is the real winner of the Drake-Kendrick feud

The comedian Willonius Hatcher’s parody song is a phenomenon in its own right, with artists around the world creating their own versions

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From Big Black’s noise to Joanna Newsom’s hush: 10 of Steve Albini’s greatest recordings

Whether as an artist or working behind the mixing desk, from major-label megastars to drone-metal auteurs, here’s a selection of the late musician’s greatest work

The Guardian - UK

The Killers’ Mr Brightside becomes biggest song to never reach UK No 1

Band overtake Oasis’s Wonderwall and celebrate how the much-chanted chart staple ‘has been completely embraced by the British public’

Guitar World

Exercises for bass: 5 ways to improve your bass guitar technique

Whether you're a beginner or a pro, these 5 finger exercises will help all areas of your bass playing – from fret work and picking to ear training and theory

The Guardian - UK

Drukkje min broderѕ blod! Why the best Eurovision songs are no longer in English

While Europe’s lingua franca remains dominant, there has been a definite shift since a Portuguese song triumphed in 2017

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Evening Standard

Eurovision 2024: Israel to perform in second semi-final as protests take place in Malmo

The country has faced calls to be excluded from the contest amid the war in Gaza

Louder

“It’s not a question of spirituality; it’s a question of right or wrong… he’s playing songs he didn’t even like at the time!” Supertramp co-founder Roger Hodgson’s beef with Rick Davies

The breaking of a deal made when they went separate ways in 1983 made a 21st-century reunion impossible – although Hodgson said he’d offered and been rebutted

Metal Hammer

"There's no better catharsis than being at a thrash-metal show, screaming along with the band and banging your head": Scott Ian on why you should still go and watch Anthrax

One of thrash metal’s Big Four bring the noise – plus Kreator and Testament – to Europe in November

International Business Times

Taylor Swift European Dates Kick Off In Paris

The highest-grossing tour in history finally arrived in Europe on Thursday as Taylor Swift kicked off her European dates with four nights in Paris.

Metal Hammer

"The world will miss his uncompromising stance on art and commerce": The world of music pays tribute to Steve Albini

The Shellac frontman and much-loved recording engineer has died at the age of 61

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Legendary Producer Steve Albini Dies At 61

Remembering Steve Albini, the influential producer and musician who left an indelible mark on alternative rock music.

Salon

Yes! A decent Macklemore protest anthem

A decade ago would you have thought the widely dissed white rapper would earn Tom Morello's approval?

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