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‘It’ll be in my Guardian obituary’: David Balfe on inspiring Blur’s Country House and tripping on Top of the Pops

He was the burned-out bigwig who moved to a very big house. Now back with his first music for decades, he talks about signing the Proclaimers, being punched by Julian Cope – and his Scott Walker inspired trio

The Guardian - UK

“I talked my folks into buying me a plane ticket to London. I took my guitar and some songs, and I ran into some people…” How the Beatles launched the career of one of the all-time great songwriters

James Taylor’s encounter with Pete Asher led to an audition in front of Paul McCartney and George Harrison

Guitar World

Shrooms, alligators and the swamp: how the ‘satanic e-girls of TikTok’ revived psychedelic sludge metallers Acid Bath

The Louisiana band came to a tragically early end in the 90s, but after going viral they’ll soon play stadiums with System of a Down. They look back on the claggy riffs and circle pits

The Guardian - UK

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British teenager who killed three girls likely viewed footage of Sydney’s Wakeley stabbing before carrying out attack, report finds

Report finds Axel Rudakubana bypassed X age controls and likely viewed footage of Mar Mari Emmanuel stabbing before carrying out UK attack

The Guardian - AU

Southport families urge reform as inquiry finds attack could have been prevented

The report showed a catalogue of failures, solicitors said.

Evening Standard

"He went off at the deep end with drugs and I was just beside myself with frustration and depression.” Paramore, Deftones and Tool love them. This album broke them. The story of Failure's Fantastic Planet

Failure tackled substance abuse and bad luck to make a perfect alt-rock album, only to split up a year later

Metal Hammer

“It has a super catchy riff, but it is a song that you have to hear a few times. I don’t think it would’ve been given the time of day without the enormous impact of the video”: How to recreate one of the most infectious synth riffs of all time

After several attempts at creating the perfect pop production, Take On Me finally became the global hit that A-ha deserved. We build its classic lead sound in software

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"Slipknot is a big scary monster and we're losing control of it." How Slipknot's angriest and sweariest song helped the metal icons land the heaviest number one album in history

As soon as people heard that crushing first song on Iowa, they knew we weren't getting a soft, sell-out second album

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Netflix new releases: 7 shows and movies you need to stream this week (March 30-April 5)

Dig into all the new Netflix TV shows and movies heading to Netflix this week, including "XO, Kitty," season 3, "Love on the Spectrum" season 4 and more.

Tom’s Guide

UK music industry figures call for more black talent in executive roles

Report shows black music accounts for 80% of money generated by UK industry in past 30 years

The Guardian - UK

New on Netflix in April 2026: 5 best shows and movies to stream, plus full release list

Here are the new shows and movies you need to watch on Netflix in April 2026, including "Beef" season 2, "Apex" and more.

Tom’s Guide

Bloody Well Right! Breakfast In America might have had the bangers, but it was Crime Of The Century that truly saved Supertramp's bacon

Facing the harsh reality of their first two albums being commercial flops, Supertramp were staring into the abyss when they came to make third album, Crime Of The Century

Louder

“We lived through a mudslide, a flood, a fire and an earthquake, and we were living on 20 bucks a day”: Lzzy Hale looks back on the industry mishaps and natural disasters Halestorm endured to make their first album

The Pennsylvania hard rockers also survived a producer stepping down and their A&R guy being fired by their label

Metal Hammer

From David Bowie to Fleetwood Mac and Eric Clapton, Mike Vernon’s ear was invaluable to British pop and blues

The musician, producer and label head, who has died aged 81, turned his boyhood passion for blues into a hugely impactful career

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Big Short's Michael Burry Says Pentagon's Claude Phaseout Shows Government Can't Rely on Palantir Alone

Anthropic's Claude AI leads US app downloads, surpassing ChatGPT, following the Pentagon's blacklist due to refusal to ease safeguards for military use of its AI model.

Tom’s Guide

Netflix new releases — 7 shows and movies you need to stream this week (March 2-8)

Dig into all the new Netflix TV shows and movies heading to Netflix this week, including "War Machine," "Vladimir" and more.

MusicRadar

“The title was a kind of code word because the song was a preposterous, grandiose thing. Patton wrote the words a week after he joined the band”: The groundbreaking hit that saved Faith No More’s career – and saved the life of Slipknot’s Corey Taylor

The enigmatic lyrics continually allude to “it” – while never quite articulating what “it” actually is

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New on Netflix in March 2026: 5 best shows and movies to stream, plus full release list

Here are the new shows and movies you need to watch on Netflix in March 2026, including "Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man," "War Machine" and more.

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Evening Standard

Snap back: How Snapchat is putting the AR in art at the Louvre

The Incredible Unknowns of the Louvre is using augmented reality to help people see museum masterpieces through fresh eyes

Metal Hammer

“We just went with it, hoping that it would be more of a blessing than a disaster.” How Alien Ant Farm’s bizarre cover of Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal turned them from D-listers to nu metal giants (for a bit, anyway)

In 2000, Alien Ant Farm were nu metal also-rans struggling to find their place. Then a thumbs up from Papa Roach and a Michael Jackson cover changed their fortunes overnight

The Guardian - UK

Unmasking US rap iconoclast MF Doom’s final years in West Yorkshire

Podcast by Adam Batty and BBC 6 Music DJ Afrodeutsche follows the leads to Leeds

Evening Standard

InPost agrees £6.8bn takeover by FedEx and private equity-led consortium

The group is looking to more than double its UK locker-point network to 30,000 from 14,000 currently.

The Independent UK

FedEx-led consortium to acquire parcel locker firm InPost in huge £6.8 billion deal

The group wants to expand its UK network from 14,000 lockers to 30,000

MusicRadar

“Ken, our producer, said ‘Look up there lads, look at the stars’. He literally said ‘Look at the stars’”: The fast-paced making of Coldplay’s first global hit

Coldplay’s first stab at a euphoric crowd-pleaser was a clear indication that a stadium-filling future awaited

MusicRadar

“I'm like, ‘OK, put the drum machine in.' When I played it, she said, ‘Oh, I like that. I like that.' And she said, 'I want to do a song about the nasty boys’”: How Janet Jackson and Jam & Lewis made Control – with a little help from the Ensoniq Mirage

“We were like, let's make a record like we're making it for a rock and roller or a rap artist. Let's make the beats super hard"

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