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Album of the week: Thee Black Boltz by Tunde Adebimpe

4/5 The first solo album from TV On The Radio co-founder and songwriter Tunde Adebimpe is a triumphant skip between disco and despair

Evening Standard

Julien Baker and Torres make space for their own stories on the country-influenced Send a Prayer My Way

4/5 The Tennessee duo are faithful to country’s traditions while also delivering songwriting about queer love, addiction and anxiety

The Independent UK

Labor ‘taking action’ on dynamic pricing after cost of tickets to Lady Gaga’s Sydney and Melbourne concerts sparks outrage

‘Drip pricing’ and hidden fees also being examined after tickets for ‘nosebleed’ seats rose to $622 within 15 minutes of sale beginning

The Guardian - AU

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Big Ocean, the world’s first deaf K-pop band, on the stigma, the songs and a second album

A year after their debut, PJ, Chanyeon and Jiseok talk about the tough times, their global fanbase and what keeps them going

The Guardian - AU

Nick Mason says Pink Floyd were originally ‘not interested’ in Pompeii film

The drummer was speaking at a preview screening for a new version of the 1972 film.

Evening Standard

"I'm not pulling any punches for probably the first time in my life": Stevie Nicks is working on a new album and she's not holding back

Stevie Nicks broke the news as she was inducted into the Pollstar Hall Of Fame - watch video

Louder

"That's what it takes to make music that's gonna last forever": Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan producer Daniel Nigro on crafting timeless tracks

In the first episode of Universal Audio's Apollo Creators series, the Grammy-winning producer/songwriter opens the doors to his studio and shares some valuable insights into his creative process

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Drake complains about Kendrick Lamar's 'Not Like Us' Super Bowl performance in new defamation claims

Hip hop superstar Drake is now complaining about rival rapper Kendrick Lamar’s performance of “Not Like Us” at this year’s Super Bowl

The Independent UK

Why Gracie Abrams Feels "Lucky" to Have Witnessed Taylor Swift Dealing with Fame

Abrams opened for Swift during the Eras Tour.

Marie Claire

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Other lives: Road manager for the Clash who wrote a book about his time with the punk band

The Guardian - UK

“I said, ‘Let’s get Hendrix to play on it.’ His manager said, ‘Jimi’s playing shows back-to-back.’ So we got Jimmy Page”: The hit ’60s single that was supposed to feature Jimi Hendrix… but ended up with Jimmy Page

Donovan tried to recruit Hendrix when he went in the studio in the late 1960s, but ended up working with the soon-to-be Led Zeppelin guitar great

Guitar World

“I don’t think they’re New Order. They don’t sound anything like them”: Peter Hook takes aim at his estranged bandmates

He says he gets DMs from fans complaining about the current band

MusicRadar

“It was tour, tour, tour. I had this moment where I was like, ‘What do I even want out of music?’”: Yvette Young’s fretboard wizardry was a wake-up call for modern guitar playing – but with her latest pivot, she’s making music to help emo kids go to sleep

Young is in her musician-artist-producer era – leaning into soundtracks, generating ideas with her signature Qi pedal, and reclaiming control of her career, as epitomized by her latest collaboration with Hatch: a suite of Emo Sound Baths

Guitar World

Unlocking the power of 7th chords: expand your guitar chords beyond the basics

From The Doobie Brothers to The Smiths, James Brown to Metallica, 7th barre chords are fundamental for playing with more color and sophistication

Guitar World

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Louder

"I have to prove myself with every album. I have to fight every time. But I like getting into the octagon." Gavin Rossdale on Bush's new album I Beat Loneliness, silencing critics, and why bands in 2025 have a duty to make "wild, interesting" records

Listen to 60 Ways To Forget People, the first taste of Bush's forthcoming tenth album I Beat Loneliness

Guitar World

“One of the guys said, ‘Joni, there’s this weird bass player in Florida, you’d probably like him’”: How Joni Mitchell formed an unlikely partnership with Jaco Pastorius

Although much of his fame stems from his time with Weather Report, Jaco’s recordings with Joni Mitchell yielded some of the finest bass playing of his career

MusicRadar

“I’m beyond excited to introduce the next evolution of the MT15”: PRS announces refresh of tube amp lineup with the all-new Archon Classic and a high-gain power-up for the Mark Tremonti lunchbox head

One of the best low-wattage high-gain amps around just got an upgrade while the Archon Classic offers hot-rodded vintage tone

Guitar World

“There are people who think it makes a big difference to the sound. Stevie always sounded the same whether it was rosewood or maple”: Jimmie Vaughan says your fretboard choice doesn’t matter – and SRV is his proof

SRV played Strats with rosewood and maple fingerboards, and although he's more commonly associated with the former, his brother says he performed the same on both

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Guitar World

“Jeff Beck used to love seeing him and Lenny play live – it feels full circle”: Lenny Kravitz guitarist Craig Ross has been playing Jeff Beck’s $490,000 Yardburst Les Paul onstage for an entire tour

Keen-eyed attendees of the European leg of Kravitz's Blue Electric Light tour could spot one of the most iconic guitars in history

The Guardian - UK

Julien Baker and Torres: Send a Prayer My Way review – an intimate, queer reclamation of country music

The two deep south songwriters ditch country’s rhinestones for a personal, defiant reframing of the genre’s tropes

Guitar World

“I said, ‘If I could have it my way it would sound like this,’ and I pulled the bass guitar out of the mix”: Why Prince removed the bassline from When Doves Cry

From the beginning, Prince had an inkling that Purple Rain’s landmark single would be better without bass guitar

Guitar World

“You got it!” Rare footage of Andy Summers teaching John Mayer how to play Message in a Bottle emerges

Backstage footage from 2007's Live Earth benefit concert shows the Police guitarist rehearsing with Mayer and Kanye West

Evening Standard

Self Esteem at Duke of York’s Theatre review: a true one-of-a-kind

5/5 Rebecca Lucy Taylor raises the bar once more in this meticulously-crafted set piece

Metal Hammer

“We just told them to get out!” Why Iron Maiden have banned record label staff from the studio since 1982

Iron Maiden’s label representatives haven’t been allowed to hear what the metal legends are recording since as far back as The Number Of The Beast

Metal Hammer

“I made a decision that essentially was very selfish”: Mike Portnoy admits he “hurt” Dream Theater bandmates with 2010 exit

“We had just played Madison Square Garden with Iron Maiden and then, like, a month later I left the band”

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