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Pere Ubu frontman David Thomas dead at 71

Influential experimental rock icon David Thomas passed away at his home in England yesterday, April 23

Louder

Coco Jones is fearless on debut album 'Why Not More?'

Grammy-winner Coco Jones is releasing her debut album, “Why Not More?”

The Independent UK

Justin Bieber speaks out against ‘gossip’ and ‘lies’ after sparking concern at Coachella

Bieber recently garnered attention for a video of him dancing and smoking while at Coachella

The Independent UK

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Joe Jonas Responded to a Fan Who Quoted Taylor Swift Lyrics at Him

Mr. Perfectly Fine has responded to "Mr. Perfectly Fine".

Marie Claire

How to get better at guitar – 10 proven ways to improve your playing fast

These small details can separate an amateur-sounding guitarist from a professional one

Guitar World

Stagecoach 2025: Who is performing and how to watch

Country music festival returns to the Southern California desert this weekend

The Independent UK

“The most musical, unique and dynamic distortion effects I’ve ever used”: Linkin Park reveal the secret weapon behind their From Zero guitar tone – and it was designed by former Poison guitarist Blues Saraceno’s dad

Do you even have a nü-metal 2.0 pedalboard if it doesn’t have a Ball Buster?

MusicRadar

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Kehlani performance at Cornell University canceled over singer’s explicit anti-Israel comments

The R&B singer has previously blasted fellow celebrities for their ‘silence’ over the war in Gaza

The Independent UK

“I knew the spirit of the Alice Cooper group was back – what we were making was very much an album that could’ve been in the '70s”: Original Alice Cooper lineup reunites after more than 50 years – and announces brand-new album

The Revenge of Alice Cooper – the lineup's first record since 1973's Muscle of Love – promises to deliver all the shock rock goods of the band's heyday

Guitar World

Arturia’s V Collection gets a Roland JP-8000 emulation and lo-fi synth/sampler, along with five more instruments and a host of updates

V Collection 11 also features MiniBrute V, Synthx V and a redesigned SEM V, along with two new instruments in the Augmented series

MusicRadar

“Such a rare piece”: Dave Navarro has chosen the guitar he’s using to record his first post-Jane’s Addiction material – and it’s a historic build

Navarro will be taking a milestone six-string from PRS into the studio with Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins

Guitar World

Natalia Lafourcade’s alter ego takes center stage in ‘Cancionera’

When Natalia Lafourcade sat down to craft “Cancionera” she never expected to discover an alter ego that would lead her down a pathway of artistic enlightenment

The Independent UK

Harnessing chaos and charm, Pere Ubu’s David Thomas rewrote rock’n’roll

The bandleader, who has died aged 71, created a vast body of work that influenced everyone from Ramones to REM, thanks to his absurdist energy

The Guardian - UK

“An amazing piece of history from the British blues scene”: Robert Plant is selling a trove of gear for charity – including a John Birch-modded ‘62 Stratocaster with two switches that once belonged to Stan Webb of Chicken Shack

The 1990 Les Paul that Les Paul gave the former Led Zeppelin frontman has been sold but that Strat is one super-cool refin – so too the mandolin and resonator

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R&B singer Kehlani barred from Cornell performance over pro-Palestine comments

University president says popular US singer was felt to have made ‘antisemitic, anti-Israel sentiments’, after she made statements including ‘long live the intifada’

MusicRadar

“I was like ‘Wow, Coldplay were definitely listening to Radiohead and trying to make their version of it’": Porter Robinson says that he only recently discovered that Coldplay used to sound a bit like Radiohead

“I found tons of forum debates from 2004 from people saying, you know Radiohead fans being like, ‘Coldplay's trash’”

The National (Scotland)

Mick Lynch joins Scottish rock band and comedian at Edinburgh show

Scottish rock band The Tenementals will be joined by former top union leader Mick Lynch and comedian Zara Gladman at their Portobello show next…

Metal Hammer

I've never seen a catwalk open up in the middle of a moshpit before - but then I've never seen a band quite like Alt Blk Era

Alt Blk Era had a packed-out Camden Underworld moshing and raving its ass off last night - and you can't help but feel this is just the start

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“The best guitar player I ever heard”: Nashville guitar extraordinaire Mac Gayden – who worked with Bob Dylan, Elvis, Linda Ronstadt and Simon & Garfunkel – dies at 83

The guitarist, who formed part of an elite group of Nashville session players known as the Nashville cats, is also responsible for co-writing the evergreen pop hit Everlasting Love

The Independent UK

Alternative pop star Lorde has returned for her crown on new single ‘What Was That’

4/5 Following an electro-pop rebirth by way of a Charli XCX collaboration, the singer returns to what she does best: crafting melancholic, minimal yet monumental tracks for heartbroken souls

The Independent UK

K-pop idol Bain of JUST B comes out during US tour: ‘Proud to be part of LGBT community’

Bain is first K-pop idol to come out on major world-tour stage

The Guardian - UK

David Thomas, anarchic Pere Ubu bandleader, dies aged 71

The US musician was a major influence on post-punk and alt-rock scenes thanks to his spirited, chaotic style

Guitar World

“I’ve never bought a guitar and I’m quite proud of that! I always tell people when they’re learning: there’s a guitar not being played”: Meet Sacred Paws’ Ray Aggs, the dextrous Tele-wrangler inventing new chords and capturing Thurston Moore’s imagination

The self-taught songwriter on their singular six-string path, working with alt-tuning icons Glenn Branca and Thurston Moore, and the shift to big choruses on new album Jump Into Life

MusicRadar

“Every post feels like a test. If it flops I feel like a failure”: 61% of DJs feel that their social media presence is more important than their skill

That’s just one of the sobering stats from a new Pete Tong DJ Academy survey, spelling out how hard it is to breakthrough in 2025

The Guardian - UK

Men of a Certain Age by Kate Mossman review – close encounters with charismatic male rockers

A journalist’s bracingly honest account of interviews with musicians from Brian May to Shaun Ryder

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