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‘Even Beyoncé is still learning’: 10 expert tips on how to become more musical

Listen to an album each morning, pick an easy instrument, don’t be afraid to write bad songs … you’ve got this!

The Guardian - UK

Rave Culture: A New Era review – high energy testimonial to the UK’s dance revolution

It could do with more robust political context, but this Spanish-made documentary is still a loving, insightful delve into rave’s lasting influence and lost-weekend logistics

The Guardian - UK

“I picked it up in Detroit at 9:30pm in some sketchy neighborhood, scaring my management. I said, ‘Trust me, it's worth it!’” How Travis Barker-championed pop-punk heavyweight KennyHoopla found his dream Tele via a shady Facebook Marketplace deal

Lightweight, loaded with a pair of P-90s, and adorned with a photo of his late childhood cat, the Tele has become the singer-songwriter/guitarist's closest six-string companion

Guitar World

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Country star Ty Herndon: ‘The drugs could be forgiven. Being gay definitely could not’

In an honest new memoir, the musician opens up about being closeted in country, sexual assault and finding love in his 60s

The Guardian - US

"They sounded like Hanoi Rocks after somebody hit them in the head with a frying pan." 40 years ago The Babysitters were the best-worst band in the World. Perhaps they still are

They put on the wildest show in town. The press loved them and hated them. And then they crashed and burned

Louder

Arlo Parks: ‘When you’re close to someone, they hold up a mirror to you’

British indie musician shared the meaning behind the title of her third album, ‘Ambigious Desire’, and how going clubbing around New York and LA provided inspiration for her songwriting

The Independent UK

"So much time is wasted by producers that have tons of unfinished tracks. At the end of the day, one finished song is better than 100 half-finished!” 12 artists on how they beat writer's block and actually finish songs

We’ve spoken to hundreds of music-makers over the years, asking each artist how they decide when a track is well and truly finished. Here’s what they said

MusicRadar

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This Apple Music feature is my favorite upgrade in iOS 26.4 — here’s why

With iOS 26.4, you can find concerts from your favorite artists in Apple Music and get tickets without having to search elsewhere.

Tom’s Guide

"I've always been drawn to the energy and storytelling of heavy metal." William Shatner announces Rob Halford will guest on his eagerly-awaited all-star heavy metal album

Captain Kirk and the Metal God are working on a cover of Judas Priest's classic You've Got Another Thing Comin'

Metal Hammer

"The Island record came out the same time as Bob Marley, and the Epic one at the same time as Boston. We were buried, and both became Frisbees." The story of the southern rock legends who took ten years to become an overnight success

A tale of terrifying underachievement

Louder

Mogwai hail ‘special’ experience at Teenage Cancer Trust show

The band, formed in Glasgow in 1995, played at the Royal Albert Hall in a show curated by The Cure’s Robert Smith.

Evening Standard

"I don't know what to think. This was never on my bingo card." The Beach Boys replace Bruce Johnston with singer found on social media

Three years ago Chris Cron made a video entitled How To Sound Like The Beach Boys and uploaded it to Instagram: Now he's in the band

Louder

As An Old School Red Hot Chili Peppers Fan, The New Netflix Doc Is The Story I Needed To Hear

Fight like a brave!

Cinemablend

Barry Manilow's 'Depressing' Health Update: The Heartbreaking Reason Behind His Cancelled Residency and New Album

Barry Manilow opens up on lung cancer recovery, forcing Vegas shows and tour postponements, while teasing his uplifting new album What A Time with a Gary Barlow collaboration. Fans rally as the 82-year-old legend eyes a musical comeback.

International Business Times UK

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"He’s a judge! What do I say? I’m 26, I don’t know **** about the legal system!" How a fake murder story, a lawsuit and one extremely weird phone call got this classic Slipknot song removed from the world and hidden for a decade

Fans were left confused when this early Slipknot favourite suddenly disappeared from their debut album

Metal Hammer

"I did some crazy s**t, you know!" Remembering Ozzy Osbourne's bizarre '90s collaboration with Miss Piggy

Never heard Ozzy and Miss Piggy's take on Born To Be Wild? Lucky you

MusicRadar

“It was the most metal thing I’d ever seen – I was hooked”: Jackson launches spectacular EverTune refresh of Christian Andreu’s signature Rhoads – and why we’ve got Kirk Hammett to thank for it

The Gojira riffer says he has been in love with the Jackson Rhoads ever since he saw Hammett of play one, and Andreu's latest signature version takes its design where it's never been before

The Guardian - UK

Duffy to tell story of her kidnapping and rape ordeal in new Disney+ documentary

Promising ‘unprecedented access’, the programme will recount the singer’s story, including full details of the harrowing attacks that drove her into hiding for a decade

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Ever wanted to hear Blink-182, Creed and Chris Stapleton hail Satan? This guitarist is turning pop-punk, country and classical songs into black metal riffs

Imperial Triumphant’s Zachary Ezrin is giving a wide array of hit songs an icy makeover

Guitar World

Slash and Gilby Clarke play together again as former Guns N’ Roses bandmates reunite for fundraiser show

Slash, Clarke, Duff McKagan, and Steven Adler brought the house down by taking an Appetite for Destruction classic for a spin

Guitar World

“There are many approaches Slash could have taken for his solo – I thought it was cool he did his own thing”: How Joe Bonamassa and Slash channeled B.B. King and the Edge for an iconic cover of an iconic tune

In his latest lesson for GW, Joe Bonamassa celebrates B.B. King’s late '80s collaboration with U2

Guitar World

“An ice cream truck drove by as I got done with the song. I was like, ‘We’re keeping that!’” How a custom SG gifted from The Mars Volta and a voice memo fed into Blackwater Holylight’s doomy shoegaze masterpiece

The Portland trio started out playing house parties. But a move to LA helped them evolve into an atmospheric powerhouse that’s the missing link between Deftones and Radiohead

Evening Standard

Singer Duffy recounts kidnapping and sexual assault in new Disney+ documentary

The 41-year old, known for the songs Mercy and Warwick Avenue, will open up about her life and time away from the public eye in a new Disney+ film.

The Independent UK

Courtney Barnett works her way through writer's block with a little help from a praying mantis

Writer's block is the fear of any creative person, and it struck rock singer and songwriter Courtney Barnett hard as she made her new album

Louder

“Somebody said I was the ice queen, because I just didn’t move on stage – I was terrified!” The woman who became a prog star after being asked to lead the singing at anti-nuke marches

She’d had no plans for a life in music, but wound up working with some of the biggest names of the 60s folk resurgence

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