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“At certain points in music history it became fashionable to place accents on certain beats”: How to score a drum part

We explore the theory behind beats, and how we score kicks, snares, hats and percussion

MusicRadar

“Deserves status as one of rock ’n’ roll’s most iconic electric guitars solely from its association with three of the four Beatles”: From the Beatles to the Stones, Johnny Marr and Radiohead, why everyone loves the Epiphone Casino

It was the sound of the British Invasion, of Lennon’s Revolution, and it brings us jangle and bite in equal measure. We pay tribute to the E230TD/TDV’s golden years

Guitar World

Feel old yet? These classic metal albums turn 20 in 2025

Trivium’s Ascendancy, Bullet For My Valentine’s The Poison and Avenged Sevenfold’s City Of Evil are 20 years old now, and your knees aren’t what they used to be

Metal Hammer

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"Slipknot took care of us!" Knocked Loose's Bryan Garris on rubbing shoulders with metal icons, taking hardcore mainstream and what comes next

Knocked Loose were arguably THE heavy band of 2024 - and their singer is excited to "keep pushing it into the mainstream"

Metal Hammer

"It's interesting that metalheads resonate with us.” Kalandra mix ethereal prog, Nordic folk and, er, bird songs. So why can't metal fans get enough of them?

Kalandra are not a heavy metal band, and yet they've bewitched the underground metal scene all the same

Metal Hammer

Musical duo Baba Stiltz and Okay Kaya: ‘Basically our music’s for losers’

The Scandi stars were building separate careers in the US when a friend got them to team up. Now the pair have become an unlikely folk-pop powerhouse

The Guardian - UK

“Loads of guitarists could knock spots off Neil Young, but he’s aware of his limitations and hasn’t spent his energy perfecting his technique. I’ve carried that forward”: Meet Steve Logan, the singer-songwriter putting a distinctly Welsh spin on Americana

Inspired by the unworked genius of Neil Young and the angst of the Manic Street Preachers, Logan’s new album, Psych Ward, is all about expansion and connection

Guitar World

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Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale once dumped a guy for falling asleep during a Tool show

Harsh but understandable

Metal Hammer

“You’re 17, it’s a normal dumb night, then someone’s screaming, ‘Get on the floor!’ I’m gonna die. This is the end of my life”: The armed hold-up that set the Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne on the road to music

Sold on their older brothers’ counterculture dream of living in outer space listening to the Beatles, Coyne and bandmate Steven Drozd very nearly became full-time drug dealers instead of musicians

Louder

‘I’d be tempted to have sex to Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)’: David Baddiel’s honest playlist

The comedian and writer confesses a soft spot for Cliff Richard, confusion over Jimmy Osmond and being shamed into doing Three Lions at karaoke

The Guardian - UK

The best new rock songs you need to hear right now

Including Bob Mould, The Cold Stares, The Hellacopters and five other warriors on the edge of prime-time

Louder

"These eighteen months have been the hardest thing I've ever been through in my life": Jesse Malin on the spinal stroke that left him paralysed from the waist down and the long road to recovery

One spring day in 2023, Jesse Malin suddenly fell to the floor, and his life effectively fell apart

Louder

"All had this feeling that it was something really momentous": Bruce Dickinson looks back on his solo albums and forward to Iron Maiden's big year

Bruce Dickinson reveals the solo album that should've been better and the song Iron Maiden play while he enjoys a cup of tea

Metal Hammer

Sam Moore obituary

American singer and half of the duo Sam & Dave best known for their 1967 hit Soul Man

The Guardian - UK

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YouTube Music is giving artist pages a slick new makeover

YouTube Music is spicing up artist pages with a 'Top songs' carousel.

Evening Standard

Ariana Grande says she is ‘focused on acting’ and has ‘no plans for live shows’

The singer had contemplated ‘doing a mini-tour in between the Wicked films’.

The Guardian - UK

UK festivals face ‘really tough’ year due to fewer headline acts and rising costs

Stars must now be booked so far in advance for events that organisers can only guess who will sell tickets in two years’ time

Guitar World

“Please tell the bass players of the world to go easy on me. I did my best to represent you well!” Bob Rock made bass history on Metallica’s St. Anger – quite a feat, since he “never really played bass” before

Producer Bob Rock on making St. Anger, the legacy of Cliff Burton and why he used Loverboy’s bass guitar on every track

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“Part of the attraction for Lou Reed was that I had an ample supply of hash”: how a British 70s cult hero became a member of famously grumpy Lou’s crew

The ex-Velvet Underground leader got into the habit of throwing house parties in West London, and always made sure one man was invited

Louder

"I knew things weren’t going well musically": The story of the singer who replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath in 1977 – and was then forgotten

The story of the short-lived union between Black Sabbath and a former singer of Fleetwood Mac

The Guardian - UK

‘What’s going on in Bob Dylan’s head’: Mr Tambourine Man lyrics up for auction

Rare drafts of one of Dylan’s best known songs found in journalist’s archive could fetch up to $1 million as part of wider legacy sale

Louder

“We were supporting a third-rate slide guitarist in an empty roadhouse”: Pulp guitarist Mark Webber on the Britpop legends’ weirdest ever gig

Jarvis & co. headed all the way down to New Orleans for a show, and then wished they hadn't

Louder

“I’ve had prog dates because of our concerts… the great thing is that you don’t have to explain your weird musical tastes!”: Focus guitarist Menno Gootjes’ prog life

He discovered Canterbury bands in his teens before moving on to Frank Zappa, Opeth, Genesis, obscure Dutch trio Three Dwarves Make War – oh, and Kiss

Evening Standard

The legendary 2005 albums: From Madonna and Kanye West to Bloc Party and Hard-Fi

What came out 20 years ago is more relevant than ever, according to the charts - so let’s get contemporarily nostalgic

AAP

'Fired up': how Tamworth ignites Aussie country acts

Singer-songwriter Andrew Swift was once reluctant to use the c-word - country - to describe his sound, but everything changed after an epiphany in Tamworth.

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