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“I wanted to recreate it, being lost in instrumentation and the musicality”: Harry Styles says that “hypnotic” electronic music by the likes of Floating Points and Jamie XX has influenced not only his new album, but also his marathon training

Kiss all the time. Disco, occasionally. is released on Friday

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“We set out to honour the soul of these iconic instruments while making them accessible to every kind of player”: Epiphone raises the bar for its acoustic guitar range with all-solid builds, rosewood fingerboards and affordable takes on Gibson classics

The Inspired By Gibson range comprises cutaway and non-cutaway Hummingbird and J-45s, and a very smart L-00, all with Fishman electronics and a serious build upgrade

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I spent the weekend testing the best guitar gear of the year at The Guitar Show in Birmingham – these are the 9 hottest products you can buy right now

I visited a sold-out UK Guitar Show to check out the latest and greatest from the wide world of guitar gear

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“I said, ‘Just start again. It would be good for you.’ He persuaded me to stay. I never felt good about it”: Martin Barre tried to quit Jethro Tull in 1980, but Ian Anderson wouldn’t have it

Their musical partnership finally ended after 43 years – but the guitarist says he wanted to break it up decades earlier

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“For the past 30 years it has been the quintessential backline amplifier on stages and in studios around the world”: Fender celebrates three decades of the Hot Rod Deluxe with a stunning anniversary edition

The much-loved 40-watt combo gets a fancy looking textured 'Western' vinyl covering, classy and vintage '50s-style grille clothe – and a 12" Celestion Creamback under the hood

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This underrated gem from Prince is turning 20 – and every hi-fi fan should have it

If you need an excuse to visit your record store, this 20-year-old album from Prince should suffice

What Hi-Fi?

“MTV in 1997 or 1998, suddenly they decided rock was out - it was replaced by rap… People were waving guns. Some people assert the CIA was involved... above my pay grade, but I saw it happen”: Billy Corgan says rock was “dialled down” in the late ’90s

He says rock stars don’t have “a voice in the culture”. Er...

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“There was a big snowstorm. The governor asked him to postpone the show. He wouldn’t do it. He goes, ‘I told them I’m going to be here and I’m here’”: Joe Bonamassa on his friendship with the ultimate bluesman, B.B. King – and paying the ultimate tribute

B.B. King would have celebrated his 100th birthday in September last year. But when Joe Bonamassa discovered that the centenary was going almost unnoticed, he swung into action

Guitar World

"I made my bed by leaving the band in 2010." The prog metal master who links Dream Theater, Avenged Sevenfold and The Beatles (but not Rush)

Mike Portnoy is one of metal's most revered drummers - and now he's back home in Dream Theater

Metal Hammer

Harry Styles review round-up: ’No one can match his level of pizzazz’

The former One Direction star’s fourth album has received mixed reviews, with one reviewer describing it as ‘the funkiest existential crisis in pop’.

Evening Standard

Who are Huntr/X? The fictional KPop Demon Hunters band in line for an Oscar

Kpop Demon Hunters has become Netflix’s most-watched film of all time

The Independent UK

“Dolly said ‘Can you just make it, like, reds and greens and sparkles?’. I played as many notes as I could while the other hand was working the transposer. She was going, ‘Yeah, yeah, that’s it. Whee!’”: Jeff ‘Skunk’ Baxter on his life as a session player

And how to make steel guitar not sound like steel guitar...

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Watch Slipknot’s Corey Taylor and Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale sing Black Sabbath covers at Geezer Butler and Paul Rodgers tribute show this week

Taylor sang Paranoid and Hale took on lead vocals for a version of Neon Knights, with Butler playing bass for both performances

Metal Hammer

"I'm on a pyre, a monk sentences me to death, and I will burn. Burn, burn, burn." Why you should probably go and see Powerwolf this week

German metallers Powerwolf gear up for their biggest ever UK show at Wembley on Saturday, and promise some surprises

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The Guardian - UK

Harry Styles: Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally review – nice all the time. Good, occasionally

The music on Styles’s new album is muted, subtle and pleasant – but from the title downwards, he has a real problem with words

Louder

"If we were legendary for anything, it was for bringing Jello to a show and getting it all over the monitors." The story of the hate song that kick-started the entire grunge movement

A song about a disintegrating relationship, Swallow My Pride spread ripples that are still being felt today

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"It's a long way from me painting the TS logo on the back of my jean jacket in high school in liquid paper to fronting the band." Twisted Sister line up Sebastian Bach as Dee Snider's replacement for reunion shows and he's extremely excited

Sebastian Bach says he's spoken to Dee Snider and they were both "kind of emotional"

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Amazon Prime Video’s Man On The Run Review: Well, Now I Appreciate Paul McCartney’s Meandering And Obscure Post-Beatles Era

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The Independent UK

Beatles legend Ringo Starr announces new album

The 85-year old musician announced the release of a 10-track record Long Long Road which will feature collaborations with Billy Strings, Sheryl Crow and St Vincent

Evening Standard

Harry Styles says he sometimes felt ‘existential’ while touring

The former One Direction singer’s highly anticipated fourth studio album, Kiss All The Time, Disco, Occasionally will hit shelves this Friday.

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“I’m watching this sort of genius develop right in front of me, and he seems he has no physical barriers”: Joe Satriani on what it was like to teach a teenage Steve Vai

Here's this "goofy" Ace Frehley fan with big hands and he keeps coming back for more... Satch says it wasn't long before he recognised Vai's potential

The Independent UK

Justice Department lawyer says ticket industry is broken because of Ticketmaster and LiveNation monopoly

A Justice Department lawyer has told a New York jury that the United States are counting on them to end the monopoly

Evening Standard

Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr announces new album and releases new single

It’s Been Too Long was released ahead of the album, Long Long Road, hitting shelves on April 24.

Guitar World

“Don Henley’s looking at me like I’m crazy, and finally I said, ‘What?’ He goes, ‘I thought you were a bluegrasser…’” Vince Gill on the importance of versatility – and how the Eagles enabled him to flex his hidden rock chops

Gill shocked everyone – including Henley – when he proved himself to be capable of playing bona fide rock riffs

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“I thought it would be fun. That was a big mistake. I underestimated just how difficult it would be”: When Phil Collins made a guest appearance playing drums with a Genesis tribute act – and ended up admitting, “It was horrible!”

Plus: the Collins solo record that Charlie Watts bought

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