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JLab Go Pop+

JLab’s Go Pop+ are small buds at a tiny price, but do they have the sonic capabilities to make them a big deal?

What Hi-Fi?

Why this iconic Tom Waits song is a regular in our test rooms – and can unveil the true essence of hi-fi

Tom Waits' Martha is one of our go-to test tracks, and if you can handle its emotional punch, it should be one of yours, too.

What Hi-Fi?

Q Acoustics 5010

Q Acoustics has found great sonic success with its 5040 and 5050 floorstanders. Can it manage the same results with its 5010 standmounts?

What Hi-Fi?

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8 great TV title songs that are too good to skip – and sound great on your AV system

Terrific opening credits that use real songs and set the mood for the show

What Hi-Fi?

Sailing towards Glastonbury: Rod Stewart’s greatest solo songs – ranked!

As the 80-year-old gears up for Worthy Farm, we pick the best of his post-Faces career, from moving ballads to silly, sleazy pop, and cover versions that became definitive

The Guardian - UK

‘Chaps frame the buttocks in a beautiful way’: John C Reilly on Magnolia, moving into music – and his nice bum

The actor and musician takes your questions on devastating box office results, his love of Oliver Hardy, and his new vaudeville crooner alter ego

The Guardian - UK

7 tracks we've been enjoying in our test rooms over the past month

This month's edition features Elbow's latest, and a Tom Waits heartbreaker.

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‘I wanted to make people dance, or cry, or puke’: Marc Ribot, the wildcard sideman for Tom Waits, Robert Plant and more

He started as a jazz guitarist making Barbie albums on the side, and has ended up on over 500 releases. From bebop with Elton John to Americana with Alison Krauss, Ribot recalls the richest of careers

The Guardian - UK

Pink Floyd at Pompeii: What are the greatest live albums of all time?

This week saw the first official release on vinyl of Pink Floyd's legendary 1971 set played in Pompeii - showing to what extent the British band were once one of the greatest live acts in the world. With so many great live albums out there, we give you our Top…

Euronews

“Dylan asked, ‘What’s the least amount of notes you can play?’ I said, ‘I could play one.’ He goes, ‘Do that’”: Fred Tackett compares his gigs with Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, and Bob Seger, and recalls his friendship with Lowell George

The veteran session Strat-slinger who restarted Little Feat in the ‘80s discusses how he developed an essential studio skill, why brass is his main inspiration, and the best advice he ever heard

Guitar World

The perfect Easter playlist: Hidden stories behind Jesus songs

Once you're chocolated out this Easter, how about kicking back with some tunes featuring the word ‘Jesus’ in their titles? Especially because these lyrics often hide meanings that may surprise you...

Euronews

Record Store Day 2025: What releases should you be looking out for?

Here are our picks for the best Record Store Day releases for 2025.

Euronews

“Tom would say, ‘Play your guitar with a car key.’ It was very experimental”: Little Feat's Fred Tackett recalls Tom Waits' left-field approach to guitar playing – and his one-of-a-kind studio sessions

Aside from his role in Little Feat, Tackett has recorded with a remarkable list of artists from Bob Dylan to Joan Baez and Cher

Guitar World

"You can hear everything from Metallica to Nick Cave and Tom Waits." With Vice Grip, Parkway Drive went from metalcore stars to future festival headliners - and jumped out of a plane

How Vice Grip took Parkway Drive from metalcore heroes to future festival headliners

Metal Hammer

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Metallica’s James Hetfield names who he deems the “master craftsman at lyrics” – and it’s not a metal musician

The Metallica man discusses all things lyric-writing during the latest Metallica Report podcast

Louder

From before he used the Elephant Man's spine for a marimba: Tom Waits' The Heart Of A Saturday Night still sounds smoky on anniversary coloured vinyl

Be-bop, beat and ballads

The Independent UK

Willie Nelson on his new album, cannabis cookbook, Kris Kristofferson and what makes a good song

Willie Nelson, who is 91, will release “Last Leaf on the Tree" on Friday, his second studio album this year

Louder

"Assuredly switching through the gears as if they're all second nature to her": Beth Hart proves she's far more than a blues siren on You Still Got Me

Beth Hart delivers soul, swagger and Slash on album number eleven

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"I hated Tom Waits at first." From Aretha Franklin to Gravediggaz, Julie Christmas makes us a soundtrack of her life

Unique noise/post-rock maverick Julie Christmas makes us a playlist and tells us the stories behind her picks

Metal Hammer

“I had, like, 18 whiskies”: The unhinged story of how jazz karaoke led to post-rock idol Julie Christmas waking up in bed with a tinned ham

The noise/post-rock maverick gives a bizarre anecdote about canned meat in the new issue of Metal Hammer

Bored Panda

“Still Laughed About It 20 Years Later”: 30 Times Kids Realized Their Dads Were Legendary

From the origins of the family dog to suspicious tales when dads were (gasp!) dating other women, this thread had it all. The post “Still Laughed About It 20 Years Later”: 30 Times Kids Realized Their Dads Were Legendary first appeared on Bored Panda.

Metal Hammer

"It's the worst album in the history of mankind": This is the soundtrack of Al Jourgensen's life

Ministry linchpin Al Jourgensen picks his records, artists and gigs of lasting significance, and reveals what happened when GG Allin threw up on him in an elevator in New York

Guitar World

He recorded with Bob Dylan, toured with Tom Waits and replaced Jimmie Vaughan: Duke Robillard is American blues guitar royalty

This lesson in Robillard's improvisational lead guitar style showcases his ability to incorporate melody in solos, and blend blues with jazz

What Hi-Fi?

The What Hi-Fi? team on the first vinyl records they ever bought

As we celebrate Record Store Day 2024 today, team What Hi-Fi? recalls the first time they spent their own money on a vinyl record.

Total Film

An infamous 1970s TV interview may have inspired Heath Ledger's Joker - now it's the basis for a hit new horror movie

Late Night with the Devil's Jack Delroy and The Dark Knight's Joker have something in common

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