Category: Music
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Dream Nails are looking ahead to 2026 with the announcement of their third album ‘You Wish’
London trio Dream Nails have announced their third studio album ‘You Wish’, set for release on 6th February 2026 via Marshall Records. The band have also shared new single ‘Organoid’, which explores themes of technological anxiety and digital-age paranoia. “It’s about the fight to stay human in the outright insanity of the digital age,” drummer…
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Wolf Alice have shared the first half of the tracklisting for their upcoming album ‘The Clearing’
Wolf Alice have revealed the first part of the tracklisting for their upcoming album ‘The Clearing’. The band shared the news pictorially via their mailing list, confirming that the second half of the tracklisting is set to follow at a later date. “Hey, it’s just three weeks until The Clearing is finally yours,” Wolf Alice…
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ENNY is back with her dramatic new single ‘Cabin Feva’
ENNY has returned with new single ‘Cabin Feva’, released via FAMM. The track, which premiered as a Target Embargo on BBC Radio 1Xtra, marks her first release since ‘Charge It Remix’ featuring Smino. The new single pairs ENNY’s intricate lyricism with strings, basslines and production from Moo Latte, accompanied by a video co-directed by ENNY…
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Watch Doctor Who and The Thick Of It legend Peter Capaldi perform a surprise cover of one of The Cure’s best-loved songs at his first ever solo show
Watch former punk rocker and acting legend Peter Capaldi channel his inner Robert Smith at hometown gig in Glasgow (LouderSound)
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“Various line-ups sprang into existence just because someone said, ‘I’ll be your guitarist – I’ve got money.’ They felt like drunken shags. I gave in, but I hated myself for it”: When Robert John Godfrey rebuilt The Enid after 21 wasted years
The release of Journey’s End in 2010 found the symphonic rock pioneer more content and focused than he’d been in decades, and ready to take the blame for previous misdemeanours (LouderSound)
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Porij have dropped their new summer anthem ‘I’m Your Lover (Only)’ ahead of this weekend’s Dork’s Day Out
Porij have returned with their new single ‘I’m Your Lover (Only)’, following the release of their debut album ‘Teething’ in 2024. The four-piece, comprising Egg (Scout Moore), Jacob Maguire, James Middleton and Nathan Carroll, will perform at Dork’s Day Out at London’s Signature Brew on 2nd August alongside SOFY, Picture Parlour, Aziya, NXDIA and more…
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IDLES have shared new song ‘Rabbit Run’ from Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing film
IDLES have contributed four original tracks and performed the full score for Darren Aronofsky‘s upcoming film ‘Caught Stealing’, with new track ‘Rabbit Run’ streaming now. The band have collaborated with composer Rob Simonsen (‘The Whale’, ‘Deadpool’, ‘Wolverine’) on the project, which also features their cover of ‘Police and Thieves’, originally penned by Junior Marvin and…
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Julian Casablancas + The Voidz have released a new four-track EP, ‘Megz of Ram’
Julian Casablancas + The Voidz have released their new EP ‘MęĞż øF rÅm’ (Megz of Ram), a four-track collection. The EP was recorded in the same East Village basement where The Strokes’ ‘Is This It’ was created. Chris Tabron, known for his work with Beyoncé, Die Antwoord, and Battles, helmed the production duties. The band,…
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HUNNY have announced their new album ‘Spirit!’ with a cheerleader-themed lead single
HUNNY have announced their new album ‘SPIRIT!’, set for release on 26th September via Epitaph Records. The project, now solely led by frontman Jason Yarger, marks a new direction for the LA indie-pop outfit. The band have shared the album’s lead single ‘title track’, featuring fan-recorded cheerleader vocals and layered production. The accompanying music video…
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Chloe Slater has released a Normal People-inspired video for ‘Harriet’
Chloe Slater has shared new single ‘Harriet’, accompanied by a video paying homage to the television version of Normal People. The Manchester artist’s latest track, produced by Shute, explores themes of romantic jealousy. The release follows her recent UK and EU support tour with Alessi Rose and her ‘Love Me Please’ EP. ‘Harriet is one…
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Tom A. Smith: New era, same energy
FOLLOW HYPE ON SPOTIFY Tom A. Smith might still be only 20, but his journey so far reads like a veteran’s résumé. From viral covers to shoutouts from Elton John, Glastonbury sets to big indie support slots, the Sunderland-born songwriter has been building his empire one fuzzed-up anthem at a time. Now, with new single…
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Øya 2025: Seven artists worth turning up early for
If you’ve not yet managed to enter festival oblivion, this year’s Øya festival may just about get you there. The festival, located in Tøyenparken, is award-winning for a reason: It fronts a focus on sustainability, promises 50/50 gender split line up, all while sporting local talents mixed in with the international heavy-hitters. A famously hard…
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“Paul was a lovely person and good mate.” Iron Maiden pay tribute to their original vocalist Paul Mario Day following his death, aged 69
Former Iron Maiden/More/Sweet frontman Paul Mario Day passed away at his family home in Australia on July 29 (LouderSound)
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Finding June: De’Wayne’s third act starts here
FOLLOW UPSET ON SPOTIFY De’Wayne has never been one to hide his true intentions. The Houston-born, LA-based artist has striven for greatness since emerging with his debut album ‘Stains’ in 2021. While he bore the trademarks of a young artist with drive, ambition, and a student-like understanding of rock lore, looking back now, he’s grateful…
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Here’s what happened at Ozzy Osbourne’s emotional funeral procession in Birmingham
Thousands of metal fans line the streets of Birmingham to say an emotional farewell to local hero and national treasure Ozzy Osbourne (LouderSound)
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“Ozzy goes, ‘I thought it was some ***hole dressed as the guy from Kiss!’” Anthrax’s Scott Ian reveals his most hilarious memory of the Prince Of Darkness
Scott Ian recalls a funny encounter with Ozzy Osbourne that took place at one fateful Halloween show (LouderSound)
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“This well-dressed man walked out on stage, reached inside of his jacket, pulled out a gun, and goes pop-pop-pop. I’m thinking: ‘Oh, I’m dead’”: The epic story of the rise, fall and resurrection of the original Alice Cooper band
The original Alice Cooper band have reunited for their first album in more than 50 years. This is how it happened (LouderSound)
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How to watch Ozzy Osbourne’s funeral procession in Black Sabbath’s hometown
Ozzy Osbourne’s funeral procession will be livestreamed globally today: here’s how you can access the coverage, and pay your own respects to one of music’s most beloved icons (LouderSound)
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“People saw us setting up and thought we were a ska band. Then we’d start playing and they’d just get more confused”: How nerd septet Thank You Scientist made the Oops! … I Did It Again of prog rock
Tom Monda explains the importance of humour, the nature of genres and how he plays his band like a piano (LouderSound)
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Peter Hammill to release 20-disc The Charisma & Virgin Recordings 1971 – 1986 box set in September
Peter Hammill’s solo albums for Charisma and Virgin Records have been newly remastered from the original master tapes. (LouderSound)
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“She encourages us to ask big questions: Is there a reason to believe in a god? Are art and death aspects of the same experience? Can we just enjoy sex and stop being hung up about it?” Prog stars choose the 40 greatest Kate Bush songs of all time
Members of Marillion, King Crimson, Nightwish, Big Big Train and others compile a list of a uniqe artist’s most powerful and persuasive creations (LouderSound)
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A beginner’s guide to Dire Straits in seven essential albums
More than Brothers In Arms: The Dire Straits albums you need to know (LouderSound)
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Fundraiser launched to raise funds for Terry Reid’s medical treatment as he battles cancer
Terry Reid postponed his upcoming European shows earlier this month (LouderSound)
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I have to stop fighting the overwhelming evidence: nu metal and metalcore are officially dad rock now
Slipknot t-shirts being sold by Debenhams. Spotify ‘Dad Rock’ mixes featuring System Of A Down, Avenged Sevenfold and Killswitch Engage. Game over, mates (LouderSound)
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Big Big Train announce trumpeter Paul Mitchell joins the band on a full-time basis
UK prog rockers Big Big Train bolster their line-up with the full-time addition of trumpeter, vocalist and percussionist Paul Mitchell (LouderSound)
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Watch My Chemical Romance perform unreleased anthem War Beneath The Rain for the very first time
My Chemical Romance treat LA fans to an unreleased song from their never-completed fifth album The Paper Kingdom (LouderSound)
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“Every time you post a snippet or a clip or some kind of teaser, it makes people more mad”: Trivium to release much-hyped new song in early August
Guitarist Corey Beaulieu says the track has the “spirit” of the band’s 2005 breakthrough album, Ascendancy (LouderSound)
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David Gilmour announces Live At The Circus Maximus movie and The Luck And Strange Concerts live album
David Gilmour’s Live At The Circus Maximums hits cinemas in September and is released in October (LouderSound)
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The 1975’s Matty Healy warns against the loss of indie music venues
The 1975’s Matty Healy has spoken out about the importance of protecting indie music venues, while supporting the upcoming Seed Sounds Weekender festival. The nationwide, multi-venue festival, scheduled to take place from 26th to 28th September, aims to support seed venues that provide platforms for emerging artists. Healy, who serves as this year’s festival ambassador,…
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Hayley Williams has released 17 new songs, sort of via a hair dye?
Hayley Williams has shared 17 new solo tracks through her website, with fans able to access the music by entering a code shared when purchasing the ‘Ego’ shade from her Good Dye Young hair dye range. The collection of songs, which are currently unreleased through traditional platforms, span multiple genres including pop, indie rock, folk…
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My Chemical Romance perform unreleased song ‘War Beneath the Rain’ at Dodger Stadium
My Chemical Romance have performed unreleased track ‘War Beneath the Rain’ during their show at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium. The performance came as part of their Long Live The Black Parade Tour, which sees the band performing their 2006 album ‘The Black Parade’ in full alongside other material from their catalogue. Speaking about the track,…
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Inhaler, Paul Weller, Primal Scream and more are set to play a London benefit concert for Gaza
Paul Weller, Primal Scream, Inhaler and more are set to perform at a ‘Gig For Gaza’ fundraising event at London’s TROXY venue on 17th October. The event, which aims to raise funds for those affected by the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, follows the 2024 ‘Gig For Gaza’ concert at Brixton Academy which raised over £125,000…
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Finn Wolfhard has announced some UK and European tour dates for October
Finn Wolfhard has announced his first UK and Ireland tour dates, set to take place this October. The run of shows follows the release of his debut solo album ‘Happy Birthday’, which arrived via AWAL in June. The actor-turned-musician’s tour includes stops in Manchester, Glasgow, Dublin and London, marking his live debut in these cities.…
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Google ‘Ozzy Osbourne’. You won’t regret it.
The search engine has included a touching tribute to the Prince Of Darkness for those who look up his name (LouderSound)
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Del Water Gap has released an existential new single, ‘How To Live’
Del Water Gap has returned with new single ‘How To Live’, which premiered as BBC Radio 1’s Hottest Record with Jack Saunders. The track, released via Mom + Pop, explores themes of moral ambiguity, spirituality, and the search for meaning. It follows Del Water Gap’s 2023 album ‘I Miss You Already + I Haven’t Left…
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Opus Kink have announced a 24-track charity compilation featuring Wunderhorse, English Teacher and more
Opus Kink have announced ‘A Hideous Collective’, a 24-track compilation album raising funds for Music Venue Trust and UK Artist Touring Fund, set for release on 5th September via Hideous Mink Records and SO Recordings. The vinyl and CD-only release features new and reworked material from artists including Wunderhorse, English Teacher, Katy J Pearson, Lambrini…
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Dutch Mustard has released new burnout single ‘Life’ ahead of her August headline tour
Dutch Mustard has released new single ‘Life’ via DM Records, ahead of an August headline tour. The project, led by Sarah-Jayne Riedel (SJ), collaborated with Dean James Barratt and Craigie Dodds for the single’s creation. “Life is the soundtrack to that heartbreak you should’ve seen coming, when everything gets so chaotic and absurd, all you…
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Hex Girlfriend sign to Soil To The Sun and drop ‘Trash TV’, a glitchy takedown of digital decay
Hex Girlfriend have shared their new single ‘Trash TV’, alongside announcing their signing to Soil To The Sun Records, a new imprint of Relentless Records. The South London duo’s latest track explores themes of media fragmentation and artistic creation in the age of algorithmic content. The track was self-produced by James Knott and mixed by…
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The Antlers explore ecological anxiety and technological dread on new album ‘Blight’, coming this October
The Antlers have announced their new album ‘Blight’, set for release on 10th October via Transgressive Records. The band have also shared lead single ‘Carnage’. “Carnage is a song about a kind of violence we rarely acknowledge — violence not born of cruelty, but of convenience,” says Peter Silberman. “Innocent creatures are swept up in…
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“I’m a huge fan – why do you guys get to have all the fun?”: Jason Momoa looks back on joining the moshpit at Black Sabbath’s final show
The Aquaman and Game Of Thrones star, who emceed at Back To The Beginning, couldn’t help but join the melee at one point in the day (LouderSound)
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Still outselling vinyl: A beginner’s guide to the rise, fall and surprising longevity of the CD
Think CDs are dead? Last year 6.7 million vinyl albums and 10.5 million CDs were sold in the UK (LouderSound)
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The 20 greatest power ballads you won’t find on power ballad compilations
Or, to give this list its full title: The 20 greatest power ballads you’ve probably never heard unless you’re an extreme AOR connoisseur (LouderSound)
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“You see the guy at the back playing guitar and looking awkward? I can’t even tell you his name!” Krautrock icons Can and their brief interlude as British pop stars
Their one-off exploration of disco-pop, I Want More, featured lyrics written by a roadie and gave them a Top 30 hit in the UK. They took the short-term clamour in their stride (LouderSound)
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“She doesn’t know the animal I am when I’m drinking and using”: Why Josh Todd wrote Buckcherry’s Sorry to apologise to his wife
Sorry, a song that has brought many fans to tears, gave Buckcherry their biggest radio hit (LouderSound)
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Slash, Halestorm, Blackberry Smoke and more line up for star-studded Bad Company tribute album
Watch now: The Struts’ video for their cover of Bad Company’s Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy (LouderSound)
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Fat Dog have released a new single, ‘Pray To That’
Fat Dog have unveiled their new single ‘Pray To That’, marking their second release since their debut album ‘WOOF.’ arrived last year. The track, co-produced by Joe Love and Dan Carey at Carey’s studio, arrives alongside a video directed by Dylan Coates, featuring Love as a wayward preacher. The band have maintained a busy live…
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The Wombats have added new Scottish dates to their December UK and Ireland tour
The Wombats have announced additional Scottish dates for their December UK and Ireland tour, with The Snuts joining as special guests for all English performances. The Liverpool trio will be supported by Overpass across all dates, with Sarah Brooki and Florentenes also appearing on select shows. The new dates begin at Edinburgh’s Corn Exchange on…
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Former Girlpool member Avery Tucker has confirmed his debut solo album ‘Paw’, feat. Katie Gavin from MUNA and Aaron Maine from Porches
Avery Tucker has announced his debut solo album ‘Paw’, set for release on 10th October. The former Girlpool member has shared lead single ‘Like I’m Young’, accompanied by a new video. The album marks Tucker’s first solo venture following Girlpool’s disbandment in 2022. ‘Paw’ was recorded between Livingston, MT and Encino, CA, with collaborators including…
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Suede have released optimistic new single ‘Dancing With The Europeans’ ahead of their tenth album
Suede have released new single ‘Dancing With The Europeans’, the third track to emerge from their upcoming tenth studio album ‘Antidepressants’. The band have also announced additional dates for their Southbank Centre takeover, including an intimate performance of ‘Antidepressants’ in full at the Clore Ballroom on 26th August, and a screening of ‘The Insatiable Ones’…
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Paramore’s Hayley Williams has just released a new 17-song solo album, Ego, but you’ll need to buy something from her haircare company to get it
Don’t go looking on Spotify or YouTube to hear Hayley Williams’ new album, Ego (LouderSound)
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“Sabbath were there for me before punk.” Duff Mckagan on recording with Ozzy, jamming with Tony Iommi and why Black Sabbath were true punks
Guns N’ Roses legend Duff McKagan shares what Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne mean to him (LouderSound)
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“I formed this band for God’s sake! And I helped Roger a hell of a lot because he wasn’t a musician when we started.” The lost Richard Wright interview…
On the back of a Classic Rock cover story for Pink Floyd’s The Wall back in 2000, keyboard player Richard Wright was determined to have his say. And he did… (LouderSound)
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“He was shooting up. He’d just lost his best friend. Who wouldn’t numb that blow if they could?” Actress Ione Skye recalls the night that her ex-boyfriend, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Anthony Kiedis, learned that RHCP guitarist Hillel Slovak had died
Ione Skye shares vivid memories of the night that broke Anthony Kiedis’ heart (LouderSound)
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Hard Life – onion
Label: Island RecordsReleased: 18th July 2025 ‘onion’, the new album from Hard Life, is a raw, unvarnished snapshot of frontman Murray Matravers’ life in disarray, built from the rubble of legal battles, fractured relationships and bruised hope. From the moment opener ‘tears’ spills out – detailing the band’s very public courtroom struggles – it’s clear this…
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Indigo De Souza – Precipice
Label: Loma VistaReleased: 25th July 2025 Indigo De Souza has always excelled at mixing vulnerability with radiant pop hooks, and on ‘Precipice’, she leans even further into affirmation, crafting a laidback collection that feels like a warm breeze on a spring afternoon. Gone are the jagged edges and raw confessions of her earlier work; in their…
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Panic Shack – Panic Shack
Label: Brace Yourself RecordsReleased: 18th July 2025 Panic Shack’s self-titled debut kicks the door in from the first second, launching straight into the riotous ‘Girl Band Starter Pack’ – all fizzing basslines, spiky guitars and the gleeful rush of four friends dragging you to the dancefloor whether you’re ready or not. It’s the perfect opener for…
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FLETCHER – Would You Still Love Me If You Really Knew Me?
Label: Island RecordsReleased: 18th July 2025 FLETCHER has never exactly hidden. From ‘Undrunk’ through ‘Girl Of My Dreams’ to ‘The S(ex) Tapes’ and beyond, she’s made a career of laying heartbreak and messy desire bare, often soundtracked by euphoric pop catharsis. But with ‘Would You Still Love Me If You Really Knew Me?’, there’s something rawer,…
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“Ozzy had a chimney brush over his shoulder, a shoe on a dog leash and no shoes on his bare feet.” Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler recalls his very first meeting with Ozzy Osbourne, and the start of “the most incredible journey of our lives”
My brother said to me, “There’s something at the door asking for you” (LouderSound)
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Bleach Lab – Close To The Flame EP
Label:Released: 18th July 2025 Bleach Lab’s new EP, ‘Close To The Flame’, arrives shimmering with the kind of lush, enveloping warmth that has become their calling card. If their 5* debut album, ‘Lost In A Rush Of Emptiness’, painted them as dream-pop romantics with shoegaze sensibilities, this self-produced follow-up leans further into that hazy intimacy, while…
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“That’s a long-winded way of saying I don’t know”: The wisdom of cult favourite Alex G
For 15 years now, Alex G has been perhaps the ultimate cult artist. Starting out as simply as you can get – a 17-year-old music-obsessed kid in Philadelphia – he realised he didn’t have to waste time playing in scrappy local bands. He could do everything himself. So he did. Time after time after time,…
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Billie Marten – Dog Eared
Label: FictionReleased: 18th July 2025 Billie Marten knows that the tell-tale signs that a book is well-loved are annotations and important pages dog-eared to come back to at a later date. You could say human life is similar: our existence mapped out by key occasions and core memories. The singer’s sixth album is made up of…
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Folk Bitch Trio – Now Would Be A Good Time
Label: JagjaguwarReleased: 25th July 2025 Now this may shock you, but Folk Bitch Trio make folk music. Laden with faultless harmony and heartbreaking narratives, it combines enough traditional elements to keep it rooted in its Americana origins, whilst keeping it fresh with enough modern-day trauma to rival an emo record. All of this intertwines to create…
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Far Caspian – Autofiction
Label: Tiny Library RecordsReleased: 25th July 2025 On his third album ‘Autofiction’, Joel Johnston – the Irish-born, Leeds-based artist behind Far Caspian – sounds like he’s finally learning to exhale. Not in a dramatic, life-altering way, but with the quiet relief of someone starting to make peace with his own noise. ‘Ditch’ opens things gently, sparse…
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Alessi Rose – Voyeur EP
Label: PolydorReleased: 25th July 2025 Alessi Rose doesn’t so much write songs as detonate little truth bombs in the middle of your emotional landscape. On ‘Voyeur’, her debut EP for Polydor, the 22-year-old Derby native turns every overshare, overthink and oversensitive spiral into slick, smart, sad-girl anthems with bite. There’s a delicious boldness to the whole…
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Nilüfer Yanya – Dancing Shoes EP
Label: Ninja TuneReleased: 2nd July 2025 Nilüfer Yanya has always excelled at crafting songs that feel both intimate and aloof, like she’s letting you in on something personal, but only halfway. On new EP ‘Dancing Shoes’, her first release since last year’s ‘My Method Actor’, she continues to refine that blend of vulnerability and restraint. Opener…
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Alex G – Headlights
Label: RCA RecordsReleased: 18th July 2025 Ten albums in, you might imagine that most artists would have run out of steam a little bit when it comes to creating something that still feels fresh and new. Never Alex G, though. With ‘Headlights’, he proves exactly why he inspires such a fervent response around each release still.…
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Lorde – Virgin
Label: Republic RecordsReleased: 27th June 2025 There is no limit to reinvention, and Lorde knows that better than anyone. The Lorde we met on ‘Solar Power’ was one who had apparently seen it all, casting an outward glance to the crumbling world around her and retreating from it. Four years later, she has ripped that version…
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Yungblud – Idols
Label: Locomotion Recordings / Capitol RecordsReleased: 20th June 2025 Beginning an album with a nine-minute-long song is quite the statement, but if anyone can be counted upon to deliver on that front, it’s Yungblud. As far as introductions go, ‘Hello Heaven, Hello’ is a pretty formidable one – gradually building towards sheer arena rock explosivity, it…
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“Can we put pressure on these Dr. Evil tech bros to do better?” King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard become most high-profile band to pull music from Spotify over CEO’s investments in military technology
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard remove music from Spotify as a protest against its CEO’s involvment in the ‘defence industry’ (LouderSound)
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Classic Rock’s Tracks Of The Week: July 28, 2025
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Tuk Smith, Blues Pills, The Vintage Caravan and more (LouderSound)
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“Iron Maiden’s crew said, ‘We can’t believe it. No middle fingers, no coins or shoes being thrown!’” Lzzy Hale on playing in front of one of metal’s most stubborn fanbases
Lzzy Hale on why she relishes the challenge of winning over potential hostile crowds (LouderSound)
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The Libertines have announced an intimate London warm-up show ahead of their Gunnersbury Park tour finale
The Libertines have announced a special warm-up show at an undisclosed West London venue ahead of their Gunnersbury Park festival appearance this summer. The intimate club performance, limited to 250 tickets, will take place on 31st July, preceding the band’s final tour date at Gunnersbury Park on 9th August. The performance comes as part of…
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“People thought we were Nazi sympathisers, and nothing could be further from the truth.” The highs, lows, controversies and epic comebacks of Slayer
How one Mercyful Fate-worshipping little band from California changed the face of metal forever (LouderSound)
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“I was physically frightened: ‘What danger does it pose to me and my family?!’” Tom Morello on how Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath changed his life
Rage Against The Machine’s mercurial guitarist helped curate the Back To The Beginning spectacular. It was a job he’d been training for his whole life (LouderSound)
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“It’s not too clever, it’s not contrived – it’s quite simply perfect”: Electric Light Orchestra hit the right formula on A New World Record
A New World Record added Olympian levels of commercial success to Jeff Lynne’s mix of melodic craft and production nous (LouderSound)
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JADE is going to headline an intimate Amex Afters show following All Points East
JADE is set to perform an intimate aftershow at London’s Colour Factory following her appearance at All Points East festival this summer. The solo star will headline the official All Points East afterparty, titled ‘Amex Afters’, on 23rd August, following the festival’s main event in Victoria Park. Support for the late-night show comes from Taylah…
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President have announced their first UK headline tour
President have announced their first UK headline tour, The Campaign Trail, following the release of their upcoming EP ‘King of Terrors’, due 26th September. The artist’s debut EP features six tracks, including recent single ‘Rage’, which draws inspiration from Dylan Thomas’ poem ‘Do not go gentle into that good night’. Speaking about the upcoming tour,…
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“I saw pyramids while listening to 2112 and I rode my bike as the street moved like water to YYZ”: Joseph Arthur’s first acid trip turned him on to the majesty of Rush
In an incident he doesn’t recommend emulating, the singer-songwriter’s appreciation for the Canadian giants was cemented – but that’s only one of four reasons he loves them (LouderSound)
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“Ozzy used to come into our room to get away from his minders. He’d sit on the bed while having a sly puff of the magic Woodbine”: The epic story of Budgie, the cult heroes who inspired Metallica, Iron Maiden and Soundgarden
Budgie are one of the greatest rock bands no one really talks about these days (LouderSound)
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“It’s for the ‘big spliff’ crowd, who frankly get terrified by Dogs or The Wall”: The Pink Floyd songs that influenced final Pink Floyd album The Endless River
The biggest influence on The Endless River? Pink Floyd themselves. Here are the sounds from the band’s past that informed their 2014 release (LouderSound)
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“I want to lick you now!”: Things are getting Extreme in the Fripp-Willcox household
Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox’s ever-expanding archive of online tomfoolery has been updated (LouderSound)
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Watch Phil Rudd return to the stage – with several AC/DC classics and a full orchestra
Rudd returned to action at a sold-out, 13,000-capacity show in New Zealand (LouderSound)
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“You can do it, Ozzy! Bite his frickin’ head off!” A timeline of Ozzy Osbourne’s greatest film, TV and videogame cameos
From screaming “boobs!” at a TV in Austin Powers to spilling orange juice during The Decline Of Western Civilization, these are the Prince Of Darkness’ greatest pop-culture moments (LouderSound)
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“He was not doing well physically or psychologically with addiction. And when you hit a wall that hard you become disillusioned”: The tragic story of a late goth metal icon’s final album
Type O Negative’s 2007 album Dead Again would prove to be frontman Peter Steele’s swansong (LouderSound)
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“Grunge was taking off, and yet we were having our two biggest albums. It makes me wonder how well they’d have done had they been out in 1987”: The turbulent story of Lillian Axe, the 80s hard rock band who were too good for hair metal
Cult US hard rockers LIllian Axe should have been way bigger than they were (LouderSound)
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“All those nu metal copy bands, I don’t give a s*** about”: System Of A Down’s Daron Malakian has some thoughts on being lumped in with the 90s nu metal scene
Scars On Broadway/System Of A Down guitarist Daron Malakian is interviewed in the brand new issue of Metal Hammer (LouderSound)
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“If you know me, you know I love Sleep Token”: Lorna Shore’s Will Ramos names the most inspirational singers in metal
From Sleep Token’s Vessel to Whitechapel’s Phil Bozeman, Lorna Shore’s frontman picks his greatest vocal influences (LouderSound)
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“As a transitional record, More Songs About Buildings And Food is extraordinary”: Talking Heads’ second album, expanded
Talking Heads’ More Songs About Buildings And Food takes the existential blankness of European art-rock and filters it through a uniquely American lens (LouderSound)
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“We were sunbathing together outside of the dressing rooms”: Thirty years ago, R.E.M. befriended a young British band and helped steer them on the path to greatness
The Athens, Georgia quartet had hand-picked a stellar support bill on the UK leg of the Monster tour, but there was one group to which they became mentors and friends (LouderSound)
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“There was a sense that the record was the definitive music, and you were to reproduce that night after night. It became boring”: Wang Chung’s Jack Hues reinvented himself by revisiting prog influences Robert Wyatt, Radiohead and Talk Talk
Decades after playing to 80,000 people a night with Wang Chung, the Canterbury artist went wild on Epigonal Quark, with help from Syd Arthur and others (LouderSound)
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“Ozzy would always tell me how he loved Ronnie.” Vinny Appice says rumours of beef between Ozzy and Dio were untrue
Ozzy surely hated the man who replaced him in Black Sabbath, right? Nope (LouderSound)
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Streaming of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath tracks skyrockets in wake of beloved icon’s death
Spotify numbers soar after Ozzy’s death as Judas Priest, Oasis and Robbie Williams pay tribute to Prince of Darkness (LouderSound)
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“Ozzy had a couple beers and said to me, ‘Let’s nick a taxi!”: The incredible story of Bruce Dickinson and Ozzy Osbourne’s plan to commit grand theft auto
Watch Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson reflect on a drunken night where he ordered 50 beers then plotted grand theft auto with the Prince Of Darkness (LouderSound)
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Pure Reason Revolution announce The Dark Third 20th Anniversary UK shows with Chloë Alper
Pure Reason Revolution vocalist, bassist and keyboardist Chloe Alper will return to the band for the first time in four years for two special live shows in February (LouderSound)
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“Has there ever been a more important week to celebrate heavy metal?” Judas Priest and Alice Cooper team up for massive O2 Arena co-headline show in London
Judas Priest’s biggest ever UK headline gig comes tinged with sadness, but also victorious celebrations (LouderSound)
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“It’s good to be fucking back!”: Oasis arrive at Wembley Stadium
For all the melodrama of Britpop, Oasis were always the people’s band – delivering over-the-top anthems about brotherhood, ambition and optimism from shaky foundations that felt like they could implode at a moment’s notice. For those who were there during the glory days, a reunion between estranged brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher always seemed delusional.…
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“We played to four people and one of them was a dog”: Cradle Of Filth’s Dani Filth remembers legendary co-headline tour with Emperor
Cradle’s 1993 shows with Emperor have entered black metal folklore – but very few people actually showed up to see them (LouderSound)
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“Pop-punk and emo in the early 2000s was brutally misogynistic”: the story of Paramore’s debut album and how it forced the scene to take a long, hard look at itself
As All We Know Is Falling turns 20, we look back at the record that introduced Hayley Williams and her band to the world (LouderSound)
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Sam Smith has shared acoustic single ‘To Be Free’, and announced a Brooklyn residency
Sam Smith has unveiled their new single ‘To Be Free’, alongside announcing a 12-night residency at Warsaw in Brooklyn this October. The acoustic track, co-written and produced with longtime collaborator Simon Aldred, features Smith’s vocals accompanied by The TwoCity Chorus. The song was recorded as a single live take with guitar. “I’ve never had a…
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Royel Otis have released their new single ‘say something’
Dork cover stars Royel Otis have shared their new single ‘say something’, the third track to be taken from their forthcoming album ‘hickey’. The track, co-written with Billy Walsh and producer Omer Fedi, features jangle-pop melodies and prominent drums. The duo, comprising Royel Maddell and Otis Pavlovic, describe the song as being “about unspoken words.”…
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Sombr has released his new single ’12 to 12′ with a video that features Addison Rae
Sombr has released new single ’12 to 12′, alongside a music video starring Addison Rae and directed by Gus Black. The release arrives as the New York-born artist announces a series of sold-out headline tours across Europe, UK, Australia, New Zealand and North America, including his first arena show. Born Shane Boose on the Lower…
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Folklore Records has released a new compilation album featuring Nierra Creek, Quaking Aspens, Adam Spry and Mezanmi
Folklore Records have dropped their second compilation EP ‘Folklore Vol. 2’, out today (25th July). The new collection features four tracks from rising songwriters Nierra Creek, Quaking Aspens (pictured), Adam Spry and Mezanmi. Following their first compilation, which included works from Bess Atwell, Jacko Hooper, George Ogilvie, and Oktoba, the new EP continues to showcase…
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Kim Petras has released her dance single ‘Freak It’ due to fan demand
Kim Petras has released a new single titled ‘Freak It’, co-produced by Petras alongside Nightfeelings, Margo XS, and Frost Children. “‘Freak It’ was supposed to be the last track on the album and that was that. Then I started playing it live and the fans went insane. At some point, I just had to give…
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Nell Mescal is back with new folk-inspired single ‘Carried Away’, her first for Atlantic Records
Nell Mescal has returned with new single ‘Carried Away’, her first release since signing to Atlantic Records. The track emerges from recent recording sessions in Brooklyn, NY with producer Philip Weinrobe, known for his work with Adrianne Lenker, Billie Marten, and Cass McCombs. The sessions mark the beginning of a new direction for Mescal, incorporating…
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Bradley Simpson has released a new version of ‘Almost’ featuring ATEEZ’s Hongjoong
Bradley Simpson has teamed up with ATEEZ’s Hongjoong for a new version of ‘Almost’, taken from Simpson’s debut solo album ‘The Panic Years’. The collaboration emerged after Hongjoong shared the track on social media. The new version features Korean-language lyrics written by Hongjoong for the second verse, alongside additional backing harmonies. “It was a very…
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Jade Bird has confirmed US, UK and European tour dates in support of her new album
Jade Bird has announced a headline tour across the US, UK, and Europe, following the release of her new album ‘Who Wants To Talk About Love?’ via Glassnote Records. The tour marks Bird’s first full run of shows in support of the new record, which was executive produced by Andrew Wells, with additional contributions from…
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Jorja Smith has released a new summer love song, ‘With You’
Jorja Smith has released a new single titled ‘With You’, following her May release ‘The Way I Love You’. The British artist’s latest track arrives as she continues her world tour, with Smith describing the new offering as “a love song for the summer!” Alongside the single comes a video directed by Ivor Lawson-Adamah, focusing…
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Holly Humberstone has dropped a new version of ‘Dive’ featuring up-and-comer Asha Banks
Holly Humberstone has released a new version of ‘Dive’ featuring Asha Banks, reimagining the track from her 2024 EP ‘Work In Progress’. The collaboration emerged after Banks discovered the song while filming ‘My Fault: London’ for Prime Video, where she stars as Noah Morgan. The track became instrumental to Banks’ portrayal of her character, leading…
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‘Voyeur’, validation and very big venues: Alessi Rose only wants stadiums now, thanks
FOLLOW PLAY ON SPOTIFY Just before Alessi Rose graced the cover of Dork’s Hype List issue at the end of last year, her headline tour sold out in 10 minutes. Since then, well, everything’s gone a bit mad. “Mental, basically,” Alessi laughs. Currently chatting from a hotel room in Europe, she’s untangling the immense journey…
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Phil Manzanera and Andy Mackay share live version of Roxy Music’s Out Of The Blue as they announce new AM PM Soho Live album
Roxy Music’s Phil Manzanera, Andy Kackay and Paul Thompson unite for new live album AM PM Soho Live, out in September (LouderSound)
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DORK x ALL POINTS EAST: Folk Bitch Trio are stepping out of the studio and onto the big stage
FOLLOW DORK X ALL POINTS EAST ON SPOTIFY If there’s one thing Folk Bitch Trio do well, it’s letting contradiction live in the same breath as clarity. Their music is intimate but expansive, emotionally raw yet often oddly comforting. At its heart are three distinct voices – Jeanie Pilkington, Gracie Sinclair and Heide Peverelle –…
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Cool new proggy sounds from Jo Quail, Steeleye Span, Chimpan A and more in this week’s Tracks Of The Week
Great new prog you must hear from Between The Buried And Me, The Vintage Caravan, Aisles and more in Prog’s Tracks Of The Week (LouderSound)
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Fletcher has shared a new video for her single ‘Hi, Everyone Leave Please’
Fletcher has shared a single titled ‘Hi, Everyone Leave Please’, taken from her just-dropped new album ‘Would You Still Love Me if You Really Knew Me?’. The track arrives alongside a video directed by Birthplace, the creative duo of Pfion Vince and Madison Phipps, and explores Fletcher’s relationship with the music industry. “‘Hi, Everyone Leave…
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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
Sabaton, Hatebreed and Helloween are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite! (LouderSound)
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Tame Impala is back with a well-timed new dance single, ‘End of Summer’
Tame Impala have released their first single through new label home Columbia Records UK, titled ‘End of Summer’. The track, which marks Kevin Parker‘s first release since his Grammy-winning collaboration with Justice on ‘Neverender’ in 2024, sees Parker exploring new sonic territory, drawing influence from acid house, free parties, and bush doofs. Parker, who writes,…
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Reneé Rapp has announced a load of European arena tour dates for 2026, including a night at London’s Wembley OVO Arena
Reneé Rapp has announced a European headline tour for 2026, including arena shows at London’s Wembley OVO Arena and Manchester’s AO Arena. The tour, which begins in March 2026, will support the former Dork cover star’s second studio album ‘BITE ME’, set for release through Polydor Records. The European leg follows a previously announced North…
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“I would have quit wrestling in a heartbeat.” The bizarre story of Hulk Hogan’s phantom ‘audition’ for Metallica
This week, wrestling icon Hulk Hogan passed away aged 71. We revisit one of the strangest stories involving the Hulkster, which included the world’s biggest metal band (LouderSound)
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“The whole album shimmers with a sonic gloss that’s brought it to the 21st century with no loss of historic integrity…” XTC’s third album Drums And Wires gets new Steven Wilson Atmos mix
XTC’s third album, Drums And Wires, will be released on heavyweight vinyl and CD/Blu-ray in September (LouderSound)
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Bear Park have announced their four-track covers EP ‘Growl’ with their take on ‘Teenage Bomb’
Bear Park have announced details of a new covers EP titled ‘GROWL’, out via 25 Hour Convenience Store. The Newcastle indie-pop trio’s four-track collection, which arrives on 26th September, features their interpretations of songs from across punk, dance, garage rock and metal genres. The EP will see tracks released individually across three months. The first…
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UNIVERSITY have released a new live EP recorded at London’s Windmill
UNIVERSITY have released their new EP ‘Live at The Windmill’, capturing their performance at the iconic London venue. The Crewe-based four-piece, comprising Zak Bowker (vocals/guitar), Ewan Barton (bass), Joel Smith (drums) and Eddie (mascot), have recorded live versions of tracks from across their catalogue, including ‘History of Iron Maiden pt.2’ and ‘Notre Dame Made Out…
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Twin Atlantic are going to reissue their ‘Great Divide’ and ‘Vivarium’ albums, and put on two special live shows
Twin Atlantic have announced two special reissues to mark significant moments in their career – a 10th anniversary edition of 2014’s ‘Great Divide’ and the first vinyl pressing of their 2009 debut album ‘Vivarium’. Both releases are set to arrive on 21st November via Red Bull Records. The 10th anniversary edition of ‘Great Divide’ will…
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Steve Rothery and Thorsten Quaeschning share new video for Bioscope’s latest single Gentō
Martillion guitarist Steve Rothery and Tangerine Dream’s Thorsten Quaeschning will release new Bioscope album, Gentō,’ in July (LouderSound)
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Blessthefall have dropped their new single ‘Fell So Hard, Felt So Right’ featuring Story of the Year’s Dan Marsala
Blessthefall have shared new single ‘Fell So Hard, Felt So Right’, featuring Dan Marsala of Story Of The Year. The track arrives ahead of their upcoming album ‘Gallows’, set for release on 5th September via Rise Records. The new single marks the Arizona quartet’s latest offering from their first album in seven years. ‘Gallows’ will…
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Lola Young explores themes of self-sabotage with her new single ‘d£aler’
Lola Young has announced new single ‘d£aler’, taken from her upcoming album ‘I’m Only F**king Myself’, set for release on 19th September. The track explores themes of self-sabotage, featuring shuffling drum beats, synths, and guitars. The album, co-written and produced with Manuka and SOLOMONOPHONIC, delves into topics including self-sabotage and the use of vices as…
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Meg Elsier has released a deluxe version of her debut album ‘Spittake’ with some new tracks
Meg Elsier has released ‘spittake (deluxe)’, an expanded version of her debut album via Bright Antenna Records. The collection features 17 tracks, including previously unreleased demos, live recordings, and B-sides. The deluxe edition builds on Elsier’s signature blend of shoegaze textures and grunge-influenced guitars, incorporating additional material that showcases the development process behind the original…
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Caity Baser has announced her EP, ‘There I Said It’, with a vulnerable new single
Caity Baser has announced her new EP ‘There, I Said It’, set for release on 22nd August via Capitol Records UK, alongside new single ‘Weight Of You (I’m Glad You Died)’. The eight-track collection marks a departure from the BRIT Award nominee’s previous releases like ‘Friendly Sex’, ‘X&Y’, and UK Top 40 single ‘Pretty Boys’,…
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“The oddest thing was the audience trying to enjoy themselves when the sound system was barely audible”: Sky covered Bach’s Tocatta on Top Of The Pops… is it the least likely musical moment ever?
What happened when five serious musicians became pop stars of sorts for 11 weeks in 1980 (LouderSound)
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“It’s like the story continues, but goes way back in time”: Sabaton’s upcoming album Legends will tell the stories of 11 great historical figures
Legends will be released in October ahead of the Legendary European tour (LouderSound)
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From Vatican relics to cottage-core punk: The Dirty Nil go primal on LP5
FOLLOW UPSET ON SPOTIFY Luke Bentham is lying in the back of a sprinter van somewhere on the road to St. Louis, AC/DC’s ‘Powerage’ in his ears and a show on the horizon. “Life is good,” he grins, and for The Dirty Nil, it really is. But it wasn’t always. ‘The Lash’, the Hamilton, Ontario…
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Long hair, tight pants and ripsaw sleaze guitars: Meet Ravagers, your new favourite glam-punk marauders
Part Hanoi Rocks, part their skanky selves, meet Ravagers, the band soundtracking the end of the world (LouderSound)
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Ozzy Osbourne’s chaotic cameo on Late Night With Conan O’Brien is the funniest Prince Of Darkness moment nobody talks about
Over the course of a six-minute skit, Osbourne forgets the lyrics to Crazy Train, calls Barry Manilow “the antichrist” and unintentionally strangles a guy (LouderSound)
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“A 12-banger cracker of a record”: 51 years on, The Revenge Of Alice Cooper finds the original band in majestic form
The Alice Cooper group’s first full studio album together since 1974’s Muscle Of Love is a convincing recreation of an old landscape (LouderSound)
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Watch Paul McCartney and Elton John (and Spinal Tap) in the trailer for Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
41 years on, the trailer for the sequel to the original Spinal Tap movie is finally upon us (LouderSound)
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Led Zeppelin announce details of new live EP and 50th anniversary edition of Physical Graffiti
Don’t get too excited (LouderSound)
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“Since the 20s!” – Lime Garden bring chaos and charm to Dork 100 at Sebright Arms
“I literally thought today that Dork had been going for 100 years,” Chloe from Lime Garden announces to a packed Sebright Arms. “Like, get it girllsss! Since the 20s!” Since the first drops of Lime fell into our music cocktail, they’ve been a band brimming with brilliance. A knack for fun, passion for the party…
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Confidence Man and JADE have teamed up for a new dance single, ‘Gossip’
Confidence Man have joined forces with JADE for new single ‘gossip’, which premiered as Jack Saunders’ Hottest Record on BBC Radio 1. The collaboration between the Australian dance outfit and JADE marks a new direction for both acts, combining dance-pop elements with acid house influences. The track received its live debut during JADE’s Woodsies set…
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Nova Twins have shared a video for their new single ‘N.O.V.A’
Nova Twins are teasing their third studio album ‘Parasites & Butterflies’, set for release via Marshall Records, with latest single ‘N.O.V.A’. The new track follows previous singles ‘Monsters’, ‘Soprano’, and ‘Piranha’, with the album recorded in Vermont, USA alongside producer Rich Costey, known for his work with Foo Fighters, Muse, Deftones, and Sam Fender. Speaking…
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Biffy Clyro have booked a UK and Ireland arena tour for their upcoming new album
Biffy Clyro have announced a UK and Ireland headline arena tour for January 2026 in support of their upcoming album ‘Futique’. The Scottish trio will embark on a nine-date run of shows, beginning at Belfast’s SSE Arena. Support across all dates comes from Soft Play and The Armed. Speaking about the upcoming tour, the band…
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Slow Crush have shared emotional new single ‘Bloodmoon’ ahead of their third album
Slow Crush have shared their new single ‘Bloodmoon’, taken from their forthcoming album ‘Thirst’, set for release on 29th August via Pure Noise Records. The track arrives as the band prepare to release their third full-length record, following 2018’s ‘Aurora’ and 2021’s ‘Hush’. The band explain of the new single: “In the absence of light…
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Debate: who is the greatest heavy metal singer of all time?
Ozzy? Bruce? Het? Corey? Floor? Halford? Who is the true GOAT of heavy metal singers? (LouderSound)
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Wednesday’s new single ‘Pick Up That Knife’ was inspired by feelings of helplessness (and throwing up in a moshpit)
Wednesday have announced their new single ‘Pick Up That Knife’, from their upcoming album ‘Bleeds’, set for release on 19th September via Dead Oceans. The new track arrives as the third preview of the record, following previous singles ‘Elderberry Wine’ and ‘Wound Up Here (By Holdin On)’. The album was recorded at Drop of Sun…
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Jamie Woon is back with two new singles after an eight-year hiatus
Jamie Woon has returned with two new singles, ‘Heavy Going’ and ‘A Velvet Rope’, marking his first new music since 2015’s ‘Making Time’. ‘Heavy Going’, produced by Woon alongside Grammy award-winning producer Martin Terefe, features contributions from Dan See on drums and Dave Okumu on guitar. The track was recorded in London and sees Woon…
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The 50 best Ozzy Osbourne songs of all time
The Prince Of Darkness, heavy metal’s original madman and the architect for an entire genre – these are some of the finest songs Ozzy lent his talents to (LouderSound)
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“I saw a woman I did not want to become”: Halestorm are on the cover of the new Metal Hammer, as they prepare to release new album Everest
Lzzy Hale gives us the inside story of the personal journey that resulted in Everest – only in the new issue of Metal Hammer (LouderSound)
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“He was actually much cleverer than people gave him credit for!” Rick Wakeman pays heartfelt tribute to his late pal Ozzy Osbourne
“I loved his madness,” says Rick Wakeman as he pays an emotional tribute to his friend, the late Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne (LouderSound)
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Watch Machine Head pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne by adding War Pigs and Children Of The Grave to their setlist at the very last minute
The US groove metal veterans learned about Osbourne’s death mere minutes before taking the stage in Austria on Tuesday (LouderSound)
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Shura has released a new video for ‘America’, shot on 35mm film and celebrating queer strength
Shura has shared a new video for ‘America’, taken from her recently released third album ‘I Got Too Sad For My Friends’, out now via Play It Again Sam. The video, shot on 35mm film in collaboration with filmmaker Charlotte Croft, presents a portrait of queer strength and vulnerability. The release arrives ahead of London’s…
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Punchbag have released their new single ‘I Love This!’
PUNCHBAG have released their new single ‘I Love This!’ via Mute, following their debut EP ‘I’m Not Your Punchbag’ from May. The South London sibling duo, comprising Clara and Anders Bach, wrote the track in Berlin at 3am, with Clara’s stream-of-consciousness lyrics layered over Anders’ production. The single explores what the band describe as “the…
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Dork cover stars Sprints have released two new singles, ‘Rage’ and ‘Beg’
SPRINTS have announced two new singles, ‘Rage’ and ‘Beg’, taken from their upcoming album ‘All That Is Over’. The Dublin four-piece’s second album will arrive on 26th September via City Slang worldwide and Sub Pop in North America, following their critically acclaimed debut ‘Letter To Self’. Speaking about ‘Rage’, Karla Chubb explains: “I think in…
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Oasis have released a live version of ‘Cigarettes & Alcohol’ from their Manchester homecoming show
Oasis have released a new live version of ‘Cigarettes & Alcohol’, recorded during their recent homecoming shows at Manchester’s Heaton Park. The track, titled ‘Cigarettes & Alcohol (Live from Manchester, 11 July ’25)’, captures the sixth song performed during the first of five nights at the venue, where the band played to a total of…
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Dave Mustaine wanted Megadeth to re-record songs from Metallica’s No Life ’Til Leather demo, ex-bassist David Ellefson claims
Mustaine has songwriting credits on four of the songs on Metallica’s now-legendary demo (LouderSound)
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“I can’t overstate my gratitude to Steve…” Steve Hackett keyboardist Roger King announces he’s stepping back from the band
Steve Hackett’s musical partner and producer, Roger King, announces that their next US tour will be his last (LouderSound)
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Watch Ghost bewitch The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon with a performance of Lachryma
Tobias Forge’s devil church returned to late-night TV in particularly thunderous form on Wednesday (LouderSound)
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“The best nod to him possible”: Petition launched to rename Birmingham airport after Ozzy Osbourne
The Birmingham-born heavy metal icon died of undisclosed causes this week, aged 76 (LouderSound)
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“I puked up every where. Everyone thought it was marvellous rock ‘n’ roll behaviour.” The night The Black Crowes got their pal Noel Gallagher from Oasis so wasted that he passed out in a toilet cubicle and had to be carried out of the building
Noel Gallagher’s first night partying with The Black Crowes could have gone better (LouderSound)
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“I think he really just held out to do that show”: Tony Iommi speaks publicly about Ozzy Osbourne’s death for the first time
Tony Iommi has spoken of his shock at Ozzy’s passing, and about what happened after Black Sabbath’s historic Back To The Beginning performance (LouderSound)
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“His songs are like a walk through his imagination – they draw you in and use all your senses”: Why Liv Kristine had to cover Mike Oldfield
Former Leaves’ Eyes vocalist admits she pretended to be Maggie Reilly, with a hairbrush for a microphone (LouderSound)
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“It probably looks like we’re in a great position, but music doesn’t pay all our bills yet. One day we want to be able to play arenas”: When Haken doubled down on ambition with Virus
Secretly the second part of previous album Vector, their 2020 release featured more collaborative writing, more influences, and revealed more details about their Cockroach King character (LouderSound)
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Stevie Nicks’ and Lindsey Buckingham’s cryptic social media posts are cryptic no more
Rejoice! The long-awaited reissue of the legendary Buckingham Nicks album is finally upon us (LouderSound)
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Golden Earring guitarist George Kooymans dead at 77
George Kooymans was diagnosed with the degenerative muscle disease ALS in 2020 (LouderSound)
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Watch the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra perform an epic public tribute to Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy the Bull looks on as the CBSO play a Black Sabbath classic (LouderSound)
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Lexie Liu has confirmed her new EP ‘Teenage Ramble’, and shared single ‘Like U’
Lexie Liu has announced her new EP ‘TEENAGE RAMBLE’, set for release on 16th October, alongside sharing new single ‘LIKE U’. The Chinese producer and pop star’s latest track, co-written and co-produced with Trinidad Cardona and LA-based producer Xander Rushie, follows previous singles ‘FFFF’ and ‘POP GIRL’. The new EP draws inspiration from Y2K dance…
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Fcukers have shared their new single ‘Play Me’, produced by Kenny Beats
Fcukers have released their new single ‘Play Me’, alongside announcing a series of headline shows across the UK and Europe. The duo, comprising Shanny Wise and Jackson Walker Lewis, have shared the track, which was co-written and produced by Kenneth Blume (FKA Kenny Beats). The release arrives with an accompanying official video directed by Wise.…
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Silver Gore have dropped their debut single ‘Dogs In Heaven’, inspired by the animated film All Dogs Go to Heaven
Silver Gore have shared their debut single ‘Dogs In Heaven’ via Island Records. The duo, comprising Ava Gore and Ethan P. Flynn, have crafted a track inspired by Ava’s childhood experiences watching the animated film All Dogs Go to Heaven. The release arrives alongside a video directed by Ben Cole. “I spent lots of hours…
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Daniel Avery has announced his collab-packed new album ‘Tremor’ with early single ‘Cecile Believe’
Daniel Avery has announced his sixth studio album ‘Tremor’, set for release on 31st October via Domino Records. The record features collaborations with artists including Alison Mosshart, Walter Schreifels, bdrmm, Julie Dawson, yeule, Ellie, Art School Girlfriend, yunè pinku, and Cecile Believe. The album’s lead single ‘Rapture In Blue’, featuring Cecile Believe, showcases a slow-motion…
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Divorce have released a new single, ‘O Calamity’
Divorce have shared new single ‘O Calamity’, their first new music since the release of their debut album ‘Drive to Goldenhammer’ in March. The track follows a busy period for the Nottingham quartet and former Dork cover stars, who have recently completed a sold-out UK tour including their largest headline show at London’s KOKO. The…
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“Ozzy, we love you, wherever you’re going.” Watch Coldplay pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne by covering Black Sabbath classic Changes
Coldplay dedicate their show at the Nissan Stadium in Nashville to the “gift to the world who was Ozzy Osbourne” (LouderSound)
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Balancing Act have announced their debut album ‘Who’ve You Come As?’, arriving in October
Balancing Act have announced their debut album ‘Who’ve You Come As?’, with part one set to arrive on 3rd October. The London-via-Manchester quartet recorded the album in a friend’s studio in the French countryside, working alongside Joe Woolf. The collection was later completed in London with SFJ, who previously recorded the band’s first EP. Following…
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CMAT has shared the title-track from her upcoming album ‘Euro-Country’
CMAT has shared the title-track from her upcoming album ‘EURO-COUNTRY’, set for release on 29th August via AWAL Recordings. The release follows her recent Pyramid Stage performance at Glastonbury Festival, with CMAT also confirmed as one of BBC Radio 6 Music’s upcoming Artists in Residence. She’s also a cover star for the July 2025 issue…
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Deftones have announced their sixth annual Dia De Los Deftones festival in San Diego
Deftones have announced their sixth annual Dia De Los Deftones festival, set to take place at Petco Park in San Diego on 1st November. The one-day event will see the Sacramento band headline alongside a diverse lineup including Clipse, 2Hollis, Rico Nasty, Deafheaven, Régulo Caro, Ecca Vandal, Glare and University across two stages. The announcement…
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Gurriers, Folly Group and Courting are going to headline Soundhood Hackney festival in September
SON Estrella Galicia have announced details of their expanded Soundhood Hackney 2025 event, set to take place across three iconic Hackney venues on 27th September. The festival will feature performances from Folly Group, Courting and Gurriers, alongside Spanish artists Yawners and Amor Líquido, plus Welsh act MORN. The event will span Paper Dress Vintage, Sebright…
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From drugs, despondency and dead bats to celebrity status and heavy metal godfather, the rollercoaster story of Ozzy Osbourne’s solo career
After his turbulent exit from Black Sabbath, it turned out Ozzy’s wild story was only just beginning (LouderSound)
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“For being the Prince Of Darkness, he sure gave us a lot of light”: watch Ghost dedicate Madison Square Garden show to Ozzy Osbourne
The Swedish giants were playing in New York as part of their Skeletour, and paid tribute to the late metal icon (LouderSound)
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“He never lost his roots…he was a Brummie through and through.” Watch fans gather in Birmingham with flowers, speakers and a big screen to pay respects and celebrate the life of Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy fans have gathered in Birmingham across the night to pay tribute to the Prince Of Darkness, who has died aged 76 (LouderSound)
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“I invented Motörhead, and it’s Motörhead as long as I’m in it”: At home with Lemmy – a classic interview
With a two-guitar line-up instead of the usual trio, Motörhead’s Orgasmatron album signalled a decibel-driven new start (LouderSound)
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Rock icon, reality TV star, national treasure: Every Ozzy Osbourne solo album ranked
A guide to the recorded solo work of the late Prince Of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne (LouderSound)
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“People focus on the fact that he only played on the first record. But there were six years before that when he was their leader”: Rush movie makers knew they couldn’t leave John Rutsey out
2010’s Beyond The Lighted Stage was a triumph for Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen, who learned the secret of their fellow Canadians’ success as they shot the documentary (LouderSound)
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“You were always filled with such a bright light, and we are grateful”: The world reacts to the death of Ozzy Osbourne
Musicians, media organisations, politicians, sports franchises and Hollywood stars react to Ozzy Osbourne’s passing (LouderSound)
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“Geezer, Bill and myself have lost our brother”: Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne’s Black Sabbath bandmates pay tribute to their frontman, who has died at the age of 76 (LouderSound)
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Ozzy Osbourne 1948 – 2025
A true musical icon, Ozzy Osbourne was one of the architects of our world, the self-styled Prince Of Darkness who brought joy to millions, and inspired generations of musicians across the globe. We will never see his like again. This is his remarkable story (LouderSound)
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Ozzy Osbourne has died aged 76
The legendary Black Sabbath singer has passed away of undisclosed causes, his family say in a statement (LouderSound)
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“Fire it up and rage with us against the dying of the light.” Ash share new single Give Me Back My World, announce ninth album Ad Astra, featuring assists from Blur’s Graham Coxon
Ash return with first taste of forthcoming album Ad Astra (LouderSound)
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Bright Eyes are back with a homage to ska, new single ‘1st World Blues’
Bright Eyes have shared new single ‘1st World Blues’, accompanied by a music video directed by Jared Sherbert with animations from Sparks Studios. The track marks a new sonic direction for the band, while the video, filmed in Brooklyn, NY, features appearances from professional skater Nelly Morville, The So So Glos, and producer Adam Reich,…
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Folk Bitch Trio have shared their fun new single ‘Hotel TV’
Folk Bitch Trio have shared new single ‘Hotel TV’, the final preview of their debut album ‘Now Would Be A Good Time’, set for release this Friday via Jagjaguwar. The Melbourne/Naarm-based trio – comprising Gracie Sinclair, Jeanie Pilkington and Heide Peverelle – have crafted a track that continues the album’s exploration of relationship endings. “‘Hotel…
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“Everyone in Olivia’s band is a huge Turnstile fan. Olivia herself is a huge fan.” Arianna Powell is the guitar hero bringing rock ‘n’ roll to Olivia Rodrigo’s live shows, and Gen Z are loving her for it
Arianna Powell is the guitar hero 2025 needs (LouderSound)
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“They use notes out of sequence – they’re more experimental than bands like Dream Theater, who are very respectful of tonalities”: Novelists’ Florestan Durand is passionate about Periphery (or at least their early albums)
Misha Mansoor’s work was the catalyst for Durand’s discovery of djent, as he moved on from the “simpler music” of Steve Vai and Joe Satriani (LouderSound)
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Test your knowledge of The Beast with Metal Hammer’s ultimate Iron Maiden quiz
Hallowed be thy name if you can get these 20 fiendish questions about Iron Maiden correct (LouderSound)
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Former Family multi-instrumentalist John ‘Poli’ Palmer has died, aged 82
Multi-instrumentalist John ‘Poli’ Palmer played with Family and also worked with Pete Townshend, Peter Frampton, Kevin Ayers. Elkie Brookes and more… (LouderSound)
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Ghost’s Tobias Forge says Sleep Token are one of the bands proving rock isn’t dead: “You can form a band tomorrow and theoretically become a big band within a few years”
Forge takes issue with Kiss man Gene Simmons’ infamous “rock is dead” stance during a new interview (LouderSound)
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If you’re a fan of the music Nine Inch Nails were making in the ’90s, you might just love the new single from former Savages vocalist Jehnny Beth
Watch the video for Jehnny Beth’s hard-hitting new single No Good For People (LouderSound)
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“What a sad human being.” Regardless of who won the Blur versus Oasis ‘Battle Of Britpop’ in the ’90s, one musical superstar says that Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn are both awful people
They may have been bitter rivals at a point, but Noel Gallagher and Damon Albarn were united in their dislike of one of their peers (LouderSound)
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Steeleye Span announce Winter tour dates in support of new album Conflict
Steeleye Span have released their first new studio album for six years and will tour the UK in November and December (LouderSound)
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The romance of Fontaines D.C.: “Songwriting has never felt like a job”
Grian Chatten, frontman and lead singer of Fontaines D.C., is in a good mood. Who wouldn’t be if they were in his shoes? His band have had two gold-certified records in a row, never had an album land outside the Top 10 in the charts and are staring down the barrel of a summer of…
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Annie DiRusso: “There’s humour injected alongside the darkness”
Annie DiRusso had never played in the UK before this week. As a self-confessed Anglophile, she’s living out her teenage dream by selling out her debut London gig, before turning her eyes to Brighton’s The Great Escape, which is where we catch up with the Next Big Thing in indie-rock singer-songwriting. It’s almost a cliché…
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“Don’t be a cunt”: The Mary Wallopers’ simple guide to folk revolution
What comes to mind when you think of folk music? Chances are you’ll be picturing, in the words of Charles Hendy of the Mary Wallopers, “Musicians going around wearing fucking tweed!” Equally, chances are relatively high that you won’t be picturing hundreds of pints of beer being flung into the air at Brixton Academy to…
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Any Other Questions with… James Marriott
Yes, Dear Reader. While the rest of the music press is busy probing into themes of emotional catharsis, artistic integrity and sonic reinvention, we’re bravely diving into the real discourse: meal deals, cursed photos, and the terrifying power of baked beans. Welcome to The Most Important Questions, where dignity takes a back seat and the only…
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ugly ozo has confirmed her debut EP ‘stargirl’ with new single ‘madonna’, a “grunge-soaked ode to sisterhood”
Isle Of Wight artist ugly ozo has announced her debut EP ‘stargirl’, set for release on 24th October via REX RECS, alongside sharing new single ‘madonna’. The project, helmed by Jessica Baker and produced by Macks Faulkron, follows the release of lead single ‘onto a winner’ earlier this summer. “‘madonna’ is written from the perspective…
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John Payne unveils new Asia featuring John Payne line-up featuring Francis Dunnery and Ryo Okumoto
The new-look Asia featuring John Payne are currently working on a new studio album and will tour the US, Japan and UK later this year (LouderSound)
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Fishbone are riding into the next dimension, but first they have a message for Donald Trump
Stockholm Syndrome, Fishbone’s first full-length album in more than twenty years, is available now (LouderSound)
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Mahalia has announced her new seven-track EP ‘Luvergirl’
Mahalia has announced a new EP titled ‘Luvergirl’, set for release on 15th August. The seven-track project, written across the UK, Jamaica and St Vincent, features collaborations with artists including Masicka, Tanya Stephens, Bayka, and Lila Iké. The EP was co-written with Eric IV, BenjiFlow, and Savannah Jada. The release marks a return to Mahalia’s…
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She’s In Parties are teasing a new EP with early single ‘Same Old Story’
She’s In Parties have announced their new EP ‘Are You Dreaming?’, set for release on 7th November via Submarine Cat Records, alongside sharing new single ‘Same Old Story’. The Essex/London quartet’s latest track, which premiered on Steve Lamacq’s BBC 6 Music show, showcases a fusion of 90s grunge elements with melodic indie-pop. Lead vocalist and…
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“I said, ‘You won’t get anywhere with that name!’ Then they went on to be one of the biggest bands in the world”: The heavy metal veteran who talked smack to Snow Patrol
Paradise Lost singer Nick Holmes once told future indie sensations Snow Patrol, to their faces, that they’d never hit the big time (LouderSound)
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“It’s okay to be a good-looking girl and to be able to sing your arse off”: Lita Ford’s upcoming shows might be a girl’s night out, but boys are welcome too
Former Runaways guitarist Lita Ford gears up for shows with Vixen and at the top of a Welsh mountain (LouderSound)
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“When gangsters hustled me, I showed no fear because I was unaware of what was going on”: What happens when you buy one of the UK’s most iconic venues for £1
A new play tells the story of Simon Parkes, the entrepreneur who turned Brixton Academy into one of the nation’s most-loved live venues (LouderSound)
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“I did all my research in his home in his record collection”: A tribute to John Mayall, November 29, 1933 – July 22, 2024
A look back at the life, music and legacy of the Godfather of British blues, John Mayall (LouderSound)
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“Being in this band is like home. I enjoy being a Doobie Brother”: 50 years down the tracks, the Doobie Brothers remain friends – even when they argue
With vocalist Michael McDonald on board again and a new album, the Doobie Brothers still have what it takes (LouderSound)
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“It was loosely based on a character who’d rant at passers-by in the market square. I squidged a Polaroid, added running make-up and a cockade hat. Bish bosh, I had a jester!” How Mark Wilkinson’s artistic genius helped define Marillion’s image
With the Market Square Heroes sleeve acting as a successful audition, his partnership with the neo-prog icons meant he joined them in being free to create whatever art they wanted to (LouderSound)
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Slipknot’s 25th anniversary re-release of their game-changing debut album includes a box set with ‘blood-filled’ vinyl and 40 previously-unreleased songs
Slipknot’s six album box will feature 59 recordings including demos, live versions and rarities (LouderSound)
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Watch Alex Lifeson play Rush cover with Tom Morello and 15-year-old drumming prodigy
The startling career of Japanese YouTube sensation Yoyoka Sama continues (LouderSound)
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Jamie xx has dropped a new dance anthem, ‘Dream Night’
Jamie xx has unveiled his new single ‘Dream Night’, released via Young. The track, which has become a staple of his live performances since its debut this summer, emerged from Jamie xx’s extensive touring schedule, including appearances at his own LIDO festival in London, Primavera’s main stage, and several secret sets at Glastonbury. “Dream Night…
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Picture Parlour have shared their new anthem for letting go, ‘Talk About It’
Picture Parlour have shared their new single ‘Talk About It’, marking their third release since their 2024 EP ‘Face In The Picture’. The track follows previous singles ‘Cielo Drive’ and ‘Who’s There To Love Without You?’, continuing the band’s return to releasing music. The new single arrives alongside a video filmed during the band’s trip…
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“It doesn’t matter to us who you’re mingling with, or tingling with.” Oasis reference Coldplay’s “kiss cam” controversy at their last-ever hometown show
Liam Gallagher assures Manchester crowd that Oasis won’t be exposing any illicit affairs (LouderSound)
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“Las Vegas has always been such a main attraction for Def Leppard.” Def Leppard announce 2026 Las Vegas residency
Yorkshire’s biggest rock band announce 12 shows at Caesars Palace (LouderSound)
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“The whole point was to put on a party with our mates and the music we loved.” How Wacken became one of metal’s biggest and most beloved festivals
Wacken Open Air returns this year with bands including Guns N’ Roses, Papa Roach, Gojira, Machine Head and more (LouderSound)
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YouTube star shows just how easy it is to create a fake, but entirely convincing, new musical artist using AI
Indie rock / alt.country singer/songwriter Eli Mercer isn’t who you think he is (LouderSound)
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We’ve introduced comment sections to our website so you can now comment directly on our stories
Join the conversation – and play nice! (LouderSound)
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Babymorocco has dropped a new video for ‘The Boys & The Girls’
Babymorocco has shared a new video for ‘The Boys & The Girls’, taken from the deluxe version of debut album ‘Amour: The Jean Paul Deluxe’, out now via True Panther Records. The self-directed video draws inspiration from the Garden of Eden, featuring Babymorocco in a love triangle scenario. “The Boys and The Girls’ came together…
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Antony Szmierek does a well-deserved victory lap at The 100 Club for Dork 100
It’s Saturday night and Antony Szmierek is in town. There’s buzz on Oxford Street predicting the scale of the night ahead, and beaming tales emerge from every person descending the hallowed steps of The 100 Club. When it comes to artists seizing their moment, Antony Szmierek stands out as a breakout name embracing celebration and…
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Classic Rock’s Tracks Of The Week: July 21, 2025
Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Die Spitz, Castle Rat, Bobbie Dazzle and five other holy divers and divas (LouderSound)
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“Nothing I do is ironic. Irony is the last refuge of the scoundrel”: When Julian Cope immersed himself in the prog-pop world of Syd Barrett, 13th Floor Elevators and Love
After leaving The Teardrop Explodes, he was on a mission – but on seeing him wearing nothing but a turtle shell on the cover of Fried, the world needed some convincing (LouderSound)
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Pulp have released a new animated video for ‘Tina’: “It’s like digital Fuzzy-Felt”
Pulp have released new single ‘Tina’, taken from their UK Number 1 album ‘More’, alongside an accompanying music video. The track, which has become a live favourite during their recent performances, features a new video created in collaboration with Austrian artist and graphic designer Julia Schimautz from Berlin-based DTAN Studio, with lyric animation by Gaussian…
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Tropics has shared hypnotic new single ‘Cherry’ ahead of his ‘Reality Fever’ album
Tropics has shared new single ‘Cherry’ ahead of his forthcoming album ‘Reality Fever’, due out on 21st July via Modern Entity. The new track, which marks the fourth release from the upcoming album, represents a shift in direction, offering an instrumental interlude that blends downtempo electronica with ambient textures and retro-futuristic synths. Chris Ward, the…
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Who do we contact about putting this photo of Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler with the Backstreet Boys up in the National Portrait Gallery?
The fact that we didn’t hear Backstreet’s Back at Back To The Beginning is a crime, really (LouderSound)
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We Are Scientists have confirmed some ‘With Love & Squalor’ 20th anniversary UK shows
We Are Scientists have announced three special UK shows this October to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album ‘With Love & Squalor’. The New York duo will perform their 2005 breakthrough record in full, alongside other material from their catalogue, at Glasgow’s SWG3 TV Studio, Manchester’s New Century Hall and London’s Roundhouse. Longtime…
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cheerbleederz have announced their new EP ‘prove me wrong’ and September UK tour dates
London indie punk trio cheerbleederz are set to release their new EP ‘prove me wrong’ on 5th September via Alcopop! Records, alongside sharing lead single ‘i deserved better’. The EP, which follows their 2022 debut album ‘even in jest’, was recorded with producer Rich Mandell at The Bookhouse Studio, London. The collection explores themes of…
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Yungblud has added a Newcastle date to his 2026 UK arena tour
Yungblud has added a Newcastle date to his 2026 UK arena tour. The Dork cover star will perform at Newcastle’s Utilita Arena on 21st April as part of his ‘Idols UK & Ireland Tour’. The new date joins previously announced shows including London’s O2 Arena, with tickets for the Cardiff date already sold out. The…
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“They said, ‘Can you get Rob off the bloody Teletubbies set, please?’” How Rob Halford’s return to Judas Priest on Judas Rising rebuilt one of metal’s greatest bands
After a decade with Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens, Judas Priest welcomed Rob Halford back into the fold – and ushered in their second coming (LouderSound)
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This is what it would sound like if The Cure were a death metal band – and it’s brilliantly bonkers
Hesitating Lights, the second album by Swedish noiseniks Floating, pairs post-punk riffs with extreme metal aggression to amazing, disorienting effect (LouderSound)
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Divorce cement their cult status at The 100 Club for Dork 100
From outdoor support shows around the globe, stellar reviews and music fans spreading word of unmissable nights – tonight at The 100 Club, on night two of Dork 100, makes it clear that nobody delivers goosebumps like Divorce. The grounded lyrical punch arrives immediately when Vegas Water Taxi takes the stage. Frontman Ben strips their…
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“I can’t force other people to do something just because I wanted it”: Daron Malakian admits System Of A Down’s hiatus was “difficult”
The guitarist/vocalist reveals he struggled when the nu metal-era juggernauts went their separate ways in 2006 (LouderSound)
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“An evolving creation to pay tribute to the voice of a generation”: Listen to new supergroup King Ultramega’s cover of Soundgarden’s Rusty Cage
King Ultramega are made up of members of Alice In Chains, Mastodon, Anthrax and Metal Allegiance (LouderSound)
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“Mick Jagger needs Keith Richards as much as Keith Richards needs Mick Jagger”: Keef goes solo on Talk Is Cheap
The polar opposite to Mick Jagger’s synthesised solo clatter, Keith Richards’ Talk Is Cheap brimmed with soul (LouderSound)
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“I’m in cricket gear and a duffle coat, side parting, being all spiritual. And people wonder why I’ve been stylistically challenged ever since!” Level 42’s Mark King saw the Mahavishnu Orchestra on colour TV and a fashion crime followed
The future bandleader wasn’t even a bassist when John McLaughlin, Billy Cobham, Jan Hammer and co burst into his young life on the Isle of Wight (LouderSound)
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It’s now illegal in Russia to search for Pussy Riot videos – and culprits can be fined
Videos on the banned list include Death to Prison, Freedom to Protest and Putin Has Pissed Himself (LouderSound)
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Pentagram tour shelved after online protests
Pentagram’s debut tour of Australia and New Zealand has been put on hold in the wake of protests by campaigners (LouderSound)
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Welly bring the mayhem, Sports Team bring the carnage for Dork 100 at The 100 Club
It’s 28 degrees, it’s a Friday night, and somebody is crowdsurfing to the support act – welcome to Welly and Sports Team at the 100 Club. No strangers to chaos, Welly burst onto the stage with all the pent-up energy of a well-directed bullet. You’ve got ‘Big in the Suburbs’, you’ve got ‘Shopping’, and you’ve…
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Black Honey bring blockbuster energy to night one of Dork 100 at The 100 Club
Night one at The 100 Club is a big opener to live up to. As five consecutive nights of Dork 100 (That’s us! – Ed) kick into gear, the tone is set by bands whose faces first graced our pages back in issue one. While many of their contemporaries have stumbled, tonight is a celebration…
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“There’s nobody to mentor us these days. People at the label encouraged us to write and record – those people have gone”: When John Lodge accepted there’d be no more Moody Blues music
Bassist, vocalist, songwriter and proud Brummie on tempering his solo plans because the band came first, why a memoir wasn’t on his list, and knowing very well that a light year is a measure of distance (LouderSound)
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“These up-and-comers feel fully formed and vital”: Mawiza are endorsed by Gojira, Slipknot and King Diamond, and they’ve just put out one of 2025’s most important debut albums
Chilean groove metallers Mawiza explore their indigenous Mapuche Nation culture on colossal debut Ül (LouderSound)
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Old gods, new heroes: It’s Mad Cool 2025
Mad Cool 2025 is all about the legends. It’s easy to see why Muse were top of the list of names to replace Kings Of Leon after they cancelled their headline appearance at the Spanish festival due to injury. Kicking off with new single ‘Unravelling’, the band giddily slink between ruthless guitar riffs and loved-up…
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“It’s very Spinal Tap of us to have this many drummers”: With Matt Cameron now added to the list, here’s a reminder of all the drummers Pearl Jam have had and lost…
The former Soundgarden man joins a lengthy list of ex-members who’ve drummed for the grunge titans… and now no longer drum for the grunge titans. (LouderSound)
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“They said that even if we sold out, we’d lose £5,000. We thought the label would cover the loss. In the end, the band paid”: Camel and a tale of two visits to the Royal Albert Hall, 43 years apart
Unruly brass musicians, unrecordable horns, a runaway film crew and the surprise appearance of female fans… Andrew Latimer recalls the profile-boosting 1975 concert and morale-securing 2018 return (LouderSound)
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Metallica save dance music festival from cancellation after fire destroys main stage
Blaze wiped out Tomorrowland stage just days before gates opened – but Metallica stepped in save the event (LouderSound)
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People lashed out at Linkin Park’s Emily Armstrong “because she wasn’t a guy” says Mike Shinoda
Linkin Park singer Emily Armstrong did not have an easy start to life as the band’s new vocalist (LouderSound)
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“It was a cracking night!” Solstice share video trailer for new live release Clann Live
UK prog rockers Solstice will release a live film and album, Clann Live: The Colchester Gathering, in August (LouderSound)
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Bush’s I Beat Loneliness review: Gavin Rossdale casts his gaze inward after putting the world to rights on The Art Of Survival
Gavin Rossdale proves a bit of earnestness and a whole lot of heart can make all the difference on Bush’s I Beat Loneliness (LouderSound)
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Damon Albarn says Oasis won the war, but here’s 10 songs that prove the Battle Of Britpop sent the Blur man in a more daring direction and changed the course of his career
From Gorillaz to Africa Express to ambient experimentalism and punk-meets-Afrobeat supergroups, the Blur singer has done it all. (LouderSound)
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Leigh-Anne has dropped her new single ‘Been A Minute’ with a carnival-inspired music video
Leigh-Anne has returned with new single ‘Been A Minute’, released via Virgin Music Group. The track, produced by Elijah “GYW Eli” Ross and Lasse Qvist, samples Masters at Work’s classic ‘Work’. The accompanying music video, directed by Femi Lade, portrays a carnival atmosphere featuring choreography and a narrative twist involving a mysterious figure in red.…
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Bodega have released a new thrash-punk EP under the name Nodega
BODEGA have released a new EP under the alter-ego name NODEGA. The eight-track release, titled ‘Rot In Helvetica’, arrives via Chrysalis Records, accompanied by a video for the track ‘Quantify’. The EP sees the NYC quintet exploring a blend of old school hardcore, thrash, skate punk, and melodic indie-rock, with lyrics addressing themes from streaming…
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Master Peace has shared a video for his Dan Carey-produced indie anthem ‘Harley’
Master Peace has unveiled the video for new single ‘Harley’, produced by Dan Carey (Wet Leg, Fontaines D.C., Kae Tempest). The track will be released via Speedy Wunderground as part of their Speedy Single Series, available as a limited edition double A-side 7″ single paired with upcoming single ‘Shake Me Down’ on 7th August. ‘Harley’…
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The Aces have released their disco-pop single ‘Twin Flame’ and announced a world tour
The Aces have released new single ‘Twin Flame’, alongside announcing details of their upcoming world tour in support of new album ‘Gold Star Baby’. The track, which opens as a subtle ballad before evolving into a disco-influenced groove, represents a significant part of the band’s heritage. “‘Twin Flame’ is about that tortuous in-between of not…
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Djo has covered Haim’s ‘Gasoline’ for Triple J’s Like A Version series
Djo has released a cover of Haim’s ‘Gasoline’ as part of Triple J’s ‘Like A Version’ series. The musical project of Joe Keery has had a busy 2025, following the release of his album ‘The Crux’. His touring schedule continues with support slots for Gracie Abrams before a hometown return to Chicago for Lollapalooza. His…
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Black Honey have released their new single ‘Shallow’ ahead of fourth album ‘Soak’ – it’s “about the brain rot”
Black Honey are teasing their fourth studio album ‘Soak’, set for release on 15th August, with new single ‘Shallow’. The Brighton band’s latest track tackles themes of social discourse and performative behaviour. “‘Shallow’ is about the brain rot, being a hypocrite and still participating in a social discourse despite feeling shy and uncomfortable,” explains frontwoman…
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President are set to explore darkness, religion and death on their biblical-themed debut EP, ‘King of Terrors’
PRESIDENT have announced their debut EP ‘King Of Terrors‘, set for release on 26th September, alongside sharing new single ‘RAGE’. The EP’s title draws from Biblical references, with its six tracks exploring themes of darkness, religion and death. Their latest single ‘RAGE’ takes inspiration from Dylan Thomas’ poem ‘Do not go gentle into that good…
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The 12 best new metal songs you need to hear right now
Nine Inch Nails, Amon Amarth and In This Moment are among the best new metal songs this week. Plus, vote for your favourite! (LouderSound)
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Police confirm that their much-publicised investigation into Kneecap’s Glastonbury set is closed, the band have no case to answer, and no further action will be taken
“One element of the political policing intimidation attempt is over”, Kneecap say in social media post (LouderSound)
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Yungblud! Alex G! Royel Otis! Sprints! It’s the August 2025 issue of Dork – order now
Four covers, one jam‑packed mag – Dork’s new issue is here, and it’s bursting at the seams. Our latest edition is available to order right now, fronted by a quartet of genre‑spanning stars. First up: boundary‑dodging trailblazer Yungblud, kicking off his boldest era yet. Joining him is cult hero Alex G, still delightfully off‑kilter ten albums in; Australian…
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Small room, big moment: Bastille do The 100 Club for Dork 100
Usually we have a grand intro here to explain why a certain gig matters. But tonight? It’s Bastille playing their first show in over 18 months at The 100 Club to celebrate Dork 100. No other words needed for what stands as one of the biggest shows your neighbourhood pop magazine has put on –…
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If you haven’t seen the best new band in the world live yet, you really, really, really should
Introducing Die Spitz, your new favourite band (LouderSound)
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“With Grizzly, Slaughter To Prevail might complete the Mount Rushmore of great deathcore escapologists.” Alex Terrible’s mob stake a claim on the best deathcore album of 2025
Slaughter To Prevail prove they can stand toe-to-toe with breakout stars Lorna Shore, Bring Me The Horizon and Whitechapel with new album Grizzly (LouderSound)
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Ghost will perform on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon next week
Late-night TV will be Satanized on Wednesday, July 23 (LouderSound)
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“The one thing that stuck in this witness’s mind when he shot someone at point blank range was that he was quoting one of our lyrics.” How a thrash classic from Metallica’s Kill ‘Em All album got linked to a brutal murder in Texas in the 1980s
“We woke up with a call from our manager who said there’s some s**t going on.” Lars Ulrich (LouderSound)
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“In a world where we can’t have System Of A Down, this will more than do nicely.” Daron Malakian and Scars On Broadway make a brilliant, bonkers comeback with Addicted To Violence
Wild-eyed riffs, insane left-turns and lyrics blurring the surreal and poignant: Daron Malakian is at his best on the new Scars On Broadway album (LouderSound)
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Yungblud has released his live Black Sabbath cover ‘Changes’ for charity
YUNGBLUD has released a live version of Black Sabbath’s ‘Changes’, recorded during Black Sabbath’s farewell concert at Villa Park. The track, titled ‘Changes – (Live from Villa Park) Back to the Beginning’, features collaborations with Nuno Bettencourt, ii, Frank Bello, and Adam Wakeman. The performance was captured at the ‘Back to the Beginning’ event on…
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“Lyrics invoke rifles, scythes, sailors, saints, cowboys, floods, Mother Earth, Joan of Arc, and blazing infernos.” The Last Dinner Party announce second album From The Pyre, share dark, dramatic new single This Is The Killer Speaking
The Last Dinner’s Party follow-up to Prelude To Ecstasy will arrive in October (LouderSound)
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Black Sabbath’s Back To The Beginning extravaganza is coming out in cinemas
Ozzy Osbourne’s blockbuster farewell will be turned into a concert film and hit theatre screens in 2026 (LouderSound)
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Self-made and smouldering: Bleach Lab’s new era begins
Bleach Lab’s new EP, ‘Close To The Flame’, arrives with the sting of something newly unearthed. Not a pivot, exactly, but a shedding: of softness, of second-guessing, of anything that might blur the edges. It’s their first self-produced release, the first with new guitarist Louis Takooree, and the first to feel this fully claimed. Across…
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“You’ve been a rainbow in my life, and this song has a rainbow in it”: Watch John Fogerty play Have You Ever Seen The Rain? at intimate London show
The footage coincides with the new issue of Classic Rock, which includes an in-depth interview with John Fogerty (LouderSound)
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Mae Muller needed a break, so she took one – and came back with her best music yet
FOLLOW PLAY ON SPOTIFY Pop can be a wild ride – exhilarating highs, fantastical dreams, stress, turmoil, and a bit of heartache and pain. Mae Muller has experienced all of that since she first signed her major label deal as a 19-year-old with all the hopes and dreams of someone doing their dream job properly…
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Yungblud’s career-affirming cover of Black Sabbath’s Changes from Ozzy Osbourne’s farewell show is now available to stream
The UK rocker stole the show with his take on Sabbath’s 1972 track at Back To The Beginning, and the performance can now be relived again and again (LouderSound)
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Reneé Rapp has released new single ‘Why Is She Still Here?’ ahead of her second album
Reneé Rapp has dropped her new single ‘Why Is She Still Here?’, taken from her upcoming second studio album ‘Bite Me’, due 1st August. The track arrives alongside a visualiser featuring Rapp performing the song live on stage under a spotlight. The release follows the recent announcement of her North American headline tour, which will…
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Robbie Williams has released ‘Spies’ from his new ‘Britpop’ album
Robbie Williams has released new single ‘Spies’, alongside announcing the full tracklisting for his upcoming album ‘BRITPOP’. The track was written by Williams alongside collaborators Karl Brazil and Owen Parker. It marks the second single to be shared from ‘BRITPOP’, following previously released track ‘Rocket’. “I set out to create the album that I wanted…
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Waterparks are back with their new single ‘Red Guitar’, and a record deal with BMG
Waterparks have shared their new single ‘Red Guitar’, marking their first release since signing with BMG. The Houston trio, comprising Awsten Knight (vocals, guitar), Otto Wood (drums) and Geoff Wigington (guitar), are set to perform on the main stage at Reading & Leeds this August. The release follows their 2023 album ‘Intellectual Property’, which reached…
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Alessi Rose has shared her fab new single ‘Everything Anything’
Alessi Rose has released new single ‘Everything Anything’, the third track to be taken from her upcoming Polydor Records EP ‘Voyeur’. The London-based artist’s new track, co-written with producer Couros, follows her debut performance at this year’s Glastonbury. The song details the real-life story of a former partner moving onto her street. “‘Everything Anything’ pokes…
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Masked metal enigmas President announce six-track debut EP, release new single Rage
The anonymous one-man project will give their inaugural address with King Of Terrors in September (LouderSound)
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MCBAISE has teamed up with Muthi for a psychedelic new single, ‘Cold Cuts’
MCBAISE has released a new single, ‘Cold Cuts’, featuring Muthi, via Dirty Melody Records. The track marks the third single from MCBAISE’s forthcoming album, which will arrive later this year, and follows MCBAISE’s previous single ‘Alice’. The new track arrives alongside a self-directed music video, marking MCBAISE’s first visual release since 2021’s ‘Water Slide’. “Cold…
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Creedence Clearwater Revival’s John Fogerty on recriminations,revivals and reunions: Only in the new issue of Classic Rock
Also in this issue: Brian Wilson, Electric Light Orchestra, Halestorm, Bush, Rick Derringer, The Black Keys, Volbeat, Steve Harley, Joe Bonamassa & Joanne Shaw Taylor, Orianthi, Wytch Hazel and more (LouderSound)
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“A band reaching out to the listeners they know are already there”: Bush toy with invention but ultimately lack ambition on I Beat Loneliness
UK grunge lifers delve into mental health matters for album number 10 (LouderSound)
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“We were working on Oranges And Lemons. I was putting on a bass part. You don’t want Chris Squire walking in, do you?” XTC’s Colin Moulding on meeting his hero, declining to join Pink Floyd, and working on Billy Sherwood’s Dark Side tribute
Jethro Tull and Atomic Rooster endured a difficult return from the breakup with Andy Partridge, but it led to a happy reunion with drummer Terry Chambers (LouderSound)
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Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham are teasing something cryptic together and fans are getting very excited
The Fleetwood Mac legends are suddenly completing each other’s sentences (LouderSound)
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Black Sabbath had no idea they were being “ripped off” in the 1970s until prog legends Gentle Giant exposed the truth
Gentle Giant frontman Derek Shulman recalls the fraught 1972 meeting that ended with Ozzy Osbourne throwing a bottle at management (LouderSound)
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The Last Dinner Party have announced their second album, ‘From The Pyre’
The Last Dinner Party are set to release their second album ‘From The Pyre’ on 17th October via Island Records. The London five-piece have also shared new single ‘This Is The Killer Speaking’. The follow-up to their Number 1 debut album ‘Prelude to Ecstasy’ was recorded with Grammy Award-winning producer Markus Dravs, known for his…
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Blood Orange has confirmed his ‘Essex Honey’ album, feat. Lorde, Caroline Polachek and more
Blood Orange has announced ‘Essex Honey’, his first new album in six years, set for release on 29th August via RCA Records. The project, written, produced, and recorded by Dev Hynes, explores themes of grief and growing up in Essex, featuring an extensive list of collaborators including Lorde, Caroline Polachek, Daniel Caesar, Mustafa, and Turnstile’s…
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Check out the trailer for Yungblud’s new documentary ‘Are You Ready, Boy?’, coming to theaters in August
Yungblud has released a trailer for his new documentary film, ‘YUNGBLUD. ARE YOU READY, BOY?’, set for worldwide theatrical release this August. The feature-length documentary, directed by Paul Dugdale, will screen in 30 countries, including 150 UK and 500 US cinemas. Dugdale, a three-time Grammy Award-nominated, Emmy and BAFTA-winning filmmaker, is known for his work…
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Panic Shack’s guide to saving lives and taking names
DORK MIXTAPE COVER STORY FOLLOW DORK MIXTAPE ON SPOTIFY Panic Shack’s debut album opens with a sound clip recorded in the beer garden at an Amyl & the Sniffers gig. Glasses clink, and chatter rises before the buzzing anticipation gives way to the drum beat of the raucous ‘Girl Band Starter Pack.’ “We get loose,…
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Listen to the first Nine Inch Nails single in five years, As Alive As You Need Me To Be, from the soundtrack to Tron: Ares
Nine Inch Nails share first taste of their 24-track soundtrack to Tron: Ares (LouderSound)
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“Hardcore innovators, soulful rockers and, frankly, the best band in the world you’re not listening to”: Every Thrice album ranked from worst to best
From scrappy debut Identity Crisis to refined latest album Horizons/East, we rank the back-catalogue of one of the most underrated bands on the planet right now (LouderSound)
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“I’m quite allergic to people who talk too much” How John Mitchell brought Lonely Robot back down to earth with Feelings Are Good
The spacesuit is now stowed away as Lonely Robot embark on a completely different kind of musical voyage with 2020’s fourth album Feelins Are Good (LouderSound)
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“Social media was aroused, then curious, then hooked on the rest of Sleep Token’s material”: How The Summoning turned a horny, faceless cult into metal’s most surprising breakout band
Sleep Token seemed to be too weird for mainstream success – then The Summoning turned them into overnight sensations (LouderSound)
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“It’s an utterly visceral display of raw catharsis.” The bands that defined 2000Trees festival 2025
This year’s 2000Trees line-up boasted an embarrassment of riches: here are the bands who impacted hardest (LouderSound)
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Working Men’s Club’s Sydney Minsky Sargeant has released a new single, ‘Long Roads’
Sydney Minsky Sargeant has shared new single ‘Long Roads’, the second track to be taken from debut solo album ‘Lunga’, set for release on 12th September. The Working Men’s Club member has been expanding his musical horizons, with ‘Lunga’ marking his first release under his own name. The album comprises 12 tracks written over several…
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Master Peace has dropped his new indie-punk single ‘Harley’
Master Peace has released new single ‘Harley’, produced by Dan Carey (Wet Leg, Fontaines D.C.). The track arrives via Speedy Wunderground as part of their Speedy Single Series, and will be available as a limited edition double A-side 7″ single with upcoming track ‘Shake Me Down’ on 7th August. The release follows Master Peace’s recent…
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Bruce Springsteen’s latest world tour sold 4.9 million tickets and grossed $730 million, more than double the takings of any previous tour in his career
Springsteen’s recently-completed world tour is officially the most successful of his storied career (LouderSound)
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David Byrne has shared a new single, ‘She Explains Things to Me’
David Byrne has unveiled new single ‘She Explains Things to Me’, the latest track from his upcoming album ‘Who Is the Sky?’. The single explores themes central to the new record, drawing partial inspiration from Rebecca Solnit‘s book ‘Men Explain Things to Me’. Through an internal monologue, Byrne examines the dismissal of women’s perspectives by…
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Bastille’s beautiful chaos: 15 years of breaking the indie rulebook
Bastille spent a hot minute playing delightfully grubby little venues up and down the country before surprise global megahit ‘Pompeii’ swiftly put an end to that. Over the next couple of years, the crowds got bigger as the band took their debut album ‘Bad Blood’ around the world. “We were all clinging onto the rocket…
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Twenty One Pilots have confirmed more details for their new album ‘Breach’, set for a September release
Twenty One Pilots are set to release their new album ‘Breach’ on 12th September via Fueled By Ramen. The band have unveiled the full 13-track listing for the record, which includes recent single ‘The Contract’. The release comes as their 2015 album ‘Blurryface’ has re-entered the Billboard 200 chart at Number 64 following a limited…
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Deaf Havana have dropped ‘Car Crash’ ahead of their seventh album and UK tour
Deaf Havana are teasing their seventh album ‘We’re Never Getting Out’, set for release on 3rd October via So Recordings, with new single ‘Car Crash’. The album, recorded at Otterhead Studios in Rugby during November 2024, features twelve tracks and was created in collaboration with producer George Glew, known for his work with Keir, Hanniou…
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FKA twigs has released new single and video ‘Perfectly’ following her Eusexua tour
FKA twigs has shared new single ‘Perfectly’, accompanied by a Jordan Hemingway-directed music video. The track, released via Young, follows the completion of their tour supporting third studio album ‘EUSEXUA’. The video celebrates the community built around the album and its themes of physicality, vulnerability, and freedom. The single was previously performed live during the…
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HotWax visit Brighton for their new ‘Tell Me Everything’s Alright’ video
HotWax have released their new single ‘Tell Me Everything’s Alright’, accompanied by a video filmed in Brighton. The track, which has already become a live favourite during their recent festival appearances, was premiered by Huw Stephens on BBC 6Music. It follows the March release of their debut album ‘Hot Shock’ via Marathon Artists. The album…
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“He was being very naughty under the piano with a woman at the same time he was singing”: The epic story of the ‘stolen’ song that could be the next Stranger Things hit
Deep Purple’s Child In Time has a long and complicated history – and now a whole new audience are hearing it for the first time (LouderSound)
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“I don’t set out to be the one everyone looks at. But when people are watching me, the others can get on with playing, away from the pressure”: Remembering Kansas’ Robby Steinhardt, one of the most important Americans in prog
He didn’t write many songs and he admitted the way he played on stage was detrimental to his performance. But the violinist and vocalist was the link between the band’s music and their success (LouderSound)
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Steve Miller Band cancel all upcoming shows, citing “extreme heat, unpredictable flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes and massive forest fires”
The Steve Miller Band’s summer tour was scheduled to kick off next month (LouderSound)
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Perry Farrell sues Jane’s Addiction bandmates hours after they sued him, claims he’s victim of a “years-long bullying campaign”
Perry Farrell is suing his former bandmates for assault, battery, infliction of emotional distress and breach of contract (LouderSound)
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“This album’s really good, why wouldn’t we do another one?”: Reunited Alice Cooper Band release new single Up All Night
Up All Night is the third release from The Revenge Of Alice Cooper, the band’s first album in over half a century (LouderSound)
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“The band can no longer function as a result of the defendant’s conduct.” Perry Farrell’s Jane’s Addiction bandmates are suing him for assault, battery, the intentional infliction of emotional distress, and more
“It is time for defendant to face the consequences of his actions” (LouderSound)
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“My main influences? Love, anger, depression and Led Zeppelin”: Watch the trailer for the new documentary It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley
The Amy Berg-directed It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley hits theatres next month (LouderSound)
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Six years after their first shows, Robert Plant’s Saving Grace finally announce debut album
Robert Plant and Saving Grace’s version of Low’s Everybody’s Song is out now – US tour also confirmed (LouderSound)
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Stranger Things has championed another pioneering heavy metal band in the brand-new trailer for season five
After inserting Metallica’s Master Of Puppets into season four, Stranger Things has used another hard rock classic to soundtrack the announcement of season five (LouderSound)
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“I would give my left arse cheek to be on a soundtrack for a movie like Resident Evil”: Bury Tomorrow’s Dani Winter-Bates picks the 10 songs that changed his life
From Slipknot and Through The Eyes Of The Dead to AFI and Tracy Chapman, these records made Bury Tomorrow vocalist Dani Winter-Bates who he is (LouderSound)
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Gatlin has announced her debut album ‘The Eldest Daughter’
Gatlin has announced her debut album ‘The Eldest Daughter’, set for release on 3rd October via Dualtone Records, alongside new single ‘Jesus Christ & Country Clubs’. The Florida-born artist’s latest track emerged from a conversation with collaborator Liza Owen. “I am so lucky to get to write often with one of my closest friends, Liza…
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Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst has the sexiest voice of any UK festival performer this year, according to new scientific study
Self-proclaimed “music experts” say that the Rollin’, My Way and Break Stuff rapper has a more attractive voice than Olivia Rodrigo, Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan (LouderSound)
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Alter Bridge announce new album and huge European tour
AlterBridge’s eighth studio album was recorded round at Wolfgang Van Halen’s place (LouderSound)
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“A leopard doesn’t change its spots. There’s going to be certain levels of diva‑ness. It might be nice if there wasn’t, but there is”: Why Yes decided, after some doubts, to make Heaven & Earth
Their first with Jon Davison, and their last with Chris Squire, the 2014 album saw them continuing to release new music after many of their peers had stopped – but didn’t meet the standards expected of it (LouderSound)
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King Princess has dropped a scathing new single, ‘Cry Cry Cry’
King Princess has shared new single ‘Cry Cry Cry’, taken from her upcoming album ‘Girl Violence’. The track sees Brooklyn-based artist Mikaela Straus delivering a guitar-driven piece focusing on a failed friendship. “‘Cry Cry Cry’ is about a friendship with a lady that did not work out,” Straus explains. “Sometimes two divas create an explosion.”…
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Georgia is back with her first new single in two years, ‘Wanna Play’
Georgia has returned with new single ‘Wanna Play’, marking her first release in nearly two years. The track, written and produced by Georgia alongside long-time collaborator Mark Ralph (Years & Years, Daniel Avery, Hot Chip), follows her Mercury Prize-shortlisted album ‘Seeking Thrills’. “I wrote this song at a complete crossroads in my life, which is…
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All guns blazing! Watch full, pro-shot footage of Judas Priest’s Painkiller anniversary set at Hellfest last month
The Birmingham heavy metal legends played the French festival on June 21 as part of their ongoing Shield Of Pain tour (LouderSound)
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“I cracked my skull and was in the hospital. And nobody called me”: How America’s most dysfunctional band grew to hate each other but learned to love again
Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer on the making of Aerosmith’s Music From Another Dimension! (LouderSound)
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Peter Frampton does it again: More dates added to Let’s Do It Again! tour
The Let’s Do It Again! tour follows the Never Say Never tour, the Never EVER Say Never tour and the Positively Thankful tour (LouderSound)
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“No debate, no coaxing, no schmoozing, nothing – I put music on the page and they play it. Don’t tell Sting!” Stewart Copeland on making music after The Police, being outdone by Pink Floyd, Curved Air, Neil Peart and life in his 70s
The accidental archivist revels in found sounds, movie soundtracks, spoken-word performances – and after dealing with his tensions of the 80s, explains why his brother isn’t talking to him (LouderSound)
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There’s a horn-throwing Rob Halford action figure on the market and only 164 shopping days until Christmas
Judas Priest’s Metal God becomes the latest musician to be immortalised in six-inch plastic (LouderSound)
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Forest, fire and fury: 2025 might just have been 2000trees’ most definitive year yet
In a landscape where silence is often equated with compliance, 2000trees have come out swinging. Backing Kneecap to headline, long before the infamous Irish trio take the stage on Thursday night, the tone is set. Irish firebrand Meryl Streek, agit-punk duo The Meffs and genre-bending Hyphen all make space for protest and power. Early-bird headliners Hot…
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Billie Eilish creates an immersive experience that drowns out everything beyond the O2 Arena walls
Billie Eilish’s third album came without warning. No singles, barely a teaser, something to be experienced as a whole. It’s easy to see why, for ‘HIT ME HARD AND SOFT’’s cover, Billie was submerged in a pool for several hours. Immersive and all-encompassing, the record’s current tour evokes the same feeling. It’s the second of…
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“My ambition is always to try to make the perfect album. I haven’t yet, but I’m still trying!” Jacob Holm-Lupo tells the story of Norwegian proggers White Willow
As their back catalogue reissues campaign reaches the halfway point, White Willow mainman Jacob Holm-Lupo explains the evolution of the Norwegian proggers (LouderSound)
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“Adheres largely to the blueprint of its warmly received predecessor.” Alan Parsons’ From The New World
Former Project man releases his sixth studio album under his name alone (LouderSound)
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Say hello to the bright and breezy Gadhouse Brad Retro MKII turntable
Gadhouse update their Brad Retro turntable, upping the performance while retaining its classic, fun design (LouderSound)
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Kneecap have announced UK headline tour dates for November 2025
KNEECAP have announced a run of UK headline shows set to take place this November. The Belfast trio’s new dates follow their recent performances at Glastonbury, Wide Awake and 2000trees festivals, alongside the release of their collaboration with Mozey, ‘The Recap’. The November shows will take place following their previously announced date at London’s Wembley…
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aespa have released new single ‘Dark Arts’ for their PUBG: Battlegrounds game collaboration
aespa have teamed up with KRAFTON’s PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS to release new single ‘Dark Arts’ via SM Entertainment / Virgin Records. The track features guitar riffs and rhythmic elements designed to reflect the game’s combat atmosphere, with the group’s harmonising vocals throughout. The collaboration brings together elements from both the group and the gaming franchise. The…
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Hotel Lux have confirmed their second album ‘The Bitter Cup’ for October
Hotel Lux have announced their second album ‘The Bitter Cup’, set for release on 31st October, alongside sharing new single ‘Costermonger’ and details of an extensive UK tour. The band have taken on production duties themselves for their sophomore record, which follows their 2023 debut ‘Hands Across The Creek’. “Something that felt completely natural, but…
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The Sophs have released a personal new single, ‘Death in the Family’
The Sophs have shared their new single ‘DEATH IN THE FAMILY’, accompanied by a music video. The release follows their signing to Rough Trade Records in May, when they unveiled their debut track ‘SWEAT’. The Los Angeles six-piece outfit caught the attention of Rough Trade label heads Geoff Travis and Jeannette Lee through their initial…
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“Great to have a chance to work with my old friend on something from our youth.” Genesis confirm September release date for The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 50th Anniversary box
Genesis’s 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway will now be released on September 28 (LouderSound)
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Missing Black Sabbath? Here are 10 bands that will fill the Sabbath-shaped hole in your life
Black Sabbath may be no more, but there are still plenty of bands they’ve inspired out there (LouderSound)
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“Is it really a three-bagpipe and mudguard version of a Swedish cycling song?” Anthony Phillips infuses nimble guitar work with surreal intros on Radio Clyde 1978
Extended, remastered edition of 2003 release will appeal to fans of the Genesis co-founder’s playing and early solo songcraft (LouderSound)
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Big Big Train reveal special warm-up show ahead of Cruise To The Edge 2026
Big Big Train will preview new material from the upcoming studio album at a Cruise To The Edge 2026 warm-up show at Southampton’s The 1865 in March (LouderSound)
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“Pink Floyd was bigger than a band. It was more like church. They played A Momentary Lapse Of Reason in its entirety and I thought, ‘I want to be around this all the time’”: Why Billy Howerdel is glad he copied David Gilmour badly
A Perfect Circle guitarist recalls deciding to become a musician during 1988 concert, and hails Gilmour’s substance-over-quality approach (LouderSound)
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Ella Eyre has dropped new single ‘Space’ ahead of her upcoming second album
Ella Eyre is teasing her second studio album ‘everything, in time’, set for release on 21st November via Play It Again Sam, with new single ‘space’. The new track showcases Eyre’s soul and R&B influences, marking a shift in direction for the London-born artist. “‘Space’ is about reaching your limits and drawing a line with…
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Inhaler have added four new UK tour dates to their October shows
Inhaler have announced four additional UK headline shows for October, expanding their Open Wide World Tour. The Irish quartet will play two nights at Belfast’s Ulster Hall, alongside new dates at Edinburgh Corn Exchange and Portsmouth Guildhall. These shows join their previously announced performances at Liverpool’s M&S Bank Arena and a sold-out date at London’s…
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“We are all fifteen-year-old boys. The fart jokes were rampant”: Lzzy Hale reflects on touring with Skid Row
“The meat is so sweaty” (LouderSound)
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“He told me how hard it is to live up to that innovation, year after year, tour after tour’: Former Live guitarist Chad Taylor has no regrets about meeting his hero Steve Howe
The American learned a lifetime of lessons when he had dinner with the British prog pioneer, after Owner Of A Lonely Heart had led him to Asia and Trevor Horn (LouderSound)
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“Appropriate dress is encouraged for this very special evening at the theatre”: Queens Of The Stone Age announce UK and European shows
The Catacombs tour follows the release of the Queens Of The Stone Age: Alive In The Catacombs film and live album (LouderSound)
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The Renaissance Man: Ginger Wildheart albums you should listen to… and one to avoid
Ginger Wildheart has multiple strings to his bow: brilliantly memorable hard rock with The Wildhearts, bleeding-heart confessionals under his own name, and plenty in between (LouderSound)
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“When he did the four-tom fill that he was famous for, I almost fainted twice”: Masters Of Reality’s Chris Goss on Ginger Baker, David Bowie and the aggression of Rick Rubin
The gospel according to Chris Goss (LouderSound)
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“This is not just a fundraiser. It’s a refusal to look away.” Paul Weller and members of The Clash, Sex Pistols, The Specials, Madness and more to DJ at special Artists For Gaza event
“Expect community. Expect feeling. Expect resistance.” (LouderSound)
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Sombr has booked a 2026 UK and European tour
Sombr has announced a headline tour of the UK and Europe for 2026. The New York-born artist will begin the run at Stockholm’s Annexet on 10th February, with the tour including stops at London’s O2 Academy Brixton and concluding at Dublin’s 3Arena on 16th March. The announcement follows the success of sombr’s single ‘back to…
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Magdalena Bay have confirmed a 2026 UK and European tour, including a Brixton Academy show
Magdalena Bay have announced a new run of UK, Ireland and European tour dates for February 2026, including their biggest UK show to date at London’s O2 Academy Brixton. The alt-pop duo will begin the UK leg of their Imaginal Mystery Tour in Birmingham, before visiting Cardiff, Dublin, Glasgow, and Manchester. Following their London show,…
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Joy Crookes has dropped a video for new single ‘Perfect Crime’ filmed in Bangladesh
Joy Crookes has released a new video for her latest single ‘Perfect Crime’, filmed in Bangladesh. The visual accompaniment features Crookes riding atop a moving train against a backdrop of city and rural landscapes, incorporating cultural elements that reflect her heritage. The single arrives ahead of Crookes’ second album ‘Juniper’, which she co-produced alongside Harvey…
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Au/Ra explores social media addiction with her new single ‘CRACK!’
Au/Ra has released a new single, ‘CRACK!’, marking the start of a new creative era for the alt-pop artist. The track, written in Los Angeles alongside K.Flay and producer Halo, explores themes of social media addiction and digital disconnection in modern life. “I wrote CRACK! when I was in a dark place,” Au/Ra explains. “The…
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“It came down like a guillotine!” That time an angry Britpop icon nearly accidentally killed one of heavy metal’s most-famous superstars on a live British TV show
Remember that time a metal legend was almost decapitated on British TV? (LouderSound)
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Greta Isaac has released theatrical new single ‘Movie Star’ ahead of her EP
Greta Isaac has shared new single ‘Movie Star’, taken from her upcoming EP ‘Dolly Zoom’. The Welsh-born, London-based artist’s latest track explores themes of attention-seeking and self-sabotage through a blend of dance-pop. The release comes ahead of her new EP, set to arrive on 8th August via Kartel Music Group. “Here we really hear Dolly’s…
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Irish rockers Blue Slate are back with their raw new single ‘Melody in Melancholy’
Blue Slate have shared their new single ‘Melody in Melancholy’, released via Blowtorch Records. The Kildare quartet’s latest track follows their debut EP ‘This Is How I Sleep At Night’, released earlier this year. The new single showcases the band’s blend of post-punk, alternative-rock and shoegaze. “Melody in Melancholy was the first song we went…
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NCT DREAM explore time travel with their new album ‘Go Back To The Future’
NCT DREAM have released their fifth full-length album ‘Go Back To The Future’ via SM Entertainment and Virgin Music, featuring double title tracks ‘BTTF’ and ‘CHILLER’. The nine-track collection follows the K-pop group as they explore their journey through time, reflecting on their nine years together. The narrative sees the seven-piece embarking on a time-travelling…
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Cosmorat – POOSHKA EP
Label:Released: 8th July 2025 Cosmorat aren’t here to play nice. Across the six tracks of gloriously unhinged alt-pop on their ‘POOSHKA’ EP, they’ve created something that is both wildly experimental and infectiously fun. The title-track opens with tribal rhythms and stripped-back arrangements that build into a bold statement of intent that immediately sets ‘POOSHKA’ apart from…
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Wet Leg – Moisturizer
Label: DominoReleased: 11th July 2025 How do you follow a debut that won Grammys and gave indie-rock a viral anthem? By getting even bolder, weirder, and even more fun. Isle of Wight duo-slash-band-slash-duo Wet Leg haven’t lost their mischievous streak one bit. If anything, after a few years on the road, they’ve evolved into a feral,…
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Jessica Winter – My First Album
Label: Lucky NumberReleased: 11th July 2025 Jessica Winter’s debut full-length doesn’t tiptoe onto the stage; it kicks the doors down in sequins and boots. ‘My First Album’ is as playful as it is poignant, a gloriously chaotic collision of pop maximalism and theatrical flair that feels like a culmination of everything Winter’s been teasing in her…
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“Thank you for a lifetime of beauty, horror, love, power, happiness, melancholy.” Soundgarden salute the “majestic brilliance” of Black Sabbath, and say they were “super bummed” at not being able to play the band’s Back To The Beginning show
“Thank you for a lifetime of beauty, horror, love, power, happiness, melancholy.” Soundgarden salute the “majestic brilliance” of Black Sabbath, and say they were “super bummed” at not being able to play the band’s Back To The Beginning show (LouderSound)
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“We’re starting to turn down gigs, which isn’t something we’ve ever been able to do before.” How Mystery came of age with Lies & Butterflies
Four years since the arrival of vocalist Jean Pageau and three years after Delusion Rain, Canadian proggers Mystery return with their most accomplished album yet. (LouderSound)
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Steven Wilson to release 10th anniversary coloured vinyl double vinyl edition of Hand. Cannot. Erase.
Steven Wilson’s fourth solo album, 2015’s Hand. Cannot. Erase. will be reissued with new audio that has been remastered at half-speed at Abbey Road Studios. (LouderSound)
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22 of the best Prime Day deals for music fans are still going strong – grab them before they’re gone
Prime Day might be over for another year, but I’ve found 22 of my favourite deals that are still live – but you’ll have to be quick to get them (LouderSound)
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Classic Rock’s Tracks Of The Week: July 14, 2025
Eight new songs you need to hear right now from Jack Black, Halestorm, 38 Special and more (LouderSound)
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Courting reshape Sebright Arms into their own glorious chaos for Dork 100
Now, we’ve been saying how scorching our Dork 100 shows are but we’ll be honest – we didn’t think it would mean this. As the sun bakes London, the Sebright Arms is a melting pot primed for the sort of pop nonsense we’ve loved since Day 1. Sweaty nights in famous basements where your next…
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Saga singer Michael Sadler offers new update on his health
Saga frontman Michael Sadler clarifies that “The surgery I underwent successfully removed the cancer, and as no further treatment or cure is available in my case, my focus is on staying healthy.” (LouderSound)
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Did David Bowie really have a hand in NINE classic albums in a three year period? Yes, he did.
After two failed solo albums, in the period between 1971 and 1974, David Bowie worked on nine of rock’s greatest albums. WTF? (LouderSound)
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“Lenny has that cool attitude, swagger, and vibe; just not for the entire album”: Filler rears its head on Lenny Kravitz’s breakthrough collection Are You Gonna Go My Way
Everyone seems to love that title track. The rest? Your mileage may vary (LouderSound)
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“Hundreds of couples have used The Winter Long as their wedding music. It’s been a wonderful ride”: Strawbs’ Dave Cousins and The Magic Of It All
Despite his best intentions, their 2023 album proved to be their last – and even though it involved a series of personal and business struggles, the release found the late bandleader in good humour and ready to fight another day (LouderSound)
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Guitar stolen from the Rolling Stones in 1972 finally turns up – at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art
The stolen guitar had been played by Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton (LouderSound)
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“I know there’s gotta be at least another Aerosmith gig.” Joe Perry reveals band have been talking about a proper farewell
Aerosmith abandoned their farewell tour in 2023. Now guitarist Joe Perry says they’re talking about bowing out in style (LouderSound)
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“They’re clearly the Rage Against The Machine of now.” Tom Morello on Kneecap
Rage Against The Machine guitarist sings praises of Irish rappers Kneecap –and Disturbed’s David Draiman is unimpressed (LouderSound)
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“One of those shows that you will be thinking about for the rest of your life”: Tedeschi Trucks Band announce live album of historic Mad Dogs & Englishmen show
Tedeschi Trucks Band’s Mad Dogs & Englishmen Revisited (Live At Lockin’) features Leon Russell, Rita Coolidge, Chris Robinson, Warren Haynes and more (LouderSound)
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Strawbs founder, singer and guitarist Dave Cousins has died, aged 85
Dave Cousins, who founded folk prog band Strawbs as The Strawberry Hill Boys in 1964, has died (LouderSound)
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All the essential new metal albums coming out in 2025 – and where to buy them
From Deftones and Halestorm to Babymetal and Slaughter To Prevail, these are the essential metal albums coming out this year (LouderSound)
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“Maybe we’ll say hi to each other and take selfies a few more times…” Saga singer Michael Sadler reveals terminal cancer status
Saga and ProgJect singer Michael Sadler reveals his cancer is “incurable and untreatable.” (LouderSound)
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The book that Axl Rose doesn’t want you to read: Alan Niven’s incredible book takes you inside peak Guns N’ Roses like no other
Sound N’ Fury, due to be published in July, has been pushed back. But it might be the best book about Guns N’ Roses ever written. (LouderSound)
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“Tender and free-flowing… a potent, spontaneous moment in his career”: Jack Bruce’s Harmony Row, expanded to 4 discs
A fine revamp of one of his key post-Cream milestones, including two excellent TV concerts (LouderSound)
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10 brilliant songs from the 90s that bands were barmy to not put on a record
For your consideration: a list of B-sides and outtakes that deserved a slot in the spotlight (LouderSound)
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United States military used Metallica’s Enter Sandman without permission in now deleted video promoting war drones
Might of US military is no match for Metallica’s lawyers as they demand removal of track from social media drone video (LouderSound)
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“Jeff is heartbroken to report that he will not be able to perform”: Jeff Lynne’s ELO cancel last ever show
The iconic British rock band have cancelled their swansong show in London‘s Hyde Park after doctors advise Jeff Lynne not to play (LouderSound)
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“I understand people who say: ‘There is no Queen without Freddie.’ Because that’s what we felt following his death”: The epic story behind Queen’s triumphant comeback with Adam Lambert
No one expected Queen to return in 2011 –not least Queen themselves (LouderSound)
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“Solitary confinement marks you. It tortures your soul. You’re living day-by-day in fear and uncertainty”: This is what it’s like to be jailed by a repressive regime for playing in a metal band
Confess frontman Nikan Khosravi was imprisoned by the Iranian authorities for being a metal fan (LouderSound)
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Ex-Deep Purple legend Glenn Hughes says his new solo album may be his last: “If I’ve got something else to say, then I’ll let you know, but I don’t know if I will have”
Is Glenn Hughes about to release his final solo record? (LouderSound)
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“She left music behind – but music kept trying to find her”: What Judy Dyble did for Fairport Convention, Robert Fripp, and me
The late singer-songwriter found fans in every genre she stepped into. For those who knew her, her joyful personality and optimism in the face of adversity was even more admirable, says Sid Smith (LouderSound)
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“She wanted to go and live in Hackney and be with the common people”: the pub encounter behind Pulp’s timeless classic Common People, the song that changed everything for Jarvis & co.
It’s 30 years since the Sheffield indie-rockers were riding high in the charts with their anthemic hit. Here’s the story of how it came together. (LouderSound)
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piri & tommy transform Colours Hoxton into a late-night electronic paradise for Dork 100
Shall we get started then? Here at Dork, we’ve reached the grand number of 100 issues – so it’s only right we throw the biggest party in pop nonsense possible. Enter: Dork 100. A month-long celebration gathering friends of the magazine, some of the biggest bands on the planet and more for a run of…
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FLO and Kaytranada have teamed up for a sultry new single, ‘The Mood’
FLO have teamed up with Kaytranada to release new single ‘The Mood’ via Island Records. The track sees the British R&B trio deliver a sultry summer offering, with their vocals paired with Kaytranada’s production. “The Mood is a fun and fresh take on sex. Sometimes you’re not in the mood! We made this song two…
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Mahalia has dropped a dance-inspired new single, ‘Instructions’
Mahalia has shared new single ‘Instructions’, alongside an accompanying music video. The track follows recent release ‘Different Type Of Love’ featuring Masicka, and sees the artist exploring themes of romance and nightlife. “I’ve been dancing a lot recently – just honestly enjoying the romance of a really GREAT night out. Instructions is everything I feel…
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Wet Leg have released their second album ‘moisturizer’, and confirmed more outstore shows
Wet Leg have released their second album ‘moisturizer’, alongside announcing additional UK outstore performances ahead of a London pop-up event. The Isle of Wight band’s new record features twelve tracks, including recent singles ‘davina mccall’, ‘CPR’, and ‘catch these fists’. The five-piece, comprising Rhian Teasdale, Hester Chambers, Ellis Durand, Henry Holmes, and Joshua Mobaraki, have…
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Deftones have announced their tenth album ‘Private Music’, and confirmed a UK tour
Deftones have announced their tenth studio album ‘private music’, set for release on 22nd August via Reprise/Warner Records. The Sacramento band have shared new single ‘my mind is a mountain’ alongside the announcement, which premiered on Zane Lowe’s Apple Music Radio show. The album sees them reunite with producer Nick Raskulinecz, who previously worked with…
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YUNGBLUD documentary ‘Are You Ready, Boy?’ will be coming to theaters in August
Yungblud has announced a new documentary film, ‘YUNGBLUD. ARE YOU READY, BOY?’, set for worldwide theatrical release on 20th and 24th August. The feature-length documentary, directed by Paul Dugdale, was filmed at Berlin’s historic Hansa Studios, known for hosting the recording of albums including David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’ and U2’s ‘Achtung Baby!’. The film captures Yungblud…
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Big Fear have released their debut EP ‘Career Day’
Big Fear have released their debut EP ‘Career Day’, produced by Charlie Andrew (alt-J, Wolf Alice, David Gilmour). The five-track collection showcases the rising trio’s blend of alt-pop and indie rock, featuring industrial synths and live instrumentation. The EP includes tracks ‘Culture Cannibal’, ‘Beautiful Hands’, ‘Money’, and ‘Mildew’. “This EP is really a series of…
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Jens Lekman has confirmed new album ‘Songs for Other People’s Weddings’, a companion piece to a book of the same name
Jens Lekman has announced his new album ‘Songs For Other People’s Weddings’, set for release on 12th September via Secretly Canadian. The Swedish artist’s latest full-length arrives as a companion piece to a book of the same name, co-written with author David Levithan. The project draws inspiration from Lekman’s experiences as a wedding singer, a…
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Ezra Furman has booked a UK and European tour for early 2026
Ezra Furman has announced a UK and European tour scheduled for early 2026, following her recent appearance on Later with Jools Holland. The tour comprises fourteen dates across Europe and the UK, beginning in Vienna on 19th January. The run includes four UK shows, concluding at London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town on 4th February. Furman’s…
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Rocket will release their debut album ‘R Is For Rocket’ this October
Los Angeles quartet Rocket have announced their debut album ‘R Is For Rocket’, set for release on 3rd October via Transgressive Records / Canvasback. The band have launched the announcement with new single ‘Wide Awake’, ahead of supporting The Smashing Pumpkins on their UK tour next month. The track showcases their jagged, fuzzed-out sound, balanced…
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The 11 new metal songs you need to hear right now
Soothe your post-Back To The Beginning blues with new tracks from Babymetal, Deftones, Halestorm and more, and vote for your favourite (LouderSound)
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Nikki Sixx reveals why Motley Crue didn’t play Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath’s farewell gig: “We have been having health issues within the band”
Ozzy gave Motley Crue a leg-up in their early days – but they weren’t at the Back To The Beginning show (LouderSound)
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Excellent new proggy sounds from Ihlo, Our Oceans, Discipline, and more in this week’s Tracks Of The Week
Cool new prog you must hear from Amorphis, Raphael-Weinroth-Browne, Dave Pen and more in Prog’s Tracks Of The Week (LouderSound)
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Glamour, ghouls and glitter: Luvcat’s living out all of her gothic fantasies
FOLLOW PLAY ON SPOTIFY A key winds up the mechanical doll, setting her spinning with all the elegance and grace of a virtuoso ballerina. Porcelain skin and pinned-up hair, she’s perfection embodied. Suddenly, a spring comes loose, the music jolts and skips, and she’s sent spiralling into a world of debaucherous nights and blurred-out mornings.…
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“Carts before horses. Getting excited is somewhat premature.” King Crimson manager urges caution over new studio album rumours
Comments from Jakko Jaksyk that suggested a new King Crimson studio album should be handled with caution, says band’s manager (LouderSound)
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Robbie Williams has released ‘Desire’ with Laura Pausini as the first official FIFA anthem
Robbie Williams has released new single ‘Desire’, featuring Laura Pausini, which becomes the first official FIFA anthem. The track, co-written by Williams alongside Karl Brazil, Owen Parker and Erik Jan Grob, will be played before every FIFA tournament match globally as players line up before kick-off. The release marks Williams’ first engagement in his new…
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Conan Gray has released a new single, ‘Vodka Cranberry’
Conan Gray has announced new single ‘Vodka Cranberry’, the second track to be taken from his forthcoming album ‘Wishbone’. The track, produced by Dan Nigro, arrives alongside a music video directed by Danica Kleinknecht and co-starring Corey Fogelmanis. Shot on Kodak 35mm 500t in Texas, it continues the narrative established in the video for previous…
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SG Lewis has teamed up with Shygirl for his new single ‘Sugar’
SG Lewis has shared new single ‘Sugar’, featuring Shygirl, ahead of his third studio album ‘Anemoia’, set for release on 5th September via Forever Days/Positiva. The London-born, LA-based producer’s latest track sees him reunite with Shygirl following their 2024 collaboration ‘mr useless’. The new single combines Lewis’s production with Shygirl’s vocals in a summer-focused dance…
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Olivia Dean has released a video for ‘Lady Lady’ with ballet star Francesca Hayward
Olivia Dean has released ‘Lady Lady’, the second single from her upcoming album ‘The Art of Loving’, set for release on 26th September via Island Records. The track arrives alongside a music video featuring principal dancer Francesca Hayward performing with Dean and a group of dancers, directed by Jake Erland and his creative team –…
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Sigrid has returned with her playful new indie-inspired single ‘Jellyfish’
Sigrid has released new single ‘Jellyfish’, marking a fresh chapter for the Norwegian pop artist. The track, released via Island/EMI, sees Sigrid exploring a more carefree direction, drawing inspiration from early 2000s indie sounds and the music she grew up with. Co-written and co-produced with longtime collaborator Askjell Solstrand, who previously worked on her breakthrough…
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Wolf Alice have dropped their new single ‘The Sofa’
Wolf Alice are teasing their fourth studio album ‘The Clearing’, set for release on 22nd August, with new single ‘The Sofa’. The track, which follows previous single ‘Bloom Baby Bloom’, explores themes of acceptance and letting go of unrealised dreams. The band have already performed the song live during their recent headline sets at Primavera…
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“If any weird vibes existed between us, it would have been when we were much younger”: These two Swedish hard rock icons sang in the same band at different times – but would they work together?
It could be the Swedish hard rock collaboration to end them all (LouderSound)
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This deal on Permission To Land… Again by The Darkness is really Growing On Me – save up to 31% on this 5LP modern rock classic
Amazon Prime Day is in its final stretch, but you can still save a bundle on the 20th anniversary edition of The Darkness’ much-loved debut album (LouderSound)
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Rudimental have teamed up with Jess Glynne on their new single ‘Back To Me’
Rudimental have teamed up with Jess Glynne for their new single ‘Back To Me’, taken from their forthcoming fifth album ‘RUDIM3NTAL’. The collaboration marks the third time the drum’n’bass group have worked with Glynne, following their number one single ‘These Days’ in 2018 and ‘Dark Clouds’ from their third album ‘Toast To Our Differences’. The…
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FINNEAS and Ashe have shared a romantic new single from The Favors, ‘The Hudson’
The Favors, comprising FINNEAS and Ashe, have shared their new single ‘The Hudson’, alongside announcing their debut album ‘The Dream’. The accompanying music video, directed by Alex Lockett, features the duo by the river in both black-and-white and colour scenes. “Part of the band identity involves these characters who are singing about an experience to…
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Joey Valence & Brae have announced their ‘Hyperyouth’ album and a world tour
Joey Valence & Brae have announced their new album ‘HYPERYOUTH’, set for release on 15th August, alongside two new singles ‘HYPERYOUTH’ and ‘LIVE RIGHT’. The announcement follows their recent collaboration ‘WASSUP’ with JPEGMAFIA. The alt/hip-hop duo’s upcoming album follows their 2023 debut ‘PUNK TACTICS’, which saw its title track achieve RIAA Gold certification, and their…
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You Can’t Always Get What You Want – but if you’re quick, you can get 50% off this massive Rolling Stones box set
Amazon Prime Day is into its final hours, but there’s still time to pick up this Stones singles 1966-1971 box set for half-price in the US (LouderSound)
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“The album sounds incredible. A masterpiece, even though I say so myself!”: Black Sabbath are over – this is what the four members are doing next
Black Sabbath may be over, but are Ozzy and co actually hanging up their boots? (LouderSound)
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Quick! Save up to 25% on the 5-star Sony PS-LX310BT before Amazon pulls down the shutters on Prime Day
It’s the 4th and final day of this year’s Prime Day, but if you’re quick you can save big on the excellent Sony PS-LX310BT turntable in the US & UK (LouderSound)
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“One of my favourite Lamb songs…” Steve Hackett shares dynamic new live clip of Genesis’s Lilywhite Lilith
Steve Hackett has just released The Lamb Stands Up Live At The Royal Albert Hall double live album (LouderSound)
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Bring Me The Horizon have just surprise-released a new album
The Lo-files project contains 23 lo-fi reinterpretations of the UK metal band’s biggest songs (LouderSound)
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Hot off announcing long-awaited new album Private Music, Deftones confirm 2026 European tour dates with Denzel Curry and Drug Church
The nu-metal-but-not-really superstars will play the UK and mainland Europe from January to February (LouderSound)
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“It was a huge honour to be cast in this film:” Rival Sons’ Jay Buchanan to appear in upcoming Hollywood movie
The Rival Sons frontman announces acting role ahead of Weapons Of Beauty solo shows (LouderSound)
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Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi issues update on long-awaited solo album: “I’m trying to finish off what I started”
Now that Back To The Beginning is in the rear-view mirror, heavy metal’s foundational guitarist is returning to work on his first solo album in 20 years (LouderSound)
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“I remember the urge to sing when I was out in nature. Soft, beautiful summers and dark, harsh winters. You find that in my music”: Eivør can’t escape the Faroe Islands’ influence, and doesn’t want to
An abandoned school, a studio that’s about to close, Colorado’s Red Rocks Amphitheatre… she specialises in finding the magic in a space and channelling it into her music (LouderSound)
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“The anxieties that Axl Rose generated were crushing him”: Why Izzy Stradlin was the rock’n’roll heart of Guns N’ Roses
Classic Rock presents the third in an exclusive series of excerpts from former Guns N’ Roses manager Alan Niven’s forthcoming book Sound N’ Fury (LouderSound)
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Ozzy Osbourne is doing retirement the right way – by painting abstract art with champanzees
Pieces co-painted by The Prince Of Darkness and his primate pals are now up for auction (LouderSound)
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“It’s still a hodge-podge… largely redundant”: Jethro Tull’s expanded Still Living In The Past fails to produce much magic from the vaults
Daze of future past (LouderSound)
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“Honestly, I was almost in tears”: Jeff Lynne’s ELO forced to cancel second-to-last concert ever, minutes before showtime
The Electric Light Orchestra’s 55-year career is scheduled to come to a halt this weekend in London (LouderSound)
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“This song is written for all the families torn apart by the recent immigrant purges and kidnappings”: Tom Morello releases powerful new single in support of immigrant rights across America
Pretend to Remember Me arrives a week after Rage Against The Machine man Morello directed Black Sabbath’s Back To The Beginning celebration (LouderSound)
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Paul McCartney is bringing his Got Back tour back to North America
Beatles legend Paul McCartney will play 19 shows across the US and Canada later this year (LouderSound)
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Deftones announce new album private music: Listen to the new single my mind is a mountain now
New Deftones album private music finds the band working with an old friend once again (LouderSound)
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Embrace your dark side and take command of the Lego Star Wars Star Destroyer with up to 30% off this Prime Day
You can help crush the rebellion with one swift stroke this Prime Day, because Amazon have cut the cost of the Lego Star Wars Imperial Star Destroyer in the US & UK (LouderSound)
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“I could have ruined metal”: The man who almost sang for Metallica has no regrets
Armored Saint vocalist John Bush says it wasn’t his “destiny” to front the biggest metal band of all time (LouderSound)
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My wardrobe is stuffed full of band t-shirts, but with 20% off at Amazon this Prime Day, I can’t resist adding more to the collection
Amazon have brought the prices down on a wide range of band t-shirts this Prime Day on both sides of the Atlantic. Don’t miss out! (LouderSound)
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“Jim would come in too drunk to sing decently. Sometimes it was a phrase at a time”: The tortured story of The Doors’ Waiting For The Sun, the album that set Jim Morrison on the path to destruction
Three albums in and Jim Morrison was heading down a dark path (LouderSound)
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“If I’d done normal, sensible things, I wouldn’t be Ozzy”: Ozzy Osbourne to release new memoir Last Rites, centred around his recent health struggles
The Prince Of Darkness’ second and final memoir will come out in October (LouderSound)
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“They wouldn’t bat an eyelid at Wagner, who believed the church was linked to the downfall of civilisation. But metal is ‘wrong’?”: The metal band who made history by playing one of England’s biggest cathedrals – despite accusations of ‘blasphemy’
Symphonic metal band Plague Of Angels became the first metal band to play the 800-year old York Minster (LouderSound)
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“All he asked for was a six-pack of beer. He was awesome!” How Derek Shulman got Jethro Tull playing with Men Without Hats
How Ian Anderson ended up playing flute on Canadian 80s synth band Men Without Hats 1987 album Pop Goes The World (LouderSound)
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Amazon’s Prime Day vinyl and CD sale includes classics that should be in every rock and metal fan’s collection – save up to 46%
Amazon have dozens of albums on sale for Prime Day from artists including AC/DC, Guns N’ Roses, Def Leppard, Gojira, Van Halen and more – here’s my pick of the bunch (LouderSound)
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This iconic guitar appeared on the cover of one of the most successful albums ever – but what’s the story behind it?
It’s one of the most famous guitars in music – and its picture is in more than 30 million homes (LouderSound)
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Eivør signs new deal with Nuclear Blast Records and announces European tour
Faroese art rocker Eivør will tour throughout Europe in Autumn 2025 and will release a new album in 2026 (LouderSound)
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“Everything blew up. ‘What do you mean you’re leaving?!’ ‘I’m not!’”: Rob Halford insists he didn’t quit Judas Priest in the 1990s
The Metal God reveals that a technicality in his contract led to him stepping away from Judas Priest for 11 years (LouderSound)
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Nieve Ella has dropped an angry new indie anthem, ‘Good Grace’
Nieve Ella has shared new single ‘Good Grace’, marking her first release following her EP ‘Watch It Ache and Bleed’. The track, co-produced by Jamie Rendle and Hugo M. Hardy, sees the West Midlands artist embrace gritty guitars alongside her signature songwriting style. “‘Good Grace’ is a release of all the anger I’ve felt from…
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The Nine Inch Nails lyric that made Zeal & Ardor’s Manuel Gagneux quit his job: “I think Trent Reznor did a lot for the job market that year!”
A line from Nine Inch Nail’s 2005 album With Teeth inspired Manuel Gagneux to give up the 9-to-5 for good (LouderSound)
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Arthur Hill is back with his new single ‘Man In The Middle’
Arthur Hill has shared new single ‘Man In The Middle’ ahead of his sold-out UK headline tour. The London-based singer-songwriter’s latest track follows his earlier 2025 single ‘Appetite’, and builds upon his debut EP ‘In The Middle Of Somewhere’, which featured tracks ‘Too Much Ain’t Enough’, ‘Late For The Reservation’, and ‘Hey Arthur’. Hill has…
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Tom Vek is teasing his 20th anniversary remix album with ‘C-C (You Set The Fire In Me) (Dave Glass Animals Remix)’
Tom Vek is set to celebrate the 20th anniversary of debut album ‘We Have Sound’ with a new remix collection featuring reworkings from Glass Animals, alt-J, Everything Everything and more. The multi-instrumentalist has announced ‘We Have Sound Remixed’, a 10-track album featuring contributions from a range of artists due 2nd October. The first track to…
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Good Neighbours have announced their debut album ‘Blue Sky Mentality’ with new single ‘Suburbs’
Good Neighbours have announced their debut album ‘Blue Sky Mentality’, set for release on 26th September via Capitol/Polydor Records. The British duo have also shared their latest single ‘Suburbs’. Speaking about the new track, Good Neighbours say: “suburbs is a message back to our younger selves. Coming from small towns outside of London, it was…
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Tony Iommi compared Bill Ward to a Lord Of The Rings monster at Black Sabbath’s epic farewell gig: “You look like Gollum!”
As Ward issues a heartfelt thank you to his bandmates and fans, Sabbath’s guitarist admits he likened the drummer’s appearance when topless to an emaciated hobbit (LouderSound)
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The Uriah Heep albums you should listen to… and one to avoid
Five decades of rockin’: a handy guide to the best albums in the world of the legendary Uriah Heep (LouderSound)
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“The Queen Mother asked us to play something on the Moog. She was really cute”: PFM on brushes with royalty, spaghetti with Aerosmith, and how to annoy America
Premiata Forneria Marconi, aka PFM, remain one of the great trailblazers of European prog rock (LouderSound)
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“Robert Fripp said he wanted to revolutionise rock’n’roll with us. I wasn’t sure, given what I’d just heard. But they were about to throw us out the squat”: The League Of Gentlemen led to Beat-era King Crimson
The band lasted only seven months, and felt like a bad movie for some of those involved – but the musical experiment inspired Fripp to reform King Crimson for their 80s brilliance (LouderSound)
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Rejoice! King Crimson are currently recording their first album in more than two decades
King Crimson singer and guitarist Jakko Jakszyk confirms that the band are in the studio (LouderSound)
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“We’re in our seventies and late seventies, so you can only do so much”: Tony Iommi reveals the songs Black Sabbath rehearsed but didn’t play at Back To The Beginning
Tony Iommi has reflected on Black Sabbath’s performance at Villa Park (LouderSound)
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One of metal’s greatest cult bands have returned after 30 years –but what are the chances of a new album?
Max Cavalera: “If it was all up to me, I’d love to do it” (LouderSound)
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You shall not pass… up on this Prime Day Lego Lord Of The Rings deal – 15% off the towering Barad-dûr set
One does not simply walk into Mordor – it’s far, far easier to just sit at home and build Sauron’s dark tower in Lego form this Prime Day – especially with 15% off (LouderSound)
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10 classic albums on vinyl you can buy for under $20 this Prime Day
From Linkin Park, Deftones and Ghost, to Def Leppard, Biffy Clyro and Queen – here’s a selection of great vinyl you can buy for less than $20 this Prime Day (LouderSound)
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Luvcat has announced her debut album ‘Vicious Delicious’ for Halloween
Luvcat has announced her debut album ‘Vicious Delicious’, set for release on 31st October via AWAL. The UK artist has also shared the title track alongside a new music video which she co-directed. Written between Paris and various studio sessions, ‘Vicious Delicious’ combines elements of jazz, punk, and gothic influences. “Making this album happened accidentally.…
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Jay Som has announced her first album in six years, featuring Hayley Williams and Jim Adkins
Jay Som has announced her first new album in six years, ‘Belong’, set for release on 10th October via Lucky Number. The project of Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and producer Melina Duterte marks a departure from previous releases, featuring collaborations with guest vocalists including Hayley Williams of Paramore and Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World.…
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Lana Del Rey does Wembley Stadium: When has she ever played by the rules?
Lana Del Rey, born and raised in New York on a diet of old Hollywood glamour, has long felt like the defining American songwriter of the modern era. At some point in her 15-year career, her sound drifted down the East coast and made its way to the Southern Bible Belt, culminating in a promised…
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30 rock and metal songs that defined the 1980s
From AC/DC and Iron Maiden to Guns N’ Roses and Faith No More, this is the soundtrack to a decade (LouderSound)
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I’d love to own this insane $499 ultrasonic vinyl record cleaner, but for now these are the sub-$20 vinyl care kits I’m considering in Amazon’s Prime Day sale
My vinyl collection is soon to be a skip-free zone… (LouderSound)
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Sabrina Carpenter takes on Hyde Park with wit, charm and unstoppable hits
This is what a pop show is meant to be. Before Sabrina Carpenter even sets foot on stage at Hyde Park, the sheer ambition of her extended ‘Short n Sweet’ tour hits you in the face. A giant “SC” in lights, multiple platforms and balconies, a white arch covering the lot. “Breaking news” flashes up…
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Fontaines D.C.’s ‘Romance’ era: a love letter to their biggest stage yet
There are certain shows that define an entire summer. You can look to talked-about reunions all you like, but if there’s a band capturing a moment while opening the door to possibilities ahead, nobody comes close to Fontaines D.C.. From scatty pub corners to here, with each step, they’ve evolved. Now, with ‘Romance’, they’ve laid…
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Danny L Harle has teamed up with PinkPantheress for a new single, ‘Starlight’
Danny L Harle and PinkPantheress have collaborated on new single ‘Starlight’, released via XL Recordings. The track marks Harle’s first release since his 2021 album ‘Harlecore’ and his debut offering for XL Recordings. The GRAMMY-nominated producer and composer has recently worked with Caroline Polachek, Charli xcx, Dua Lipa, oklou and Shygirl in various production, writing…
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Circa Waves have announced the second part of their ‘Death & Love’ album
Circa Waves have announced their new album ‘Death & Love Pt.2’, set for release on 24th October via Lower Third/[PIAS]. The Liverpool band’s latest offering completes the two-part album series, with both sections combining to form an 18-track collection available on CD and double gatefold vinyl. The announcement arrives alongside new single ‘Cherry Bomb’. The…
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NCT DREAM have shared a time-travelling music video for their new single ‘BTTF’
NCT DREAM have unveiled the music video for their new single ‘BTTF’, taken from their forthcoming fifth studio album ‘Go Back To The Future’. The track’s title, an abbreviation of ‘Back To The Future’, is one of two lead singles from the K-pop group’s new record, which explores themes of time travel across nine tracks.…
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Sugababes have released a “summer party banger”, new single ‘Shook’
Sugababes have released their new single ‘Shook’, the latest track from their current era of new music. The track, produced by Jon Shave (Charli xcx), features the group’s signature harmonies alongside a bassline and synths. It marks their third collaboration with Shave and Anya Jones. “We’re so excited to share ‘Shook’! Our third single with…
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Merlin’s beard! Save a wand-waving 24% and rebuild Hogwarts with this magical Prime Day Lego Harry Potter deal
Save yourself some serious Galleons with £100 off the sprawling 6,020-piece Lego Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle with one of the best Amazon Prime Day Lego deals we’ve seen so far (LouderSound)
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Stay on target! Recreate the iconic Death Star trench run with 29% off the Lego Star Wars TIE Fighter & X-Wing set
Here’s a chance to build your Lego Star Wars collection by adding two iconic starships to your fleet at a discount this Prime Day (LouderSound)
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“He said, ‘If you play it backwards, Satan will haunt you!’” How Volbeat’s Michael Poulsen went from occult-loving teenage guitar thief to leader of Denmark’s biggest metal band
Volbeat’s Michael Poulsen talks us through his journey to metal stardom (LouderSound)
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David Crosby was not happy about following Judas Priest onstage at Live Aid: “Some heavy metal garbage”
Live Aid was 50 years ago this month –but not everyone was down with some of the bands (LouderSound)
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NYC thrash-punks Nodega have announced their debut album ‘Rot In Helvetica’
NODEGA have announced their debut album ‘Rot In Helvetica’, set for release on 18th July via Chrysalis. The mysterious New York City thrash-punk quintet have also shared their first single ‘Quantify’. The album combines elements of old school hardcore, thrash, skate-punk and melodic indie-rock, with lyrics exploring themes from streaming service mind control to self-critiqued…
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Sabbra Cadabra! Celebrate Ozzy and co’s triumphant final show with up to 20% off a whole pile of Black Sabbath merch this Prime Day
They might have taken their final bow, but the Black Sabbath legacy lives on – and you can show your love of the band by grabbing merch for less right now (LouderSound)
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Coach Party have dropped their new single ‘Do Yourself A Favour’
Coach Party have unveiled their new single ‘Do Yourself A Favour’, alongside a video filmed at their recent sold-out show at London’s 100 Club. The track arrives ahead of their upcoming album ‘Caramel’, set for release on 26th September. The new single follows their previous drop ‘Girls!’. Drummer Guy Page says, “‘Do Yourself A Favour’…
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NewDad have announced their second album ‘Altar’ and with teaser single ‘Roobosh’
NewDad have announced their second album ‘Altar’, set for release on 19th September 2025, alongside new single ‘Roobosh’. The Irish rock band’s latest track arrives with a one-shot video directed by Peter Eason Daniels and Rory Mullen, who are also the creative team behind the upcoming album. Speaking about the new single, vocalist Julie Dawson…
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Home Counties have announced their second album ‘Humdrum’
Home Counties have announced their second album ‘Humdrum’, set for release on 24th October via Submarine Cat Records. The London six-piece have also shared the album’s title-track. The new record, produced by Al Doyle of Hot Chip and LCD Soundsystem, follows their 2024 debut album ‘Exactly As It Seems’. The title track explores themes of…
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Hot Chip have confirmed their first Best Of album, ‘Joy In Repetition’
Hot Chip have announced their first Best Of album ‘Joy In Repetition’, set for release on 5th September. The collection spans the band’s eight studio albums and features a new track titled ‘Devotion’. The compilation maps Hot Chip’s evolution across more than two decades, during which they’ve achieved six Top 20 albums and a Mercury…
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Ghost’s Tobias Forge originally planned to sing a Black Sabbath deep cut at the Back To The Beginning gig: “I was, like, ‘Can I do this?’ ‘No!’”
Papa V Perpetua sang Ozzy solo classic Bark At The Moon – but it could have been very different. (LouderSound)
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Members of Slipknot, Lamb Of God and Anthrax set to join the Osbournes at Comic-Con Midlands this weekend
Slipknot’s Sid Wilson, Lamb Of God’s Randy Blythe and Anthrax’s Scott Ian and Frank Bello will do meet-and-greets and sign autographs in Birmingham on July 12 and 13 (LouderSound)
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“I said, what are you talking about? Just step over Keith Richards?!” The cult of Keef: guitar hero, blues scholar, rebel, survivor, self-parody, genius
How Keith Richards influenced several generations of rock’n’rollers – for better or worse (LouderSound)
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“Ozzy stood up, produced a Zippo lighter from his back pocket, and set Bill Ward’s beard on fire”: A personal insight into the chaotic, beautiful mind of Ozzy Osbourne
20 years of audiences with his royal highness, the Prince of Darkness (LouderSound)
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“Asked if Going For The One was about God, spirituality or the oneness of all people, he said no – it was about putting a tenner on a horse race. You’re almost better off not knowing that!” Steve Hogarth on his hero Jon Anderson
The Marillion man was so moved by the experience of hearing Yes for the first time that he wrote a song about it (LouderSound)
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Founding Monster Magnet drummer/bassist Tim Cronin dead at 63
“It is an incomprehensible void that he is leaving in our lives” (LouderSound)
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“We raised a ton of money for a great cause”: Black Sabbath’s Back To The Beginning show expected to raise more than $190 million for charity
Tom Morello confirms charity expectations as more than five million fans access pay-per-view livestream (LouderSound)
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“Women get angry and we are expected to contain our rage but I allowed myself to go there.” Irish alt. rockers New Dad share new single Roobosh, announce new album Altar
Galway trio NewDad will release their second album Altar on September 19 (LouderSound)
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Crown Lands announce new record deal with InsideOut Music
Canadian prog duo Crown Lands release two new instrumental albums for new label InsideOut Music (LouderSound)
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“The music we are making at this moment has timeless teeth, muscle, bone and hair”: Heart add another string of dates to 2025 schedule
Cheap Trick will play support at four of the new shows (LouderSound)
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“I am Spartacus.” Former Pink Floyd legend Roger Waters risks prosecution, and a potential 14 year jail term, by voicing his support for Palestine Action, now proscribed as a terrorist group in the UK
“Stand up and be counted” (LouderSound)
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The hype, buzz and fanfare may be quieter on album two, but Moisturizer is proof that Wet Leg haven’t lost their spark, charm or quirkiness, still don’t care what you think
The Isle of Wight’s finest stay refreshingly weird on second album moisturizer (LouderSound)
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Who needs Prime Day when Marshall’s epic summer sale has up big savings on portable speakers, AirPod rivals and more?
Turn up the rock and turn down the price with Marshall’s big summer sale on beach-blasting portable speakers, noise cancelling headphones, and the coolest earbuds we’ve ever tested (LouderSound)
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“I had a terrible habit of playing bits of songs by other people”: The Pink Floyd classic that Roger Waters was worried David Gilmour had stolen from someone else
The story behind one of Pink Floyd’s most iconic songs (LouderSound)
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“The perfect fusion of metal on metal”: You can now buy an official Iron Maiden coin from the UK’s Royal Mint
Heads it‘s King Charles, tails it’s Eddie (LouderSound)
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With Black Sabbath, Ozzy, Ghost and Metallica tees starting from just $7, Hot Topic’s mega metal merch sale is the place to stock up
Upgrade your band t-shirts collection for less with up to 70% off in the big Hot Topic metal merch sale (LouderSound)
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Paramount+ just crashed the Prime Day party with huge savings on US and UK subscription plans
Paramount Plus is home to music docs, live sets, classic movies, TV favourites and more – and you can get two months of Paramount Plus for 99 cents per month in the US, or choose half-price UK plans (LouderSound)
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Prime Day just knocked 15% off one of rock’s most essential live recordings – get the Pink Floyd At Pompeii double LP for less
After enjoying a resurgence of interest with its recent cinema run, you can enjoy the 2LP edition of Pink Floyd At Pompeii MCMLXXII with 15% off to mark Prime Day (LouderSound)
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“David Bowie saw something in Trent Reznor.” What it was really like on Nine Inch Nails’ infamous Self Destruct tour in the 90s
Panic attacks, substance abuse, wrecked hotel rooms and backstage visits by David Bowie and Lou Reed: photographer Jonathan Ranch had a front seat to it all when he followed NIN on tour (LouderSound)
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shame have released new single ‘Quiet Life’ ahead of their September album and world tour
shame are teasing their album ‘Cutthroat’, set for release on 5th September via Dead Oceans, with new single ‘Quiet Life’. The track follows the album’s title track and sees the London-based band exploring rockabilly influences reminiscent of The Gun Club and The Cramps. “‘Quiet Life’ is about someone in a shitty relationship,” vocalist Charlie Steen…
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Brògeal have announced their debut album ‘Tuesday Paper Club’
Brògeal have announced their debut album ‘Tuesday Paper Club’, set for release via Play It Again Sam. The Scottish folk-punk-indie-pop five-piece have also shared the album’s title-track. The album, recorded at Black Bay Studio on the Isle of Lewis – a refurbished fish processing factory – was produced by Richie Kennedy, known for his work…
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Pinkshift have shared their new single ‘Vacant’ with a late-night dance party video
Pinkshift have shared new single ‘Vacant’, taken from their upcoming album ‘Earthkeeper’, set for release via Hopeless Records. “‘Vacant’ is cheeky, urgent, and energetic, and we wanted to reflect that visually with a lighthearted, un-serious music video,” the band explain. “Inspired by Beyonce’s ‘7/11’ video, it showcases the three of us and our two touring…
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From Wolf Alice to FKA twigs to Gracie Abrams, there’s a relentless, fizzing excitement throughout Open’er 2025
There’s no Glastonbury next year, which leaves a big ol’ hole in many of your festival calendars. Before you waste too much time researching staycations or making plans with your extended family, may we suggest Open’er instead? On the surface, Poland’s biggest music festival is very different to a weekend at Worthy Farm. Rather than…
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Metal Hammer Italy launches first issue with Iron Maiden on the cover
Celebrate 50 years of Iron Maiden with the inaugural issue of Metal Hammer Italy – also featuring Ghost, Sleep Token, Machine Head and more (LouderSound)
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Green Carnation announce trilogy of albums with brand new video for In Your Paradise
Norwegian heavy proggers Green Carnation will release A Dark Poem, Part I: The Shores Of Melancholia in September (LouderSound)
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Win a Night Demon Curse Of The Damned ultimate box set
We’ve teamed up with cult heavy metallers Night Demon for an exclusive competition (LouderSound)
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It turns out you can put a price on hearing health when earplugs are this cheap – save 20% on one of Louder’s go-to pairs this Prime Day
Protect your hearing for less this Prime Day with 20% off the Vibes High Fidelity earplugs – and there’s money off the Loop Experience 2 (LouderSound)
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Blood Orange has confirmed a bunch of headline shows
Blood Orange has announced a series of headline shows across Europe, Canada, and the US, following his support slots with Lorde and Turnstile this autumn. Dev Hynes will begin his run of dates with an appearance at Portola Music Festival, before joining Turnstile for shows in Richmond and Columbus. He will then support Lorde at…
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Watch Spiritbox bust out one of their heaviest songs as they make American TV debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Canadian quartet played Soft Spine and probably rattled a few US television sets in the process (LouderSound)
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“It’s about seeking infinite possibilities and walking a path no one has travelled before.” How Babymetal are embracing the future of metal on new album Metal Forth
15 years in, it’s obvious Babymetal were never meant to be just a flash-in-the-pan viral sensation (LouderSound)
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Money for nothing! Save 15% on Dire Straits’ bumper 40th anniversary vinyl box set with this epic Prime Day deal
Snag 5 LPs, art prints, 16-page booklet, plus the album that gave you Sultans Of Swing, Your Latest Trick and more (LouderSound)
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Amazon just turned up the heat on Turnstile summer with 24% off the purple vinyl edition of Never Enough – an album we called “hardcore’s answer to Nevermind”
It’s only been out for a month, but Amazon just dished out the first discount on Turnstile’s 4.5-star landmark album (LouderSound)