Australian Guitar

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As one of the few remaining pop-punk bands from the genre’s early-2000s resurgence, Simple Plan maintain their reputation as a stadium-filling musical force in their 25th year of existence. The group first assembled in the FrenchCanadian suburbia of

Prog

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We asked. You voted. In your thousands. Almost 80,000 of you to be precise, by far and away the biggest reader vote this magazine has ever undertaken. So the past month has been a heady whirlwind of names, numbers, quotes, frayed tempers, late nights

Classic Rock

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OVER THE PAST 13 years and four previous albums, Trucker Diablo have never held back on delivering bullish, anthemic music that gets right in your face. The Northern Irish foursome have now taken this a stage further on new album Tail End Of A Hurric

Goldmine

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For the past 40 years, East Bay Ray has been playing guitar for the Dead Kennedys, one of the premiere bands and originators of the San Francisco punk scene. Ray sat down with Goldmine to talk about life as the only member of the Dead Kennedys to rem

Goldmine

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During the 1970s, rock concerts began to be broadcast on mainstream radio, and quickly developed a strong following. The King Biscuit Flower Hour was the first to break through, and it ran on Sunday nights for over 20 years, across almost 300 station

Guitar Techniques

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Radiohead made a huge impact on music in the latter years of the 20th century and into the 21st. Along with bands like U2 and REM, they recorded some of the most classic songs in recent memory. Formed in Oxfordshire, England in the mid 1980s by schoo

Australian Guitar

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Initially shunned by radio and record labels yet beloved by many, Radio Birdman embraced their outlaw status in a mission to challenge the zeitgeist of ‘70s Aussie rock. Their oppositional MO was built on a passion for high-energy rock ‘n’ roll and b

Saturday Star

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SOUTH African artists across the spectrum continued to thrive in 2023. From amapiano to hip hop, our songs took the world by storm. Here’s our pick of top 5 local songs. Water by Tyla The South African born global sensation took over the local and

Weekend Argus Saturday

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SOUTH African artists across the spectrum continued to thrive in 2023. From amapiano to hip hop, our songs took the world by storm. Here’s our pick of top 5 local songs. Water by Tyla The South African born global sensation took over the local and

Independent on Saturday

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SOUTH African artists across the spectrum continued to thrive in 2023. From amapiano to hip hop, our songs took the world by storm. Here’s our pick of top 5 local songs. Water by Tyla The South African born global sensation took over the local and

Future Music

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If you asked 100 music fans to name a grime artist, we’d hazard a guess that almost all would name an MC. The vocalist is the public face of the sound, but the genre is underpinned by a sprawling, web of players supporting the figureheads: DJs, produ

Guitar World

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FOUR DECADES AGO, the British new wave band the Fixx were having their moment in the sun. Hooky, slick and multi-textured hits such as “Red Skies,” “Saved by Zero,” “Stand or Fall,” “One Thing Leads to Another” and “Deeper and Deeper” turned the grou

Total Guitar

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We love a good pop tune here at TG, and Olivia Rodrigo’s Good 4 U, from her 2021 debut, Sour, definitely counts! The album was conceived as a multi-styled tapestry of songs, taking in mainstream pop, rock, punk, folk and more – and, though Olivia doe

Guitar World

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Evening Standard

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Over the course of the last decade or so, Ed Sheeran went from a gigging Suffolk teenager with an acoustic guitar and a loop pedal, to someone who’s played in front of the Queen, sold out arenas around the world and, by most measures, become one of t

Stereophile

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We’re all involved with the world we live in. Friends from 20 years ago? Hey, nice to see ya, put on a little weight I see. Generally, you hang with your crew, although you might miss the bigger picture that way. I wrote for Stereophile from 1993 thr

Goldmine

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Since the late 1990s, the “Now That’s What I Call Music!” franchise has almost single-handedly kept compact disc sales from completely falling off the ledge. The concept is a simple one. Each album compiles a roster of current hit songs into a single

Classic Rock

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Empyre were busier than most musicians during lockdown. Vocalist/guitarist Henrik Steenholdt explains how in 2020 the Northampton band released an album and six singles, performed livestreams and even managed to play three proper, physical gigs. How

Goldmine

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Champions of the Tottenham Sound. Some 17 Top 40 hits in the U.S. between 1964 and 1967. The closest rivals to The Beatles during the heady early days of the British Invasion. The first band to tour the U.S. in their own chartered airplane. More appe

Scootering

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Sad news of the passing of original 60s Mod, scooter scene, Mod scene and ska/ reggae DJ and promoter Pete Tebbutt broke in November. Pete worked alongside Sean Chapman in promoting and DJ-ing at many events enjoyed by Scootering readers. Sean wrote

Guitar World

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Q: SKID ROW’S SCOTTI HILL ON ACE FREHLEY “When I talk about Ace, people need to understand that this guy was one of the earliest influences — out of anybody — for me. Before I was a guitar player, I was Ace Frehley for Halloween, so he was on my rada

Global Voices

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"Jamaica has lost the rhythm and soul of a prolific music icon who has inspired many. Perry was one of the most important creative figures to come out of Jamaica."

Guitar World

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GUITAR WORLD » OCTOBER 2022 PAGE 48 WHAT PRODUCT IS heard on more recordings than anything else over the last 60 years? Many guitarists, musicians or even casual music fans would probably answer something like the Fender Stratocaster, Gibson Les Paul

Australian Guitar

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In a fashion similar to one of Africa's 218 volcanoes, the Zambian ‘garage-psych-prog-funk-afro-rock ensemble’ WITCH erupted in activity in 2012 after lying dormant for nearly 30 years, and later set off on their first world tour. Led by remaining fo

Evening Standard

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Nominations for the BRIT Awards 2023 have been announced, with big names including Harry Styles, Beyoncé and Stormzy securing nods. Harry Styles and Wet Leg picked up the most nominations with four each, including in the prestigious Mastercard Album

Scootering

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The other of the pair was The Truth, who formed after the original incarnation of Nine Below Zero had, at the time, run their course. Dennis's career started off in South London under the name of Stan's Blues Band, building themselves a following on

Prog

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The myth that punk killed prog has been conclusively laid to rest over the last decade. However, in 2009 when Prog launched, the scene was not nearly as vibrant as now, and many bands had endured rather than thrived since the 70s heyday of progressiv

Total Guitar

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The third single (released St Patrick’s Day 2017) from Sheeran’s triumphant third album ÷, Galway Girl features a heavy Celtic influence – the result of a collaboration with Irish folk band Beoga, who co-wrote the song. The song was huge worldwide hi

Future Music

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Hard house as a genre emerged in the mid 1990s, primarily from London gay clubs initially, before spreading further afield. But, to tread into uncharacteristically philosophical territory, what exactly distinguishes hard house the genre from other ho

Electronic Musician

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After debuting on Derrick May's epic Transmat compilation Techno 2: The Next Generation with the lush-sounding single I Believe (1988), Lenny and Lawrence Burden grasped the nettle and started their own 430 West label. Frequently assisted by brothers