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Guns N' Roses sign up for all-star California, Dream On: Aerosmith & Friends show
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Artists
Blackie Lawless on what Kiss got right, why rock'n'roll is disappearing, and the price of fame
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Ian Hill on the Judas Priest songs that have defined his career
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How Talking Heads made it big despite themselves, with an ideology that’s undeniably prog
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Music
The Aerosmith albums you should definitely listen to
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Power Trip honour fallen frontman Riley Gale in their first new music in almost a decade
Precinct 3 and Scavenger will be featured on the Texan thrasher's new album in 2027
Top new prog from Alcest, Boss Keloid, Scardust and more in Prog's brand new Tracks Of The Week
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A beginners' guide to 1980s British indie rock
The 1980s were a hugely fertile period for free-thinking, boundary-pushing British 'indie' bands
Tech
Best CD players 2026: These fresh slices of optical-drive brilliance breathe new life into your old CD library
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Best cassette players 2026: Rekindle your love for analogue tapes with a too-cool-for-school cassette player
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Audio masters Pro-Ject bring the “mechanical soul” of the open road to the home with new Harley-Davidson turntable
The new heavy-duty, belt-driven record player takes its inspiration from Harley-Davidson's iconic bar and shield logo
Latest Reviews
Audience go off-piste on eclectic third album The House On The Hill
Audience wore their soul and R&B influences on their sleeves, but theit originality put them right in the progressive milieu
Technology, monsters and the most epic metal show of the year - how Metallica conquered Sphere
The first review of Metallica’s opening two nights at the Las Vegas Sphere is in
Amon Amarth's Eight Legs Of Thunder is their best since Twilight Of The Thunder God
Anthemic death metal songs about Vikings: if it ain't broke, don't fix it
The Beatles' Rubber Soul is pivotal: the pop album as a complete artistic statement
The Beatles' historic Sixties psych-folk moment Rubber Soul gets an insightful expanded treatment
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