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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including Gary Clark Jr, Mark Knopfler, Mick Mars and more
Eight meaty morsels of monstrously marvellous music
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including the Blackberry Smoke, Big Big Train, Joanne Shaw Taylor and more
Set yourself up for seven days of wholesome rockin' with our carefully curated Tracks Of The Week
Those Damn Crows are flying high: they delivered one of 2023's best albums, headlined their favourite festival, and Johnny Depp knows exactly who they are
Those Damn Crows' third album Inhale/Exhale hit the top three on the UK chart and was voted one of the 20 best albums of 2023 by Classic Rock writers
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including the Black Crowes, the Black Keys and the Kris Barras Band
Plus five more unruly purveyors of righteous rock'n'roll
"I was a little punk kid. I skateboarded. I had purple hair and dressed like a boy": How addiction, heavy metal and a Greek family in Atlanta helped build Starbenders, one of rock'n'roll's most compelling new bands
Starbenders aren't just a great glam rock band: they're much weirder than that
"I wanted to write an album for my 15-year-old self, growing up kind of lost, but just knowing I loved music": Sophie Lloyd on the origins of her Imposter Syndrome album
Thanks to her debut LP Imposter Syndrome, British YouTube sensation Sophie Lloyd is becoming a star away from the internet
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including Royal Republic, The Pineapple Thief, Bob Vylan and more
In which we burst into 2024 with eight songs that confirm that this year will like every other: packed with hot rock'n'roll action
"I want my Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud. I want to find real love. I want to make more money than I ever have": Wild nights on the road with The Struts
The Struts have made bad decisions, suffered imposter syndrome and much more, but they haven't stopped wanting to be the biggest and the best
"I have an addictive personality. I have five hundred guitars, five hundred amps. Things escalate": Joe Bonamassa comes clean
Joe Bonamassa is a lauded blues guitar hero and much more, but he's no stranger to self-doubt. We met him ahead of a scorching show in France
14 peace anthems and the stories behind them
From pleas for equality to anti-war sentiments and social commentary, we look at some of the greatest peace songs of all time
"I want to be going on tour, recording albums and having millions of fans who adore me": Meet Michael Catton, the singer with Iron Maiden in his veins and the 80s in his music
British/Danish singer Michael Catton was introduced to 80s-style heavy music by playing Guitar Hero: now he's doing it for real
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including Amon Amarth, The Record Company, Marillion and more
The final Tracks Of The Week contest of 2023 is officially underway
32 of the greatest onstage moments in the entire history of the rock guitar
Celebrating the pioneering, the spectacular, the unexpected and the unrepeatable
The 50 best rock albums of 2023
The past 12 months may go down in history as a period of tumult and turmoil, but on the positive side, rock'n'roll is very much alive and well – as the best 50 albums of 2023 reflect
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including Sebastian Bach, Big Big Train, Lucifer and more
Eight rockin' ways to kick the week off in style
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including David Lee Roth, Ace Frehley, the Pineapple Thief and more
You wanted the best, you got the best: the hottest eight tracks in the world... Tracks Of The Week
"My advice? Buy records. And when you think you’ve bought enough, buy more": Danko Jones on barbecuing, karaoke, and why you should buy more vinyl
Danko Jones have been going 27 years, but their frontman is as much of a music fan as he ever was: he's also got a new album to talk about
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including Måneskin, Bernie Marsden, Saxon and more
Eight reasons to believe
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including Blackberry Smoke, The Answer, Crossbone Skully and more
Eight new songs that are better than eight other new songs we could have picked because there were a helluva lot of new songs this week make no mistake
"Let's give them a record that they can lose themselves in": Steven Wilson doesn't think rock belongs in 2023 but he'll still try and make that million-seller
Steven Wilson is the renaissance man of modern prog. He’s also something of an enigma, and new album The Harmony Codex is as enigmatic as anything he's made
The best new rock songs you need to hear right now, including The Record Company, Laura Jane Grace, Måneskin and more
Who needs a new Beatles song when Tracks Of The Week is here? Quite frankly, no one
Why I ❤️ Led Zeppelin IV and Stairway To Heaven, by Goldray guitarist Kenwyn House
Kenwyn House recently became the first guitarist to play Stairway To Heaven's guitar part with Robert Plant onstage apart from Jimmy Page himself
"We're buddies and brothers first and a band second": Twenty years and eight albums in, Black Stone Cherry reflect on life, love, and what they've learned
Black Stone Cherry have been playing their unyielding brand of southern rock for more than two decades: with recent album Screamin’ At The Sky another Top 10 album, we sat down with each member
