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Why you should expect the expected and the unexpected at Todd Rundgren's upcoming shows

In 2012 Geddy Lee discussed their 20th studio title – their only end-to-end concept record – from the aspect of a band who’d come to terms with their youthful years and transformed into a pop-culture phenomenon

From the late 60s through to the late 80s, some of the greatest and most influential albums ever made were doubles

Written by Russ Ballard, it was a surprise solo hit for the Space Ace – and it's still paying off

These are the five albums that more fans of fretboard-shredding metal need to know about

The genre is way behind pop and hip hop when it comes to diss tracks but here's six cuts that prove indie is not immune to a bit of sonic argy-bargy when the need arises

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from A Thousand Horses, Mirador, The Sheepdogs and more

Best known for his12 years with Steve Hackett, the US-born Swede explores his own life and times at last. And is that a Pink Floyd reference as sings about being frontman and sideman in someone else’s project?

Their Bioscope debut arrived after the pair took advice from Steven Wilson, spent a week every winter exploring sounds and ideas, and borrowed Elbow’s drummer to fulfil their instrumental cinematic vision

It was written on a $25 guitar and became one of the biggest hits of 1994