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The best new rock songs you need to hear right now
By Polly Glass published
Featuring Halestorm, The Cold Stares, Cardinal Black and five other rock'n'roll warriors on the edge of time

When traditional prog was all at sea in the mid-90s, Ween sailed to the rescue
By Prog published
When traditional prog was all at sea in the mid-90s, this shameless concept album, bedecked in Pink Floyd colours, sailed to the rescue

The Eddie Money albums you should listen to, and one to avoid
By Paul Elliott last updated
Eddie Money was a singer who was never as well known as he should have been, but the ‘patron saint of uncool’ made some cool records

Ian Dury becomes an unlikely pop star on New Boots And Panties!!
By Classic Rock Magazine published
Ian Dury: Equal parts music-hall scamp, art school troubadour, estuary poet and new-wave figurehead

The story behind Coheed And Cambria's The Suffering
By Rich Hobson last updated
Good Apollo Vol. One... might've reinvented Coheed And Cambria as prog metal stars, but The Suffering was pure power pop bliss

When The Pineapple Thief began to break through with Someone Here Is Missing
By Raziq Rauf published
Just before their eighth album arrived, Bruce Soord reflected on remixing his back catalogue, learning to keep a distance from fans and the validity of comparisons with Porcupine Tree

Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: May 30
By Rich Hobson published
From Lord Of The Lost and Babymetal to Avatar, Hanabie and Halestorm, these are the best new metal songs this week

“His carefree aesthetic is wonderfully captured’”: Kevin Ayers’ Shooting At The Moon
By Julian Marszalek published
Canterbury icon’s erratic second album, on vinyl for the first time, shines with the contributions of Mike Oldfield and Lol Coxhill
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