“I’ve taken a difficult period of my life and turned it into a positive"- Antimatter come clean on Black Market Enlightenment
Black Market Enlightenment is one of Antimatter's darkest and most honest recordings to date
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The story of 10cc's The Original Soundtrack
10cc's The Original Soundtrack was a commercial tipping point, that may have influenced Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody breakthrough
9 best budget turntables 2020: spin your vinyl records on our pick of sub-£300 decks
The best cheap record players from Rega, Pro-Ject, Audio-Technica, Sony, Lenco and more – including USB and Bluetooth turntables
Hawkwind: a guide to their best albums
For 50 years, the ever-changing line-up of space rockers Hawkwind has consistently created challenging and highly influential albums
Marillion's Steve Hogarth: the soundtrack of my life
Marillion frontman Steve Hogarth on the special records, artists and gigs that are of lasting significance to him
How Sir Alan Parker made Pink Floyd The Wall – the movie
“It’s a mish-mash, an amalgam of lunatic ideas” - Sir Alan Parker, director of the movie version of Floyd’s masterpiece The Wall
Queen's proggiest moments
Their music ranged from all out hard rock to big pop hits (and occasionally funk). But Queen could prog out with the best of them as well.
How prog were Queen?
Queen were very prog, reckons writer Dave Everley. Mike Portnoy and Steve Howe both nod in agreement
Lonely Robot's John Mitchell chats with Prog Editor Jerry Ewing
Lonely Robot release brand new album Feelings Are Good today. Check out our exclusive Zoomcast here...
Former Fairport Convention singer Judy Dyble remembered
Sid Smith looks at the career of former Fairport Convention and Trader Horne singer Judy Dyble who has died aged 71
Meet the folkers: the improbable story of folk rock
Folk’s music’s not all “hey nonny nonny” y’know. In the 70s, it sneaked its way into the heaviest of rock's repertoire. We look at the groups that spearheaded the genre
Dark Side Of The Moon: why is it so bloody popular?
Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side Of The Moon is one of the best-selling albums of all time. But why? Even the band can't explain it
The Affinity Photo New Rock Photographer 2020 Challenge #6: Local Band Portraits
A great shot of a young band can help launch their career. In the final round of our hunt to find the best new rock photographer of 2020, we want to see your local band portraits
Every Tool album ranked from worst to best
Putting the prog-metal icons' back catalogue in order of greatness
Krautrock, communism and chaos: the anarchic story of Can
Avant-garde Germans Can influenced everyone from Bowie to Mark E. Smith and beyond. Geoff Barton looks at their cult appeal and legacy
How to clean vinyl records, deal with scratches, and store LP records properly
How to All you need to know about caring for your LP collection, including how to clean vinyl records properly, and where NOT to store them
Kansas: an everyday story of success, failure, drugs, booze and jealousy
The story of Kansas is just your average tale of power struggles, line-up changes, religious conversions and multi-million selling hit records
The making of Chris Squire's Fish Out Of Water
The late Yes bass player Chris Squire's 1975 album Fish Out Of Water is regarded as one of the best solo albums by the band
Holidays? Who needs 'em when you have the new album by Clap! Clap!
Liquid Portaits by Clap! Clap! is experimental, innovative and full of sounds from all over the world. This is the guy showing Paul Simon how it's done…