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“Is this a feel-bad album?”: 10th anniversary edition of Bruce Soord’s solo debut
New vinyl version proves that songs he writes outside The Pineapple Thief’s domain still deserve to be heard
Six bands that defined Slam Dunk 2025
Boasting everything from cheeky pop-punk to guttural metalcore, Slam Dunk delivered another er, slam dunk in Leeds last weekend
The electro-goth revival continues on Garbage's Let All That We Imagine Be The Light
Shirley Manson and co. are still in their prime, going both nowhere and back to the future-rock frontline
"An Iron Maiden gig quite unlike any other we've seen." The first night of Iron Maiden's Run For Your Lives tour packs big surprises, lashings of nostalgia and a state-of-the-art new show
From beloved rarities getting dusted off to some truly impressive new visuals, Maiden kicked off their new world tour in style
The nine bands that defined Wide Awake festival 2025
London's most consistently excellent alternative music festival makes a triumphant return to Brockwell Park with a diverse, eclectic, electric line-up
The Tubes bring in the big producer on The Completion Backwards Principle, with mixed results
Desperate for major label success, The Tubes turned to David Foster, who had just struck gold with Earth, Wind And Fire
Gentle Giant’s Playing The Fool – The Complete Live Experience is an exceptional work
The real-life running order is reinstated, audience sound is returned and Derek Shulman’s song introductions are heard in souped-up version of 1977 classic
Skunk Anansie's The Painful Truth is their best work in decades
Veteran Brit-rockers Skunk Anansie defy challenging times with ambitious midlife reboot The Painful Truth
