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“Not doing singles”: Billie Eilish announces that her third album, Hit Me Hard And Soft, will be released on 17 May, and teases a journey "through a vast and expansive audio landscape”
By Ben Rogerson published
All physical and digital versions of the record will have the same tracklisting in a bid to reduce waste
"People say, ‘Oh, Bring It On Home is stolen’. Well, there’s only a little bit in the song that relates to anything that had gone before it, just the end”: Jimmy Page and the story of Led Zeppelin's Bring It On Home
By Matt Frost published
"I remember we did vocal overdubs in an eight-track studio in Vancouver where they didn’t even have proper headphones. Can you imagine that?"
"CBS dumped us and we couldn’t get the record out for ages": Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King on the making of Slayer's Angel Of Death – and the fallout that followed
By Joel McIver published
In 2011 Slayer's guitarists reflected on their classic and the blowback from its subject matter
“I had enough money for one last demo and sent it off to 24 companies, then figured I’d sit back and wait for the rejection letters": How Tom Scholz's years of dogged determination and intricate guitar tracking paid off for Boston and More Than A Feeling
By Matt Frost published
“Epic flat-out rejected it and sent me an insulting letter!”
“Part of a beautiful American tradition”: A music theory expert explains the country roots of Beyoncé’s Texas Hold ‘Em, and why it also owes a debt to the blues
By Ethan Hein published
The lead single from Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé’s forthcoming country album, goes under the musical microscope
“Every time I opened a music paper it said, ‘Johnny Marr – jingle jangle’. I'd just had enough”: How The Smiths defied expectations on their final album, Strangeways, Here We Come
By Neil Crossley published
Johnny Marr and Morrissey’s relationship may have crumbled during its creation, but The Smiths’ final album is regarded by many as their best
“It was the tune that changed everything” for Noel Gallagher and Oasis, with his greatest guitar solo – but it turns out that Live Forever got a serious guitar edit in the control room
By Matt Frost published
"It was essentially the same solo that’s on the finished version Noel always plays live, but when it went high on the second half all I could think of was Slash in leather kecks with a wind machine on the Grand Canyon"
"If you were to listen to anything I do you will see how big the blues influence is": Slash readies blues solo album featuring multiple vocalists – including Demi Lovato
By Rob Laing published
What we know so far about his second solo album
“I’m old enough to know that the Top 40 is a fickle mistress. I have no desire to get caught on that treadmill”: Bruce Hornsby on The Way It Is, having a hit with Don Henley and being “the Sid Vicious of the accordion world”
By Danny Scott published
As he releases a new album with experimental chamber ensemble, yMusic, the singer-songwriter and pianist looks back on his storied career
Speedy J on the 30th anniversary of ambient techno classic Ginger: "My approach was to take more time for tracks to develop - be less focused on the impact of the drums, and give everything a bit more space"
By Roy Spencer published
Recently celebrating its 30th birthday, Speedy J tells us about the making of his 1993 Warp Records debut
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