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Inside The White Stripes’ Taxidermy And Junk-Filled Detroit HQ – A Classic 2001 Interview Revisited

Back in 2001, the only thing we knew for sure about The White Stripes was that they were the most exciting rock band in...
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Dave Grohl told us the story behind Foo Fighters ‘Everlong’ and its unforgettable music video

Don't pretend it doesn't put a lump in your throat, a tremble in your lip. Eighteen years after it first blared on college radios,...
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Are Led Zeppelin’s New Reissues The Last Chapter In The Led Zep Story? We Asked Jimmy Page

"There was a duality to Led Zeppelin. One was live concerts. The other was the recording studio," Jimmy Page told NME earlier this week....
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MIA Slays On Sublime New Single ‘Swords’ – First Listen Review

Maya Arulpragasam thought she was done. After 10 years and four albums of diasporia-pop provocation and button-pushing, she had no plans to make new...
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Watch Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl Play A Guitar Solo Using His Broken Leg

Hendrix famously used to perform solos with his teeth. Sometimes, he'd sling his guitar behind his back and wail his way through solos like...
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There’s A True Life Tale Behind Rihanna’s Violent Revenge Fantasy New Video

Don’t fuck with Rihanna. Not unless you want to end up torn to shreds with a chainsaw, while your spouse swings naked upside down...
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Apple Music’s Beats 1: Zane Lowe’s Return To Radio Reviewed

From the second he burst back onto the airwaves, a few thousand volts’ worth of adrenaline coursing through his voice, it was obvious. Not...
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Kanye West Headlines Glastonbury 2015: Five Huge Talking Points

He could have called on Paul McCartney – an old-time Glastonbury favourite. He could have brought out cult British grime collaborator Skepta, or kept...
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Slipknot’s Corey Taylor On Selfie Sticks, Bill Hicks And Being The Metal Larry David

Celebrities. Airports. Twerking, technology and the Transformers movies. These are just a few of the vagaries of modern existence that make Corey Taylor want...
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Stream Melbourne Folkster Fraser A Gorman’s Stirring Debut Album ‘Slow Gum’

"It's a big old world out there," as the opening line of Fraser A Gorman's sublimely sage debut album gently reminds us. 'Slow Gum',...
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This Is How Excited Dave Grohl Was To Play Glastonbury 2015

“It’s an amazing thing – THE POWER OF THE GLASTONBURY!” Dave Grohl proclaimed to NME a fortnight ago, waving his arms in mock Gandalf...
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Foals’ New Single ‘What Went Down’ Is A Brilliant And Manic Descent Into Darkness: First Listen Review

“I buried my heart in a hole in the ground with the roses and the lights and the cowards down town.” So begins the...
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25 Perfect, Poignant Closing Lyrics That Bring Amazing Albums To An End

No great album just fizzles out. Key to penning a classic is a powerful closing rhyme that gives your listener chills and ensures you...
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50 Greatest Summer Anthems – Chosen By Foo Fighters, Florence + The Machine And More

Shades out, shorts on, crank up the barbie rock. Festival season is go, so here's rock A-listers on the songs that get them hot...
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Foals: Yannis Philippakis’ 10 Most Philosophical Quotes

Oxford's finest's latest record was at once filthier and more beautiful than anything they'd done before. That's according to frontman Yannis anyway, and who...
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Apple Music: Five Reasons To Be Excited – And Five To Be Wary

“Apple Music will change the way you experience music forever,” proclaimed Tim Cook last night in front of a busy San Francisco conference room,...
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Muse: Matt Bellamy’s 10 Most Searing Riffs

Muse are all set to headline Reading and Leeds this summer - but what scintillating guitar parts would we be most excited about hearing?...
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The 1975 Are Promising A ‘New Identity’ But Where Exactly Will Their Reinvention Take Them?

There's not much uniting The 1975 with viciously experimental Sacramento hip-hop bruisers Death Grips. Or at least that's what I thought. Then came probably...
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Hear Lunchtime Sardine Club’s Elliott Smithsy New Single ‘Dollars For Doughuts’ – Premiere

Take the languid charm and lo-fi crunch of AA Bondy, quirk of Mac DeMarco, add a few hushed vocal harmonies from the Elliott Smith...
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Loyle Carner On His New Material – And Some Big Collaborations

You’d forgive a hotly tipped British hip-hop hopeful about to embark on a busy summer of huge festivals for being nervous about the months...
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