Album Premiere: Slomatics – “Strontium Fields”

Irish doom mainstays Slomatics build their 8th LP from crushing riffs, cosmic psych and space dust. Strontium Fields comes out September 8th from Black Bow Records.
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STITCHED UP HEART Shares ‘Conquer And Divide’ Music Video

Los Angeles heavy rockers STITCHED UP HEART have released the official Tony Aguilara-directed music video for their latest single, “Conquer And Divide”. The track is taken from the band’s new album, “To The Wolves”, which arrived on September 1 via Century Media Records.
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“Designed to suit the modern player’s need to blur genre lines and push sonic boundaries”: Jackson’s American Series Virtuoso is taking metal guitars to the mainstream

The second shape in the firm’s new US-made line-up looks pretty in pink, but seems to pull off the tricky challenge of appealing to an increasingly diverse array of players

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“It’s just meant to be a rock machine”: YouTube star Ryan ‘Fluff’ Bruce hooks up with Ernie Ball Music Man for a StingRay signature model that’s more versatile than you might expect

Equipped with Fluff’s signature Fishman pickups, this limited-run StingRay comes in two finishes: Aqua Sparkle and, brilliantly, Tealy Dan

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MÅNESKIN Releases Music Video For New Single ‘Honey (Are U Coming?)’

Italian rockers MÅNESKIN have shared the electrifying music video for their new single “Honey (Are U Coming?)”. Produced by Exit Music Management and directed by Tommaso Ottomano, the clip was shot in the band’s home of Rome, Italy, and combines lights, lasers and drones for a high-impact video that…

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MR. BIG Announces March/April 2024 European Farewell Tour

MR. BIG is putting on its signature top hats and old shoes one last time for a worldwide tour, aptly titled “The BIG Finish”. Since the band’s original drummer and co-founder, Pat Torpey, lost his battle with Parkinson’s disease in 2018, MR. BIG now feels it’s time to mark the end of this chapter of…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Sonic Moons – Domkraft

Hailed as the “Venice Of The North”, Stockholm is the beating cultural capital of Sweden, with a picturesque cityscape sprawling across the 14 islands where Lake Mälaren flows through into…

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Bonnie Raitt may be best known for slide, but she’s an expert fingerpicker, too – and her Americana-indebted style will improve your acoustic playing

In this video and tab lesson, we unpack the acoustic fingerstyle approach of one of America’s great songwriters, and give you ideas for how to embellish chords and use inversions

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Marshall Studio JTM ST20H review – one of the most important amps in rock and blues gets a modern-day reboot

The classic JTM45 finally comes to the lower-watt Studio series – and it’s one of the finest Marshall amps in years

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They’re loved by St. Vincent, Dan Auerbach and Ry Cooder – but what’s behind the Gold Foil pickup resurgence?

Relatively little is known about these popular pickups, but what we do know is that not all were created equal…

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