Rock

For a guy who hasn’t released a mainstream pop album in over three decades, Billy Joel sure loves touring. Since 1993’s River of Dreams became his de facto curtain call as a studio musician, Joel has packed arenas and stadiums around the world with his impressive catalog of piano-pounding hits. He’s often joined forces with megastars such as Elton John (on the multi-leg
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Drake has appeared on two new songs from producer Gordo’s new album ‘Diamante’ – check them out below. Drake worked extensively with the Guatemalan-born and Maryland-raised producer, formerly known as Carnage, on his house-inspired 2022 album  ‘Honestly, Nevermind’. He guests on the tracks ‘Sideways’ and ‘Healing’, singing rather than rapping on both. On his Instagram
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Tony Iommi has unveiled an epic new instrumental song called “Deified” to coincide with a new perfume of the same name, released in partnership with Xerjoff Group. You can watch the music video below. The Black Sabbath riff-monger coproduced “Deified” with keyboardist and longtime collaborator Mike Exeter. Additional personnel includes Karl Brazil on drums, Laurence
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American Football have teased upcoming new music – over five years on from their latest album. The US band released ‘American Football’ (aka ‘LP3’) back in early 2019. Founding drummer and trumpeter Steve Lamos then left the line-up in July 2021, but returned last year. READ MORE: American Football – ‘American Football’ (2019) album review Since
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Every Wednesday afternoon, Jake Xerxes Fussell hosts a radio show with his pal Jefferson Currie II on WHUP FM, a community station in Hillsborough, North Carolina. They play songs from far and wide – a recent episode moved quite naturally from Bob Dylan’s “Hearts Of Fire” to Nigerian soul music to Swedish fiddle to June
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It’s a music-industry open secret that virtually every live album to hit shelves has been overdubbed before release. The question, then, is not whether a live LP contains overdubs — but how many. Decades after the halcyon days of live albums, overdubbing remains a controversial topic. To some fans, it’s no less than an act of betrayal. But other fans
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Lupe Fiasco has addressed the rumours of him allegedly feuding with Kendrick Lamar, insisting that there is no bad blood between the two. While taking part in an X/Twitter Spaces event which was held over the weekend, the ‘Superstar’ singer was asked about his beef with the ‘Swimming Pools’ rapper. In response, Fiasco – real
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