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Ethan Ives on the guitars, tones and “indie Motörhead” energy of Car Seat Headrest’s epic rock opera
Ives’ playing on the Seattle indie-rocker’s audacious new album, The Scholars, is a masterclass in tone and melody, and maybe also how stylistic slipperiness is key to holding our attention
The Beatle who had to be cut from Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon
The making of Pink Floyd’s 1973 masterpiece originally featured a cameo from one Paul McCartney - but his contribution didn’t impress Roger Waters…
How Chris Isaak's masterpiece Wicked Game could have been lost if not for David Lynch
Chris Isaak’s steamy 1989 masterpiece took the intervention of David Lynch before it started turning heads
Shiner from Those Damn Crows on how to write a No.1 album and the Slipknot riff he wish he wrote
With the Welsh rockers' latest album, God Shaped Hole, topping the charts, we check in with riff-master Shiner to talk song structure, grunge inspirations, and knowing when not to play
“Don’t get precious about your songs. We’re going to tear them apart”: Producer Mutt Lange’s first words to Def Leppard
How Leppard's 'sixth member' took them to a new level
We speak to the maker of a game putting the humanity back into music discovery
Music League lets players discover and vote on music via a fantasy sports-aping model - and it’s already got thousands of daily players
The K’s speak to us about leading the guitar band fightback
The exhilarating four-piece tell us about hitting the top three of the UK album chart, and point to a still-thriving live band scene
When Elvis Costello terrified Saturday Night Live by launching into an unplanned song
The 23 year-old Costello drew the ire of Lorne Michaels with the legendary stunt
