Pop-rock geniuses don’t come much more pop-rock-genius than 10cc, four men who lit up the 70s with often breathtaking music

One of the biggest female popstars in current times, Olivia Rodrigo’s highly anticipated third studio album displays some of the best vocals and lyricism of her career thus far.

The title, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, may be a mouthful, but it is an apt summary of the album’s entire vibe. Ridden with outright depressing storytelling, Olivia Rodrigo hones in her skill…

Four years after he woke from a coma (to be told he’d soon be a dad), they’ve launched a concept album that explores the rise and fall of the USA – via Elvis. “When you deal with the apocalypse you should make it fun,” they say

They’d been utilising prog rock for decades. But with 17th studio album Crash Of The Crown, they fully embraced the genre and their post-Dennis DeYoung era, and gained a new lease of life

Heroes to the NWOBHM – and covered by Metallica, Soundgarden, Megadeth and Iron Maiden – Welsh legends Budgie are the ultimate example of a band whose influence outshone their commercial impact

The Rolling Stones follow up Hackney Diamonds with assistance from Paul McCartney, The Cure's Robert Smith, Steve Winwood and more

These masterpieces by Black Sabbath, Motörhead and White Zombie made sure their careers ended on flawless form

Steve Hackett and Steve Rothery's collaborative instrumental guitar album, The Roaring Waves, will be released in August

Assisted by a lunar astronaut’s son and a Hollywood special effects creator, 2019’s The Disturbance Fields defined the band’s mission to save this world, and others

With their third album Parallel Lines, Blondie notched up five hit singles and became as famous as Abba or Pink Floyd

Bloody Kisses made Type O Negative the biggest band on Roadrunner Records, its follow-up cemented them as goth metal's most iconic band

Trewavas and bandmates Rick Armstrong and Eric Blackwood will release A Light In Ethereal Night in September

Marc Bolan sheds his hippy skin and reinvents himself as a golden god with a gleaming, screaming electric guitar

Tired of playing rock shows with Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl recruited his favourite vocalists for the all-star metal project Probot

Producer recalls making his colleagues feel “embarrassed and amused at the same time” as he begged them not to give up on Owner Of A Lonely Heart

Nirvana's Kurt Cobain admitted it, but pretty much every single alt. rock band has 'borrowed' from Pixies' 1988 masterpiece Surfer Rosa

New three-CD and Blu-ray release J-Tull Dot Com: Another Cast Of The Net will be available in August

Guitarist Steve Howe discusses their unplanned three-record run, speculates on what’s left for the future, and explains why he’s still bothering with the current line-up

Pont Du Hawk’s Higher Forces comes out of San Francisco like a club record beamed through a military transmitter orbiting some dead moon, ten instrumental tracks of dark electronic dance…

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Seven years on from In the Raw, the longest gap between metal albums in her solo catalogue, the Finnish soprano Tarja has returned to where she belongs, Frisson Noir makes an emphatic case that the extended absence only sharpened the intent.

The Strokes have announced a huge New York show with Beach House and Fcukers, and pushed back the release date for new album ‘Reality Awaits’. READ …

Forget Nirvana’s Nevermind – it was Jane’s Addiction's game-changing second album Ritual De Lo Habitual that ushered in the alternative rock decade

20-year-old Spanish newcomer TERE! issues a fearless and utterly unapologetic declaration of independence

A. A. Williams - classically trained, London-based, a guitarist, pianist, and cellist who arrived at heavy music by the most circuitous and sincere of routes has been operating in that mode since her self-titled EP in 2019 introduced a sound that defied easy categorisation and demanded full attention.

Sepultura came from a country where heavy metal barely registered, but eventually they made a huge worldwide impact on the genre

After nearly five decades together, Soft Cell are preparing to draw the curtain on one of British pop’s most enduring and influential partnerships. Marc Almond and Dave Ball’s sixth studio…

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The Californian ska-pop quartet went supernova with Gwen Stefani's heartbreak anthems

Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera and Andy MacKay reach peak maturity

Deep Purple’s Made In Japan is arguably the most influential double live album in history

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