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“Rick Wakeman-like piano flair and an agile, crystalline voice”: Renaissance’s Running Hard
By James McNair published
Clamshell set illustrates a wondrous purple patch of symphonic prog-folk from Annie Haslam and co

Queen's debut album gets more intense on Dolby Atmos Blu-ray edition
By Chris Roberts published
Spatial surround sound doesn’t restrain Queen's rip-roaring debut album

Neil Young And The Chrome Hearts take aim at Trump & Co. on Talkin To The Trees
By Paul Whitelaw published
Neil Young ricochets between political fury and bittersweet domesticity on his latest waxing

"Still pumping out bottle-rocket earworms": Buckcherry are rollickingly focused on Roar Like Thunder
By Chris Lord published
Nothing broken, nothing fixed. Californian veterans Buckcherry are still good for a hard-rock earworm

The 10 best Sleep Token songs ever
By Rich Hobson, Merlin Alderslade published
From obscure masked metal curios to Download headliners and record-breaking streams, Sleep Token are the biggest thing to hit metal in a generation. Here are their 10 best songs so far

How Brian Wilson recorded Pet Sounds and reinvented music
By Paul Lester published
Tiring of making frothy pop, the late Brian Wilson threw away his Beach Boys’ template, assembled a battalion of top session players, and began recording an all-time classic

The Beach Boys albums you should listen to, and one to avoid
By Rob Hughes last updated
Bolstered by the genius songwriting and production of Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys' best albums contain some of the greatest music you’ll ever hear

How Yes defined themselves with Fragile, before success went to their heads
By Chris Roberts published
The arrival of Rick Wakeman, the freedom to be adventurous and the discovery of Roger Dean led to the creation of a prog landmark in 1971

Mostly Autumn don’t just make records. They also make limited-edition companion records
By David West published
As their 30th anniversary looms, band leader Bryan Josh discusses the joy and challenge of continuing to create big, long songs with big, long guitar solos, even if some people think it’s too much
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