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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

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

Airbag’s Bjørn Riis used classic prog inspirations to chart a nervous breakdown
By Phil Weller published
His fifth solo album Fimbulvinter was inspired by Porcupine Tree, King Crimson, Black Sabbath and others. He aimed to sound like them without ripping them off

Every Queen album ranked, from worst to best
By Malcolm Dome last updated
Queen albums, like the band, were brilliant, flamboyant and preposterous, and the work of a band who lit up the 70s and 80s and remain a juggernaut today
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