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Sammy Hagar's new song 'Encore, Thank You, Goodnight' was written in a dream with Eddie Van Halen, and recently finished with Joe Satriani.
Debbie Harry, the charismatic frontwoman of Blondie, once sat down with her bandmate Chris Stein to discuss their favourite songs.
While you can play “spot the influence” on No Rocket Required, Adrian made us a more personal list he’s titled “The Songs My ...
In the dream, Hagar said Van Halen showed him “this harmonic thing… he slid up to a chord, like a slide guitar. We wrote a ...
Queen's discography is a masterclass in theatrical arrangements. But pushing it to the edge rendered some songs impossible to replicate live.
It’s one of the biggest streamed metal songs of all time, but what role did the hand of fate play in its origin?
Billboard looks at the writing and recording processes behind Runaway June's "New Kind of Emotion." By Tom Roland It’s the ...
A new analysis of the 52 million chords used across 680,000 songs found that - to the expectation of anyone ...
Meldal-Johnsen helped them evolve, but Deafheaven have a hard time sitting still. They felt a creative itch during the Infinite Granite tour — playing lots of heavy stuff during soundchecks, cementing ...
Ostraca is a screamo and post-metal band from Richmond, Va., with a few projects under its belt from 2015 onwards.
Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on ...
We count down the 100 Best Guitarists of All Time with the help of some of today's greatest guitar players to kick off ...