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Angine de Poitrine’s strange choice of gig bag causes problems at airports
Taking the papier-mache masks through airport security is fine, they say. Their trademark double-neck guitar is another matter
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Douglas McCombs on the long-awaited return of post-rock trailblazers Tortoise
We had to wait nigh-on a decade for new album Touch but it demonstrates that Douglas McCombs and his six-string lieutenant, Jeff Parker, have not lost theirs, nor for their taste in retro-audio engineering techniques
Posthumous Steve Cropper album announced, featuring some of electric guitar’s biggest names
The late Stax guitar legend has touted the star-studded affair as “the best record he’d ever made”
Mark Collins on triumph, tragedy, and the long-awaited return of the Charlatans
Collins explains why the Britrock survivors still believe in albums and real amps moving air, and discusses their return to the formative Rockfield Studios after three decades
What happened when Brian May recorded with Black Sabbath – and played through Tony Iommi’s rig
The Black Sabbath legend weighs in on the ‘gear versus player’ debate
Blur's Graham Coxon on how Damon Albarn rejecting his songs started his solo career
With eight solo records and four film scores under his belt, Coxon has looked back on the moment that led to his first solo record, 1998’s The Sky Is Too High
The underrated metal guitar that Nervosa’s Prika Amaral swears by
The pointed axe solves her biggest issues with Flying Vs, and it’s been her trusted globetrotting companion for years
How Laura Cox threw the blues-rock rulebook out the window and found herself in the process
From the smallest screen in our pockets to the stage and studio, can anyone stop the French garage-blues prodigy from taking her rock sound to the to the masses?
Ronnie Wood explains his guitar dynamic with Keith Richards at launch for surprise new Rolling Stones album
The album's laundry list of star guest spots were top priority for the launch event Q&A, but arguably more interesting were the nuts-and-bolts insights into how the Stones have musically kept on, well, rolling, for well over 60 years
Fender’s Telecaster 75th anniversary show might be the greatest assemblage of Tele talent ever
Held at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, the Tele Town concert was highlighted by perhaps the most electrifying Telecaster jam of all time – featuring, to name a few participants, Jack White, Brad Paisley, Tommy Emmanuel, and John Osborne
