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Russell Lissack

Bloc Party’s Russell Lissack: “The effects pedals are the defining part of our sound more than guitars and amps”

By Jenna Scaramanga published

Lissack has two of the most complex pedalboards ever amassed. So how many pedals did he have when making the band’s new album? “Probably a hundred,” he laughs...

Beabadoobee (front) performs with her band

From ethereal desert ballads to scuzzy '90s power-pop: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Michael Astley-Brown published

Immerse yourself in these hot new tunes from beabadoobee, Dream Widow, Soccer Mommy, David Knudson, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bury Tomorrow and more

Tim Ohrstrom performs with Avatar at USF Verftet in Bergen, Norway on March 7, 2019

From bubblegrunge to Steve Vai's hollowbody dalliance: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Matt Owen, Sam Roche published

Usher in the year's final month with great new guitar-driven tunes from Bloc Party, Avatar, Failure, Ovlov, Honne, Imminence and more

Kele Okereke (left) and Louise Bartle of Bloc Party perform at the Zitadelle Spandau on June 21, 2019 in Berlin, Germany

Bloc Party announce new album, Alpha Games, premiere angular, hard-hitting lead single, Traps

By Jackson Maxwell published

The band's first new album in over six years, Alpha Games is set for an April 29, 2022 release

Kele Okereke

Kele Okereke: "I'm making sounds I could have never made before. This record has made me think differently about myself as a guitar player"

By Matt Parker published

We talk to the Bloc Party frontman about the playing and gear revelations that led to his stunning, instrumental-led solo album, The Waves Pt. 1

Kele Okereke

Kele Okereke unveils hypnotic new single, Smalltown Boy, announces fifth solo album

By Michael Astley-Brown published

The Bloc Party frontman’s new release, Waves Pt. 1, is constructed from walls of guitar loops