Stone Gossard spotted playing Pearl Jam bandmate Mike McCready’s signature Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster onstage By Michael Astley-Brown published 14 March 23 The $15,000 guitar appeared to be one of the Seattle rhythm king’s main squeezes at side-project Painted Shield’s debut shows
From Hendrixian comebacks to riff-fueled throwdowns: here are this week's essential guitar tracks By Michael Astley-Brown published 4 February 22 Start your weekend in style with killer new tracks from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Halestorm, Arch Enemy, Nova Twins, Lucy Dacus, Painted Shield and more
From infectious grooves to white-hot metalcore: here are this week's essential guitar tracks By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche, Matt Owen published 8 July 21 Beat the heat with cool new tracks from Courtney Barnett, Painted Shield, Employed to Serve, Sam Fender, Leprous, Chicano Batman and more
Stone Gossard and Mason Jennings on how breaking their guitar and songwriting habits led to Painted Shield’s electric debut By Michael Astley-Brown published 23 November 20 The veteran songwriters detail their fresh six-string approaches, lessons learned from Seattle greats, and why great songs come from removing as much as possible
From Hendrixian R&B groovers to punkified alt-rock: here are this week's essential guitar tracks By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche published 11 September 20 Plug in to some infectious new songs from Bruce Springsteen, Janelle Monáe, Hatebreed, Painted Shield and more