Tracks of the Week | Guitar World

Andrew Savage of Parquet Courts performs during 2019 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on June 14, 2019 in Manchester, Tennessee.

From certified ragers to haunting, meditative fretboard excursions: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

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

Breathe some life into your fall playlist with new songs from Parquet Courts, Tom Morello and Bring Me The Horizon, Volbeat, Weakened Friends, Ariel Posen, Alt-J, Unprocessed and more

My Morning Jacket perform at Forest Hills Stadium on September 10, 2021 in New York City

From riff-tastic sledgehammers to serene acoustic beauty: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

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

Enjoy a playlist of guitar greatness from My Morning Jacket, MUNA featuring Phoebe Bridgers, Eric Bibb, Bullet for My Valentine, Biffy Clyro and more

From electro-soul anthems to go-for-the-throat garage rock: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

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

Usher in a new month and season with colorful new guitar-heavy songs from Animals As Leaders, Black Label Society, Buffalo Nichols, The Velveteers, Dragged Under, Marissa Nadler and more

Joe Hottinger (left) and Lzzy Hale of Halestorm perform on stage at The SSE Hydro on November 24, 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland

From serene, guitar-glazed beats to prog-metal epics: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche, Matt Owen

Soundtrack the dog days of summer with electrifying new tunes from Halestorm, Santana and Rob Thomas, Spirit Was, L.A. Guns, Bad Bad Hats and more

Sleep Token perform at Trinity Centre on January 23, 2020 in Bristol, England

From feasts of heavy metal fire to folk-rock perfection: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

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

Indulge yourself in guitar-heavy goodness from Trivium, Sleep Token, Big Thief, Slow Crush, Machine Gun Kelly, Yasmin Williams and more

ZEAL & ARDOR, performing on June, 07, 2017, Zitadelle, Berlin, Germany

From classic soul to hellishly heavy extreme metal: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

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

Cool off with killer new songs from Cradle of Filth, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Jerry Cantrell, Zeal & Ardor, Grouper, Finneas, Meet Me @ The Altar and more

From "solo insanity" to gossamer funk guitar bliss: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

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

Check out some fresh-off-the-presses guitar greatness from Samantha Fish, Thrice, Keb Mo,' Iron Maiden, George Lynch and more

Courtney Barnett performs live in London on February 12, 2014

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

Beat the heat with cool new tracks from Courtney Barnett, Painted Shield, Employed to Serve, Sam Fender, Leprous, Chicano Batman and more

Torres performs live at the 2018 Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta, Georgia

From radical, guitar-heavy remixes to moving country-blues: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

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

Dip your toes into some fantastic new songs from Machine Head, TORRES, KennyHoopla, Eric Bibb, Amythyst Kiah and many more

From euphoric post-rock to gritty, overdriven blues: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

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

On tap this week is some guitar-driven heat from Jared James Nichols, Deafheaven, The Front Bottoms, Laura Stevenson, The Pretty Reckless and more

Laura-Mary Carter of Blood Red Shoes performs live on stage at the Metropol on November 5, 2019 in Berlin, Germany

From yacht-rock reinventions to Viking metal: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

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

Lend your ears to hot new tunes from John Mayer, Blood Red Shoes, Amon Amarth, Samia, Blackberry Smoke and more

From industrial doom to swampy acoustic blues: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

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

Treat your ears to a bumper installment of weekly six-string servings, courtesy of Ariel Posen, Night Ranger, Chelsea Wolfe, Wye Oak, Mike Dawes featuring Jack Gardiner and Plini… and more!

Tom DeLonge of Angels and Airwaves performs onstage during KROQ Absolut Almost Acoustic Christmas 2019 at Honda Center on December 7, 2019 in Anaheim, California.

From dreamy psychedelic opuses to twisty, rapid-fire metal: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

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

Unwind with fresh material from St. Vincent, Fear Factory, Quinn Sullivan, Mdou Moctar, Angels & Airwaves, and many more

Troy Sanders (left) and Bill Kelliher perform live with Mastodon

From rapid-fire nu-metal to neo-neo-soul: here are this week’s essential guitar tracks

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

Close the week out with a bounty of guitar greatness from the likes of Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Naia Izumi, Dayglow, Mastodon, Sleater-Kinney, Yngwie Malmsteen and more

Tom Morello of Prophets Of Rage performs at Champions Park on October 1, 2017 in Louisville, Kentucky.

From stunning acoustic reinventions to shred-heavy melodic death-metal: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche

Fresh, guitar-heavy cuts from Tom Morello x Pussy Riot, Billie Eilish, Modest Mouse, At the Gates and more await

From funky wah workouts to pop-punk reinventions: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

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

Kick the weekend off early with blazing new guitar-based tunes from Faye Webster, Machine Gun Kelly, Willow Smith, Jupiter & Okwess, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and more

Guitarist Erik Rutan Of Cannibal Corpse performs at The Regency Ballroom on February 23, 2019 in San Francisco, California.

From spaghetti Western atmospherics to unrelenting, demonic death metal: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

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

Tuck into the latest and greatest six-string sonic offerings from Weezer, Wolf Alice, Illuminati Hotties, Cannibal Corpse, Aziya, and many more

Jade Puget of AFI performs in support of the band's " The Missing Man" release at Ace of Spades on December 9, 2018 in Sacramento, California.

From reimagined blues classics to unlikely rap crossovers: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

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

The freshest cuts from AFI, The Black Keys, Lucy Dacus, DMX feat. Bootsy Collins, Steve Howe & Ian Paice, and a heck of a lot more…

From visceral post-rock epics to riotous remixes: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

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

Chase the April showers away with guitar-heavy new songs from Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Sammy Boller, Man on Man, Sumo Cyco, Ten Tonnes and more

(from left) Steve Marker, drummer Butch Vig and singer Shirley Manson of Garbage perform live in 2019

From intricate, high-octane puzzles to unrelenting thrash barrages: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

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

Start your April off right with awesome new guitar-based tunes from Garbage, Bodom After Midnight, Courtney Barnett & Vagabon, Waterparks and more