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“It was our first clandestine operation, gathered in a larder listening to church bells tolling”: Get the new issue of Metal Hammer with an exclusive HIM cover, t-shirt and signed art card

Celebrate 30 years of goth metal’s finest in style

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“Whether you’re chasing that famously haunting Wicked Game intro or carving out a completely new sound, it gives you inspiration from the moment you plug in”: Silvertone resurrects the cult guitar loved by Elvis Costello, Hubert Sumlin and Chris Isaak

NAMM 2026: A long-lost catalogue classic is back from the dead and it might be the coolest release you'll see all year

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“The teacher would say, ‘OK, get out your health books,’ and I would have to leave. My parents told me a little speech to say about our religion and why, and I didn’t believe it”: How Metallica turned childhood trauma into a decades-spanning trilogy

Inspired by James Hetfield’s isolated upbringing (and a little bit of Chris Isaak), Metallica made an honest, inverted ballad and kicked off a 27-year-long series

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“If you have a really fast run it’s just blazing past you. But with a lovely slow melodic line, you just kind of melt into it”: Meet Still Corners, the Anglo-American duo who write Shadows-inspired dream pop while they’re watching movies

Regularly dropping into longform and instrumental pieces, you’ll hear flavors of Westerns, The Shadows and Chris Isaak as guitarist Greg Hughes sticks to one guitar with a chiming clarity

Guitar World

“David Lynch said, ‘I’m using this song in a movie. Hey, why don’t we have a video?’ I said, ‘David, because I don’t have any money'”: How Chris Isaak's Wicked Game could have been lost if not for David Lynch

Chris Isaak’s steamy 1989 masterpiece took the intervention of David Lynch before it started turning heads

MusicRadar

“Everywhere we played, we noticed when it came to that song, people would pay attention”: How Chris Isaak’s chilling falsetto elevated Wicked Game into one of the greatest love songs of all time

Chris Isaak’s steamy 1989 masterpiece took the intervention of David Lynch before it started turning heads

MusicRadar

"Units this inspirational are rare, and perhaps as a writing tool, that vibe alone makes the 2290 worth it”: TC Electronic 2290-P Dynamic Digital Delay review

The 2290-P is TC's latest reissue of the classic rack unit. Have they finally nailed it?

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Remembering David Lynch's musical legacy: 10 songs to go beyond the films

The loss of singular talent and visionary filmmaker David Lynch is not only felt in the world of cinema, but music, where he had inextricable influence on multiple generations of artists

The Independent UK

“He heard this outrageously bad dance version. He was enraged; we love that song. The producer said, ‘You should cover it’”: Oceans Of Slumber’s return to prog metal

With a Chris Isaak track acting as an ode to Type O Negative, the Texans found inspiration for new concept album Where Gods Fear To Speak in America’s current environment of uncertainty

Metal Hammer

Things to do in London this weekend (August 9 – 11)

The best in art, music, theatre and restaurants for the weekend ahead

Evening Standard

Listen to prog metal heroes Oceans Of Slumber's spinetingling cover of Chris Isaak classic Wicked Game

The progressive metal favourites have given Wicked Game a typically classy, emotional overhaul

Metal Hammer

Music show: James Vincent McMorrow rips up musical rulebook on 'Wide Open, Horses'

On this edition of our music show on arts24, Jennifer Ben Brahim chats with Irish singer-songwriter and producer James Vincent McMorrow. He emerged in 2010 with the album "Early in the Morning" and since then, his blend of folk, indie and rock has garnered over 1 billion streams. He's worked…

France 24

What's on around the Hunter: Full steam ahead into massive weekend

What's happening this weekend across the Hunter.

Newcastle Herald

Gig guide: Chris Isaak, James Reyne, C.W Stoneking, Celia Pacquola and more

What's happening in entertainment around the Hunter this week.

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'I'll play on some corner': Chris Isaak still playing his wicked game

"Australia still has the idea of a band and rock'n'roll."

Louder

"Sounds like someone broke Satan's heart": seven hit singles that sound like doom classics when slowed down to 33rpm

Slowing 45rpm singles down to 33rpm just hits differently

Newcastle Herald

Hot tickets: 10 major concerts coming to Newcastle and the Hunter

From Pink to Missy Higgins and everything in between.

Louder

Listen to Billy Joel's first new song in 17 years, Turn The Lights Back On

The release of Turn The Lights Back On comes as Billy Joel's famous 10-year residency at Madison Square Gardens nears its end

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Newcastle Herald

Chris Isaak to headline A Day On The Green at Bimbadgen in April

Also, Boy & Bear, Mark Seymour & The Undertow and Vika & Linda.

Metal Hammer

Tenacious D launch majestic video for cover of Chris Isaak's Wicked Game

Like Baywatch, but better: Tenacious D's Jack Black and Kyle Glass enjoy a slow motion romp through the surf

Tribune News Service

Here are 12 cool new Christmas albums for the season

Do you ever get tired of hearing Nat King Cole croon about “chestnuts roasting on an open fire” during the Christmas season?

The Independent UK

Fill your stocking with Alicia Keys, Louis Armstrong, more

Time to update that dusty old holiday playlist with some new offerings that will appeal to everyone at the table

Daily Mirror

Strictly fans 'heartbroken' at Hamza's comment to Jowita as they point out problem

Strictly Come Dancing embraced the spooky season on Saturday, as Hamza Yassin and Jowita Przystal performed an exuberant Tango to Wicked Game by Chris Isaak

The Independent UK

Jerry Lee Lewis, Keith Whitley join the Country Hall of Fame

Early rock pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis and bluegrass performer-turned-country star Keith Whitley were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame

The Independent UK

AmericanaFest in Nashville, review – diversity and phenomenal new talent lead country music’s big week

Robert Plant and Chris Isaak might be here, but it’s the progressive new wave – Willi Carlisle, Allison Russell, Margo Cilker, Jaime Wyatt – that make these five days of roots, folk and more, a true celebration

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