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4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month

From NWOBHM-revivalists Tailgunner to existential post-metallers Kollapse, Austrian folk-tinged black metal heroes Perchta and UK hopefuls Defects, these are the new metal bands you need to hear in August 2024

Metal Hammer

‘They couldn’t even afford a bag of chips!’: Scotland’s great lost all-female bands

From the Edinburgh duo who toured with the Beatles to the ribbon-festooned Strawberry Switchblade, Scotland produced thrilling girl bands. So why couldn’t they sustain their success? A new film tells their stories

The Guardian - UK

“It might not be commercial, but it’s important that the art be preserved”: The attitude that built Decca’s offshoot Deram into one of the labels that pioneered prog

Pye Hastings, Davy O’List and others recall the company that aimed for an audience of “groovy people” and backed The Moody Blues, Caravan, The Move, Camel, Procol Harum and others

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Darcus Howe’s son Darcus Beese and his activist mother, Barbara: ‘He was imbued with the spirit of the struggle’

He was the first black boss of a UK record label. She was a British Black Panther and one of the Mangrove Nine. They reflect on the ‘madness’ of his childhood, and his memoir that records their groundbreaking legacies

The Guardian - UK

“If you keep shouting with the devil, you're going to get killed": How floating cutlery and a spooked A&R rep resulted in Motley Crue changing the name of Shout At The Devil

Motley Crue's 1983 groundbreaking second album was given a new name following a stern chat with their A&R rep on the dangers of playing with "evil" after unexplained paranormal activity at Nikki Sixx's house

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President Biden's tumultuous handoff to Kamala Harris is a hard lesson in the importance of succession planning

The political system needs to put itself on pause and say, ‘How can we embrace the principles that have made America’s economy so strong?’" says Ted Dintersmith, a former venture capital investor and top Democratic Party donor.

Fortune

“We were the belt-and-braces Pink Floyd – basic yobbos”: how Hawkwind boldly went where no band had gone before on psychedelic masterpiece In Search Of Space

America had hippies and Woodstock – the UK had greasy, gritty space-heads Hawkwind and their cosmic epic In Search Of Space

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Watch Johnny Depp and Andrea Bocelli pay tribute to Jeff Beck – accompanied by a recording of the late guitar hero

The pair re-enacted Beck's 2020 performance of En Aranjuez Con Tu Amo, complete with a recording of the virtuoso's parts

Guitar World

“He got me in a headlock and started punching me. We just went at it”: the explosive story of Dokken, the hard rock band that tore itself apart

Louder

“I heard some ruckus outside… It was Kurt and Dave from Nirvana who had a note for me, saying, ‘This is not a joke, call Buzz about playing with the Melvins’”: Joe Preston on Thrones, Sunn O))) and life as the underground’s first-call bassist

Bass legend Joe Preston breaks cover to reflect on his career with Melvins, High On Fire, Earth and more, and admits that trying to make a living from music was his biggest mistake

MusicRadar

“We could do anything we wanted with our hair and our clothes in front of tens of thousands of people. We were gods!”: how guitar legend Steve Vai survived Whitesnake

The story of guitar icon’s Steve Vai’s brief but eventful union with David Coverdale and Whitesnake for the Slip Of The Tongue album

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Mark Hollis author to launch new edition of biography with evenings celebrating the musician's work

A new edition of the Mark Hollis biography A Perfect Silence will be released through Rocket 88 books

Louder

The epic rise and fall of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

From Harlem to Hollywood — including the 1990s East Coast vs. West Coast rap rivalry, recent sexual harassment lawsuits, and the name changes from Sean Combs to “Love” — Sheila Flynn explores Diddy’s wild and legally fraught path to fame

The Independent UK

‘I don’t think it’s going to do well’: the Zutons on Valerie – and Mark Ronson on covering it with Amy Winehouse

‘It’s about a makeup artist I met in Florida called Valerie Star, who had legal bills. When I played it to the band, they all went, “Oh, that’s good.” And I thought, “It is, isn’t it”’

The Guardian - UK

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Highlights from Colts WR Josh Downs’ offseason media availability

Colts' second-year wide receiver Josh Downs met with the media recently. Here are the highlights from his availability.

MusicRadar

“The A&R and the label actually didn’t like it. They were like, ‘Yeah, yeah, it’s a fun song, but it’s never going to get on the radio'": How Train went from nearly splitting up to proving them wrong with smash hit Hey, Soul Sister

Co-writer Espen Lind on how he got the ukulele back into the charts – after saving the song with it

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"It's a song for the losers!" How Halestorm's Here's To Us became the ultimate underdog anthem - and ended up being covered by everyone from Slash to the cast of Glee

Halestorm's classic power ballad made such an impact that it'd be rerecorded just a year later with Slash, David Draiman, Maria Brink and more getting involved

The Hindu

SP asks CAPF, Armed Reserve, VIP security and other wings to gear up for polls

SP Garud Sumit Sunil prepares police for elections, emphasizing vigilance, expertise, and safety measures during critical situations.

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“If a musical piece lasts for 6 minutes 30 seconds, it usually means it took me that time to create it”: Vangelis on how the natural, positive force of music got corrupted

In a rare interview, the singular creative force detailed his distaste for the music industry and explained his thinking on the science and power of his art

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s really saying you’re not gorgeous at all’: how Babybird made You’re Gorgeous

‘In the 70s and 80s, you’d regularly see images of women in bikinis draped over car bonnets. I wanted to flip that – and see how a male photographer would feel if he had to lie over a car in a thong’

The Guardian - UK

Travels Over Feeling: Arthur Russell, a Life review – down the rabbit hole with a musical maverick

He played cello for Allen Ginsberg, nearly joined Talking Heads and was sampled by Kanye West. Now the singular, genre-spanning Russell has the exhaustive study he deserves

The Hindu

Coimbatore DMK cadre leads a bike rally as part of election campaign

V Annammal, a volleyball coach turned political activist, breaks barriers by leading bike rallies for DMK in Coimbatore.

The Guardian - UK

Sananda Maitreya: ‘I hypnotised myself into believing I was a genius’

The pop-soul singer takes your questions on name changes, musical touchstones, the transformative power of amateur boxing, and not dating Charlize Theron

Metal Hammer

"I think we need more people that can say, ‘I’m sober and that doesn’t make me less of a metal fan.’” Meet the people behind Raven Records, London's new heavy metal record store, coffee joint and, uniquely, alcohol-free bar

Raven Records owners Ben and Chloe are serving riffs, 0% booze, excellent coffee and a message that heavy metal doesn't have to be about getting drunk

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The Home Depot backyard and patio cleaning supplies we're stocking up on before spring

Don't forget the outdoors when spring cleaning — The Home Depot backyard and patio cleaning buys from $11 will assist with tidying up

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