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• The Kaves – Exile EP (review) — SNACK Music
• Primal Scream play XTRMNTR – Glasgow Barrowland (September 2026 – Gig review)  — SNACK Music
• Is ‘Furious’ getting a season two? — NME
• Watch Johnny Marr and Noel Gallagher explore the stories of Marr’s iconic guitars: “I remember looking at one of them on the floor for the cover of ‘Supersonic’, going, ‘that cannot be the fucking Smiths’ guitar'” — NME
• U2 named MusiCares’ 2027 Persons Of The Year: “It’s such an honour” — NME
• Oasis tease Slane Castle concert ahead of 2027 tour announcement — NME
• Watch Brandon Flowers cover Oasis’ ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ with his son at 9/11 anniversary concert — NME
• “We were one of the first bands to take punk and mix it with glam and metal. We started a whole new trend”: How Motley Crue created the album that invented 80s hair metal with help from an ex-construction worker and Queen’s producer — Loudersound
• Tony Iommi turned down the opportunity to make a final Black Sabbath album with the original lineup. "He was very keen and a bit too excited" — Loudersound
• Every song on the ‘Mayday’ soundtrack — NME
• “The album sold poorly, partly because the band didn’t tour it – it was impossible to play live”: The genius of Talk Talk’s Spirit of Eden — Loudersound
• Metal Hammer's tracks of the week: September 11, 2026 — Loudersound
• "There was a giant, red welt on my chest, and at my feet there was a huge pig’s foot with a big toenail on it." How the world's weirdest band went from cult outsiders to MTV mainstays — Loudersound
• Lady Gaga welcomes her first child with fiancé Michael Polansky — NME
• Pink addresses backlash after sharing post criticising Macklemore’s speech on Palestine — NME
• Here’s what Charli XCX played as she invited Underscores on stage to kick off ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ headline tour in Philadelphia — NME
• Pete Doherty and Josh Pugh tell us about their new Youtube show: “It’s a musical comedy adventure” — NME
• Geese’s Cameron Winter confirms work on new solo project, but progress has been “hard” — NME
• MUNA say “we weren’t told who any of the guests were gonna be” after appearing on ‘Kimmel’ with Gal Gadot: “Free Palestine” — NME
• Foo Fighters’ Chris Shiflett defends Macklemore’s unrelenting support for Palestine — NME
• Charli XCX explains why there are only six dates on upcoming UK and European tour: “Touring is really emotionally and physically hard for me” — NME
• Steve Rothery on playing Pompeii, side projects and the future of Marillion. "At our ages, I don't see us working beyond six more years" — Loudersound
• What Motörhead legend Lemmy thought of AC/DC icon Bon Scott. "Some bands you see, and you just know. The Beatles were one. AC/DC were one of those bands." — Loudersound
• "Not quite the glorious showstopper it could have been." Are Anthrax nearing the end? If so, new album Cursum Perficio is a solid if imperfect send-off — Loudersound
• GIG REVIEW | SUPERSUN & THE PARIS MATCHw/ SISTERS AND THE VIOLETS @ MCCHUILLS — Discovery Music Scotland
• BBC SSO: Symphonic Pride succeeds because it didn’t reduce queer orchestral history to a single narrative (review) — SNACK Music
• Maribou State – Fringe by the Sea (Music Review) — SNACK Music
• Wide Days, Wet Nights – Made in Scotland Gigs presented by Wide Days (Review) — SNACK Music
• Every song on the ‘Crew Girl’ soundtrack — NME
• Legendary drummer Carmine Appice on writing Rod Stewart’s biggest hit on a drum machine – and then getting fired: “I don’t know why it happened, and neither does he. Somebody didn’t like the fact that I was the second-most popular person in the band” — Loudersound
• “It’s really ironic. The spirit has been missing for some time, though we did a good job of camouflaging it”: Mike Portnoy was right – Dream Theater needed to change. No one thought they’d do it without him — Loudersound
• Every song on the ‘Fall 2: Deadpoint’ soundtrack — NME
• Every song on the ‘Practical Magic 2’ soundtrack — NME
• "I'm lying in a pool of blood, vomit, glass and snot, and I feel this acrid breath close to my face, and it's Lemmy going, You’re a lightweight, you’ll never make it." Day-drinking with Motorhead legend Lemmy was not for the faint-hearted — Loudersound
• Dexys Midnight Runners’ Kevin Rowland “disgusted” at Reform UK’s for use of ‘Come on Eileen’: “All of Dexys are passionately against Farage’s politics” — NME
• The Proclaimers say trans lobby are “truth-phobic” and defend Graham Linehan — NME
• Niis Sign to Rise Records, Announce New EP — Rock Sound
• Suicide Silence Announce New Album ‘Graceless’ — Rock Sound
• Nothing But Thieves Talk New Album ‘Stray Dogs’ — Rock Sound
• Slayer + Other Big Bands Who Released Albums on 9/11 — Loudwire