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“Gallops like The Trooper and evokes Iron Maiden’s double-lead-guitar histrionics”: Mongol champions The Hu take after their hard rock heroes on long-awaited new album Hun

  • Hun balances hard rock influence with The Hu’s Mongolian folk-metal identity.
  • The Real You recalls Iron Maiden, while Universe evokes Metallica.
  • The album follows several years of major international exposure.

The Hu’s third album, Hun, is presented as evidence that the Mongolian folk-metal band have developed well beyond their original novelty appeal. The review finds that they have absorbed influences from major hard rock acts, particularly Iron Maiden and Metallica, while retaining the distinctive Mongolian instrumentation and vocal…

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Phish begin Madison Square Garden residency: Here’s their setlist in full

  • Phish opened its Madison Square Garden residency with an expansive, varied set.
  • The setlist featured classics including ‘Tweezer’, ‘Ghost’ and ‘You Enjoy Myself’.
  • The show ended with ‘Tweezer Reprise’.

Phish began their latest Madison Square Garden residency with a career-spanning concert, opening the run with a setlist that mixed familiar songs, extended improvisation and newer material. The show matters to the band’s devoted audience because their live performances vary substantially each night, making setlists a central part…

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The Strokes – Reality Awaits

  • An ambitious Strokes album with an unresolved feel.
  • Autotune drives its themes of technology and authenticity.
  • Vulnerable songs are sometimes undermined by the vocal effects.

The Strokes’ seventh album, ‘Reality Awaits’, is presented as an ambitious but curiously unresolved follow-up to their Grammy-winning ‘The New Abnormal’. Produced again with Rick Rubin, it leans into Julian Casablancas’ self-mythologising, humour and social critique, while using prominent autotune to explore tensions between sincerity, technology and artificiality.…

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50 Years Ago Today: Fleetwood Mac Set the Stage for ‘Rumours’ With Blazing Cleveland Show

  • Fleetwood Mac’s 1976 Cleveland show reflected its rapid rise.
  • Nicks and Buckingham helped turn the band into stars.
  • The 1975 album’s success laid groundwork for *Rumours*.

Fleetwood Mac’s Cleveland concert on 23 July 1976 marked a pivotal moment as the band’s revitalised line-up built momentum towards *Rumours*. After years of personnel changes, legal disputes and personal upheaval, the group’s success with its 1975 self-titled album established Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham as essential members…

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“Wales and its legends are to be celebrated”: Mystery project Ysbrydnos is putting The Land Of Song on the black metal map

  • Ysbrydnos uses black metal to celebrate Welsh myths and landscapes.
  • Welsh Mythical Darkness links real places with fictionalised histories.
  • The project draws on Welsh supernatural and visionary literature.

Ysbrydnos, an anonymous Welsh black metal project, is using its latest album Welsh Mythical Darkness to foreground Wales, its landscape and its legends within a genre strongly associated with Nordic settings. Its creator, Ysbryd, presents the record as a declaration of cultural celebration and a means of forging…

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The Avalanches – “Blue Shadows” (Feat. Karen O)

  • The Avalanches release “Blue Shadows” with Karen O.
  • It follows several recent collaborative singles.
  • Karen O takes a fuller singing role than before.

The Avalanches have released “Blue Shadows”, a new collaboration with Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O, as they continue to tease a possible forthcoming album. The relaxed, sunlit track gives Karen O a prominent singing role and follows recent collaborative singles with Nikki Nair, Jessy Lanza, Prentiss and…

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4 Rock Songs That Define the Classic Sound of the Late 1990s

  • Four songs illustrate late-1990s rock’s changing sound.
  • Pop-punk and nu metal gained prominence.
  • Post-grunge and alternative hits remained influential.

American Songwriter selects four songs as representative of late-1990s rock, a period it describes as more reflective, softer and experimental than the grunge-heavy early decade. - Blink-182’s “What’s My Age Again?” (1999) is presented as emblematic of pop-punk’s rise through radio and MTV. - Limp Bizkit’s “Re-Arranged” (1999)…

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The 1960s band Bono called everything he needed: “A persona that made a prism”

  • Bono called the Beatles a crucial formative influence.
  • He admired their range of identities and styles.
  • Their example helped shape his artistic persona.

Bono has described the Beatles as a formative influence, saying the group provided “everything” he needed artistically and personally. He suggested their ability to combine different musical identities gave him a model for developing U2’s sound and his own public persona. The U2 singer particularly admired how the…

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Dragon Ball’s Biggest Game, Sparking Zero, Gets Even Bigger on PS5 Next Week

  • Sparking! Zero DLC arrives on PS5 on 30 July.
  • It adds over 30 characters and four stages.
  • A free update introduces Chain Blast and stage variants.

Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero will receive its Super Limit-Breaking Neo DLC on PS5 on 30 July, expanding Bandai Namco’s anime fighting game with new characters, stages and modes. The update matters because it adds a substantial single-player progression feature alongside combat changes, potentially giving existing players more reasons…

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Listen to an Unvaulted John Prine Song From Archival Album Found Dogs

  • Found Dogs reaches streaming services on 9 October.
  • “World Without Love” is the newly unveiled unreleased song.
  • The album supports tributes marking Prine’s 80th birthday.

John Prine’s archival album Found Dogs, initially issued in a limited Record Store Day 2026 release, will arrive on streaming services on 9 October through Oh Boy Records. The label has previewed the release with “World Without Love”, one of five previously unreleased tracks, accompanied by a lyric…

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