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Record’s o’ the Month – October 2025

The holidays are in full swing, turkeys have been stuffed, and thoughts turn to gift-giving, tree trimming, and snow golem building. Into this hectic, Mariah...

“It’s a fantastic creature…the evil, the energy and the destruction.” How one of the UK’s most influential bands bounced back with their best song in a decade to redefine heavy metal all over again

Heavy metal doesn't come much better than this absolute classic

“To start with, we didn’t have an idea between us. There wasn’t a song, there wasn’t a tune.” Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason says that making Wish You Were Here was “like hitting a brick wall”

"We weren’t four lovable mop tops anymore"

“We got back together after 25 years and people came from all around the world, saying how important that album had been”: The Dutch quartet inspired by just five minutes of Soft Machine music

Their 1970 debut album, deliberately featuring no guitars at all, was inspired by the Canterbury band’s approach and Frank Zappa’s public persona – and it...

“It was my first studio job. I wiped a Robert Fripp guitar section. He wasn’t happy”: A world-class producer recalls shaky start to his career

After the baptism of fire that was King Crimson’s Lizard, he worked on Tangerine Dream’s Rubycon, Frank Zappa’s Joe’s Garage and dozens of Van Morrison...

David Byrne Expands “Who Is the Sky?” Tour With Spring North American Dates

The release of David Byrne’s Who Is the Sky?, his first full-length since 2018’s American Utopia, landed on Matador like a satellite breaking through cloud...

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