When a beginner buys a guitar... It's the ultimate adventure! You have absolutely no idea what's going on! And sure enough, on the internet, you'll see talk of mahogany, alder, maple... DiMarzio, ...

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Whether it is due to Jim Morrison’s polarizing poetry, the perceived self-indulgence of a twenty-minute synth solo, or the calculated polish of corporate-backed stadium anthems, these bands frequently ...

Rock is a genre built on familiar forms – blues riffs, verse-chorus structures, the thrill of volume and swagger. Yet every so often, an artist steps outside the frame and creates something that doesn ...

Let’s not waste any time here. Paste staff and contributors came together to build a definitive ranking of the greatest guitarists of all time. Here are 150 icons, forgotten heroes, and the best and ...

Debut albums have been essential topics of discussion since Sun Records put out Elvis Presley back in 1956. Since then, some of the most cornerstone works in music occurred on debuts—be it The Doors, ...

Every Thursday, the Paste staff and contributors will choose their five favorite songs of the week, awarding one entry a “Song of the Week” designation. You can hear these songs in our ongoing Best ...

Channel 4 have released their TV viewing figures (see below) for England 3 Germany 2 on Saturday night. Lee Carsley and his Young Lions winning the 2025 Under 21 Euros Final in Bratislava. A great ...

The dancefloor's 100 most essential tracks. The term “dance music” may conjure visions of heaving clubs, packed festival tents and partying with abandon, and certainly these concepts are a substantial ...

“Rock” is so loose a label as to be pretty much meaningless these days. But the best rock albums, even if they aren’t that musically similar, share some things in common: boundary-breaking sounds and ...