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When Steel Met Strings: Rock Songs Inspired by Iconic CarsFew cultural pairings feel as natural as rock music and the automobile. Both trade in the currencies of speed, rebellion, and the open promise of the next…Where Stone Walls Turned a Concert Into WeatherA live-stream concert recorded inside a national park visitor centre sounds like a contradiction: wild country outside, cables and folding chairs within. Yet…The most overlooked rock guitarists who never got their dueRock history is full of guitarists whose fingerprints are all over the genre's defining moments, yet rarely surface when fans list their heroes. From session…a broken down tour bus led to a band's breakthrough albumFew albums in rock history were born from disaster, but the story of one band's record begins with a sickening clunk on a regional highway west of Melbourne.…The best albums to listen to while camping in the mountainsThere's something inherently rebellious about dragging a record collection into the wilderness. Mountain camping strips life down to the essentials — a swag, a…How the Rock Ballad Became the Sound of Prom NightsThe slow dance has long belonged to the rock ballad. From leather-jacketed crooners in the late seventies to the polished arena acts of today, the genre has…How the 1990s saw women storm the drum kit in rockThe early 1990s felt like a charged moment for anyone paying attention to alternative music. Subgenres collided, zines circulated hand to hand, and a…When leather jackets met Marshall stacksThe rumble of a V-twin has always carried its own soundtrack, a mechanical growl that drifts naturally into the world of rock and roll. Motorcycle clubs, with…The Best Rock Songs About Getting Lost and Finding Your WayGetting lost is one of rock’s oldest emotional engines. Sometimes it means missing the turn, leaving town with no plan, or staring through a windscreen while…Hammered strings and howling wind: an ambitious EP reviewedFrom the first distorted chord, Field Voltage's new EP announces its intentions with the subtlety of a lightning strike. Across six tracks and just under…