Peter Gabriel is a pop enigma. For a guy with so many ubiquitous hits, he’s never even pretended to play ball with radio. And his occasional brushes with the mainstream? Mostly accidental: “Sledgehammer,” the British singer-songwriter-producer’s global smash single, was an Otis Redding homage recorded as a...

On July 1, Pearl Jam took to their Twitter with an enigmatic warning: “The countdown is on.” The tweet referred to an ominous digital countdown clock on a section of the band’s website, and came with a Vine video of the countdown’s launch. The clock has been ticking for some time now, inspiring speculation regarding [...]

The enigmatic Californian rap producer Madlib is exactly the type of person to make a new track, put it on a 7″ single, only make 300 copies of that single, and then only sell those copies to the people who show up at one specific show. His new two-track single Rock Conducta is only available [...]

“Which One Are You?” is a leftover from Sufjan Stevens’s 2009 multimedia project the BQE. The track was not originally included on the project due to legal issues. According to Sufjan, he “could not clear melody w/ ELP publishers. The Endless Enigma of intellectual property. One person’s homage i...

Metal Hammer can now announce that the eighth Classic Rock awards presented by Orange Amplification will take place on Tuesday 13 November at the Roundhouse in Camden, London! Readers can vote for their favourite bands in the following categories: Best New Band Band of the Year Reissue of the Year Film/DVD of the Year Album of the Year Event of ...