The monthly mixtape

The month’s best guitar music – a hand-picked selection of the finest fretwork on wax

Desire On Ice ORG MUSIC 8/10

The newly reconfigured band throw open the doors on an expansive sixth album. By Victoria Segal. Illustration by Quinton Winter.

Podcasts: from Alan Partridge to Gary Oldman

Bringing a hard-rock swagger and the majesty of metal to their own brand of prog rock, Magic Pie break a six-year studio silence with Maestro . Frontman Eiríkur Hauksson tells Prog about being a metalhead in a prog world, writing songs at bus stops, and feeling the heat on Cruise To The Edge.

Who Is The Sky? MATADOR 8/10