The necks

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

A monthly look at must-hear artists from all corners of the guitar world, from the roots of their sound to the tracks that matter most

This month…

Having formed in 1975, Talking Heads surfaced from the ashes of New York band The Artistics, with frontman David Byrne and drummer Chris Frantz eventually recruiting (after three auditions) fledgling

As Alex Lifeson ’ s second album from latest prog project, Envy Of None, hits the stores, we delve deep into the mists of its sonic landscape

This trio of Los Angeles musicians fuse the rhythms of Havana, Medellín and Lima with the sounds of 60s surf music – though their sound has more in common with Latin folk music than Dick Dale. We join them to talk about their debut album, fibreglass guitars and tropical psychedelia