Brian d’addario

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

U.S. Girls ★★★★ Scratch It 4AD. CD/DL/LP ...

With their 2022 debut album, Cardinal Black showed the world how the budding guitar hero in their ranks could thrive in a band environment. Here, Chris Buck explains how its follow-up has taken his playing and songwriting to the next level

Before The Future LOST SOUND TAPES/SELF-RELEASED 8/10

Jonas Renkse is forging new landscapes in Katatonia ’s gloom-laden prog metal world. Following the departure of founding guitarist Anders Nyström, a new-look line-up has released Nightmares As Extensions Of The Waking State . The vocalist and songwriter reveals the vivid dream that inspired the album and his plans for the new incarnation of the band.

The Fateful Symmetry MUTE 7/10