Guardian Music — (Virgin)Nile Rodgers’ disco troupe may have become critically lauded since their last record, and his guitar playing remains a joy – but the special guests weigh it downIt’s About Time isn’t the only Chic album about to be... more info

PopSugar UK — With its newest film, the X-Men franchise plans on going in a much darker direction. Like, much, much darker. The first trailer for The New Mutants recently dropped, and its overt horror genre vibes definitely gave some longtime fans of the series a... more info

Sweeping The Nation — So we start the final furlong of the feature and complete the 1970s with the year disco ate the world. Who could complain? Well, middle America and everyone involved with financing the Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band film thinking they were ... more info

Guardian Music — Helsinki Philharmonic/Helsinki Music Centre Choir/Storgards/Finley(Ondine)It took me several attempts to make it all the way through this disc of recent-ish choral and orchestral works by Einojuhani Rautavaara. The 88-year-old Finnish composer, mysti... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich recently spoke to BBC Radio 6 Music about the band's love of records and record stores. You can now listen to the chat using the widget below. A few excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On how he first got... more info

Rolling Stone — Metallica played a special old-school set at a San Francisco area record store earlier this month on Record Store Day, marking their roles as Record Store Day Ambassadors. The gig also coincided with the release of reissued editions of their first tw... more info

Stereogum — Metallica were this year’s official Record Store Ambassadors, and they spent the actual RSD the same way previous ambassadors the Foo Fighters did: They played an in-store set at a real live record store. In Metallica’s case, it was Berkeley’s ... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — On April 16, immediately after their performance at Berkeley, California's legendary record store Rasputin Music in celebration of Record Store Day 2016, the four members of METALLICA and some of their closest friends and colleagues made their way ov... more info

Mercury News, California — Band's in-store show at Rasputin Music in Berkeley was an intimate affair for 375 lucky fans. The veteran rockers were official Record Store Day Ambassadors more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — Video footage of METALLICA frontman James Hetfield sharing some of his early record store memories can be seen below. METALLICA has been announced as the 2016 ambassadors for Record Store Day, the annual celebration of independent music retailers an... more info