15 Great Instrumental Tracks By Vocal Bands

15 Great Instrumental Tracks By Vocal Bands

Every once in a while, a band will produce a memorable instrumental that stands out among its songs. Here are 15 great examples of artists keeping their mouths shut and letting their instruments do the talking.  read more

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Listen to the Alabama Shakes Cover Led Zeppelin

Listen to the Alabama Shakes Cover Led Zeppelin

The Alabama Shakes’ bluesy, strong-handed guitar parts paired with frontwoman Brittany Howard’s powerhouse voice made covering Led Zeppelin a near no-brainer. Howard and the band did an impressive take on Zeppelin’s debut album closer, “How Many More Times.”  read more

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The 20 Best Cover Songs of 2011

The 20 Best Cover Songs of 2011

The beautiful thing about writing a song is the life it takes on once it leaves you. These 20 songs found new life this year, interpreted by some of our favorite artists. Here are the 20 best cover songs of 2011.  read more

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Now You Can Buy Your Own Stairway to Heaven

Now You Can Buy Your Own Stairway to Heaven

Led Zeppelin’s iconic/clichéd masterpiece “Stairway to Heaven” has been the muse behind more epic-minded rock groups, fantasy nerds and people who pretend to be good at guitar than perhaps any other song in the history of rock ‘n’ roll. Now it seems to have also inspired designers, particularly 20-year-old Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design student Arthur Analts, who has custom-crafted a Led Zeppelin ladder. Sleek, all-white and imprinted with the famous Led Zeppelin logo, the ladder possesses a unique, highly ergonomic design: It’s able not only to lay flat against the wall as most ladders do,...  read more

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Celebrating the Ultimate Muse: An A-Z Look at Great Songs Named After Women

Celebrating the Ultimate Muse: An A-Z Look at Great Songs Named After Women

There are a few factors to take into consideration when reading this list, which was immense in its scope and terribly difficult to whittle down.  read more

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Watch a Mash-Up of 80 Fans Performing Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog"

Watch a Mash-Up of 80 Fans Performing Led Zeppelin's "Black Dog"

Recently, we shared this awesome mash-up of several fans taking a shot at Radiohead’s “Paranoid Android.” And now, we’ve got some equally as awesome footage of Led Zeppelin fans performing the band’s famous tune “Black Dog.”...  read more

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16 Awesome Led Zeppelin Covers

16 Awesome Led Zeppelin Covers

Trent Reznor and Karen O recently released a cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" for the soundtrack to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. We liked it so much, we went on a search for some other covers of Zeppelin classics.  read more

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Karen O and Trent Reznor Cover Led Zeppelin

Karen O and Trent Reznor Cover Led Zeppelin

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ frontwoman and the Academy-Award winning genius behind Nine Inch Nails have teamed up to cover Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song.”...  read more

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The 10 Best Robert Johnson Covers

The 10 Best Robert Johnson Covers

One hundred years after his birth, Robert Johnson remains one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. He's inspired a range of musicians, so to mark his birthday this week, we present 10 of the best Robert Johnson covers.  read more

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The 50 Best British Artists of All Time

The 50 Best British Artists of All Time

While all eyes are on the throne, we pay tribute to our 50 favorite British artists—a rock 'n roll royal family of sorts.  read more

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