July saw the re-emergence of one of our favourite bits of kit from NAMM 2010 - The OP-1, as Teenage Engineering’s cool little synth/controller played a staring role in the video for Swedish House Mafia’s summer hit One. A fact that only made us even more excited for the day when we can finally buy one…

August’s Reading and Leeds festivals, as Guitar Editor Chris Vinnicombe predicted, saw a reunion set from The Libertines (above). (Although before we give Chris too much credit, he does seem to predict that every year, so he was bound to get it right eventually.)

On the weirder side of things, we discovered that slowing down the music of teen sensation Justin Bieber creates an epic, atmospheric masterpiece, which is cool in so many ways.