"Do not despair – the cavalry is coming!”: Tom Morello to join Springsteen on the Land Of Hope And Dreams tour
Though he’ll only star on ‘selected’ songs
Artists
"Do not despair – the cavalry is coming!”: Tom Morello to join Springsteen on the Land Of Hope And Dreams tour
Though he’ll only star on ‘selected’ songs
Living Colour’s Vernon Reid on NYC epiphanies, unsung heroes and the emotional power of a sample
The visionary guitarist walks us through the memories, sounds and people who shaped him as a player – and the sounds we hear on his bravura solo album, Hoodoo Telemetry
Miley Cyrus’s lawyers bring music theory to the fore in a bid to have the Flowers copyright case dismissed
Cyrus and her co-writers are facing a copyright infringement claim not from Mars himself, but Tempo Music Investments
"I'm totally uninvolved”: Dave Grohl says he had nothing to do with his daughter’s record deal
Foo Fighters are currently in UK playing two intimate shows
How politics and legal wrangling shaped the Melania documentary soundtrack
Marc Beckman says that they were also denied permission to use songs by Prince and Grace Jones
“Lars and I saw him at the Whiskey. ‘Let’s get that guitar player… oh, he’s playing bass!’”: James Hetfield on Cliff Burton
“I feel like Cliff was my ally in the battle”
“She carved out her own path”: Tributes paid to electronic music pioneer Éliane Radigue
She worked with Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henry
Music Tech
Google's ProducerAI can create customized instruments and effects in your browser
ProducerAI is a chatbot that generates songs, album art, music videos and even music-making apps
"Upgrade any post-life experience": Liquid Death and Spotify launch the Eternal Playlist Urn
Now you can groove beyond the grave
“I didn’t know garage very well, so I made a slightly skewed version of this sound”: MJ Cole on the making of UKG classic Sincere
Producer and UK garage legend MJ Cole charts his journey from classical music to the club and unpicks the production behind the genre-defining Sincere
“The breadth of control, countered with the joy of random probabilities, is simply fun”: ADDAC System 511 VC Stochastic Voltage Generator review
If you want happy accidents and repeatable madness galore, the 511 is the module for you
It’s funny because it’s true: Soulseek is suddenly full to the brim of crazy Homer Simpson covers
All created via AI
"There's nothing quite like it": The singular genius of Laurie Spiegel's Music Mouse, with Eventide's Tony Agnello
40 years ago an idiosyncratic piece of software opened new doors for electronic music. Now Eventide has revitalised Spiegel’s classic Music Mouse instrument for a new generation
ACME Synth Works unveils “world’s first” hardware clone of the Roland Jupiter-8 – but don’t get too excited just yet
The JP-8 recreation isn't a real product right now – but ACME's Oberheim Xpander clone is still in the works
“A cost-effective wavetable synthesizer you could fall in love with”: Waldorf Protein review
If you’re lacking a little Protein in your production diet, Waldorf has just the supplement for you
“A fun, unique way to express yourself”: Google add their AI music creation app Lyria 3 to their Gemini assistant
But questions remain over its training
Abbey Road releases its first virtual instrument in collaboration with fashion house Charles Jeffrey Loverboy
The Big Nessie is a free Kontakt instrument that gives producers "warped percussive textures, tonal fragments and experimental rhythms to play with"
Guitars
Gibson unveils Murphy Lab replica of Mick Ronson’s Bowie-era 1968 Les Paul Custom
With the ebony finish stripped to reveal its two-piece plain maple top, mismatched controls, custom-wound pickups, this limited run reproduction is the spitting image of Ronson's original
“An absolute steal when it comes to quality and value for money”: Harley Benton ST-Modern Carlos Asensio CGM review
The Guitarraviva YouTuber teams up with Harley Benton to deliver one of the most spec’d-out affordable guitars we’ve ever seen
Love hotrodded Plexi crunch and Mesa high-gain drive? Wampler’s Golden Jubilee serves up both in one sparkly green stompbox
Wampler is calling it a “complete gain solution” and who can argue with that…
![A black-and-white portrait of Rush's Geddy Lee [left] and Alex Lifeson as they announce their reunion tour.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UBkXGCbCXZ4DWbUUFrCSbJ-840-80.jpg.webp)
Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson are bringing the Rush reunion tour to the UK, Europe and South America
The 50 Something Tour will see Rush play two epic sets culled from 40-plus tracks – tickets for the newly announced 2027 dates go on sale at 10am on 27 February
How Josh Middleton crushed his inner elitist to unleash a brutal Sylosis album for the kids in the pit
The New Flesh finds the UK metal stalwarts “regressing” to their teenage selves and Middleton taking a leaf out of Obituary and Deicide’s book with hench riffs you can hum, grooves you can move to
MusicRadar deals of the week: Score over $700 off PRS, $200 off Ludwig drums and massive discounts on software and recording gear
We've uncovered the very best offers on a range of music-making gear from the likes of Gibson, PRS, Yamaha, Fender and more
Paul Gilbert on why it can be so hard to resist the urge to shred
Gilbert says shred can sometimes be the easy way to give his audience what they want, but their expectations only make him want to work harder on his melodies
Guitar Lessons & Tutorials
How Tom Morello used his guitar to drill into the off-limits domain of the turntablist
The Rage Against the Machine axe-man’s most memorable moment saw him emulate a DJ scratch breakdown using a trick that few have fully mastered
With a massive 89% discount, $99 for a year's worth of Guitar Tricks online lessons is the best way to upgrade your guitar playing this Black Friday
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My pick of the best online guitar courses will get your playing up to speed from the comfort of your own home, whether you're a beginner, intermediate, or advanced player
Ignite your inner guitar god for just 27 cents a day with TrueFire’s July 4th sale - save 60% on online lessons
With over 84,000 lessons at your disposal, this is one of the best value guitar tuition subscriptions online right now
Can you fix your guitar's frets yourself? We try three innovative approaches from MusicNomad to investigate how they might conquer a major cause of fret buzz
Uneven frets are a common issue with our guitars, but MusicNomad has come up with different ways to empower players to deal with it themselves
How to play like George Harrison on The Beatles' Abbey Road
Learn the guitar style of the most expressive and accomplished playing The Beatle would ever commit to tape
How to play guitar like David Gilmour: Bluesy diads, slides, quarter-tone blues curls and more
Tackle the expressive phrasing and minor pentatonic tricks of one of rock's finest guitarists, David Gilmour
Latest Tuition
How to conjure the spirit of early techno and trigger your own retro zaps in software
How a sound design approach originally deployed for television effects became an electronic music staple - and how to make it yourself
How to replicate the trailblazing pulse of I Feel Love
I Feel Love’s innovative electronic rhythm section set the stage for pretty much everything that followed, and here’s how you can recreate its bewitching energy in your DAW
Improve the impact of your basslines by quickly learning the basics of bass compression
Creating the perfect foundation for your track begins just the right amount of compression for your bass - here’s how to not overdo it!
How Harry Styles brought the sounds of minimal techno to the world of pop with new single, Aperture
The former One Direction star’s latest effort is a far cry from his previous output
How close listening to Chic can teach us about the integral relationship between the kick and bass
If you want to add more punch to your production, start at the foundation of your track, with the kick and bass
How to emulate the sound of Gary Numan’s synth-pop classic Cars
We lift the bonnet on a foundational piece of synth genius, and demonstrate how you can achieve its distinctive sound yourself in your DAW
How unquantizing your tracks can make them stand out from the AI-dominated crowd
If your music is sounding a little mechanical, maybe it deserves a sprinkle of organic nurturing. We invite you to un-click the quantize!
Stuck for ideas? Here's how to create fresh basslines and melodies with Ableton Live 12’s MIDI tools
In our latest video tutorial, we explore how to use Live generative MIDI tools and hardware-inspired sequencers to create riffs and patterns
7 great house and techno tips from Don’t Be Afraid label boss Semtek (aka DJ Persuasion)
The producer, DJ and founder of one of the UK's most respected underground labels revisits a 2012 release to explore what he's learned in 15 years of releasing house and techno
Four big-name guitarists spill their recording secrets
With insight from Paul Gilbert, John 5, Adam Dutkiewicz and Marty Friedman on their approaches to the recording process
37 heavyweight bass production tips
More than three dozen priceless nuggets of bass recording and production wisdom
Creating chords for electronic music: 3 ways to generate more interesting progressions in Ableton Live 12
Let’s explore how Live’s MIDI effects can help us write better progressions
25 recording tips and tricks everyone should know
Get better takes in the studio and on the stage, with our essential advice for producers and DIY music-makers
Produce better music with our ultimate compression cheat sheet
Confused about where to start with compressors and dynamics effects? We'll guide you through the essential features and settings
Ever wondered how a microphone really works?
If microphone terminology confuses more than it helps, this guide will illuminate the microphone basics
How to stress test a laptop for music production in any DAW - and why every producer should do it
Get the most out of your machine and find out how far your laptop can really take your recordings
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How to make MusicRadar.com a preferred source
Latest Reviews
“The breadth of control, countered with the joy of random probabilities, is simply fun”: ADDAC System 511 VC Stochastic Voltage Generator review
If you want happy accidents and repeatable madness galore, the 511 is the module for you
“A cost-effective wavetable synthesizer you could fall in love with”: Waldorf Protein review
If you’re lacking a little Protein in your production diet, Waldorf has just the supplement for you
“An absolute steal when it comes to quality and value for money”: Harley Benton ST-Modern Carlos Asensio CGM review
The Guitarraviva YouTuber teams up with Harley Benton to deliver one of the most spec’d-out affordable guitars we’ve ever seen
"The tones may not quite be best of the lot, but it's comfortably the easiest and most enjoyable modeller to use": Line 6 Helix Stadium XL review
A decade after the Helix was born, the Helix Stadium has big boots to fill – is it a worthy successor to the hugely acclaimed modeller name?
“Powerful, extremely versatile and creatively refreshing, it offers a ton of inspiration if you click with it”: LAG HyVibe 10 HV10ACE review
A capable acoustic guitar that’s its own pedalboard and speaker, too
“A joy to use, offers some interesting opportunities for patching and can grow with your rig too”: ADDAC System 814 6x6 Stereo Matrix Mixer review
Mix, match and morph both audio and CV with ease, using ADDAC’s matrix mixer
“Premium design detail coupled with excellent sonics delivers a listening experience that doesn’t disappoint”: HEDD HEDDphone D1 review
The quality level continues to rise for mixing and mastering headphones. Let’s see how this latest model performs
“Offers power, warmth, charm and usability, in a highly convincing virtual analogue reproduction, with real heart and soul”: Cherry Audio SH-MAX review
Continuing its Japanese homage, Cherry Audio reignites three of Roland’s finest synths from the '70s, in a single soft-synth with plenty of reinvention
