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Unpicking the Beach Boys’ classic that confirmed Brian Wilson’s creative genius
By Andy Price Published
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“All my equipment kind of glowed and then shut down”: The weather event that shaped a Richie Hawtin classic
By Si Truss Published
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“Now the deck is heavily stacked against old farts like myself!”: The classic rock singer exiled by his old band
By Paul Elliott Published
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How Ed Sheeran generated royalties for Bob Dylan by borrowing from Jimi Hendrix
By Ben Rogerson Published
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“George Harrison didn’t get it at all”: When Led Zeppelin's first LP confused a Beatle — and was ignored by Mick Jagger
By Neil Crossley Published
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“I’ll cry... I’d have done that gig for nothing” Zak Starkey on why he'll miss the Oasis gigs
By Will Simpson Published
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Sabrina Carpenter on her musical heroes, why she decided to release a new album so soon... and Rush
By Ben Rogerson Published
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Bands
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“George Harrison didn’t get it at all”: When Led Zeppelin's first LP confused a Beatle — and was ignored by Mick Jagger
By Neil Crossley Published
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“I’ll cry... I’d have done that gig for nothing” Zak Starkey on why he'll miss the Oasis gigs
By Will Simpson Published
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“12 million sales is pretty big!”: Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson on the classic album with the “bloody awful” cover
By Paul Elliott Published
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“The recording of Appetite For Destruction cost $365,000”: Guns N’ Roses’ former manager on the band's classic debut
By Paul Elliott Published
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“We’re celebrating the fact that we survived!”: Ozzy Osbourne's '80s bandmate looks ahead to his farewell show
By Andrew Daly Published
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"They’ve got 13 songs they’re happy with”: The Rolling Stones are recording a new album in London
By Daniel Griffiths Published
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“He's making up lies”: Did Sharon Osbourne just boot a band off the Black Sabbath megagig?
By Daniel Griffiths Published
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“You’re used to Ozzy running around, but he won’t be doing that”: Tony Iommi's "fear” ahead of Ozzy’s farewell show
By Paul Elliott Published
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"From the moment his music reached me in the early 1970s, it became a part of my soul": Music stars align to pay homage to Sly Stone who died yesterday, aged 82
By Daniel Griffiths Published
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Djs
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“All my equipment kind of glowed and then shut down”: The weather event that shaped a Richie Hawtin classic
By Si Truss Published
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Have you seen this woman? The Menendez Brothers are searching for the thief who stole their record bag from Fabric
By Will Simpson Published
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“Next time don’t bring a wet sponge to a tech fight”: deadmau5 just beat down DJ James Hype by beating Elden Ring with a Pioneer CDJ-3000
By Daniel Griffiths Published
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"I have a very emotional relationship with my machines”: How Djrum made one of 2025’s best electronic albums
By Si Truss Published
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Watch UK electronic artist Lawrence Hart build a track from scratch in his hardware-stuffed studio
By Si Truss Published
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“Way beyond anything I could have hoped for”: Robert Smith announces new Cure remix album
By Will Simpson Published
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“I have an original 909 – every time I use it I feel like I’m ruining it”: Riva Starr's studio essentials
By Si Truss Published
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Mustard will be headlining at Coachella tonight with a very exclusive Native Instruments Maschine MK3
By Ben Rogerson Published
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“Turns out they weigh more than I thought”: Mark Ronson injures himself trying to move a stage monitor
By Will Simpson Published
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Drummers
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“I’ll cry... I’d have done that gig for nothing” Zak Starkey on why he'll miss the Oasis gigs
By Will Simpson Published
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“I’ve taken inspiration from the UK dance music scene": Mixwave put Sleep Token’s drummer in a plugin
By Daniel Griffiths Published
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Lifeguard on abstract noise and pop hooks – and the creative epiphanies behind their stellar debut
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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“We missed him”: ZZ Top confirm that Frank Beard is back
By Will Simpson Published
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Zak Starkey speaks out yet again on being fired - and not 'retired' - from The Who
By Will Simpson Published
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"On good terms and great friends as we have always been”: Zak Starkey and Roger Daltrey have made up
By Will Simpson Published
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Session drummer Hannah Montrose on facing down challenges and manifesting a spot behind the kit with Lizzo
By Kate Puttick Published
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“Metronome-like precision deemed "soulless"”: Josh Freese delivers 10 reasons for Foo Fighters sacking
By Daniel Griffiths Published
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"The lie is or would have been that I quit – I didn’t": Zak Starkey sacked from The Who - again
By Will Groves Published
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Gigs & Festivals
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“He's making up lies”: Did Sharon Osbourne just boot a band off the Black Sabbath megagig?
By Daniel Griffiths Published
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“I’m trying not to get angry”: Richard Hawley to play one final show at renowned UK venue next week
By Will Simpson Published
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Olivia Rodrigo and David Byrne ignore the nasty weather and get down at the New York Governor’s Ball fest
By Will Simpson Published
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McCartney joins Springsteen to play Can’t Buy Me Love at Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium
By Will Simpson Published
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“Never let your publishing go”: The best music industry advice Sharon Osbourne has ever been given
By Will Simpson Published
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Lorde reflects on the "damage" she suffered when her Melodrama tour was hit by low ticket sales
By Ben Rogerson Published
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“The baritone Tele was made uniquely for me, and Paul’s mandolin has been with him for decades. We’re heartbroken": Someone just stole Heart’s gear on the eve of their comeback tour
By Daniel Griffiths Published
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"I just mixed some sandpaper together for a bit and then played a food mixer": The unlikely story of Aphex Twin's weirdest gig
By Matt Mullen Published
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Glastonbury 2025 line-up times: Who's on when and where. And who the hell are Patchwork?…
By Daniel Griffiths Published
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Guitarists
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“Guitars should be played”: Kirk Hammett has been anonymously selling his guitars online
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Jack White on why he rerecorded half of the guitars on No Name after he got his new Fender tube amp
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Blackberry Smoke’s Charlie Starr on that time he took Duane Allman’s '57 Goldtop to a Metallica show
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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Fender unveils DiMarzio-loaded Strat and Jazz Bass for Khruangbin’s Mark Speer and Laura Lee
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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“I said, ‘Damn, I wish I'd cut that song faster!’”: How a master guitarist made a cult classic instrumental album
By Andrew Daly Published
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The Grammy-winning hit that Eric Clapton wrote to order, with a little help from Foreigner’s Mick Jones
By Ben Rogerson Published
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Your chance to win Kurt Cobain's plectrum — used during Nirvana’s legendary Unplugged show
By Paul Elliott Published
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Lifeguard on abstract noise and pop hooks – and the creative epiphanies behind their stellar debut
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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“You hear the record and they took you off!”: Ace session guitarist Brent Mason reveals how he made it to the top
By Andrew Daly Published
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Keyboard Players
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Tom Petty keyboard player Benmont Tench says that being produced by Rick Rubin was like solving a puzzle
By Ben Rogerson Published
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Ezra Collective’s Joe Armon-Jones on why he created his Aquarii Studios and his dub mixing technique
By Si Truss Published
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Elton John tells audience at Devil Wears Prada premiere that he’s lost his sight
By Will Simpson Published
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Greg Phillinganes on the Michael Jackson song arrangement that Quincy Jones rejected
By Ben Rogerson Published
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Why Foreigner’s Al Greenwood said no to the Minimoog and bought a little-known synth instead
By Ben Rogerson Published
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ROLI unveils the Airwave, an expressive new way of learning and creating using its MPE instruments
By Andy Price Published
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That’s incredible… that is nuts”: Tom Cruise gets a Royal Albert Hall organ lesson
By Ben Rogerson Published
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“I'm sorry to be the bringer of bad news to somebody who's against AI”: Jordan Rudess reckons AI is just misunderstood
By Daniel Griffiths Published
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Greg Phillinganes explains how he shares the Clavinet parts with Stevie Wonder on Higher Ground
By Ben Rogerson Published
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Producers & Engineers
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Tom Petty keyboard player Benmont Tench says that being produced by Rick Rubin was like solving a puzzle
By Ben Rogerson Published
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Brian Wilson, co-founder of the Beach Boys and one of the most influential writers and producers in pop history, has died aged 82
By Si Truss Published
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"I’m not just producing tracks anymore. I’m producing stars from scratch": Timbaland just created an AI artist
By Daniel Griffiths Published
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Jean-Michel Jarre to release ‘audio visual record’ of his Bratislava mega-gig, which featured Brian May
By Will Simpson Published
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“It would be a bit of an ego thing to say I made Sleep Token’s world”: George Lever talks producing the band
By Daniel Griffiths Published
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“Art creation always starts with a prompt, a seed”: Rick Rubin is now an AI 'vibe coder'
By Daniel Griffiths Published
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Calvin Harris reveals the unconventional method he used to record the guitar riff on new single, Blessings
By Ben Rogerson Published
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ABBA pay tribute to sound engineer Michael B Tretow, their ‘fifth member’, who has died aged 80
By Ben Rogerson Published
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Calvin Harris slams claim that his new single Blessings sounds too similar to Chicane's Offshore
By Ben Rogerson Published
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Singers & Songwriters
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“Now the deck is heavily stacked against old farts like myself!”: The classic rock singer exiled by his old band
By Paul Elliott Published
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How Ed Sheeran generated royalties for Bob Dylan by borrowing from Jimi Hendrix
By Ben Rogerson Published
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Sabrina Carpenter on her musical heroes, why she decided to release a new album so soon... and Rush
By Ben Rogerson Published
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“The world mourns a genius today”: Bandmates, friends and stars pay tribute to Brian Wilson
By Will Simpson Published
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Brandi Carlile reveals the songwriting maxim that Joni Mitchell lives by
By Ben Rogerson Published
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Raye on her decision to work with Amy Winehouse producer Mark Ronson, and those inevitable comparisons
By Ben Rogerson Published
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Omar recalls the unusual reason why his first attempt to record with Stevie Wonder came to nothing
By Ben Rogerson Published
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“I’m trying not to get angry”: Richard Hawley to play one final show at renowned UK venue next week
By Will Simpson Published
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Sly Stone, musical pioneer and leader of Sly and the Family Stone, has died aged 82
By Ben Rogerson Published
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Singles And Albums
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“One of the few songs that reduces me to tears every time I hear it”
By Neil Crossley Published
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Raye on her decision to work with Amy Winehouse producer Mark Ronson, and those inevitable comparisons
By Ben Rogerson Published
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"At first the tension was unbelievable. Johnny was really cold, Dee Dee was OK but Joey was a sweetheart": The story of the Ramones' recording of Baby I Love You
By Matt Frost Published
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"Reggae is more freeform than the blues": Bob Marley and the Wailers' Catch a Fire, track-by-track
By MusicRadar Published
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“Part of a beautiful American tradition”: A music theory expert explains the country roots of Beyoncé’s Texas Hold ‘Em, and why it also owes a debt to the blues
By Ethan Hein Published
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“The track is a monster!”: Joe Bonamassa and Sammy Hagar have got the Fortune Teller Blues
By Jonathan Horsley Published
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A music professor breaks down the theory behind Prince's When Doves Cry
By Ethan Hein Published
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Gwen Stefani on the No Doubt song that “changed everything” after it became their biggest hit
By Ben Rogerson Published
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New book Dust & Grooves Vol.2 tells the tall tale of the scam records that could make collectors a fortune
By Daniel Griffiths Published
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Sabrina Carpenter on her musical heroes, why she decided to release a new album so soon... and Rush
By Ben Rogerson Published
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“I could’ve been a flutist”: Donald Trump is claiming he has an aptitude for music
By Will Simpson Published
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“12 million sales is pretty big!”: Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson on the classic album with the “bloody awful” cover
By Paul Elliott Published
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