Latest articles by Andy Price
“Any musician should be able to find a brilliant new colour to add to a developing mix”: EastWest Lo-Fi review
Aimed at those looking to rough up their software-constructed songs, Lo-Fi is a vivid playground of blended effects that will twist your sounds deliciously
Why David Bowie ditched promoting Low and instead became Iggy Pop’s keyboard player
Bowie put helping his Berlin flatmate Iggy Pop first, with promo for one of his greatest ever albums falling by the wayside
The genius behind John Bonham’s towering When The Levee Breaks drum sound
It’s one of the best drum recordings in history, but the resulting sound was just as much a feat of engineering as it way playing
How Jeff Buckley saved Radiohead’s Fake Plastic Trees
It was the song Thom Yorke just couldn't get right, but a stellar Jeff Buckley gig unlocked the missing ingredient
How Kate Bush stunned David Gilmour with a masterpiece of songwriting she made at just 13 years old
The early song was unmistakable evidence of Bush’s boundless talents
We speak to the company aiming to repopularise the personal cassette player
We Are Rewind is on a mission to get everyone digging out their old tapes once again
How The Avalanches assembled their surreal monument of weird, Frontier Psychiatrist, from a huge range of samples
Tighten your buttocks and pour juice on your chin as we unpack The Avalanches’ sample-constructed maelstrom
The strange, brief existence of the John Lennon-fronted supergroup hidden for decades
Back in 1968, Lennon, Keith Richards and an unlikely collection of musical cohorts tore through a White Album highlight
How the Cure sidestepped the gloom and wrote one of the most uplifting songs ever recorded
The Cure’s life-affirming indie pop classic remains the ultimate Friday tune
How a fake version of a popular British band managed to deceive American fans
The odd tale of how a counterfeit version of the Zombies capitalised on the group's US success after the original band called it quits
How Freddie Mercury took on mortality itself for Queen’s majestic final single
It was sadly to be Freddie’s last single with Queen before his untimely death just six weeks after its release
The embarrassing blunder that caused Paul McCartney to be jailed for nine days in 1980
The Beatles’ legend was detained upon entering Japan at the outset of a week-long tour, and he only had himself to blame
How one of Madonna’s most iconic hits grew from cheap filler to international chart-topper
It might seem an obvious winner now, but Madonna’s Vogue was at first the speedily and cheaply-built flip side to an entirely different single
How a dejected indie folk gem became a wedding song staple
You couldn’t get away from the Lumineers’ Ho Hey when it was released back in 2012, but few people knew that the life-affirming anthem was actually a pained reflection on multiple heartbreaks
The enduring appeal of the REM radio smash that Michael Stipe hated
The song was inescapable in the early 1990s, yet the shifting dynamics and sunny lyrics of REM's upbeat smash continue to provoke questions about its true meaning
“Where words fail, music speaks”: Why storytelling through music exceeds other art forms
Narrative in music isn’t always about just what’s being said within a song’s lyrics - it’s what the music triggers in the core of the listener
How the Beatles won over America with one performance
We look back on that magical night when John, Paul, George and Ringo entranced a grieving nation and fired up the engine of Beatlemania stateside
How the Talking Heads' frontman's oversized tailoring defined his most iconic performance
The gigantic suit look became one of Byrne's visual trademarks, but what lay behind his choice to wear it?
How a journalist’s joke led Jimi Hendrix to set fire to his guitar for the first time
It was a ritual that would symbolise Hendrix’s esoteric allure, but the first night he did it, the incendiary act was quickly thought up backstage
How Phil Collins’ globe-spanning Live Aid journey led to one of the most disastrous reunions ever
The hectic day that Phil Collins Concorde-hopped between continents was mired by a shambolic reunion which he unwittingly became a part of
How Oasis rustled up the ultimate Britpop anthem with Don't Look Back in Anger
A song destined to be bellowed at gigs, pubs, birthdays and wedding receptions for the rest of time, the huge hit crystallised a cultural moment, and verified Oasis as 90s Britain’s most popular band
How to avoid letting technical problems with the music-making process slow you down
It’s easy for us to hang around one particular arrangement or mix for months, pouring over the fine details. It's advisable to keep the bigger flow going
How a shrewd power move from Michael Jackson permanently dented his friendship with Paul McCartney
Once friends and collaborators, Michael Jackson’s seizure of the Beatles’ publishing rights from Paul would distance the music heavyweights
