Latest articles by Daniel Griffiths
“A collection of half-assed songs”: Billy Joel doesn’t think much of The Beatles' White Album
He also says that there was "a lot of filler" on The Who's Tommy
The remaining members of Black Sabbath lead the tributes to Ozzy Osbourne
The stars come out in force for Osbourne, who’s passing comes just three weeks after his final triumphant Back to the Beginning mega-gig
“I don't need anybody to write songs for me": Melvins’ Buzz Osborne claims he sacked Kurt Cobain
The grunge/sludge hero just delivered his take on how producer Kurt Cobain came to part ways with the band
"Infinite, original audio based on any sample": Output’s Re-imagine feature can avoid copyright detection
Worried that your latest production is too laden with library sounds? Let AI conjure up something that's exclusively all yours
“We can fill a hole in our dire finances”: Mercury nominated Field Music are now a Doors tribute act
“Any embarrassment I might have felt about doing this has dissolved," the band explain, while thoroughly detailing their predicament
“I am happy to accept and concede defeat”: Damon Albarn just admitted that Oasis won
“It’s their summer and God bless them. I hope everyone has a wonderful time but I’m going to be in a very, very different place.”
"It might have been like 12 people there”: Exodus’ Gary Holt pulls zero punches in his new autobiography
The guitarist and Exodus mainstay has just released his memoir and let’s just say that his band hasn’t always had an easy ride
"Jeff is devastated": ELO's last ever mega-gig plunged into jeopardy after last-minute cancellation of last night's Manchester show
After cancelling the gig minutes before curtain up, all eyes now turn to the band's planned Hyde Park finale on Sunday
“I could not have done something like Let’s Dance without David”: Does Nile Rodgers deserve more credit?
"A strummy folk guitar part with a moving voice in the chords? It didn’t even sound close to what I’d call a hit”
"We're doing a King Crimson studio album": Singer/guitarist Jakko Jakszyk reveals a new album featuring Robert Fripp and other band members
With the passing of founder members and the rerelease of side projects, a new outing from the band itself seemed off the table. Until now
“For such a respected music industry vet to move into the space feels really meaningful”: Suno just hired top music talent for their AI music takeover
Following a bad start with musicians and a legal impasse with labels, Suno are tooling up for the battle to own music
“The greatest day in the history of metal”: Black Sabbath’s final mega-gig raised £140m for charity
Great bands a great show and a great amount of money for some great causes
"Stop telling me to contact their management": Pearl Jam’s ex-drummer Dave Abbruzzese isn't coming back
Following the departure of drummer Matt Cameron, fans have already begun barking up the wrong tree for his replacement
“It's easy to get lost in the sauce”: Olivia Rodrigo put her entire Guts touring crew into therapy
During her year-long tour the superstar ensured that her team was on their A-game thanks to a therapist on tap 24/7
“How is a clear CD even possible?": Lorde’s see-through Virgin CD doesn’t play in most CD players
Fans take to social media to share a string of disappointing ‘No Disc’ errors after giving Lorde's latest a spin
“The award for best AI song goes to…”: The Future Sound Awards are new music awards for AI music
Reckon that your AI tune doesn’t get the love that it should? A new competition aims to celebrate the best new AI music and its makers
“We don’t want our music killing people,” Deerhoof just quit Spotify after Daniel Ek's weapons deal
“Spotify is flushing itself down the toilet. Eventually artists will want to leave this already widely hated data-mining scam masquerading as a ‘music company”
Glastonbury 2025 line-up times: Who's on when, where and how you can watch them from anywhere. And who the hell are Patchwork?…
Here are all your favourites and where you can see them, plus details of a few mystery slots still to be filled...
“Playing in front of people who are stripped down to the bones…” Josh Homme talks Alive In The Catacombs
“This could be beautiful. This could be elegant,” he says, of Queens of the Stone Age's unusual live return
Tick, tick, tick, tick, boom! Camtronome is the essential musical metronome app that you didn’t know you needed
It’s the next-level performance assistant whose time signature jumps, tempo changes and audible queues will keep you on point through your entire gig
“I’ve taken inspiration from the UK dance music scene": Mixwave put Sleep Token’s drummer in a plugin
Get the distinctive sound of Sleep Token’s drums on your track, whatever your music style or DAW
Neil Peart called him 'the Wood Whisperer' and now he's blended metal and timber in DW's new SonicPly shells
Fusing up to 12 plies of wood with two plies of aluminum they promise presence and power like no other
"They’ve got 13 songs they’re happy with”: The Rolling Stones are recording a new album in London
No UK or Euro tour this year (or ever?) so how about some new material instead?
