Tom Porter
Tom Porter worked on MusicRadar from its mid-2007 launch date to 2011, covering a range of music and music making topics, across features, gear news, reviews, interviews and more. A regular NAMM-goer back in the day, Tom now resides permanently in Los Angeles, where he's doing rather well at the Internet Movie Database (IMDB).
Latest articles by Tom Porter

6 things we've learned about music this week
By Tom Porter last updated
Unsold Nirvana, Klaxons, The Edge and more

Arctic Monkeys post studio session, cover Lady GaGa
By Tom Porter last updated
The View From… Rehearsals

Kasabian preview new song Underdog on Sony ad
By Tom Porter last updated
A taste of West Rider Pauper Lunatic Asylum

Mastodon's drummer reveals 'clicks' on new album
By Tom Porter last updated
Recording of Crack The Skye was a first

Guitarists' brainwaves synchronise when jamming
By Tom Porter last updated
Science proves two guitars can play as one

Coca-Cola forms supergroup Open Happiness
By Tom Porter last updated
Cee-Lo, Fall Out Boy spread the Coke love

Kanye West becomes dirty old man, raps about Viagra
By Tom Porter last updated
West dresses up for 88-Keys Stay Up! collaboration

Bands make more from live music than record sales
By Tom Porter last updated
It's official: touring is more profitable

8 things we've learned about music this week
By Tom Porter last updated
Biggie speaks, SFA play, Oasis are free and more

Musical bra enhances your chest's playability
By Tom Porter last updated
8 sweet sounds in each breast

Maximo Park giveaway free download: Wraithlike
By Tom Porter last updated
New album Quicken The Heart on the way

MusicRadar's ultimate 2009 UK festival guide
By Tom Porter last updated
From Green Man to Glasto, everything you need to know

Interpol begin "vital" album number four
By Tom Porter last updated
Band check in from the studio

Buy No Doubt ticket, get entire back-catalogue for free
By Tom Porter last updated
Is this what it takes to sell out a gig?

Yeah Yeah Yeahs succumb to leak, release album early
By Tom Porter last updated
It's Blitz! "escapes" online, causes chaos
5 things we've learned about music this week
By Tom Porter last updated
John Mayer's guitar, explicit lyrics and more

The Killers plan covers album
By Tom Porter last updated
Will Cyndi Lauper cover make the cut?

4 things we've learned about the music industry this week
By Tom Porter last updated
So, what happened at the Midem conference?

Buddy Rich voted 'most influential drummer ever'
By Tom Porter last updated
Jazz legend beats Led Zeppelin's John Bonham

Hear Tonight: Franz Ferdinand now, for free
By Tom Porter last updated
Band streaming new album before release

Nick Cave loses a founding Bad Seed member
By Tom Porter last updated
Mick Harvey quits after 36 years of Cave

Yeah Yeah Yeahs name new album Blitz
By Tom Porter last updated
Thanks, Geronimo Raccoon and the baby chicks

Songs sampled by Massive Attack compiled, released
By Tom Porter last updated
'Protected' follows Daft Punk's Discovered
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