Latest articles by Will Groves
Tom Verlaine, Television frontman and guitarist, dies aged 73
Michael Stipe, Flea and Steve Albini amongst those paying tribute this morning
Production giant Ken Scott on engineering the Beatles: "The first time I ever sat behind a mixing console was to record Your Mother Should Know. I had absolutely no idea what I was doing"
"That’s been my life. It’s been so ridiculous"
Chuck D on Rick Rubin's holistic production style: "Art is what you feel. No one should tell you what Art should come out of you. He gets that"
Public Enemy star responds to super-producer's recent comments on 60 Minutes
The alt-rock world pays tribute to Van Conner, Screaming Trees bassist who has died, aged 55
"I will miss him forever and ever and ever" wrote brother and bandmate Gary Lee Conner
Nick Cave labels AI chatbot's 'Nick Cave-style' song "bullshit": "Songs arise out of suffering... Data doesn’t suffer." We gave ChatGPT the right to reply...
AI chatbot fires back: "While a song generated by ChatGPT may not have the same personal significance as one written by a human, it can still be meaningful and impactful to those who hear it."
"I genuinely like that kind of music": Margot Robbie stands firm on Slipknot and heavy metal
Watch the Hollywood A-lister share her love of the dark side as Cate Blanchett goads "Does anyone like heavy metal music? Do you like monster trucks and things like that?"
Bachman-Turner Overdrive drummer Robbie Bachman, dies aged 69
"Maybe Jeff Beck needs a drummer!" writes brother Randy
Jeff Beck in pictures: from the '60s to 2022, caught on camera
Paying tribute to the guitarist's guitarist
"Those songs mean something quite different to us now": U2's new album Songs of Surrender will re-imagine 40 old songs
"Intimacy replaced post-punk urgency. New keys, new chords, new tempos and new lyrics arrived"
Robot rock: check out this worrying robot power trio's takes on Nirvana, Deep Purple and Metallica
Tone is in the servos for One Hacker Band
Radiohead getting together in 2023, says drummer Phil Selway: “As far as I know, we’re still a band!”
Plus, ICYMI here’s an intimate Tiny Desk The Smile performance to tide you over
Create your own Spotify Playlist in a Bottle time capsule - here's how
Sending out a digital SOS (by 31 Jan, please)
Harry Styles dominates as UK music streams double in five years, breaking 150 billion in 2022
Vinyl also grew last year, gaining on CD sales again
Over 50% of gig-goers have been priced out of live music, new survey finds
Over three-quarters of Brits also described live music as “expensive”
Tributes paid to Earth, Wind & Fire drummer Fred White, who has died aged 67
"Rest in Beats, Fred"
The best new electronic drum gear of 2022, as voted for by you
The kits, pads and software that got you plugged in this year
Anita Pointer, of The Pointer Sisters, dies aged 74
Slow Hand star's death confirmed in family statement
2022 online drum personality of the year, according to you
Best of 2022: Smashing the web to pieces in 2022
Thom Bell, pioneering Philly Soul producer, dies aged 79
One of The Mighty Three passes
Butch Vig on Cobain and the making of Teen Spirit: "As much as he admired Lennon's aesthetic, he really admired McCartney's melodic sensibility"
Super-producer looks back on Nirvana's seminal Nevermind recording sessions
Martin Duffy, Primal Scream keyboard player, dies aged 55
News shared by Tim Burgess, Charlatans' frontman, with whom Duffy also performed
