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The Smiths
The story of The Smiths’ buoyant breakthrough hit

By Andy Price Published

This Charming Man was the first indisputable evidence of Morrissey and Marr’s brilliance, combining the former's lyrical wit with the latter's superhuman guitar chops

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kojey
“I’ve spent more time with that guitar than with any human – that's one of my best friends”: Studio gurus Swindle and Ashton Sellars on the making of Kojey Radical’s Don’t Look Down

By Jim Ottewill Published

The UK producers share how they created the immersive musical world of Kojey's Mercury Prize-nominated second album

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Polyphia photographed in front of a blue sky background.
Polyphia's radical guitar gospel according to Tim Henson and Scott LePage

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Henson and LePage tell MusicRadar why Be Not Afraid will make you feel like a kid again – but it might freak you out

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Harry Styles performs live on stage during The BRIT Awards 2026 at Co-op Live on February 28, 2026 in Manchester, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage)
How a Roland TR-909 and a modular rig provided the spark of inspiration for Harry Styles' most euphoric No 1 single

By Ben Rogerson Published

“I don't necessarily believe in divine inspiration. But if there was any point in my career where I go, that was a divine moment, it was that," says Styles' collaborator Kid Harpoon

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Massive Attack
“The title was a joke, but it fitted the song so perfectly”: How Massive Attack created a groundbreaking ’90s hit

By Neil Crossley Published

“We were trying to create dance music for the head rather than the feet"

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The Blow Monkeys
We dig into the Blow Monkeys’ AIDS crisis-inspired hit from 1986, with new insight from its writer

By Sean Hannam Published

The lush Blow Monkeys classic helped propel the band to fame, but its darker subtext was missed by many

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Joe Bonamassa [left] wears a blue suit and polka-dotted shirt as he plays his green burst Strat onstage; Eric Clapton plays the 2023 Crossroads Guitar Festival.
Joe Bonamassa on Eric Clapton's sonic reinvention – and his favourite track from Slowhand's Strat era

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Ahead of his appearance at Crossroads 2026, Joe Bonamassa promises MusicRadar he's not stalking Clapton – but he has been paying close attention to his sound

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Al Di Meola
“Jaco was unbelievable”: Al Di Meola recalls his collaborations with Jaco Pastorius, Phil Collins and more

By Andrew Daly Published

“You don’t call Phil Collins because you need somebody to hit a snare drum. You call Phil because you want Phil Collins”

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cyma forma
"It’s often said that limitations breed creativity – is there anything more limited than a one-button synth?": Cyma Forma RND review

By Matt Mullen Published

A pocket-sized generative synthesizer, RND is a musical slot machine: unpredictable, sometimes frustrating, but capable of surprising you in ways that few other synths can. It's also, quite literally, just a button

Synths
“Basically a part of our family”: Billy Corgan defends his continued friendship with Marilyn Manson

By Beth Simpson Published

Lead Pumpkin attended Manson’s 56th birthday party last year

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