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Can Spotify’s Prompted Playlist feature put you back in the driving seat when it comes to your music listening?
By Ben Rogerson published
Instead of being force fed playlists by the algorithm, you can now try and make it work for you

Love hotrodded Plexi crunch and Mesa high-gain drive? Wampler’s Golden Jubilee serves up both in one sparkly green stompbox
By Jonathan Horsley published
Wampler is calling it a “complete gain solution” and who can argue with that…

Delving into the inner workings of the title track from Kraftwerk’s most influential record
By Roland Schmidt published
Back in the 1970s, Kraftwerk anticipated the machine-dominated world we now inhabit. We prise open The Man Machine to see how they managed it
![A black-and-white portrait of Rush's Geddy Lee [left] and Alex Lifeson as they announce their reunion tour.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UBkXGCbCXZ4DWbUUFrCSbJ-320-80.jpg)
Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson are bringing the Rush reunion tour to the UK, Europe and South America
By Jonathan Horsley published
The 50 Something Tour will see Rush play two epic sets culled from 40-plus tracks – tickets for the newly announced 2027 dates go on sale at 10am on 27 February

“We are going to move on and find another drummer”: Dave Grohl says that Josh Freese’s exit from the Foo Fighters wasn't complex
By Will Simpson published
His face just didn’t fit

“It was fantastic to have Paul come in every day, and we hung out with him quite a lot as well. The studio was absolutely crammed with our gear and his”: 10cc's Graham Gouldman on working with Paul McCartney at Strawberry Studios
By Jamie Sefton published
We catch up with Gouldman as he prepares for the upcoming 10cc tour to talk about the craft of songwriting, his studio gear, AI in music, and the legacy of Strawberry Studios

Best website builders for bands and musicians 2025: Sell tickets, offer merch and expand your digital reach with your own band website
By Chris Barnes last updated
Band websites are still vital for so many reasons – and making your own doesn’t need to be hard, as evidenced by these seven outstanding website builders for creatives in music

How Josh Middleton crushed his inner elitist to unleash a brutal Sylosis album for the kids in the pit
By Jonathan Horsley published
The New Flesh finds the UK metal stalwarts “regressing” to their teenage selves and Middleton taking a leaf out of Obituary and Deicide’s book with hench riffs you can hum, grooves you can move to
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