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Disclosure
Unplayable chords in the key of ‘banger’ – how Disclosure crafted their biggest hit

By Roland Schmidt Published

We open the Latch on the song that put two brothers from Dorking on the electronic production map

Artists
Spice Girls
The “punk rock” making of the Spice Girls’ debut hit which scientists cite as the catchiest song ever recorded

By Andy Price Published

Written in a frenzy of creative energy, the Spice Girls’ debut single introduced the world to their unique personalities, setting the stage for utter ‘90s domination

Artists
Sting
Sting admits that his country house is a rock star cliché – but it inspired one of his best-loved songs

By Amit Sharma Published

“What’s nice about this house is that it’s quite close to Stonehenge”

Artists
Elton John reclines against his piano during his 1975 show at Dodger Stadium.
Elton John’s guitarist Davey Johnstone on the bittersweet triumph of their 1975 Dodger Stadium show

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Davey Johnstone takes MusicRadar back to a pivotal moment in Elton history, when the Rock of the Westies Tour made rock history in LA

Artists
Lennon in India
How John Lennon created a transcendental Beatles classic – with a little help from Donovan, but not from Ringo

By Neil Crossley Published

The song’s structure gradually builds into a massive multi-layered arrangement

Artists
This Quiz How We Do It: It's MusicRadar's Quiz of the Week #29!

By Daniel Griffiths Published

Can you scale our top-ten music news quiz questions and get to number one?

Bands
splice
Splice’s new AI DAW feels like a cheat code for music production – but it left us with one big question

By Matt Mullen Published

Launching today in beta, Create is a free DAW with Splice at the heart of its workflow, and a voice-controlled AI chatbot that can teach you how to make a track... or make it for you

Tech
Paul Kossoff [left] takes a solo on his Les Paul Standard; Eric Clapton plays a Firebird in '69.
“Eric Clapton walks into our dressing room and says to Paul, ‘Show me how you do that vibrato.’ Paul says, ‘You got to be kidding me!’”

By Paul Elliott Published

And on the same night, Kirke got blanked by a “morose” Ginger Baker

Artists
Queens of the Stone Age play the Tonight Show in 2026.
Troy Van Leeuwen and Jon Theodore on learning to love mistakes and the making of QOTSA’s Perfecth album

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Van Leeuwen and Theodore tell MusicRadar how Perfecth is the sound of Queens Of The Stone Age facing down mortality to play rock ’n’ roll with the safety off

Artists
reverb
"We weren’t going to make just another reverb – that would be boring": We tested 7 of the weirdest reverb plugins

By Stuart Adams Published

Venture beyond familiar algorithmic and convolution-based designs into uncharted sonic spaces with these unconventional 'verbs

Tech
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