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How Depeche Mode launched their career with one of the most important synth-pop records ever released
One of the band's biggest tunes marked the end of their first chapter, but became a springboard that would propel both them and its writer to legendary status
Johnny Jewel on his relationship with synths and working with David Lynch
Italians Do It Better’s Johnny Jewel delves into his storied musical history and his lifelong infatuation with synthesizers
“A testament to the essential goodness of humanity”: The story of Be My Baby, the emblem of pop’s lost age of innocence
The last surviving Ronette Nedra Talley Ross passed away this week
“The best revenge is to live on and prove yourself”: How Pearl Jam created a powerful signature song inspired by a real-life tragedy
A classic from their 1991 debut Ten
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It's time to flex your mind and take a look back at this week's hottest music news
The ultimate synth shoot-out 2026: Hardware classics vs. their software successors - but can you really tell which is which?
Is there really any need to fork out for a hardware synth these days? We place a trio of hardware classics up against some immaculate software doppelgängers
“I wasn't prepared for what I saw that night”: How a classic song recorded live in London set Bob Marley on the path to global superstardom
And he gave away the songwriting credit to a local hero back home in Jamaica
Our lost interview with Kraftwerk’s Wolfgang Flür gives rare insight into the band's internal conflicts
Back in 2007, we caught up with Kraftwerk’s former rhythmic robot, who had much to share about the fraught relationship with the band that defined electronic music
