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“Ableton's more creatively fulfilling than Logic”: Maria Somerville on the DAWs, uilleann pipes and vintage gear behind Luster
Danny Turner speaks to Maria Somerville about how collaboration and a longing for home shaped the dreamlike atmospheres of her sophomore full-length
“This song, can you loosen its tie a little?”: How The Strokes created the 21st Century's most influential rock song
It inspired The Killers, Arctic Monkeys and countless other bands
When Keith Moon overdid the pyrotechnics for the Who’s most explosive television moment
The blast left a lifelong mark on Pete Townshend’s hearing…
“He’s given me the riff of the century!”: The classic song Stevie Wonder wrote for Jeff Beck — but saved for himself
The clavinet was a fresh and distinctive sound — and its most iconic recorded moment was on Superstition
Pachyman on the gear behind his characterful and sun-kissed sound
The Puerto Rico-born musician talks us through the key tools in his arsenal, and expanding his dubby sonic universe without enraging the purists
“Whole Lotta Love was clearly the track that everybody would go to”: A classic interview with Jimmy Page
The Zeppelin legend spoke to Total Guitar's Chris Bird in 2020
How a frosty band meeting in a fish and chip restaurant signalled the end for the Smiths
The Smiths story came to a close shortly after completion of 1987 album Strangeways, Here We Come, and a tense exchange of words over fish and chips…
I tried a music tracker and it rewired my brain (in a good way)
Beloved by artists from Aphex Twin to Deadmau5, trackers swap the trusty piano roll for a text-based, vertically-scrolling interface that looks like something out of The Matrix. Let's find out how deep the tracker rabbit hole goes
