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We speak to The Anchoress about the creation of her new album and harnessing Pete Townshend’s synth collection
Catherine Anne Davies, aka The Anchoress, shares how she immersed herself in Pete Townshend’s vintage synth collection to make her latest album, As We Once Were
“In 20 minutes this song almost wrote itself”: Phil Collins and Philip Bailey’s classic ’80s hit
“We ended up using the demo because it had an energy and a sound”
“This bloke is walking around on the stage as we’re playing. I’m like, ‘What the hell is going on?’”
“He said, ‘I don’t think anyone’s actually ever recorded your band properly’”
The accidental genesis of Billy Joel’s quirkiest single
How a throwaway comment relieved Billy Joel’s writer’s block and yielded one of his most iconic hits of the 80s. We put ourselves under pressure!
“I kept it a cappella, and this detail affected everything to come”: How Tom's Diner affected the way we listen to music
Song turns 45 years old this November
We catch up with synthwave figureheads The Midnight who exclusively reveal an eye-catching new collaboration
A dominant force in nostalgia-evoking synthwave, The Midnight have plunged even further down our cultural memory-hole with a new analogue foray…
“Joni called Jaco Pastorius the bassist of her dreams and his playing helped liberate her music”
The song emerged from the hedonism and chaos of Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue tour
The Battle of Clevermore: It's MusicRadar's Quiz of the Week #14!
Take our 10-question quiz of this week's hottest music news
Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley on the Kiss classic Destroyer
“It was musically and lyrically challenging – we were pushing the boundaries”
We speak to Future Islands about THAT Letterman performance, the internet's OTT reaction – and their new collection of rarities and B-sides
Over a decade on from exploding into the public consciousness with a performance for the ages, Future Islands reflect on their Letterman moment, and discuss their next moves