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It turns out there’s a reason André 3000 turned up at the 2025 Met Gala with a grand piano on his back
By Ben Rogerson published
After the flutey New Blue Sun we now have 7 piano sketches

“I would come into the studio and people didn’t want to listen to me”: Avril Lavigne’s fight to create her first big hit
By Amit Sharma published
It also kick-started the career of production team The Matrix

The devastating personal pain behind one of Radiohead’s most affecting songs
By Andy Price published
The melancholy masterpiece was a highlight of the group’s last album to date, and was accompanied by a surreal Paul Thomas Anderson-directed video

When David Bowie predicted how the internet would change the state of music and content forever
By Andy Price published
Bowie’s staggeringly prophetic 1999 Newsnight interview revealed his astute awareness of how the internet was on the verge of irreparably changing popular culture

“I wanted to call it Taylor’s Version”: John Fogerty has 'done a Taylor Swift' and rerecorded his hits
By Will Simpson published
Get ready for The Creedence Clearwater Revival revival...

"The answer might sound a little boring, but it's probably my iPhone": Modeselektor on their go-to instrument
By Danny Turner published
Based in a new studio, Berlin’s favourite sonic troublemakers crash the DJ-Kicks series with a shape-shifting techno-industrial mix. We sit down with Sebastian Szary to find out more

A music professor breaks down the theory behind Paul McCartney's Wonderful Christmastime
By Ethan Hein published
Our resident music professor takes on McCarney's divisive festive classic

“The greatest rock ballad of all time!”: The classic song that held the No.2 spot for 10 weeks without ever hitting No.1
By Paul Elliott published
But at least the album made it to the top
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