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“A collection of half-assed songs”: Billy Joel doesn’t think much of The Beatles' White Album
By Daniel Griffiths published
He also says that there was "a lot of filler" on The Who's Tommy

AI-generated songs have been appearing on dead artists’ Spotify pages
By Will Simpson published
Three examples have been spotted with similar copyright marks

Mark Holcomb’s limited run PRS is officially added to the Core series – and it ships in Drop C
By Jonathan Horsley published
Equipped with the Periphery guitarist's signature Seymour Duncan humbuckers, this is a PRS tooled up for low-end progressive metal riff work

The remaining members of Black Sabbath lead the tributes to Ozzy Osbourne
By Daniel Griffiths published
The stars come out in force for Osbourne, who’s passing comes just three weeks after his final triumphant Back to the Beginning mega-gig

“Spend a day in my head and you’d realise how crazy I really am”: A close encounter with Ozzy Osbourne
By Paul Elliott published
The legendary singer's prized possessions included John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to Imagine

Black Sabbath frontman Ozzy Osbourne dies, aged 76
By Ben Rogerson published
Family releases short statement confirming the news

IDLES, Wet Leg and Sam Fender all graduated from the Fender Next programme – meet its Class of 2025
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Fender Next class of 2025 has been announced and you've got hopecore, punk-rock and the future sound of Chicago indie-rock right here

From Nazi rockets to drone motors, the secret military history behind the studio gear we use today
By Adam Douglas published
How military conflict has fuelled the development of technology that’s now essential in modern music production
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