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- July 11
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- We got an exclusive first look at Nopia, the viral chord synth and "harmony machine" that broke the internet
- "Rather than scratching his chin, saying, “I don’t know if this works yet”, he’ll go 'This could be the beginning of something incredible, let’s keep pushing in that direction': David Byrne discusses treating the studio "like a playground" with Brian Eno
- "Everything started from the hand of a human being": Italian DJ and producer Ciauru wins Reply AI Music Contest
- July 10
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- You can now control FL Studio with an agentic AI chatbot from inside the DAW
- "Music was my first desire": Film titan Anthony Hopkins to release album of original compositions
- "Diamond is grown as a crystalline layer before the substrate is removed, leaving a self-supporting diamond dome": Fancy dropping $8,500 on some new cans?
- "Eight and a half years ago, my life changed immeasurably. Music is not part of my life anymore": Huey Lewis reveals the tragic impact of hearing loss
- Korg’s DIY NTS-4 looks like the budget-friendly desktop mixer we always wanted the Volca Mix to be
- July 9
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- "I’ve come to the conclusion that it no longer feels right for me to be part of it": Dutch DJ Franky Rizardo withdraws from Pete Tong remix over dispute with John Summit
- "Paul really misses being in a band": Keith Richards comments on relationship with Beatles legend
- AlphaTheta’s new all-in-one DJ rig aims to provide “a natural transition from home DJing to club environments”
- "The game is gone… this is not a Super Bowl": Justin Bieber to join line-up for FIFA's World Cup final halftime show
- "Although Dylan showed me what I wanted to be, Syd Barrett showed me how I could be it. And I actually wound up sounding like John Lennon": cult rocker Robyn Hitchcock opens up about unique career
- "You are a rock star, young lady": How a Thai teenager blew away America's Got Talent audience covering a '90s rock classic
- “The wood is only wood until it arrives in a master’s hands”: Eric Church teams up with Epiphone for the Hummingbird Dark – and toasts this sweet collab with a whiskey finished in toasted maple from Gibson offcuts
- "Great to see Larry behind the kit": U2 release single 'Street of Dreams' ahead of first new album in nine years
- July 8
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- “I’ve actually performed it with him, and I’m afraid to say that during the soundcheck, I broke down”: The story behind The Beach Boys’ timeless masterpiece God Only Knows, a Brian Wilson co-creation that had a profound emotional impact on Paul McCartney
- "He's not a great keyboard player, he doesn't write great songs. His engineering and technical abilities are limited too. In fact, he knows very little about an awful lot": The Edge on Brian Eno and how he influenced his own "limited" guitar style
- "You can just tell when someone lives and breathes music. There’s just a lot of heart in the way that he plays": Courtney Barnett pays tribute to special artistry of Chili Pepper collaborator
- “The most powerful delay pedal ever”: Strymon supercharges its flagship delay with an all-new reverb engine, a five-minute looper and more – meet the TimeLine MX
- "Lately I have felt so disconnected from everything. I have felt in pain a lot and I don't know why": Artists and fans shower Yungblud with love after emotional response to "industry plant" accusations
- “Seeing my signature model in Shoreline Gold gives it a completely fresh character”: Jim Root’s made-for-metal Telecaster just got more metal as Fender gives it a makeover with a finish from the golden era
- "This is humans versus machines, and today, the humans are rising": The tribute group formed to rival AI band Velvet Sundown
- July 7
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- "They are the blueprint. Punk rock wouldn't be what it is today without them": Star-studded show to mark 50th anniversary of Ramones' debut album announced
- “By fracturing, stretching, and reshaping your signal in unexpected ways, it encourages experimentation and rewards curiosity”: Walrus Audio’s Lüm is a feature-stacked “Texture Machine” for when your tone feels predictable
- "Diversity is a lie": Morrissey launches bizarre tirade against BBC over new single Notre-Dame
- "Absurd, frivolous and harassing": Taylor Swift wins copyright lawsuit over her song lyrics after long legal battle
- July 6
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- “His son actually cleared the sample. I don’t know of him ever approving a sample - it’s quite rare, so I was very honored”: James Blake on sampling Leonard Cohen for Death of Love
- “The percentage of explicit songs on Spotify’s Top 50 chart has fallen from 74% in 2018 to 13% today”: New data reveals that explicit lyrics are in decline - but why?
- “I know we’re making twice as much money as Metallica, but can you please put ’em on after us, because they’re killing us?”: How a hair metal band’s dream gig turned into a nightmare
- July 3
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- "John was annoyed because I didn’t say that he had written one line of this song, Taxman… I also didn’t say how I wrote two lines to Come Together or three lines to Eleanor Rigby”: George Harrison and the questions around his Beatles credits
- “We’ve got a new drummer, his name is Dave, he’s the best drummer in the world!”: How Dave Grohl delivered the incredible Smells Like Teen Spirit drum track
- July 2
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- “I felt kind of bad about it because I should have paid a fair price”: Kirk Hammett felt so guilty about buying Neal Schon's Les Paul on the cheap that he called him to ask if he wanted it back
- DAWs for DJs, rotary mixers and the world's first standalone motorized controller: 5 of the coolest pieces of gear we saw at Thomann's DJ Days
- AlphaTheta’s CDJ-1500X is a WiFi equipped DJ player that lets your audience vote on track requests
- “He's very… Harry Stylish. That's what he is. But that's all that he is. It's very superficial”: Producer Mike Stock explains why he thinks streaming has robbed us of “iconic” stars and great pop songs
- July 1
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- “I was gonna design a guitar that was for soloing specifically”: More frets equals more shred for Brandon Ellis as he unveils signature Jackson Kelly with 27 stainless steel frets and serious Seymour Duncan firepower
- Logic Pro 12.3 is here – and my favourite stock plugin just got even better
- “He said, ‘No, no, no. Paul can do that,’ and he did it. He did exactly what was needed in like, 10 minutes”: Mick Jagger says he had to check with Andrew Watt that Paul McCartney's bass playing was "punk" enough for new Rolling Stones song Covered In You
- An EHX take on a cult Albini-approved fuzz-stortion, a single-pickup PRS, the triumphant return of Squier’s Paranormal series and more! It’s MusicRadar’s epic monthly guitar gear round-up, the June '26 edit
- “Radical” angles? Check. Phase switch? Check. Offset body? Check? Guild’s S-300 is nearly 50 years old but it’s back in stunning metallic finishes and is ready for its close-up
- “We kept trying to write one for 20 years, but they’re not very good, to be honest”: A Skyfall of Stars, anyone? Rare Coldplay recordings are being auctioned, including their early attempt at a Bond theme