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“91% believe dynamic pricing should be outlawed”: The Music Fans Voice survey has released its results
By Daniel Griffiths published
The survey gave UK music fans the chance to help change government policy. Here’s what you said

The obscure Andean instrument heard on The Last of Us' soundtrack is the star of Spitfire Audio's latest plugin
By Matt Mullen published
Ronroco by Gustavo Santaolalla captures the haunting sound of HBO's post-apocalyptic video game adaptation

Pere Ubu founder David Thomas has died after “a long illness”
By Will Simpson published
Last album and memoir will be released posthumously

Linkin Park reveal secret weapon behind their From Zero guitar tone
By Jonathan Horsley published
Do you even have a nü-metal 2.0 pedalboard if it doesn’t have a Ball Buster?

Arturia’s V Collection gets a Roland JP-8000 emulation and lo-fi synth/sampler, along with five more instruments and a host of updates
By Matt Mullen published
V Collection 11 also features MiniBrute V, Synthx V and a redesigned SEM V, along with two new instruments in the Augmented series

“Nope, it’s real”: Jack Black and Keanu Reeves both confirmed for upcoming Weezer movie
By Will Simpson published
Rivers Cuomo announces it at their Coachella appearance

Robert Plant is selling gear for charity, including totally unique John Birch-modded ‘62 Stratocaster
By Jonathan Horsley published
The 1990 Les Paul that Les Paul gave the former Led Zeppelin frontman has been sold but that Strat is one super-cool refin – so too the mandolin and resonator

"I was like, 'Wow'": Porter Robinson only recently discovered that Coldplay used to sound a bit like Radiohead
By Ben Rogerson published
“I found tons of forum debates from 2004 from people saying, you know Radiohead fans being like, ‘Coldplay's trash’”
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