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"If we fight, we have to do it with love”: Kendrick Lamar, Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish all win big at 2026 Grammys
By Will Simpson published
Anti-ICE statements and F bombs abound

“I got up and the sun was shining, and I came up with Mr. Blue Sky”: How Jeff Lynne created his masterpiece
By Paul Elliott published
For a generation still mourning the loss of The Beatles, ELO were the next best thing

The influential Chic classic that spawned one of the most recognisable basslines of all time.
By Roland Schmidt published
We pull apart this legendary funk classic and highlight the ingredients that would leave a stamp on the future of music

“The solo is his interpretation of war. Such a brilliant piece of artistry”: Slash hails a Hendrix classic
By Paul Elliott published
“It’s just pure, soul-wrenching emotion”

“A sturdy, interesting and decent-sounding effects unit with tempo syncing and sequencing capabilities”: Polyend Mess review
By Bruce Aisher published
Polyend turns its considerable hardware tracker skills to the world of pedal-based, sequenced multi-effects. An alluring combo, so how does it sound?

Why Zakk Wylde brought his “Grail” Les Paul Custom out of retirement for Ozzy Osbourne tribute song
By Jonathan Horsley published
The iconic cream Les Paul Custom with the bulls-eye graphic completed a full circle moment as Wylde salutes his old boss on new Black Label Society album

"She never called”: The story of the ballad that’s become – finally – Jeff Buckley’s first chart hit
By Will Simpson published
Lover, You Should Have Come Over has gone viral on TikTok

“I haven’t written anything on the new album. Bang go my royalties!”: When Bruce Dickinson was Iron Maiden’s odd man out
By Paul Elliott published
“There was none of me on that record – I was just AWOL mentally”
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