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The Cars are working on a new album using Ric Ocasek’s old recordings
By Will Simpson published
New biography is out about the new wave band

Lady Gaga on why she quickly gelled with "incredibly gifted" Mayhem collaborator, Cirkut
By Will Simpson published
"His technical proficiency is astonishing but also extremely musical - his musicianship is so well-rounded and rich," she says

"It becomes very hard to put this guitar down": Strandberg Boden N2 Standard review
By Phil Weller published
The next generation of the Swedish firm's headless guitar design has arrived; is this the guitar to finally convince the cynics to try one out?

Jeremy Allen White on the challenge of playing Bruce Springsteen, and how he approached it
By Will Simpson published
White plays Springsteen in forthcoming biopic

"I got kicked out of the Grammys one time": Mike Dean on losing Album of the Year to Herbie Hancock
By Matt Mullen published
"I’ve never won an Album of the Year, Record of the Year, or Song of the Year, so hopefully this year with The Weeknd, we smash all those records"

“It was my least-favourite song on the record. It felt throwaway”: How Sheryl Crow created her breakthrough hit
By Amit Sharma published
“It’s this light pop ditty, but it’s about somebody down and out"

How George Michael accidentally created the ‘80s smash that’s now been picked up by Taylor Swift
By Ben Rogerson published
“It ended up, in my mind, being the most original-sounding thing on the album,” he later said

"Remarkably the DTX Pro is capable of layering up to four individual samples - one more than Roland’s flagship V71 module": Yamaha DTX6K5-M review
By Tom Bradley published
The first mesh option for Yamaha’s DTX6 lineup offers larger pads and high quality sounds
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