Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from MusicRadar

“You either had L1 and L2 and you were able to get a loud mix, or you didn’t, and you were an amateur”: Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Doja Cat and Billie Eilish mastering engineers reflect on the loudness wars, and ponder whether they really are over

In a new documentary, Waves CTO and co-founder Meir Shashoua says that he was accused of ruining music

MusicRadar

"You're not just a music producer, you're also an event manager, to some degree": 'Immersive first' electronic musician Halina Rice on creating unique live experiences and producing new album, Unreality

The London-based producer on her career in electronic music, her favourite studio gear, and exploring the possibilities of spatial audio

MusicRadar

“The overall sample quality is decent, focusing on natural sounds within a mixed bag of styles, and promising to keep the majority happy”: EFnote Mini review

A fantastic looking ‘acoustic style’ e-kit, perfect for kids and adults alike

MusicRadar

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Arturia's MiniFuse 2 OTG promises to make recording and streaming easy for content creators

Dual USB/OTG connectivity and loopback make Arturia's latest audio interface a no-brainer for creators, streamers and producers working with mobile devices

MusicRadar

“Not having to reach for a USB cable feels like the advent of a new era for electronic drums, and we might be about to see a lot more e-kits out in the wild as a result.” Roland TD516 review

Roland unlocks the tonal backbone of its flagship V71 for the new 5 Series. Is this the electronic drum set that finally keeps us away from the computer?

MusicRadar

“Every time I watch videos of her playing guitar, I'm just melted on the floor. I think she's one of the most genius guitar players”: Danielle Haim names her biggest guitar influences, including the player she calls “the most underrated”

“I love muted jabs and more rhythmic playing,” she says. “I think that's the stuff that I really, really love”

MusicRadar

How a song rejected three times by The Beatles became the emotional and musical centrepiece of George Harrison’s classic solo album All Things Must Pass

At one point Harrison considered offering the song to Frank Sinatra

MusicRadar

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Sheeran's 'rural Abbey Road': Star gets go-ahead to convert pig farm into private recording studio - on one condition

As long as only he records there

MusicRadar

“Noel has said, ‘No rest for the immensely talented,’ so take that how you want”: Gem Archer seems as much in the dark about future Oasis activity as the rest of us

Plus Liam says an unequivocal ‘no’ to Knebworth in 2026

MusicRadar

“I’m definitely having some conversations with people about it. It’s very exciting”: Lily Allen’s West End Girl album could end up… in the West End

Singer reveals plans on Jimmy Fallon’s show

MusicRadar

“This is so much pressure”: Taylor Swift names her favourite Taylor Swift song… but she’s going to need some time to come up with her top 5

Her top song is also her longest, it turns out

MusicRadar

Stuck for ideas in Ableton Live? This free Max for Live device could snap you out of writer's block

Dnksaus's Spawner randomly spawns effects from Live's library of stock devices. Combine it with a parameter randomizer for instant inspiration

MusicRadar

“There’s a lot in the works for Kiss moving ahead. We’re not touring anymore, but there’s still a ton happening behind the scenes”: Kiss guitarist Tommy Thayer says the band could still make new music in the future

“I feel like we all have a lot of great ideas and a desire to keep creating"

MusicRadar

“Seriously wtf – we are truly doomed”: King Gizzard leave Spotify only to be replaced by fake AI band called... King Lizard Wizard

Frontman says he’s “trying to see the irony” of the situation

MusicRadar

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

MusicRadar

“Over countless years I have always dreamed of an official release for this mash up. I can confirm it is thoroughly road tested and fit for purpose”: Fatboy Slim’s Satisfaction Skank bootleg is finally released

Track combines Stones classic with Rockerfeller Skank

MusicRadar

Just in time for the party season, Spotify is finally back in iOS and Android DJing apps

You can now mix Spotify music in Algoriddim’s djay and AlphaTheta rekordbox

MusicRadar

“A reasonably portable device that provides a realistic and practical solution for a multitude of environments”: t.akustik Vocal Head Booth Mobile review

Reducing room ambience is often desirable for vocal and voiceover recording and here’s device you can take with you

MusicRadar

“This unreleased circuit, hidden for decades, represents an alternate, previously unknown branch of Big Muff development”: Electro-Harmonix and JHS Pedals team up to release a “lost” Big Muff

While researching a book on the history of EHX, Josh Scott found a 50-year-old schematic from Big Muff inventor Bob Myer. He took it to the breadboard and now it's here... The Big Muff 2

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

MusicRadar

“It delivers the raw clarity, but still hits with the force of an active pickup”: Seymour Duncan teams up with Dino Cazares for signature Machete humbuckers – and the Fear Factory riff-master says their versatility might surprise you

Available for six or seven-string guitars, the Machete is the same high-powered heavy-hitter Cazares uses in his signature Ormsby guitar, and is all about power and clarity

MusicRadar

“I was so jealous of George Michael”: Mick Hucknall says he was simply green with envy when he learned that the former Wham! star was recording a duet with Aretha Franklin

“George goes and records this fantastic song with my heroine. And I just… arghh!”

MusicRadar

“If you really like something, you should take the first lines and make up another song from them. So that’s what I did with Black Magic Woman”: The legendary song that passed from Peter Green to Carlos Santana

"The original Fleetwood Mac used to knock me out,” Santana said

MusicRadar

“Uniting the unmistakable growl of classic British amplification with the thick, unrelenting saturation of a thundering fuzz”: Crazy Tube Circuits squeezes out another sweet twofer with the Orama preamp/fuzz pedal

One classic British amp-in-a-box circuit, one '90s boutique fuzz, two footswitches and countless tones to explore, the Orama is CTC's "vision in gain" and it looks (and sounds) mighty fresh

MusicRadar

Ableton and Arturia reign supreme as Reverb reveals best-selling synths, samplers and drum machines of 2025

Ableton knocks Elektron off its perch as Push 2 tops the best-sellers list, and the Akai MPC makes a storming comeback

MusicRadar

Brian May just got Tony Iommi the best Christmas present ever

Talk about doing Christmas shopping early? May's gift was two years in the making, and it's a big one – Queen meets Black Sabbath on a Red Special replica with a signature Iommi twist

MusicRadar

“Add the weird chord progression and key change, and call men stupid in as many ways as you can”: Sabrina Carpenter offers her songwriting advice as she accepts Variety’s Hitmaker of the Year award

“The easiest way to write a bad song is to try to write a hit,” she noted

1 … 33 34 35 36

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.