“Got many requests for this one from a few years back”: Aphex Twin uploads two previously-unheard tracks to his Soundcloud page It’s his first unheard music for two years MusicRadar · Dec 1, 2025
“We are devastated - Thom’s infection has made it impossible for him to sing”: Radiohead postpone two of their four Copenhagen dates Singer has an "extreme throat infection" MusicRadar · Dec 1, 2025
“What we’ll do is maybe just take an acoustic, get the song done, upload it and say, ‘OK, I want to hear this song as a country song’ or ‘I want to hear this song as a rock and roll song”: Teddy Swims admits he’s used AI on his own material But singer was turned down by AI creator who scalped his own track MusicRadar · Dec 1, 2025
"Years of unprofessional behaviour from people above us led to our decision”: Six ex-members of Cradle Of Filth sue frontman Dani Filth They allege defamation and unpaid royalties MusicRadar · Dec 1, 2025
“That was truly one of the most fun things I've ever done”: David Ellefson joins a band of over 1,000 musicians to pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne They all play Paranoid together MusicRadar · Dec 1, 2025
“I said to her, ‘I think people love you and root for you more than you know or believe’”: We speak with Lily Allen’s co-songwriter and executive producer about the storm of creativity that led to West End Girl Hailed as one of this year’s most brilliant records, Lily Allen’s West End Girl’s rapid production process was overseen by the multi-talented Blue May, who spoke to us this week about how this remarkable album came to be MusicRadar · Dec 1, 2025
“Miles Davis and all those guys would just record right to the vinyl. And I was fascinated by that. So I got that feeling in my stomach – butterflies”: Why Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry loves to record with no safety net It happened recently with a cover of a Bowie classic MusicRadar · Dec 1, 2025
“He wanted it to sound tinny, so he literally put the mic in a tin. That’s the way he would chase ideas”: When Justin Hawkins and The Darkness teamed up with Queen’s eccentric producer, strange things happened with champagne buckets, panpipes and more They took a One Way Ticket To Hell... And Back MusicRadar · Dec 1, 2025
“Michael said he knew when he was writing it that it was a hit. Quincy thought it was a hit. But I don’t think any of us knew how huge it was going to be”: The making of Billie Jean, the single that transformed Michael Jackson into a phenomenon Thriller turns 43 this week MusicRadar · Nov 30, 2025
“Capping resale at face value is your right and we have a duty to encourage a fair resale market”: Olivia Dean calls on other artists to ensure fans don’t get ripped off She forces Ticketmaster to refund her fans MusicRadar · Nov 29, 2025
“Big love to Jools for inviting us down to celebrate the New Year; it’s always such an honour and a genuine joy to be part of the show”: Ronnie Wood, Craig David, Olivia Dean and The Kooks all confirmed for this year’s Hootenanny Show has been running annually for 31 years MusicRadar · Nov 29, 2025
"It was the best-sounding piece of kit ever, but they were so up themselves. We had so many arguments with them when we first bought it": Trevor Horn on the pioneering synth that defined the sound of Welcome to the Pleasuredome Legendary producer Trevor Horn talks exclusively to MusicRadar about his upcoming "mega-tour", the changing face of the music industry, recording Welcome to the Pleasuredome, and why AI is "phony" MusicRadar · Nov 29, 2025
"It will drag out your inner Brian Eno with frightening ease": Soundtoys makes some of the best effects plugins we've ever tested, and they're discounted by up to 75% for Black Friday Soundtoys 5.5 is available for $360 off RRP and you can save 61% on the new SpaceBlender reverb MusicRadar · Nov 28, 2025
Jack White and Eminem light up the Detroit Lions Thanksgiving Day classic with unforgettable halftime show But the Lions are beaten in the end by the Green Bay Packers MusicRadar · Nov 28, 2025
MusicRadar · Nov 28, 2025 “Yoko would call us down into her office in Studio One. And John and I would be standing there like two school children": What did producer Jack Douglas do to provoke the ire of Yoko Ono? She threatened to hire Spector for Double Fantasy
MusicRadar · Nov 28, 2025 “Stealing the voice of an artist is theft. It is theft of his integrity, identity and humanity”: Johnny Cash’s estate sue Coke for running ad featuring Cash impersonator And it’s under the ‘ELVIS’ Act of Tennessee
MusicRadar · Nov 27, 2025 “A generational leap in modelling technology”: Neural DSP just gave your Quad Cortex and Nano Cortex an almighty power-up with “one of the largest virtual device expansions in the company’s history” With the CorOS 3.3.0 Quad Cortex and NanOS 2.2.0 Nano Cortex updates, Neural DSP levels up its modelling game with cloud-trained tech, improving the units' sounds and performance
MusicRadar · Nov 27, 2025 “This is not about nostalgia, this is about vindication, redemption and celebration”: Billie Eilish introduced them to a whole new audience, and now '90s indie band Black Box Recorder are going back on stage After 17 years away, the British band will play a show in London next year
MusicRadar · Nov 27, 2025 Valhalla Supermassive 5.0 is capable of everything from clean delay to “nearly eternal space reverbs” – and it’s still completely free “Sirius mode is a true workhorse”: v5.0 adds a new delay algorithm developed alongside FutureVerb
MusicRadar · Nov 27, 2025 Is God a DJ? Pope makes appearance at religious rave in Slovakia He does come from Chicago, after all...
MusicRadar · Nov 27, 2025 "I thought, ‘I can’t play now. He’s going to be looking at my fingers and judging me’”: British acid jazz outfit The Brand New Heavies say that Prince came to watch them three times and Stevie Wonder once sang one of their songs to them Oh, and Mark Ronson credits them with changing his musical direction
MusicRadar · Nov 27, 2025 “A jumbo-bodied 12-string cutaway acoustic that’s light on the pocket, but big on sound”: Harley Benton unveils Custom Line jumbo 12-string with a $350 price tag that’s for the Byrds Harley Benton serves up all that shimmery Roger McGuinn jangle for the player on a budget, and the King-12 CE NT sure looks the part
MusicRadar · Nov 27, 2025 “I think if he’d walked in, I’m not gonna lie, I would’ve gone, ‘Forget it’": Bob Dylan would fail American Idol audition, according to Simon Cowell Cowell wasn’t aware Dylan wrote Make You Feel My Love
MusicRadar · Nov 27, 2025 "Artists and songwriters will have full control over whether and how their names, images, likenesses, voices and compositions are used in new AI-generated music”: Warners and Suno link up to create new legal AI platforms Agreement will end legal battle between major and tech firm
MusicRadar · Nov 27, 2025 "In terms of audio and signal performance, it delivers everything I would want as a vocalist": Positive Grid Spark Link XLR wireless system review A simple way to add wireless connectivity to an XLR device with mic signal levels, I find out how well Positive Grid's solution holds up in a full band rehearsal