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“I saw this old guitar in the corner and I plugged it into the amplifier. And whoever was playing it before had this very warm kind of soulful setting on the amplifier”: Laufey on how a vintage guitar and amp inspired recent single Silver Lining

“I had a full studio day just to myself, and I just wanted to challenge myself to write and kind of be inspired by my surroundings,” she says

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“This band have tried their hand at everything from death metal to synthpop, but they’ve never once done it with a smile”: We rank every Paradise Lost album from worst to best

Paradise Lost have turned sadness into several different sonic forms. Here they are in reverse-order of quality.

Metal Hammer

“Transcends nostalgia”: Kramer draws inspiration from its 1980s shredder heydays for the Volante – an all-new modern-minded Superstrat

Kramer hopes its newly devised shred machines will help reposition the firm as “the progressive choice for high-performance guitarists”

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“This is my favourite part. I knew it was good because I couldn’t get through it without sobbing”: Bon Iver breaks down his duet with Danielle Haim in BBC’s Maida Vale Studios

Justin Vernon and Jim-E Stack crack open the Pro Tools projects for Speyside, Walk Home and If Only I Could Wait for BBC Radio 6 Music

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“Everyone says Vienna was an electronic track, but it’s mainly piano, violin and viola. Those strange combinations made us what we were”: You may think Ultravox were a synth-pop band. They know they were prog

Midge Ure and Billy Currie aimed to create timeless music by crossing previously-closed musical borders – and they argue that their biggest hit worked because of human imperfections rather than digital precision

Louder

"So glad we captured it and can now relive that special evening." Enter Shikari to release Live At Wembley album and accompanying live video

"Our Wembley show last year was one of my favourite in Shikari’s existence thus far," says Rou Reynolds

Louder

Fender Studio gives you free multitrack recording on your phone, tablet or laptop

Record and mix tracks, jam along to session tracks or capture ideas on the move with the free Fender Studio app

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Erasure’s Andy Bell says Blondie’s Debbie Harry helped him come out

Bell is best known for being half of the synth‑pop duo Erasure who were behind the top five hit songs A Little Respect, Sometimes and Always.

Evening Standard

“Playing four notes to the bar with your thumb... That changed everything for me, because that’s what I wanted to be able to do”: How Mark Knopfler grew up wanting to be Jimi Hendrix until he ditched the pick and went fingerstyle

Or how one lesson with a folk singer from the northeast of England (and a bunch of lost picks) changed the history of electric guitar

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“Everywhere I went with the picture, I would show it to ’em, and they was like, it was something evil”: Bootsy Collins’ Space Bass design was turned down everywhere he went – his ‘last straw’ proved the winner

Back in 1975, the funkateer had a larger-than-life vision for his dream bass – one which would see him knock on the door of many a luthier and music store before it became a reality

Guitar World

“CBS ran an ad that said, ‘6 million people have heard the sound of his guitar. Let us introduce you to him…’ That made a huge rift”: Barry Goudreau was there from the beginning of Boston –but has regrets about how things ended with Tom Scholz

Gibson wielder, who always preferred Marshall to Scholz’s Rockman brand, recalls being edged out but not caring at first, until it led to an angry split and legal repercussions

Guitar World

"7) Metronome-like precision behind the kit deemed 'soulless'": Josh Freese just served up 10 reasons why he got sacked from The Foo Fighters

Big names from Stewart Copeland to Michael Buble have all waded in to offer Freese their support

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Eurovision hit with 'rigging' claims as TV networks demand investigation after Israel's second-place finish

Spain's RTVE and Belgium's VRT demand a probe into the Eurovision voting

Evening Standard

“The amount of phone use nowadays diminishes enjoyment, particularly for the band who are onstage”: Iron Maiden urge fans to keep their phones in their pockets during upcoming Run For Your Lives tour

Iron Maiden urge fans to keep their phones in their pockets during upcoming Run For Your Lives tour

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“Eddie says, ‘Let’s go back to the ’80s, so put down your phones!”: Iron Maiden are asking fans to limit their phone use at the band’s shows this summer

“We would very much like youto be ‘in the moment’,” says manager Rod Smallwood

The Independent UK

Jim Morrison bust found in ‘chance discovery’ after disappearing from Paris cemetery 37 years ago

The marble carving went missing from the iconic singer’s grave in Paris’s Pere-Lachaise cemetery in 1988

The Independent UK

Eurovision accused of ‘encouraging manipulation’ after Israel’s near-win

Public broadcasters for Spain and Belgium have complained to the contest’s organisers, the European Broadcasting Union

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“I didn’t even want it on the album. I remember a lot of people going, ‘Please please, please’. So I said, ‘OK…’”: How Alanis Morissette created her biggest hit

“I see words as paint, so I play with them," she said

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The Independent UK

Look what you made her do: Taylor Swift’s re-recorded Reputation song used in pivotal The Handmaid’s Tale scene

Fans praised the singer for ‘soundtracking rage and rebellion’ following parallels with her own life

International Business Times UK

Eurovision Song Contest Controversy: Fake Applause, Graham Norton's Comments and What You Need to Know

Austria's JJ won Eurovision 2025, but claims of fake cheers during Israel's performance sparked backlash, raising concerns over censorship and politics in the contest.

The Independent UK

From ’dried out prune’ to ‘corrupt’: How the nasty divide between Springsteen and Trump began

The rock star and the president are both guys in their 70s with homes in New Jersey - but the similarities end there

Louder

LA's hottest young alt. rock/shoegaze band Rocket announce UK and European tour, release new single One Million

Rocket line up headline club dates ahead of supporting Smashing Pumpkins at huge UK shows

The Independent UK

Most played artist in the UK takes crown for second time as full list is revealed

Dua Lipa has reclaimed her title as the UK's most-played artist across radio, TV, and public spaces, according to music licensing company Phonographic Performance Limited (PPL).

Evening Standard

Dua Lipa named most played artist across UK TV and radio for second time

US pop star Taylor Swift was the second most played artist of 2024.

Louder

"Number 6. Demanded starting every rehearsal with a 20 minute cowbell sound bath." Ex-Foo Fighters drummer Josh Freese shares his 'Top 10 possible reasons Freese got booted from the Foos' list

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