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“He mostly played bass. I had a ’64 Strat that I got for $200. Tom didn’t really have a good electric, so I let him use that one”: How Mike Campbell and Tom Petty developed their Heartbreakers sound – with the help of some choice early gear picks

Though Petty was in need of a decent electric, the two Heartbreakers quickly landed on a sound that would define their guitar partnership

Guitar World

“An additive chorus effect that plays well as an ‘always-on’ tonal thickener with a twist”: Don’t sleep on Catalinbread’s Wake if you’re looking for dream pop tones on your pedalboard

Wake is a chorus with a blendable clean sub-octave effect that can help you dream a little bigger and make one guitar sound huge

MusicRadar

“If I’m going to write a song with an artist, I’m probably going to end up doing most of the work anyway, to be honest”: Super-songwriter Diane Warren on why she prefers to work alone, and can't understand it when "maybe an OK song" has "eight writers"

"I’m like, Really? Wow. What did you guys do?”

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Rockers Amyl and the Sniffers win APRA Song of the Year

Song of the Year has gone to punk rock powerhouse Amyl and the Sniffers at the APRA music awards.

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Ed Sheeran exposes Taylor Swift's 'iconic' swipe at Kanye West with old photo

The Thinking Out Loud singer delighted fans by sharing Swift’s dig in a present she gifted him

Evening Standard

Barbra Streisand’s star-studded new duets album to feature some of pop’s biggest names

The 11-track collection features both originals and cover songs

The Independent UK

“When you want a boring sound to sound rhythmic and exciting - reach for the delay”: How to understand and use delay effectively in your productions

It's one of the most widely used effects forproducers, synthesists and guitarists alike, but how does it work?

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Neuzeit Instruments drops Drop, a snapshot-based MIDI and CV controller that's designed for... drops

A master controller for all your live performance gear, Drop can schedule snapshot changes to trigger at the end of predetermined cycles, making it easy to perform dramatic build-ups and impactful transitions

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“He stopped writing, I think, because he just ran out. He had used that guitar neck up. He did everything and anything that neck could do”: Sammy Hagar explains Eddie Van Halen's lost years

“When I joined the band, everyone says, ‘Oh man, they started playing keyboards"

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Taylor Swift's savage dig at Kanye West just surfaced thanks to Ed Sheeran

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Cult US proggers Happy The Man's first two albums to be remastered and reissued

US prog rock band Happy The Man's self-titled debut and second album Crafty Hands will be reissued in July

Louder

“I was auditioning guitar players. One guy comes in with that turquoise guitar. I looked at it and I thought, ‘That’s my guitar’”: Lita Ford had her prized B.C. Rich Mockingbird stolen – but crossed paths with it in the most bizarre circumstances

Ford was briefly reacquainted with her beloved Mockingbird when an auditionee rocked up to her studio with her stolen guitar

Guitar World

Tangerine Dream announce new From Virgin To Quantum Years: Coventry Cathedral 22 live album

German electronic prog pioneers Tangerine Dream also announce further live dates for 2025

Louder

‘A human piñata’: Katy Perry reflects on online abuse following Blue Origin flight and latest tour

Pop singer’s tour has been mocked online and she was criticised for taking commercial spaceflight, but she tells fans ‘please know I am OK’

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“Get the ideas out - and then look back with different ears or different eyes in a few months. Then the really good ones will stand out to you”: Tourist shares his music production wisdom

We visited the electronic artist in the studio ahead of the release of his fifth album to learn his hard-won lessons for artists starting out

The Independent UK

Ed Sheeran shares Taylor Swift’s Kanye West dig in throwback photo

Singer-songwriter is about to release a new song inspired by the photos and messages he discovered on an old phone

The Independent UK

Kneecap dropped from festival slot as MPs call out ‘half an apology’

Belfast-formed hip-hop trio have been accused of ‘deflection’ by family members of slain MPs Jo Cox and David Amess, after they shared a fresh statement over alleged ‘kill your local MP’ clip

The Guardian - UK

Borrowed Time: Lennon’s Last Decade review – reverential reminiscence takes its time

There’s potentially too many run-of-the-mill I-met-Lennon anecdotes from talking heads and fans, but enough wheat among the chaff to keep things interesting

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“You see people behaving properly and think: ‘I’d like to be part of the blowing of the whistle – even if it’s only writing a poem or a song or whatever”: Roger Waters changed tone, but not topic, on Is This The Life We Really Want?

2017 solo album saw him determined to look forward as he said escaping Pink Floyd was like “driving away from a dodgy wedding with cans dragging behind the car, rattling all the time”

Louder

"I want to expand my horizons": Rather than gaze backwards with Rush, Alex Lifeson is looking towards a bright future with Envy Of None

Second time’s a charm for Rush’s Alex Lifeson as he returns with a new album alongside his collaborators in Envy Of None

Louder

"It's no longer about how talented you might be, but how good at social media you are": Rosalie Cunningham on breaking through in a shallow scene

Genre-blending psychedelic rocker Rosalie Cunningham is on tour throughout 2025, including festival appearances

Louder

Sammy Hagar thinks he knows why Alex Van Halen is angry at him and it's nothing to do with music

The Red Rocker's Best Of All Worlds residency kicks off in Las Vegas this week

Louder

"Much as I appreciate you, I am not going to play Pinball Wizard!" Watch Roger Daltrey engage in lively conversation with entitled heckler

The confrontation took place at a recent show on The Who frontman's Alive & Kicking tour

Metal Hammer

"A rollercoaster of epic musical detours, great songwriting and completely unhinged twists and turns": Halestorm announce upcoming album details and mammoth tour

Halestorm's sixth album Everest will arrive in August - huge touring schedule also confirmed

MusicRadar

“It's probably my Behringer Model D monosynth. So simple and obviously cheap, but it’s just so versatile. I’ve used it on basically every track that I’ve created”: 10 producers share the tech they can’t live without

A raft of music-makers choose the items that are integral to their workflow

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