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“The boldest evolution yet”: Gretsch makes a play for the best bang-for-your-buck single-cut with the Premier Jet

Bolstered by new humbuckers, more refined playability and some serious electronic versatility, could this Electromatic be the new budget single-cut to beat?

Guitar World

Like Nuno Bettencourt, Mark Morton isn’t afraid to use a classic dirt pedal in an unorthodox fashion – here he reveals the secret behind his crushing Lamb Of God rhythm tone

Take one classic overdrive pedal, and use it in a way that suggests you forgot it was was ever an overdrive pedal in the first place

MusicRadar

“I said, ‘Hey, you guys want to jam on some Isley Brothers?’ Nobody laughed”: Les Claypool remembers his audition for Metallica

Now he’s made a concept album with Sean Lennon

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“I just wasn’t ready to spend $250,000 on a guitar at that stage in my life and my career”: Butch Walker turned down the opportunity to buy the Greeny Les Paul before Kirk Hammett bought it

The singer-songwriter has since come to regret the decision, even if his bank balance thanks him for it

Guitar World

“I was told to pack for three months, learn four albums' worth of material and be ready to leave in three days!” How bassist Eva Gardner landed the gig with Pink

The daughter of Creation bassist Kim Gardner, Eva Gardner was also a member of The Mars Volta

Guitar World

The BTS comeback album is almost here – and you best believe I’m slipping back into my K-pop obsessive era

I used to be embarrassed by my teenage fandom of the Korean boyband. Now I look back at that version of myself with so much softness

The Guardian - AU

Audio-Technica AT-LP120XUSB review: Stunningly-priced direct drive stability from a quintessential brand

The AT-LP120XUSB is more than a budget-friendly, DJ-friendly record player; it’s a great shout for solid performance at the entry level

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“I try to avoid rehearsals at all costs now. It’s the only way I can survive”: I’m a drummer. You guitarists have made me hate being in bands

Your noodling, new toys, bad cables, and blasé attitude to learning songs is turning me into a rehearsal-hating retiree. But there’s hope for you yet…

Guitar World

“This may be the best album Peter’s ever made”: Peter Frampton announces first album in 16 years – and it features an all-star cast

Carry the Light was co-written with Frampton’s son and features guest spots from Tom Morello, H.E.R. and Sheryl Crow

Guitar World

Ellie Goulding's WWF sonic logo gave me all the feels in only 3 seconds

Evocative and immersive, this is how a sonic identity should be.

Creative Bloq

"It’s a celebration of where we began, and a meeting point between who we were then and who we are now." Placebo announce reimagined version of 1996 debut album, plus 30th anniversary arena tour

Placebo Re:created is described by the band as a "director’s cut" of their groundbreaking debut album

Louder

“Slacker my ass! I never had any slack. I was working a $4-an-hour job trying to stay alive”: How one song turned the self-confessed “worst rapper in the world” into an alt-rock icon

“I knew my folk music would take off if I put hip-hop beats behind it”

MusicRadar

“We played a song or two, and I said, ‘Hey, you guys want to jam on some Isley Brothers?’ Nobody laughed”: Les Claypool looks back on his disastrous Metallica audition

Following the death of the sorely missed Cliff Burton, James Hetfield and co. auditioned the bassist of the then-emerging band Primus

Guitar World

Louis Tomlinson admits One Direction’s biggest hit song was ‘corny’

The pop star says he always disliked performing ‘What Makes You Beautiful’ live

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Metal Hammer

"We had friends film us and then went to bed. Imagine our surprise the next morning: we woke up and it was already viral." How one powerful video turned a group of outcasts who'd escaped war into Ukraine's biggest metal band

After fleeing war and needing a hit to keep their career going, Jinjer struck gold with a simple live video that set the internet alight

Evening Standard

Louis Tomlinson calls One Direction number one ‘a little corny’ and uncool

The 34-year-old also spoke about his love for their song Story Of My Life.

Evening Standard

Alfie Boe releases single paying tribute to late Stone Roses bassist Mani

It comes after Mani, who also played in Primal Scream, died in November last year.

Evening Standard

‘Good old Mani played it right': Alfie Boe pays tribute to Stone Roses bassist in new single

‘Good old Mani played it right,’ sings Alfie Boe in his new single, Face Myself

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The Independent UK

Labrinth is disillusioned with the music industry. Clearly, he’s not alone

Artists including Diplo, Dove Cameron, Natasha Bedingfield and Victoria Canal have backed the producer’s call for ‘meaningful interactions’ over ‘fake’ people

Louder

"We had expected empty rooms, possibly even bottles of urine, but from the first night everyone knew the words." The sudden rise, spectacular fall and slow road to recovery of America's great lost AOR band

Despite falling record sales and changes in the musical landscape, Tyketto stayed true to their style. Now, with a new album on the way, they’re finding a new audience

Louder

“It was like, ‘Are we going to work on Peter Gabriel’s stuff or our stuff?’ Everybody said, ‘Our stuff! We just like it better’”: The American band who decided to stick to their own course… and ran aground

The ex-Genesis singer wanted them to be his backing band exclusively, leaving them to choose between his ambitions or their own

Louder

"It was like pulling teeth. Which is among the reasons why we stopped writing together." The story of the Status Quo song that ended a partnership and became a roller-coaster live classic

Forty-Five Hundred Times was the song that threw a spanner in the songwriting partnership of Status Quo's Parfitt and Rossi, but it took on a life of its own, and they even extended it for royalty

Louder

"It's not a whitewash... and we don't try and hide anything." Heart's Ann Wilson confirms In My Voice documentary and screening tour

In My Voice traces Ann Wilson's journey from childhood to stardom with Heart, drawing from her personal archive of home movies, photographs and journals

Guitar World

“It’s clearly had a lot of thought put into making it as flexible and useful as possible”: Laney Black Country Customs Nathan East Digbeth DB-EAST review

Over a long, distinguished career,Nathan Easthas never had a signature amp. Until now… 

Metal Hammer

"It'll be a fat cheque!" This thrash guitarist reckons he's due some cash from Metallica for his role in writing Creeping Death — and it's not Dave Mustaine

Gary Holt jokes that his lyrics on Exodus' 1983 demo Die By His Hand should entitle him to a cut of those sweet Metallica royalties

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