The Latest Breaking News from Rick Rubin

“The way I play guitar, every time I play with a session musician, they’re like, ‘What the f**k are you doing? What chords are you playing?’”: Beabadoobee discusses her unorthodox guitar style and how it helped her to gel with Rick Rubin

“I think what I really go off with, and what Rick really goes off with, is what you feel and the vibe and what you hear,” she says

MusicRadar · Sep 26, 2024

“We were courting Rick Rubin, who told us he’d listened to it with Tom Petty. ‘Wow!’ Tom said. ‘Now that’s something you don’t hear every day’”: Jet on the making of Are You Gonna Be My Girl and how it ended up in an iPod ad

“People talk about the song’s similarity to Lust for Life. It has that rhythm - but so do You Can’t Hurry Love and Town Called Malice”

MusicRadar · Sep 24, 2024

“MTV said, ‘When we look at bands like Mötley Crüe, we know it’s a joke.’ I’m not going to be some clown for MTV”: The twisted, turbulent story of Danzig’s classic Metallica-approved debut album

Danzig’s classic debut album was released on this day in 1988

Metal Hammer · Aug 30, 2024

"I have no technical ability, and I know nothing about music": Solving the mystery of Rick Rubin, the superproducer who says he doesn’t know how to use a mixing desk

How can a producer that's worked with Paul McCartney, Johnny Cash and Jay-Z have no technical ability - and is he a fraud, or a genius?

MusicRadar · Aug 7, 2024

“Raw and candid in its touching analysis of trauma, pain and love.” Beabadoobee bares her soul with the emotional intimacy of This Is How Tomorrow Moves

Beatrice Laus grows up on Rick Rubin-assisted third album, This Is How Tomorrow Moves

Louder · Aug 5, 2024

With a new album that "cuts right to the chase", Marcus King reflects on working with Rick Rubin, vulnerability, mental health and love and loss

"I feel really lucky to be given the opportunity to be truly emotive each night with people who are equally as excited to be there as I am" - Marcus King

Louder · Jul 30, 2024

“In my experience, 70% of vintage guitars are clunkers – a new guitar will beat their sound and how they play. But if you get that diamond in the rough, it’s next-level”: Wayne Sermon is sneaking vintage guitars into Imagine Dragons’ blockbuster pop-rock

You’ll hear a small but special collection of vintage instruments on Imagine Dragons’ recorded output – even if you don’t know it – as jazz-schooled, Berklee-trained Wayne Sermon pursues the holy grail of serving the song

Guitar World · Jul 29, 2024

Can't Leave Without — What Emerging Designer Abreham Brioschi Never Forgets to Pack Before a Vacation

The rising talent's suitcase reflects the dynamic nature of his creations, poised between the vivid cultural legacy of Ethiopia and the impressions of his native Italy

Livingetc · Jul 29, 2024

“I recommend people try to make the worst song in the world”: Jacob Collier offers unusual creative advice

Jacob Collier offers unusual creative advice

MusicRadar · Jul 24, 2024

"My organs began to shut down. I was travelling in the astral world. It was magic": Masters Of Reality's Chris Goss on the dark side of Rick Rubin, the bright side of Ginger Baker, and surviving the music industry

Chris Goss lit the fuse on the 90s stoner revolution, but his band Masters Of Reality remain a cult act despite their enormous influence

Metal Hammer · Jul 14, 2024