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“I was like, ‘Man, I hated your band. You ended my thing’”: Bill Burr told Eddie Vedder that he hated Pearl Jam because they “knocked out” ‘80s hair metal

“When Pearl Jam came, that was another one of those grunge Seattle bands. And that’s when I was like, ‘Oh my God. This isn’t ending”

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"I remember showing up at 10 or 11 in the morning and working on solos and that leading to two or three o’clock in the morning the next day”: How Metallica beat the clock and battled fatigue to create a poignant and pulverising anti-war epic

The sound of Metallica in full command, One would prove to be the ultimate thrash metal power ballad

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How one hardware addition can take your recording setup from 'bedroom' to 'pro’

A hardware preamp can level up your recording setup and take your home studio up a notch

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“His legacy as one of the world’s greatest guitar players will one day soon be celebrated by many, and that makes us so proud”: On what would have been his 73rd birthday, work begins on a Belfast statue of guitar legend Gary Moore

It’s set to be located in the city’s Cathedral Quarter

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SampleRadar: 267 free deep house samples

Beats, synths and basslines deeper than the Mariana Trench

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“For one reason or another, something I felt was missing" Springsteen to launch 7 new/old albums including 74 unreleased songs

Tracks II: The Lost Albums is out this summer

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Roland’s JC-120 Software Effect puts the pristine tones of the legendary Jazz Chorus amplifier in your DAW

The JC-120 plugin delivers an unmatched fusion of warmth, presence and clarity that enhances any signal

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“That was the first time where I was actually, like, really, really, really humbled”: Bon Iver’s new album features a collaboration with Mk.gee, a musician who “reignited something” in him when he watched him play with Dijon on tour

Jacob Collier also has a writing credit on the song

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"I didn't know you could change the tempo in Pro Tools - so I just made all my songs at 120bpm": Super-producer Benny Blanco reveals the surprising reason why most of his early hits are at the same tempo

Kesha's Tik Tok, Katy Perry's Teenage Dream and Taio Cruz's Dynamite are all at 120bpm

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“Each and every unit is perfectly dialled in to the 'sweet spot' that can be so elusive to find in vintage pedals”: Pigtronix’s Gas Giant is a high-gain fuzz pedal with a FET-driven onboard noise gate

This Big Muff-style fuzz pedal comes with two switchable voicings, switchable internal noise gate, and a simple three-knob layout

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“I didn’t bring a belt”: Watch Jack Black's air-shreddin’, tongue-wagglin’, pants-fallin’ Tonight Show entrance

He was promoting A Minecraft Movie

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“When he got in front of the microphone, he sang his balls off. I’d never seen him happier”: How David Bowie stared down death itself for his final left-turn

Bowie foresaw how the world would react to his end - and artfully deconstructed his own myth with a last great masterwork

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“A classical guitar for the modern era”: Harley Benton unveils the Custom LineNashville Nylon BK, and its latest nylon-string electro-acoustic hybrid is a super-affordable thinline that's designed to welcome electric players

Nylon-string electro acoustics have been having a moment ever since Polyphia released Playing God, but at just $270 this might be the most affordable one we've seen yet

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“Heritage Cherry Sunburst on the archetypical Gibson workhorse acoustic, Tri Burst on its high-luxury jumbo? They look the part”: Gibson expands finish options on its J-45 Standard and SJ-200 Standard

The paint room at Gibson's Bozeman, Montana facility has been busy as it presents even more options for two of its most-popular acoustics

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“Prince just grabbed ideas out of the air and left you wondering: ‘Where did you get that?”: Chaka Khan says that she’ll be releasing a new album of songs that she recorded with Prince and Larry Graham

After covering I Feel For You in 1984, she released an album on Prince’s record label in 1998

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Happy 404 Day: Roland's latest SP-404 MKII update transforms its legendary sampler into a Serato DJ controller

SP-404 MKII's V5 software update brings native support for Serato DJ Pro, Serato DJ Lite and Serato Studio

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“Every single song a single, every single a hit, every hit a direct hit in the face of the man”: The Hives big up their new Mike D-co-produced record

Josh Homme also appears on album, due in August with a tour to follow

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“Analogue is better than digital, Behringer gear is garbage, and your cheap-ass monitors are ruining your mixes”: 10 of the most persistent music tech myths busted

It's time to separate fact from fiction. We take on ten hot takes confidently spouted by purists, gatekeepers and overzealous Redditors

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“I don’t think everybody was really aware of how attached people were to the ooh-loo-loo-loos”: White Lotus composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer on the reaction to his season 3 theme and why he won’t be returning for season 4

“I was like, OK, this is like a rock band I’ve been in before where the guitar player doesn’t understand the singer at all”

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"We got forced and twisted for a mainstream audience to turn the guitar down": Ronnie Wood bemoans technology’s impact on music

He claims “there’s not much new music”

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“She’s my number one, my greatest living singer - and she’s a huge fan of Charli’s”: Bon Iver on sampling one of his heroes for his Charli XCX remix

Vernon appeared on The Tonight Show to discuss his forthcoming new album SABLE, fABLE and working with Charli XCX and Taylor Swift

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Softube’s latest plugins are a pair of must-have vocal effects – and right now you can grab them as a bargain introductory bundle

Vocal Tuner and Deesser are designed to be fast, intuitive and low-latency – get them both for just $99

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“It didn’t feel like being in the room with a 17-year-old. I’d try something and she’d say, ‘You might want to reconsider that.’ And she’d be right”: Songwriter Eg White on how Adele took some “very boring chords” and turned them into an “explosive” hit

Why working with the star on 2008’s Chasing Pavements led White to question some of his own creative instincts

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“Once the custom shops came out, everyone was talking about them:” Jackson and Revocation’s David Davidson just dropped the hottest metal guitar of 2025 – the Warrior WR7

We've got G.A.S. for those Ferrari-inspired paint jobs on this radical, weaponised seven-string electric

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“I may be one of those returning to America who is barred or put in jail to sleep on a cement floor with an aluminium blanket”: Neil Young fears that he may be barred from re-entering the US

UK Subs were the first musicians to be barred this way last week

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