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“The Teenage Engineering OP-1 has been dethroned”: Reverb publishes its list of the best-selling electronic music gear of the year - and after 5 years, there’s a new No 1

The online gear marketplace has delivered its yearly round-up of the most-purchased synths, drum machines, samplers and sequencers, but who came out on top?

MusicRadar

“I couldn’t be happier to come back after all these years”: Pantera’s Rex Brown rejoins Spector’s artist ranks – less than a year after dropping his first Epiphone signature

Brown relied on his Spector basses for the band’s final three albums, and took his stash on the road after Pantera reformed in 2022

Guitar World

“I think I just need to stick some Christmas words on it and get it out there!” Have The Cure written the feel-bad holiday hit of the year?

Robert Smith claims he’s written a “really catchy” pop song, and it could be the next Christmas chart-topper

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Exploring Birdsong share video for plaintive piano-led ballad All I Lack

UK prog pop trio Exploring Birdsong are currently working on debut full-length album, expected next year

Louder

“I keep telling Clown that I’m just gonna throw it up on Youtube”: Slipknot guitarist Jim Root often threatens to leak long-delayed album Look Outside Your Window

Sick of waiting for Slipknot’s atmospheric rock album to come out? So is guitarist Jim Root!

Metal Hammer

“Far ahead of the 80s art-rock curve… forward-looking, new wave electronic music with trace elements of prog and glam”: Bill Nelson’s Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam Deluxe Box Set

Ex-Be Bop Deluxe leader’s 1981 solo release is greatly expanded to impressive effect

Louder

“She’s brilliant at what she does. She’s a true artist": Billy Corgan might not be a fan of pop music, but he’s got a lot of respect for Chappell Roan

“I tend to look at the talent and the brilliance of what the artist is trying to put together"

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ROSÉ Is Forging a New Path for K-Pop Idols Going Solo

With her debut album 'rosie,' the BLACKPINK artist has released the most vulnerable album from a K-pop star yet.

Marie Claire

“I plugged into my first Dumble at a PRS gig. I ran right for it. I beat Carlos Santana and David Grissom to it. I’m like, ‘Out of my way!’” Mark Tremonti on how Paul Reed Smith got him hooked on Dumbles

The Alter Bridge guitarist looks back on how he beat his PRS peers to play the amp of his dreams – and never looked back

Guitar World

“Perhaps it's not too surprising that it would be such a big hit”: Reverb reveals its top selling pedals of 2024 and a compact modeller is this year's big winner

Podium finishes for top-sellers overall include three modern pedalboard classics, but are we entering an era when small format modellers are going to dominate the charts?

MusicRadar

2024 Billboard Music Awards: Complete list as Taylor Swift wins 10 on birthday eve

The singer-songwriter received an early birthday present at the Billboard Music Awards

Evening Standard

End of an Eras era: what’s next for Taylor Swift?

After a record-breaking $2bn global tour the mega-star is now looking to her next career step

The Guardian - US

“Tell a musical story and develop it in a conversational way while carrying the song forward”: How to create memorable single-note themes in instrumental guitar music

Andy Wood shows us the power of placing one carefully considered note in front of the other, replacing the need for the human voice

Guitar World

Trove of Michael Jackson tapes discovered – but the world might never hear them

Tracks reportedly include a rap duet with LL Cool J and one on which Jackson hits out at the rumours about him in the media

The Independent UK

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“I needed to have a bucket on the side of the stage because I was that sick”: Richie Kotzen on his worst-ever show, that time wildfires came for his guitar collection, and upsetting his mom by getting Purple Haze wrong

Kotzen checks in to talk first guitars, first songs, and to give his younger self a little friendly advice. Plus, why didn't he take any guitars as the fire got close?

Louder

“All over the shop… The template for The Rutles is clearly there, and there’s a bridge between The Goons and Monty Python”: The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band’s Still Barking

17 CDs and three DVDs provide everything you need to know about a counterculture band many have heard of, but fewer have listened to

Evening Standard

Taylor Swift at 35: Her mega year in numbers — and what's coming from her next era

The Grammy-winning megastar celebrates her birthday in the same month as her Eras tour came to an end. Emma Loffhagen looks back on Taylor’s career-defining year of success

The Independent UK

Snoop Dogg has a spring in his step on his relentlessly interesting Dr Dre collaboration Missionary

5/5 Rapper and producer team up for the first time since their 1993 album ‘Doggystyle’

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Evening Standard

Taylor Swift celebrates 'nicest birthday present' as she makes Billboard Music Awards history

‘This is like the nicest early birthday present you could have given me, so thank you very much,’ Taylor Swift said in a pre-recorded acceptance speech

International Business Times

Taylor Swift Closed Her Eras Tour On Top Of The World. Now What?

The nearly two-year-long, $2 billion Eras tour shattered records, made history and quite literally triggered earthquakes -- so what could Taylor Swift, the planet's biggest star, possibly do next?

Louder

Neil Young launches 107-minute Xmas playlist with accompanying cosy fireplace video

Neil Young knows who's been naughty and nice

Evening Standard

Race for Christmas number one kicks off: Who are the contenders?

The winner of the biggest chart race of the year will be announced on BBC Radio 1’s The Official Chart on December 20.

Evening Standard

U2’s Larry Mullen Jr on his dyscalculia: Counting bars is like climbing Everest

The Irish musician revealed that he cannot count or add because of the learning difficulty.

Louder

Jon Anderson and The Band Geeks announce live album of classic-era Yes songs

Live - Perpetual Change will be released in March

Sports Illustrated

Taylor Swift’s Sweet Gesture for Local Kansas City Hospital Goes Viral

It was rare, she was there.

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