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“The band provided me with this ridiculous music and I had to, of course, kind of step up to it”: The enduring appeal of the REM radio smash that Michael Stipe hated

The song was inescapable in the early 1990s, yet the shifting dynamics and sunny lyrics of REM's upbeat smash continue to provoke questions about its true meaning

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“A significant cost to incur in a liberal democracy": Why listeners now have to upload biometric data to access certain Spotify songs

It’s one of the unintended consequences of the UK's Online Safety Act

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“Probably the most stupid thing I’ve ever done in my life”: Oasis' first drummer Tony McCarroll reveals the confrontation that led the band to sack him

The former Oasis drummer claims he stood up to Noel - and was fired as a result

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“I didn’t know what was going to happen, but they certainly booed, I’ll tell you that. You could hear it all over the place”: How Bob Dylan created one of his greatest songs while controversy erupted around him

When Dylan went electric, not everyone approved

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“Rigidity breaks; flexibility endures”: How Nick Cave came to have a more rounded view on artificial intelligence – with the help of an AI Elvis

Andrew Dominik’s extraordinary new video for Tupelo was the key

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“I figured we’d see him later on – the next day or whatever. But no”: Zakk Wylde reflects on the last time he saw Ozzy Osbourne

He says metal icon was “like an older brother”

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“Where words fail, music speaks”: Why storytelling through music surpasses all other art forms

Narrative in music isn’t always about just what’s being said within a song’s lyrics - it’s what the music triggers in the core of the listener

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“Channel the aura of busted pedal delays, dusty tapes, and otherworldly echoes”: Brainworx new bx_pulsar aims to be your brand-new ultimate go-to delay effect

WIth five unique delay modes and a set of easy-to-implement further features and filters, it looks like it's got every base covered

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“There’s joy in doing something again and again”: Hot Chip post vintage footage showing how one of their best loved tracks was created

Direct from Joe Goddard’s bedroom sometime in the mid-00s

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"If you're seeking a polished, smooth, modern distortion, this is most definitely not the stomp box for you": Peavey Decade preamp pedal review

Peavey’s latest pedal is rated-R, for riffage

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“If you’re looking for something to use for home practice, then it’s an invaluable tool”: Mooer SD30i Intelligent Amp review

There’s everything from US-style clean combos to high-gain metal heads alongside a healthy range of effects

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“Some of the guys never wanted to do that song in the first place. ‘This is crap – too poppy!’ I thought it was great, but I had no idea that it would become the band’s signature tune”: The ’70s hit that reinvented a legendary rock band

A triumph for a singer who’d been doing TV ads for yoghurt and crackers

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“He didn’t set the bar very high in terms of vocal skills right from the very beginning”: Which rock legend could Ian Anderson be talking about?

Jethro Tull man describes him as a “shouter”

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Massive X Player is a new free synth plugin that lets users morph and modulate presets from Native Instruments’ wavetable powerhouse

With its new freebie, Native Instruments aims to bring its next-gen Massive to the masses

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"It’s a capitalist mentality and we’re all paying Taylor Swift": Billie Marten speaks out on the difficulties mid range artists are facing

"Everyone that’s hanging onto the artist is buying houses and having families and going on holiday. And the artists could never dream of doing that."

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“Kudos to Akai’s software team”: Roger Linn uploads video that praises the MPC Live II as “the ultimate looper”

He works up a track in just two minutes

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“OMG, modular synthesizers and video games? Sign. Me. Up”: Look Mum No Computer just made their own computer game

The much-loved DIY vintage gear repair video powerhouse just released their own synth-inspired shoot-em-up

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“It’s earth-shaking when I think about it. If I had never met him, where would my life have gone?”: Virtuoso guitarist John McLaughlin pays tribute to a beloved bandmate with a “magical” live album

"We have the record, and that is joyful and beautiful"

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“Why are you doing this!?”: Watch Ozzy Osbourne try to kickstart his ancient ARP 2600 vintage synth

Because even the world’s biggest music superstars occasionally have difficulty getting their gear to work properly

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“They were doing things nobody was doing. Their chords were outrageous, just outrageous”: How the Beatles won over America with one performance

We look back on that magical night when John, Paul, George and Ringo entranced a grieving nation and fired up the engine of Beatlemania stateside

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"It’s amazing how your brain reacts when you’re listening to 50 seconds of music, rather than just a two-bar loop": 8 pro producers show how to break out of the loop and turn basic ideas into finished tracks

Watch Danny Byrd, Eats Everything, DJ Boring, Ploy, Mr Mitch, Breaka, Lawrence Hart and Richard Fearless of Death In Vegas at work in their studios

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“I have none of that high-speed technical skill of a Steve Vai or a Joe Satriani. What I have is a connection between the mind and the fingers”: How Brian May plays off instinct – and how he and Freddie Mercury battled over a Queen classic

“Freddie was pushing up the guitar more and more”

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“We've been sleeping for 30 years. Please excuse us”: The Commodore 64 is back, packed with extra power for chiptune music makers

Fans of the original’s much-loved SID chip can now get their hands on a brand new take on the classic

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“A huge moment, not just for me, but for the future of music”: AI ‘creator’ signs record deal with Hallwood Media

Imoliver says it “isn’t about replacing artists, but expanding what’s possible”

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"A very capable package that will give beginners the tools they need to make good quality recordings": M-Audio M-Track Duo HD Producer Pack review

This recording studio in a box from M-Audio looks to give beginners a complete home studio setup for below $/£200

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