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"A jaunt behind the curtain of Gorillaz’ extraordinary world": Gorillaz celebrate their 25th anniversary with a new exhibition and four “one-off” gigs

Fans attending the band’s exhibition will get the chance to buy tickets to a limited run of new live shows

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“Millions - possibly billions - of people have since heard that start-up chime. I never would have believed that the same company could one day be implicated in the machinery of oppression and war”: Brian Eno donates Windows 95 fee to Palestinian aid

“Selling and facilitating advanced AI and cloud services to a government engaged in systematic ethnic cleansing is not ‘business as usual'", Eno writes

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"A copy of Serum might be the smartest investment any budding producer makes": Xfer Serum 2 review

One of the greatest softsynths of all time hits v2 – is this still the one to beat?

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Universal Audio is giving the $199 PolyMAX synth plugin away for free - but not for long

"With PolyMAX, you are harnessing a massively influential period in synth history - the polysynth era when Prophets, Oberheims, and Jupiters ruled the world"

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“Too risky at the moment”: America is now so divided that a Bruce Springsteen covers band has been advised not to play in his hometown

Springsteen’s anti-Trump comments while on European tour got a US venue so rattled they cancelled a coverband’s gig

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“We would have absolutely lied through our teeth if there wasn't a full song”: How a TV jingle turned into a pop classic

The strange tale of The Carpenters' We've Only Just Begun

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“The last thing you want to do is play a widdly-widdly riff that’s getting in the way of the vocal”: Those Damn Crows’ Ian ‘Shiner’ Thomas on how to write a No.1 album, what he learned from Nirvana, and the Slipknot riff he wished he wrote

With the Welsh rockers' latest album, God Shaped Hole, topping the charts, we check in with riff-master Shiner to talk song structure, grunge inspirations, and knowing when not to play

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“Gilmour’s Strat went for four million — and 67 nations tuned in to that auction”: The man with the $1billion guitar collection

The late Jim Irsay also had Kurt Cobain’s famous Mustang

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“I have this very large polyp on my vocal cord, which has given me a lot of the tone and the texture that has made me who I am, but it's extremely difficult to perform with”: Miley Cyrus on her distinctive voice and why it’s preventing her from touring

"It's like running a marathon with ankle weights on," she says

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“I'm sure you all agree, I'm hardly Bob Dylan”: Charli xcx scoops the Songwriter of the Year award at this year’s Ivor Novellos

Other winners at last night's event included U2, Robbie Williams, Brandon Flowers, Berwyn and Self Esteem

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Can immersive audio work at a festival? We went to Polygon Live to find out

London’s biggest live 3D audio event showed us the potential – and limitations – of spatial audio in the wild

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“Don’t get too precious about your songs. We’re probably going to tear them apart”: Legendary producer Mutt Lange’s first words to the young Def Leppard

How Leppard's 'sixth member' took them to a new level

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"The first thing I notice is a bit of surprise": A guitarist tries 9.5 gauge guitar strings for the first time with the new Ernie Ball Tim Henson signature set

Are these strings a sweet spot for players? Guitarist Pete Emery finds out with this long-term test

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“Algorithms have sort of turned every playlist into grocery store background music”: We speak to the maker of a game putting the humanity back into music discovery

Music League lets players discover and vote on music via a fantasy sports-aping model - and it’s already got thousands of daily players

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“A versatile and durable dynamic microphone suitable for a range of applications”: Universal Audio SD-1 review

Affordable dynamic microphone bringing professional sound from a top-tier brand

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“It means everything to me. It’s the song that gave us our first big break, and it sounds great on the radio!”: The ’90s smash hit that pretty much wrote itself

“We never actually rehearsed the song — just played it!”

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"The first 1000 units sold out in mere seconds": Tame Impala's ultra-hyped chord-generating synth is back for a second drop - and this time it's international

Telepathic Instruments has announced the release of Orchid's second batch - here's how to get your hands on one

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“I sat in this chair here and - ‘cos I’m not the best player, let’s be honest - I recorded one note at a time": Calvin Harris on being inspired by the Grateful Dead and the unconventional way he recorded the guitar riff on new single, Blessings

“I bought this guitar which was the guy’s favourite guitar, apparently,” he says of his recently acquired Martin dreadnought

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"We listened to the community, and this release is our answer": Akai drops major firmware update for Force groovebox with stem separation and plugin support

Billed as the "most significant" update since the product was released, Force 3.5 is available now as a free public beta

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“The weight of this responsibility is enormous and I am feeling every ounce of it”: The Who’s new drummer announces himself to fans

Scott Devours is long-serving sticksman in Roger Daltrey’s solo band

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“Cementing Spotify as the ultimate destination for summer listening and proving we know music best”: Did Spotify really just pick the 30 tracks that are going to soundtrack your summer?

Mixing social science with some good old fashioned good taste, Spotify reckons it can predict the future

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“There is no stage in the world that's too big for the music that you play on an acoustic guitar.”: John Mayer and Ernie Ball just co-designed a set of next-gen Earthwood acoustic guitar strings inspired by cymbals and bells

The Earthwood Bell Bronze acoustic strings are made from an all-new proprietary alloy that offers “bold, rich, full-bodied tones with enhanced resonance and projection”

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“We wanted the listeners to know that the pirates are on their way!”: How guitarist Steve Stevens kickstarted Billy Idol’s classic hits White Wedding and Rebel Yell

"Our producer said, ‘You need a flag at the top'"

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“Its 23-inch scale-length allows for a softer and rounder tone”: Harley Benton applies retro-classic colour finishes and the incredible shrinking treatment to its beginner friendlyJB-62CC Mini Bass

Short-scales have all the fun? For under 200 bucks you get a 23” scale Jazz-alike that’s ideal for the kids, but maybe also for those plummy old-school soul and R&B tones

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“That’s the take that we use in the film. That was first time. Dude, it was amazing”: Steve's Lava Chicken, Jack Black’s shortest-ever UK Top 40 hit from the Minecraft Movie, took just 34 seconds to record

A new Apple Music video goes behind the scenes on Black’s musical contribution to the surprise hit of the year

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