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“You'll come for the hands-on tweaking but stay for the sound”: Modal Electronics Carbon8X review

You'll come for the hands-on tweaking and wealth of features, and quickly forgive some of the workflow issues when you hear ...
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“No plausible basis for suggesting a more accurate, let alone fairer, distribution": Blur drummer loses legal action against PRS over distribution of royalties

Well, they refer to the increasing number of live gigs where PRS takes a cut from the ticket sales but has not been able to ...
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“In a world that so often reduces art to commerce and genius to product, you held the line”: Alicia Keys, Dionne Warwick, Springsteen and Manilow pay tribute to Clive Davis ...

An array of bona fide A-listers was out in force at the funeral of Clive Davis in New York on Monday morning, paying heartfelt eulogies to the record company man who mentored so many huge-selling ...
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"I remember it to this day, you know, exactly where I was when he said it": Paul McCartney's favourite song he's ever written is possibly the only one John Lennon ever ...

"It really gave me a lot of confidence in that song, and in my writing" When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. As he admitted with the ...
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UJAM's Retrocraft is an all-in-one multi-effects plugin for lo-fi vintage vibes

Promising to bring the nostalgic character of retro audio gear to your tracks, Retrocraft is equipped with six effects modules and a generous array of hardware emulations When you purchase through ...
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“I was chatting to our guitarist yesterday and he said, ‘Do you remember when we were playing around and discovered F?’”: We speak to Haircut One Hundred’s Nick Heyward

We speak to Nick Heyward about the forty-four year journey to follow-up Haircut One Hundred's chart-stealing Pelican West with Boxing the Compass When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...
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I’m so obsessed with your sets: Olivia Rodrigo’s new LEGO collection includes a dual acoustic/electric guitar, vinyl display and the crescent moon she rode on her Guts ...

“I’ve always loved hiding little details and meanings in my music and videos, so working with the LEGO team to bring something that fans can actually build and explore together has been so exciting,” ...
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“My dad just wrote Walrus for Magical Mystery Tour. That’s one song in six months”: But Sean Ono Lennon is still amazed at the Beatles’ work rate

He puts it down to the fact the songwriting was shared When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Sean Ono Lennon has sat down for a ...
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“People sometimes say ‘I’ve got a formula’ – well, yeah, and you've just stopped 700 songs coming your way”: Haircut 100’s Nick Heyward reflects on the group's ...

We speak to Nick Heyward about the forty-four year journey to follow-up Haircut 100's chart-stealing Pelican West with Boxing ...
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“For about six months, we were the coolest band on the planet”: We talk to Embrace about the extraordinary song that put them on the indie map

Embrace announced their arrival with one of the most memorable songs of the post-Britpop age, we catch up with its creator to ...
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“When I listen to the record, it just sounds like me. Maybe that was the point to begin with. There was no point doing an anorak sounds-alike thing”: Why Joe Bonamassa’…

Joe Bonamassa won’t be forgetting about the first three nights of July 2025 in a hurry. The blues supremo performed a trio of ...
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"I just felt something come over me and I said, ‘Now we're gonna do our first number one record. It's called Baby Come Back – hope you like it": The story of the classic ...

In the wake of his death, much has been written this week about Clive Davis’s ability to identify a hit when he heard it, but even legendary talent-spotters get it wrong sometimes. Such was the case ...