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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 100's Nick Heyward
5+ hour, 17+ min ago (1720+ words) We speak to Nick Heyward about the forty-four year journey to follow-up Haircut 100's chart-stealing Pelican West with Boxing the Compass Few bands encapsulated the optimistic spirit of early-1980s pop quite like Haircut 100. Formed in Beckenham by Nick Heyward, Les…...
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 world tour
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (234+ words) Pop stars talk a lot about "world building" these days, so it seems fitting that Olivia Rodrigo is now taking this concept to the next level by releasing her own range of five LEGO sets. This is the first time…...
No plausible basis for suggesting a more accurate, let alone fairer, distribution": Blur drummer loses legal action against PRS over distribution of royalties
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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
18+ hour, 34+ min ago (292+ words) He puts it down to the fact the songwriting was shared Sean Ono Lennon has sat down for a full-length interview with Rick Beato, in which he talks about creativity, music in general and, inevitably, his two parents. It's hard…...
I'm from dance music " there's nothing wrong with staying on one note for 6 minutes as long as it's a really good note. So I said to her: "I don't think I'm the right person to do this: Stuart Price on the start of his working relationship with Madonna
21+ hour, 45+ min ago (593+ words) Price's first role was as musical director on her 2001 Drowned tour, but he says he initially tried to turn it down This week sees the release of Confessions II, Madonna's new album and a spiritual sequel to Confessions on a…...
"It is an impressive and genuinely pleasurable keyboard to play, and arguably one of the finest key actions available on any digital piano today" Kawai CA901 digital piano review
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (540+ words) A remarkable digital piano with a genuinely mechanical and organic soul, the CA901 comes closer to the acoustic experience than almost anything else in its class, making it a serious instrument for serious players. One of the finest wooden key actions…...
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 moment in the sun in the early '80s
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Is your track in the datasets that are being used to train AI? The Atlantic unveils a way you can find out
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (391+ words) Hey, want to know whether your music is being illegally used to train AI? Well, now you can. Kind of. Thanks to a new tool that has been launched by the Atlantic magazine. You may recall that a week or…...
School's out for summer: It's Music Radar's Quiz of the Week #11!
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (92+ words) Each week we spin back the hottest music news and put you to the test It's Quiz of the Week time again and " especially for last week's heatwave " we've got a hot one for you" Yes, each week we take…...
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
2+ day, 39+ min ago (1510+ words) Embrace announced their arrival with one of the most memorable songs of the post-Britpop age, we catch up with its creator to discuss its legacy We're here today to discuss a "90s indie-rock anthem by a band from the north of…...