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“I know we’re making twice as much money as Metallica, but can you please put ’em on after us, because they’re killing us?”: How a hair metal band’s dream gig ...

In May 1988, LA hair metal band Dokken set out on the biggest tour of their career - but it would prove disastrous. Monsters ...
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“It’s a transcendental collision between American prog rock and Thai folk charm, straight from rural Phetchabun”: How Khun Narin pioneered Thai sound system rock using ...

The story of how a community band from rural Thailand reclaimed the relics of conflict to reinvent traditional folk music for a global audience When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...
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“His son actually cleared the sample. I don’t know of him ever approving a sample - it’s quite rare, so I was very honored”: James Blake on sampling Leonard Cohen for ...

A highlight from recent album Trying Times, the song also features a sampled recreation of the Titanic's Morse code SOS signal When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
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“The percentage of explicit songs on Spotify’s Top 50 chart has fallen from 74% in 2018 to 13% today”: New data reveals that explicit lyrics are in decline - but why?

This writer is old enough to remember the days when picking up a CD album emblazoned with that iconic black-and-white sticker; ‘Parental Advisory: Explicit Content', triggered a giddy rush of ...
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“It’s one of those moments - and it doesn’t happen very often - where the hair stands up on the back of your neck. You just know that this is going to be a huge song ...

Would you capture it or just let it slip? Here was worldwide rap superstar Eminem, then held in notoriety by some for his incendiary, parental advisory-emblazoned brand of rap, delivering something ...
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“I can’t stand it – it feels like a cheap psychological trick”: How negative marketing in music production is destroying creativity

Ever seen a video that convinced you "your mix sucks"? Brands and influencers are chasing engagement by telling amateurs ...
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AlphaTheta’s CDJ-1500X is a WiFi equipped DJ player that lets your audience vote on track requests

The brand’s latest multiplayer distills the essence of the flagship CDJ-3000X into a smaller, more affordable package ...
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“We kept trying to write one for 20 years, but they’re not very good, to be honest”: A Skyfall of Stars, anyone? Rare Coldplay recordings are being auctioned, including ...

Some of Coldplay’s rarest recordings are going up for auction, including their first stab at a James Bond theme. They’re ...
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“I’d argue that it was the single most important thing that happened in the history of MTV, because it saved young people’s lives”: The story of Soul Asylum’s classic ...

It’s the song that gave American alternative rockers Soul Asylum their one big hit and their only Grammy award. Runaway Train ...
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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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“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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“You could do a medley of It’s a Sin with The Final Countdown by Europe; in fact, I don’t know why we haven’t done that”: How the Pet Shop Boys took on the church ...

After years trying to decide just what kind of act they wanted to be, the Pet Shop Boys eventually settled on a formula that would yield some the 1980s' most enduring hits. Following the unsuccessful ...