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Has Fender finally solved the problem of single-coil hum with this “innovative breakthrough”?

The Fender Silent System is passive, battery-free, and built into these limited run American Professional Classic Strats and ...
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"She is so interested in really talking about the music that she makes, and how and why, and I found it very inspiring to hang out with her": Madonna and Charli XCX ce…

Madonna and Charli XCX have confirmed they will be releasing a new track together this week – one that’s inspired by a song ...
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“I was like, are these guys just really dumb?”: Beabadoobee admits she thought This Is Spinal Tap was a real documentary when she first watched it

Many bands have admitted that the content of Rob Reiner’s 1984 spoof rock documentary This Is Spinal Tap felt uncomfortably ...
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"Some of the best quality effect algorithms I’ve ever laid ears on": Eventide H9 Harmonizer Gen 2 review

Packing studio-grade algorithms in a compact chassis, the latest Eventide effects pedal is a multi-role fighter that can do any style ...
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“Suno’s v6 is not a fresh start; it is the fruit of the same poisoned tree”: Universal and Sony sue AI firm over continued copyright infringement in its new model

“Suno trained v6 with material that exists only because Suno copied Plaintiffs’ recordings without authorisation. v6 is not a ...
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“As soon as Freddie started singing, my three year-old was dancing around like a lunatic. I was like, ‘We're not going to have a problem here’”: We talk to the team ...

We speak to Playback Live, who have designed a one-off, immersive screening of Queen Budapest – which is being treated as if it’s an actual gig!
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A criminal record: The man behind the UK’s biggest fake vinyl factory goes down for three and a half years

The man who ran Britain’s biggest counterfeit vinyl operation has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison.
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One of our favourite synths of recent years now lets you upload your own sounds, as Arturia MiniFreak hits v5.0

As with previous updates, the new features come to both the MiniFreak hardware and its MiniFreak V counterpart. The latter is available as a standalone purchase, allowing users to access the synth’s ...
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“Every time I do it I’m like, ‘Damn, I do like to listen to this song over and over and over again, and it's because I threw a random chord in the final chorus ...

And, despite suggesting that it’s possible to think too much about songwriting formulas, Cyrus admits that this one of Martin’s definitely butters the parsnips.
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“Primitive and somewhat unformed, but still instantly recognisable”: How some lost David Bowie songs were discovered in a Californian loft

David Bowie fans will know that last week saw the latest release from the man’s archives. These were the recordings Bowie made with Shel Talmy in the mid-'60s when he was still scrapping round for a ...
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“I’d rather you didn’t listen to our music on there. Please don’t”: Electro-pop duo Sylvan Esso say they’ve returned to Spotify because they can’t afford not to

North Carolinian electro pop duo Sylvan Esso have announced that a year after withdrawing their music from Spotify, they are – very reluctantly - putting it back on. They were a number of artists who ...
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“I have explored space. I have explored time. Now… I explore distortion”: Watch William Shatner cover Ace Of Spades at his metal band’s live debut

William Shatner and his metal band made their live debut over the weekend in Chicago. They played on the main stage at Riot Fest on the Sunday, but the night before they treated fans to an intimate ...