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Brace yourself: Bryan Adams didn’t buy his first real six-string in a five and dime
By Daniel Griffiths published
Now the truth is out. And you'll never guess which year he didn't buy it…

Laufey on what Gen Z can teach the rest of us about how to appreciate music
By Ben Rogerson published
On her friendships with Olivia Rodrigo and Beabadoobee, she says: “I could easily find a person that listens to all three of us, even though we’re so extremely different”

Bon Iver - ranked: from Sable, Fable to For Emma, Forever Ago
By Matt Mullen published
As Justin Vernon releases an unexpectedly buoyant fifth album, we chart his path from backwoods crooner to indie-pop icon

"We were sampling Steve Winwood in between bong rips on my OP-1": How Bon Iver met Haim
By Matt Mullen published
Danielle Haim features on Bon Iver's If Only I Could Wait, from new album SABLE, fABLE

“Almost inhumane and a form of torture": Psytrance festival is cancelled after just 11 complaints
By Will Simpson published
But organisers hadn’t monitored sound levels properly

With the same mesh-head playability and powerful new Strata module as its bigger brothers, Alesis Strata Club brings a new compact form to its best-selling range
By Daniel Griffiths last updated
Want the power and playability of Strata but don’t have the room to manoeuvre? The join the Club

Super-producer Benny Blanco reveals the surprising reason why most of his early hits are at the same tempo
By Matt Mullen published
Kesha's Tik Tok, Katy Perry's Teenage Dream and Taio Cruz's Dynamite are all at 120bpm

The Curse of Coachella: Bad sound, bad gigs and even worse audiences - Is Coachella now the worst festival in the world?
By Daniel Griffiths published
As the big gig in the middle of nowhere wraps with the usual storm of complaints and controversy, we take a look at why it's become the place where gigs go wrong
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