RARE PHOTOS: 38 - The Real Truth

The ultimate synth shoot-out 2026: Hardware classics vs. their software successors - but can you really tell which is which?

Is there really any need to fork out for a hardware synth these days? We place a trio of hardware classics up against some immaculate software doppelgängers

MusicRadar · May 1

“I wasn't prepared for what I saw that night”: How a classic song recorded live in London set Bob Marley on the path to global superstardom

And he gave away the songwriting credit to a local hero back home in Jamaica

MusicRadar · May 1

“He just looked like he’d never seen anything like it before. I think it was a culture shock for him to see such brainless violence”: Punch-ups, mums and self-made hype – inside the early days of the Arctic Monkeys

New book about Sheffield’s indie scene is out next week

MusicRadar · Apr 30

“When I started, it was considered a fair conversation whether a woman actually could compose music at all!”: Synth pioneer Jill Fraser on pushing boundaries in the world of electronic music

Synth legend Jill Fraser delves into her history of evolving musical set-ups, film composition and how her most recent album birthed electronic reinterpretations of US hymns

MusicRadar · Apr 30

“I felt weird sending it to her, it’s almost something that Doja Cat could jump on - but Kim loved it”: Genre-colliding producer Justin Raisen speaks to us about the thrill of working on Kim Gordon's latest record

We speak to a producer hell bent on re-wiring 21st century pop with an eccentric and passionate production take. The likes of Charli XCX and Kim Gordon can’t get enough

MusicRadar · Apr 30

“The fundamental building blocks of electric guitar tone: fuzz, harmonic shaping, and amplifier drive”: Crazy Tube Circuits’ Triptychon might just be the only pedal you need for classic rock

CTC delivers another super-ambitious build that looks very much like a shut-up-and-take-my-money stompbox for any player weaned on LedZep, Cream, Sabbath et al

MusicRadar · Apr 30

“I'd never used a MIDI controller in my life like that. Before then I was just using my keyboard on my laptop, and I thought that was the only way to do it”: PinkPantheress on her lightbulb MIDI keyboard moment and her whirlwind music production journey

"It's sampling, but in terms of what I was doing, I was being quite low-lift with it,” she says of her early music-making efforts

MusicRadar · Apr 30

Thomann launch Montreux Jazz Festival competition with hour long slot plus €3,000 performance fee up for grabs

Applicants can be different genres that ‘make up the festival’s varied palette’

MusicRadar · Apr 30

“It was the quickest song I ever wrote. I didn’t even write it on the keyboard, and it took about 10 minutes”: How to re-create the sound of Gary Numan’s synth-pop classic Cars

We lift the bonnet on a foundational piece of synth genius, and demonstrate how you can achieve its distinctive sound yourself in your DAW

MusicRadar · Apr 30

“No menus to dive through. No modes to get stuck in. Just play, loop, and explore your musical ideas”: Auxy unveils Svensson, a minimalist keyboard built for instant music-making

The debut hardware instrument from the makers of Auxy Studio, Svensson 49's sounds were designed by YouTuber and musician Cuckoo

MusicRadar · Apr 30