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Mike Shinoda: rock and metal were “too white” before nu-metal
He also cited hair metal as a particular genre lacking in diversity.Gardiner Houlgate announces The Bernie Marsden Collection Part One
Featuring two Marshall half-stacks.E Street Band’s Steven Van Zandt on avoiding politics in music: “we have a government bragging about putting babies in cages. What can I...
Letter To You avoids deeper discussion of US politics.Julien Baker announces third studio album, Little Oblivions
She’s also released its first single, Faith Healer.
- Features
“I love seeing the instruments being played for the first time by the customer”: Luthier Rosie Heydenrych of Turnstone Guitars
Rosie Heydenrych left behind a career in the charity sector to set up her small workshop in Surrey, which now specialises in English-grown timber and is building a customer base that includes Tom Quail and Martin Simpson.Meet Wicketkeeper, the laid-back London trio channelling the best of 90s US indie-rock
Guitarists Simon Morley and Ryan Oxley on how the instrument-swapping friends turned a fun hang into one of the year’s most enjoyable debut records.“It was more is more, is more, is more!”: how Idles refused to restrain themselves on new album Ultra Mono
We sit down with guitarists Mark Bowen and Lee Kiernan to discuss the Bristol band’s meteoric rise, drugs, alcohol, mental health, the restorative powers of a good baritone, and the paths that led them to become the unlikely standard-bearers of a new kind of rock ‘n’ roll masculinity.“You don’t just have to sound like Fugazi”: Touché Amoré on how they moved beyond their hardcore roots
Guitarists Nick Steinhardt and Clayton Stephens on the importance of not treading on each other’s toes, keeping a varied palette of pedals to hand and why all those Ross Robinson legends are true.
- Reviews
The Genius Of… Different Class by Pulp
After two decades on the indie fringes, Pulp struck gold in 1995 with a No.1 album that’s a vital collection of songs about love, class and leaving an important part of your brain somewhere in a field in Hampshire. Their charismatic misfit frontman wasn’t a bad guitar player either.Review: Lateral Phonics Marrakesh Preamp Console
1970s studio preamp tones in an eye-catching stompbox.The Big Listen: Matt Berninger – Serpentine Prison
The National’s famously morose frontman finds freedom and space away from the day job on his debut solo album with Memphis studio veteran Booker T Jones.The Genius Of… Super Session by Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper and Stephen Stills
In 1968, two Dylan collaborators and a future Laurel Canyon superstar were at a loose end, so they booked some studio time in LA and improvised a freewheeling blues-jazz blueprint for the supergroup-on-record concept.
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Eric Clapton’s 20 greatest guitar moments, ranked
Even for non-players, Eric Clapton has become synonymous with the electric guitar – here, we pick just 20 examples of Slowhand’s fretwork from his varied career to serve as reminders of his extraordinary talent.DIY Workshop: How to relic a 1950s-style sunburst finish
After a break for lacquer curing, sun fading and tinted clear coats, it’s time to see how close we can get to the look of a vintage instrument.Eddie Van Halen’s 20 greatest guitar moments, ranked
He tapped, he tinkered, he thrilled and he turned the guitar world upside down. Here’s our pick of 20 awe-inspiring moments from the career of one of the instrument’s true legends.10 new electric and acoustic guitars: September 2020
Our favourite new electric and acoustic guitar announcements, releases and rumours of the past month.
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How to play chords like Paul Simon Part 2
Rod Fogg -In part two of our look at the chord shapes and sequences which define Paul Simon’s sound, we focus on his early years as a solo artist.How to play blues like Albert King
Continuing our journey through the guitar styles of the legendary Three Kings, this time it’s the turn of Flying V-toting blue icon Albert.How to play country guitar Part 5 – Putting it all together
In the final part of his intro to country guitar, Nashville sessioneer David Henricksson puts it all together with a pair of solos to master.How to play chords like Paul Simon
Rod Fogg -With a long career involving unpredictable twists, turns and collaborations Paul Simon is one of the most successful songwriters of the last 60 years. We take a look at the chord shapes and sequences which define his sound.
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Mike Shinoda: rock and metal were “too white” before nu-metal
He also cited hair metal as a particular genre lacking in diversity.Gardiner Houlgate announces The Bernie Marsden Collection Part One
Featuring two Marshall half-stacks.E Street Band’s Steven Van Zandt on avoiding politics in music: “we have a government bragging about putting babies in cages. What can I...
Letter To You avoids deeper discussion of US politics.Julien Baker announces third studio album, Little Oblivions
She’s also released its first single, Faith Healer.
- Features
“I love seeing the instruments being played for the first time by the customer”: Luthier Rosie Heydenrych of Turnstone Guitars
Rosie Heydenrych left behind a career in the charity sector to set up her small workshop in Surrey, which now specialises in English-grown timber and is building a customer base that includes Tom Quail and Martin Simpson.Meet Wicketkeeper, the laid-back London trio channelling the best of 90s US indie-rock
Guitarists Simon Morley and Ryan Oxley on how the instrument-swapping friends turned a fun hang into one of the year’s most enjoyable debut records.“It was more is more, is more, is more!”: how Idles refused to restrain themselves on new album Ultra Mono
We sit down with guitarists Mark Bowen and Lee Kiernan to discuss the Bristol band’s meteoric rise, drugs, alcohol, mental health, the restorative powers of a good baritone, and the paths that led them to become the unlikely standard-bearers of a new kind of rock ‘n’ roll masculinity.“You don’t just have to sound like Fugazi”: Touché Amoré on how they moved beyond their hardcore roots
Guitarists Nick Steinhardt and Clayton Stephens on the importance of not treading on each other’s toes, keeping a varied palette of pedals to hand and why all those Ross Robinson legends are true.
- Reviews
The Genius Of… Different Class by Pulp
After two decades on the indie fringes, Pulp struck gold in 1995 with a No.1 album that’s a vital collection of songs about love, class and leaving an important part of your brain somewhere in a field in Hampshire. Their charismatic misfit frontman wasn’t a bad guitar player either.Review: Lateral Phonics Marrakesh Preamp Console
1970s studio preamp tones in an eye-catching stompbox.The Big Listen: Matt Berninger – Serpentine Prison
The National’s famously morose frontman finds freedom and space away from the day job on his debut solo album with Memphis studio veteran Booker T Jones.The Genius Of… Super Session by Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper and Stephen Stills
In 1968, two Dylan collaborators and a future Laurel Canyon superstar were at a loose end, so they booked some studio time in LA and improvised a freewheeling blues-jazz blueprint for the supergroup-on-record concept.
- Guides
Eric Clapton’s 20 greatest guitar moments, ranked
Even for non-players, Eric Clapton has become synonymous with the electric guitar – here, we pick just 20 examples of Slowhand’s fretwork from his varied career to serve as reminders of his extraordinary talent.DIY Workshop: How to relic a 1950s-style sunburst finish
After a break for lacquer curing, sun fading and tinted clear coats, it’s time to see how close we can get to the look of a vintage instrument.Eddie Van Halen’s 20 greatest guitar moments, ranked
He tapped, he tinkered, he thrilled and he turned the guitar world upside down. Here’s our pick of 20 awe-inspiring moments from the career of one of the instrument’s true legends.10 new electric and acoustic guitars: September 2020
Our favourite new electric and acoustic guitar announcements, releases and rumours of the past month.
- Learn
How to play chords like Paul Simon Part 2
Rod Fogg -In part two of our look at the chord shapes and sequences which define Paul Simon’s sound, we focus on his early years as a solo artist.How to play blues like Albert King
Continuing our journey through the guitar styles of the legendary Three Kings, this time it’s the turn of Flying V-toting blue icon Albert.How to play country guitar Part 5 – Putting it all together
In the final part of his intro to country guitar, Nashville sessioneer David Henricksson puts it all together with a pair of solos to master.How to play chords like Paul Simon
Rod Fogg -With a long career involving unpredictable twists, turns and collaborations Paul Simon is one of the most successful songwriters of the last 60 years. We take a look at the chord shapes and sequences which define his sound.
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