Latest articles by Andy Price
A reckoning for venues? The Charlatans' Tim Burgess fronts a new Manchester festival that allows bands to keep all their merch profits
The showcase aims to empower artists and bands to profit from their merch sales - without a middleman taking a cut
Dreams, red wine and the desire to explode - Robert Smith’s songwriting approach in his own words
The Cure’s godfather of goth remains one of music’s key figureheads, yet his attitude to songwriting is anything but orthodox
George Harrison’s songwriting brilliance deconstructed in his own words
The quiet one’s songwriting gifts fully flourished during the latter half of the Beatles’ reign, and we’ve collected his own insights into his craft
How Adele's songwriting cleverly grabs our emotions
You might think the perfect pop song is built on vibrant production choices and bouncy positivity, but an analysis of the output of one of the biggest selling artists of all time would suggest otherwise
This classic interview with the Crystal Method explores talent vs tech, plus an enduring love for Radiohead and Bill Withers
A 2009 conversation from our mag archives finds former Crystal Method-man Ken Jordan talking gear, influences and the brilliance of the then-new iPhone
Our forgotten interview with big-beat legends Basement Jaxx reveals the oddness of working with John Lennon’s widow - and a love for Atari
A rediscovered interview from our archives with the Grammy-winning duo touches on the stress of making sure that their studio time with Lennon’s widow went without a hitch
Unearthed Junkie XL interview digs into the troubles behind his hit remix of Elvis’s A Little Less Conversation
The Mad Max soundtrack heavyweight was still best known for his A Little Less Conversation remix when we spoke to him in 2008
Our lost interview with Kraftwerk’s Wolfgang Flür gives rare insight into the band's internal conflicts
Back in 2007, we caught up with Kraftwerk’s former rhythm robot, who had much to share about the fraught relationship with the band that defined electronic music
Our re-discovered classic interview with Jon Hopkins catches him on the verge of his most successful decade
At the end of the 2000s, the IDM titan spoke to us about tech, his terrifying sessions with Coldplay and his desire to go somewhere new in the looming 2010s
From Pavement to Donna Summer, here are six more B-sides that became huge against the odds
Adding to the collection of songs that started out on the flip side of a single, but went on to become playlist staples
How a lone Bee Gee became the first person to use a drum machine on a pop hit
When it hit the chart in 1969, it was the first exposure the record buying public had to an electronic beat
Sony Music says it has removed over 75,000 deepfake tracks from streaming platforms
The label fears things will get even worse as the British government considers loosening restrictions for AI companies in efforts to encourage new business
New report reveals the shockingly high suicide level within the music industry
Poor financial return, lack of mental health support and the stresses of touring are all cited as key reasons that lay behind the alarming stats
From Kung Fu Fighting to Good Riddance, here are 6 neglected B-sides that ended up becoming hugely popular
They might have been initially maligned by their creators, but these songs were just too good to keep down
The odd tale of the Mars Volta gifting a CD-R of their upcoming, unreleased album to a fan
This Mars Volta-loving delivery driver got more than he bargained for when he received an order request from a ‘Cedric B’
Cracking open Max Martin’s über-succesful songwriting formula
Exploring the winning routes taken by the songwriting mastermind behind Britney Spears, Katy Perry and Ariana Grande's biggest tunes
SoundCloud responds to online criticism that its algorithm is ‘destroying transients’
The music streaming platform commented on the discourse, and revealed that it's aware that some info ‘gets lost along the way’
They set the boyband template, but The Monkees also introduced the world to the synth
People initially labelled them a fabricated band, but we’ve got the Monkees to thank for being pop's first ever synth players
How Taylor Swift’s songwriting skilfully makes the personal universal
Taylor Swift deftly divides her songwriting between three separate voices. Here's how to spot them…
“If you don’t have an idea, go mow the lawn": Follow Neil Young’s lead to demolish those frustrating songwriting barriers
It’s true, sometimes working relentlessly on perfecting a song or track that you’re just not feeling can do more harm than good
“The lyrics talk about machines writing music, and that’s actually happened. All things considered, it was a very prophetic song”: The iconic track that sparked the MTV generation also predicted the entire future of music
This Trevor Horn-helmed classic documented a sea change in music consumption, and its vision of tomorrow was spookily accurate
From David Bowie to Radiohead and Steely Dan, here’s some of popular music’s most outlandish theory choices
No theory practitioner would advise you do as these great artists did, but the brilliance of their songs speak for themselves
“I want to continue to have something that’s not microwavable in a world today where our attention span is pretty much lost”: Kendrick Lamar officially becomes the world's biggest hip-hop artist
Following a globally acclaimed half-time show at the Super Bowl earlier this month, interest in Kendrick Lamar has surged to record-breaking levels
