Latest articles by Matt Parker
5 minutes alone: Brian Baker
The punk guitar great looks back on life in Minor Threat, Bad Religion and Dag Nasty, plus a fateful Santana show…
NAMM 2017: Trace Elliot's ELF bass amp fits in your back pocket
Trace Elliot is packing a lot of punch into a tiny package with its new ELP bass amplifier, promising a "revolutionary" 200-watt mini amp that weighs just 1.6 pounds
NAMM 2017: DigiTech's FreqOut generates feedback without an amp
Effects firm DigiTech has lifted the lid on two brand new pedals, the CabDryVR dual cabinet simulator and FreqOut - a 'natural feedback' creator
10 of the best guitarists at Glastonbury 2016
Take a moment, possibly as you stop-start into the festival car park, to get clued-up on some of the finest guitarists at Glastonbury this year…
The Cadillac Three's Jaren Johnston on Nashville roots, low-end lap steel and Taylor Swift
The Southern trio are in the unlikely position of being able to play to a packed-out tent at Sonisphere and hang out with the world's biggest pop star...
10 of the best new guitar amps at NAMM 2015
NAMM 2015: This year was a bit of a quiet one on the amp front, but there are still some highly desirable new noiseboxes on the way over the next 12 months...
NAMM 2015 VIDEO: Fender unveils new acoustics, resonators and banjos in pictures and video
NAMM 2015: Acoustic guitar line-up announcements are usually a sea of wood tones and dreadnoughts, so it's nice to see Fender getting creative with some of its new additions this year.
Universal Audio unveils Chandler Limited guitar amp plugin
Three new plugins available for UAD platforms
NAMM 2014: Samson unveils Meteorite USB mic
A truly space age microphone for podcasting and PC applications
NAMM 2014: Korg announces Pitchblack Pro rack-mount tuner
Newest rack tuner is ultra-lightweight and thin, with extremely high visibility
NAMM 2014: Vox unveils limited edition red AC15C1 amplifier
Latest in Vox's line of colours is British Garnet Red
NAMM 2014: Allen and Heath unveils Xone:23 DJ mixer
DJ firm rolls out the Xone:22's successor ready for NAMM
30 must-see guitarists at Glastonbury 2013
Get ready for Alex, Keef, Nile and many more
Jakko Jakszyk on King Crimson, Fripp and joining his heroes
Four decades after Jakko Jakszyk first saw King Crimson live, he was invited to join. Being tasked with fronting your favourite band would daunt most players, but Jakko has really put in the hours...
On the radar: Arkells
Patience is a virtue in music. Canada's Arkells can attest to this, having first gravitated towards each other in their inaugural year of university, in Hamilton, Ontario
Lower Than Atlantis on labels, lows and tough lessons
Major-label wrangles and a crisis of confidence conquered, Mike Duce and Ben Sansom give us a candid account of the fall and rise of Lower Than Atlantis
Steve Severin talks 'Banshees, Siouxsie and outlasting punk
"Never pay much attention to what's fashionable"
On the radar: Krokodil
The first mistake we make when talking to (ex-A/Radio One Rock Show man) Daniel P Carter is to assume his new band Krokodil is named solely after Desomorphine...
Royal Blood's Ben Thatcher on his "crazy year"
"I started Royal Blood to write songs with a friend and be creative and drum"
