Tom Porter
Tom Porter worked on MusicRadar from its mid-2007 launch date to 2011, covering a range of music and music making topics, across features, gear news, reviews, interviews and more. A regular NAMM-goer back in the day, Tom now resides permanently in Los Angeles, where he's doing rather well at the Internet Movie Database (IMDB).
Latest articles by Tom Porter

Unseen footage of The Beatles found in "old drawer"
By Tom Porter last updated
8mm colour film of 1964 gig up for auction

Bloc Party kick the CD single while it's already down
By Tom Porter last updated
Band to cease releasing physical singles

YOUR QUESTIONS: For ex-Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony
By Tom Porter last updated
Chickenfoot, VH… ask him anything

Nokia's musical park bench Comes With Music
By Tom Porter last updated
It's a park bench, only different
Beastie Boys recording "political" new album
By Tom Porter last updated
"If toilet talk and fart jokes are political…"

How to make a DIY laptop stand with a coat hanger
By Tom Porter last updated
Computer music during the credit crunch

4-year-old kid drummer to play Whisky A Go-Go
By Tom Porter last updated
Julian Pavone: 'World's Youngest Drummer!'

Eric Clapton announces 2009 tour dates
By Tom Porter last updated
Slowhand heads to England and Ireland

BLOG: The Strokes don't need another songwriter
By Tom Porter last updated
Is Julian Casablancas still in charge?

Beatles iPod comes loaded with CDs, not MP3s
By Tom Porter last updated
Collector's Box arrives, still no iTunes

Bring me the head of Paul McCartney!
By Tom Porter last updated
Left in plastic bag on train: £2000 reward

Audio Technica reveals 'world's lightest' earphones
By Tom Porter last updated
High-end headphones to entry-level buds

Have U2 got writers' block?
By Tom Porter last updated
Bono and The Edge look perplexed in video

Magneat: earphone cable management yo-yo style
By Tom Porter last updated
Fix your tangled-wire woes

Foldable stage concept for versatile bands
By Tom Porter last updated
Are you bored with square stages?

Speak n' Spellbinder: Guitar Hero meets circuit bending
By Tom Porter last updated
If ET played guitar…

BLOG: Oasis vs Blur: battle of the support bands
By Tom Porter last updated
Blur name indie Hyde Park lineup

Green Day reveal 21st Century Breakdown lyrics
By Tom Porter last updated
Read the entire new album before release

Whiter Shade Of Pale 'most played' song for 75 years
By Tom Porter last updated
Procol Harum top 10 most publicly played

6 things we learnt about music last week
By Tom Porter last updated
Limp Diamond, death metal and more

MTV's Greatest Albums Ever list is… wrong
By Tom Porter last updated
Craig David better than Radiohead?

10 politically corrected animal band names
By Tom Porter last updated
A few alternatives, if PETA had its way
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