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

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

Create your own eBay soundtrack
By Tom Porter last updated
The sound of eBay translates your account data into music

Strokes man, Santogold and N.E.R.D. record Converse ad
By Tom Porter last updated
Stars celebrate 100 years of Converse shoes with free download

Led Zeppelin join Foo Fighters on stage
By Tom Porter last updated
Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones play Wembley Stadium with the Foo's

Rhythm Tech announces Eclipse congas and bongos
By Tom Porter last updated
New additions to the entry level line-up

Metallica's Kirk Hammett unveils Randall KH-15 Amp
By Tom Porter last updated
Practice amplifier is latest addition to Signature Series

Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood records track with Starsailor
By Tom Porter last updated
New song reminds Wood of 'Maggie May'

Nine Inch Nails give away even more music
By Tom Porter last updated
A free tour sampler from Trent Reznor

Reverend tweaks entire guitar line
By Tom Porter last updated
New tuners and other upgrades

House music: David Byrne turns a building into a giant organ
By Tom Porter last updated
Talking Heads man wires up a pump organ to a ferry terminal
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