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“The verse tricks you": Charli XCX’s Brat collaborator Jon Shave on creating Sympathy Is A Knife
By Ben Rogerson published
"With Brat, Charli had put so much thought into it before we even got in the studio," he says

“I’ve seen a million faces and I’ve rocked them all!”: Was Bon Jovi’s acoustic set the inspiration for MTV Unplugged?
By Paul Elliott published
It was Jon and Richie at their peak

Behringer's 2-XM Oberheim Two Voice clone is now available for pre-order
By Matt Mullen published
First teased in 2022, 2-XM recreates one of Tom Oberheim's most iconic designs in a modern, Eurorack-friendly format

How a fake Daft Punk fooled Kraftwerk’s Wolfgang Flür into a collaboration
By Will Simpson published
They pretended to be Thomas Bangalter

“If you’re young-ish, cute-ish and can play that axe, you’re for me”: Chaka Khan wants a new “powerhouse guitarist”
By Paul Elliott published
A former Whitesnake star says he’s the man for the job!

“He was like, ‘You gotta say what’s true for you'”: Will Smith on taking advice from Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar
By Will Simpson published
The younger men said 'keep it real’

Mythos and That Pedal Show team up for the Argo Boost Deluxe – an octave fuzz with switchable boost
By Jonathan Horsley published
Who couldn't use a COB-style octave-fuzz and boost with a bright red dial for the boost?

This deep dive into a classic Beatles song reveals 4 synth parts that we’d never even noticed before
By Ben Rogerson published
Anthony Marinelli’s video might change the way you listen to George Harrison’s ode to sunny positivity
![Chris Hayes [left] wears a purple checked shirt and plays his 1957 Stratocaster in the studio; Michael J. Fox tears it up onstage as Marty McFly in the 1985 blockbuster Back To The Future.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nWZUSbFAwA6EqQdruLmXXh.jpg)
How Chris Hayes wrote Huey Lewis and the News’ Back To The Future hit Power Of Love in his pyjamas
By Jonathan Horsley published
The Power Of Love scored Huey Lewis and the News their first number one and an Oscar nod but as Hayes remembers it he just “threw together” the guitar parts from the comfort of his couch
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