Latest articles by Dan Bradley
If you’ve hankered for the unvarnished, beautiful acoustic sounds of the ’60s British folk scene, you really need to check out Sam Grassie, one of the most authentic, beguiling folk guitar talents we’ve heard in a long time
The Portland alt-rock polymath returns to the full-band format for new album These Killing Times. She explains why she’s making uplifting, empowering music in a difficult era, and names the rare baritone she’ll never part with
The prolific guitarist, producer and film composer reflects on his first solo album in a decade, lessons learned across a long career, and his rejection of “guitarists living in the hero age”
The face of Fender’s 75th Anniversary Telecaster campaign shares all about her new death metal project, recent technique breakthroughs and where she thinks the future of metal tone lies
Guitarist-singer Agnes Alder and lead guitarist Guy DeNuit on finding success when they least expected it, bidding against big names over rare gear, and how a Game Boy and Nirvana tab book changed their lives forever
Inspired by Michael Hedges, the Bell Witch doom merchant splits his signal between guitar and bass amps, and fills up the entire frequency spectrum. He reveals the surprise influences that inspired his latest effort with Stygian Bough
The UK progressive sludge-metallers are one of UK heavy music’s most potent forces. Dani Nightingale and Brady Deeprose break down their Carillion and Mozer guitars, and why they write material using Guitar Pro – then send the tabs to their fans
Ahead of the quartet’s US tour, guitarist Dan Meyer, guitarist/producer Richard Chowenhill and bassist Leah Levinson discuss the secret behind their prolific work ethic, meeting Joe Satriani and the making of a dream guitar
I Feel The Everblack Festering Within Me confirms their crossover to the mainstream, even if they don’t understand it, as Andrew O’Connor and Adam De Micco take influence from guitarists they don’t even like
Guitarist Ari May and bassist Jenna Garcia discuss their trance-like live shows, dark new LP Labyrinthine and why Dunables do more than doom and sludge
The shred-era guitarist has become a Quad Cortex advocate ahead of joining Orange Goblin’s farewell tour and releasing changed-up new album Setting Fire to the Sky
Andy Gibbs and Matthew Thudium reflect on abyssal drop tunings, their DIY ethic, silly song nicknames and the value of having a tuning spreadsheet
Preparing to tour fifth album Fallen Star, guitarists Sammy Urwin and David Porter talk Scandi influences, trading offsets for baritones and amp modelers, and breaking down musical tribalism
Guitarist Shem Lucas and vocalist Nina Saeidi on why 4/4 is the “corset of music”, blending 7-string metal tones with orchestral Middle Eastern polyrhythms and microtonal scales, and why it’s no problem that they started out relatively late
The self-taught DIY quartet are making seismic waves across the noise rock scene – and they’re doing it with cult electrics, solid-state amps and a baritone that’s neither a “djent stick” nor “a surf guitar made of plastic”
A Chaos of Flowers finds the Canadian trio broadening their otherworldly sound as they look forward to “dismantling the little boys’ club” of heavy music. But try as they might, they can’t turn down the volume – this is vital guitar music made to be performed loud
