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Girls Smash Guitars pay homage to Phoebe Bridgers’ SNL performance with hectic guitar-smashing video

By Matt Owen

A mashup of Paramore’s Misery Business and Olivia Rodrigo’s good 4 u played host to the six-string-smashing antics, which coincided with the release of an appropriately branded guitar strap

My Morning Jacket perform at Forest Hills Stadium on September 10, 2021 in New York City

From riff-tastic sledgehammers to serene acoustic beauty: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche, Matt Owen

Enjoy a playlist of guitar greatness from My Morning Jacket, MUNA featuring Phoebe Bridgers, Eric Bibb, Bullet for My Valentine, Biffy Clyro and more

Phoebe Bridgers releases haunting take on Metallica's Nothing Else Matters

By Sam Roche

The singer-songwriter says the track – which arrives as part of the hotly-anticipated Metallica Blacklist – “almost sounds baroque”

St. Vincent, Josh Homme, Phoebe Bridgers, Mark Speer

Hear St. Vincent, Josh Homme, Phoebe Bridgers, Khruangbin radically rework Paul McCartney tracks

By Michael Astley-Brown

McCartney III Imagined sees some of today's leading guitar artists have their way with the Beatles icon’s latest album, complete with bluesy solos from Homme and Annie Clark

Phoebe Bridgers' smashed SNL guitar sells for over $100,000

By Sam Roche

The battered Danelectro Dano '56 secured over four times its expected selling price

Phoebe Bridgers' smashed SNL guitar goes up for auction

By Sam Roche

At the time of writing, the battered Danelectro Dano '56 has a bid of $5,500

Phoebe Bridgers says “it's hilarious to me that people care so much” about her SNL guitar smash

By Sam Roche

Bridgers compares the outcry to her smash with Gibson's Firebird X destruction

[L-R] Paul McCartney, St. Vincent, Josh Homme and Phoebe Bridgers

Paul McCartney announces new covers album with St. Vincent, Josh Homme, Phoebe Bridgers and more

By Sam Roche

Listen to its first single, a cover of The Kiss of Venus by Dominic Fike, now

From slide bonanzas to surefire alt-rock hits: here are this week's essential guitar tracks

By Michael Astley-Brown, Jackson Maxwell, Sam Roche, Matt Owen

Stories of the guitar's death are greatly exaggerated – see why with new tunes from Paul Gilbert, The Vintage Caravan, Phoebe Bridgers, A Day To Remember and more

[L-R] Phoebe Bridgers and Jackson Browne

Phoebe Bridgers recruits Jackson Browne for acoustic reimagining of Kyoto, covers John Prine's Summer's End

By Sam Roche

The two new recordings come as part of Spotify's Singles series

[L-R] H.E.R., Nandi Bushell, Diamond Rowe, Phoebe Bridgers and Lari Basilio

12 guitarists who changed the game over the past 12 months

By Michael Astley-Brown

In celebration of International Women’s Day, we pay tribute to the players who have taken huge strides for guitar playing and gear

Herman Li offers Phoebe Bridgers one of his signature guitars for her next axe smash: "Next time, make sure it's a $3,000 guitar"

By Matt Owen

"Phoebe, if you're listening, let me know. Let's get you a real guitar to smash up"

Dave Grohl voices his support for Phoebe Bridgers' SNL guitar smash: "Let me tell you, it feels good when you do it"

By Matt Owen

The Foo Fighters leader weighs in on the controversy surrounding the indie-rock star's smashing SNL performance

Smashing guitars is nothing new, so why are people so rattled by Phoebe Bridgers' SNL performance?

By Marianne Eloise

The acclaimed singer-songwriter delivered something extra – just like the many (male) guitar-smashers who went before her

Phoebe Bridgers laughs off SNL guitar smash fail: "Danelectro told me they're hard to break"

By Matt Owen

The indie-folk singer-songwriter responds to critics of her full-throttle Saturday Night Live performance

Phoebe Bridgers wants Adrianne Lenker as the fourth boygenius member

By Matt Owen

The indie-folk phenomenon voiced her admiration for the prolific Big Thief guitarist and vocalist on a recent podcast appearance

Phoebe Bridgers performs live with a BC Rich Warlock

Phoebe Bridgers confirms pointy guitars aren’t just for metal with surprise BC Rich Warlock performance

By Michael Astley-Brown

Indie star wrings crystalline open-tuned cleans from none-more-metal guitar at Visible’s Red Rocks Unpaused show

Phoebe Bridgers: Crossing Bridgers

By Matt Doria

After three years of hectic self-development, indie-folk luminary Phoebe Bridgers tackles solo album #2 with a sharper, brighter and more confident mindset.

Phoebe Bridgers: “I think of the writing process as going into the studio to f**k up the thing I just wrote”

By Matt Parker

The US indie-folk star talks gigging in pajamas, her love of baritones and how a flower-related injury made her rethink the way she plays guitar