Guitar World
07/14/2026
Cut Worms
Max Clarke on surrendering control -- and trying not to smash Jeff Tweedy's guitar.
Jacob Paul Nielsen
Music Writer
United States
United States
Max Clarke on surrendering control -- and trying not to smash Jeff Tweedy's guitar.
Kurt Vile's 10th album, Philadelphia's Been Good To Me, was written by night - but the prince of indie psych tells us these chart his journey out of darkness.
Television, Radiohead, Nineties shoegaze: formidable influences inform alt-rock soundscapes that feature a triple-guitar threat.
This maverick's latest slice of alt-country-indie comes with an attitude that belies his whimsical portraits of small-town America
Emily Green talks vintage guitars, practice routines, and selling out.
On their third album, the Southern-California based indie rockers refine their sound while honoring the musical bond that brought them together.
With a line of products that range from the Triple Threat, a three-in-one distortion/ phaser/echo pedal that you can probably afford after mowing a few lawns, to the Fender Jack White Pano Verb amp, Third Man Hardware aims to inspire guitar players of all skill levels
From the blistering fuzz o f Jack White t o the atmospheric echoes o f David Gilmour and revolutionary tones of Jimi Hendrix, it's hard to overstate the influence of Mike Matthews and EHX
Tweedy recalls 2004’s A Ghost is Born as a crash course in taking over lead guitar, as he breaks down his attitude to songwriting, explains why the best artists are experts in failure – and suggests modern players might be too good to be remembered.
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A live review of Pixies and Modest Mouse in Sterling Heights, MI
Chad Zaemisch has been the Metallica leader’s right-hand man for 20 years. He discusses the metal titans’ amp modeling sea change, why his boss “chickened out” with his new 72 Seasons ESP Vulture, and what happens when things go very, very wrong onstage…
In 1969, C.A. Quintet released the soundtrack to a bad acid trip, aptly titled Trip Thru Hell. This is an interview with frontman and songwriter Ken Erwin about the creation and legacy of their only full-length LP.
The Melvins just finished a lengthy U.S. tour in support of Bad Mood Rising, their first LP on Amphetamine Reptile in 25 years. MAGNET caught up with Buzz Osborne, Dale and Steve McDonald as the tour wrapped up (the Melvins played more than 100 shows this year) to talk about the new album, cover songs and, of course, Kiss.
For Sam Cohen, what started as a means to an end as a teenager in a band has blossomed into a long, fertile career in record production. Sam and I spoke about his recent works with Curtis Harding, his brand-new studio, and his new record, Slow Fawn.
A conversation with Kevin Morby about working with Sam Cohen on Kevin’s new record, This is a Photograph.
Live review of The Melvins at Detroit's El Club
Tom Waits released his legendary 13th studio album, Mule Variations in 1999. This was the same year that gave birth to Napster and saw Ricky Martin releasing his monster hit, "Livin' La Vida Loca," the first number-one single to be recorded and mixed entirely in Pro Tools. That year, Waits would return to Cotati, California, and Prairie Sun Studios (where he had previously recorded his album Bone Machine) to begin Mule Variations. Though the album was "recorded, mixed, and mastered in...