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Ben Beaumont-Thomas @ben_bt

Music editor, @guardian

Joined March 2009
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It was a total honour to write the cover feature for The Guardian Film and Music on the mighty Iron Maiden, out today.
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I did the first newspaper interview with Dave Grohl since his infidelity scandal, and since the deaths of his mother and Taylor Hawkins. He was powerful on grief, selfhood, ambition ... and we did an interesting dance around *that* issue too. theguardian.com/music/2026/m…

‘Validation was an insatiable monster’: Dave Grohl on Foo Fighters’ punk-rock return – and life...

In his first newspaper interview after fathering a child outside his marriage, Grohl discusses his changed outlook, his grief for Taylor Hawkins, and the 430 therapy sessions he’s had

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Really important report from Eamonn Forde looking at the implications of record labels getting in bed with generative AI companies theguardian.com/music/2025/d…

Musicians are deeply concerned about AI. So why are the major labels embracing it?

Companies such as Udio, Suno and Klay will let you use AI to make new music based on existing artists’ work. It could mean more royalties – but many are worried

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"[The Band] was my first major project as an engineer and I was a smart-ass kid, like calling Garth Hudson 'old man' thinking he was too old to stay awake, not realising he had narcolepsy." Very funny and wonderfully indiscreet stuff from Todd Rundgren. theguardian.com/music/2025/o…

Pop-rock wizard Todd Rundgren: ‘When I met John Lennon, he was a bundle of rags with nothing to say’

As he tours the UK, the musician answers your questions on making Bat Out of Hell with Meat Loaf, squabbles with XTC and the Band, and wiring his studio while high

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Stunning, impassioned analysis of what made D'Angelo one of the greatest to ever do it. Thank you Daphne theguardian.com/music/2025/o…

‘The architect of Black Gen X sonic feeling and eloquence’: D’Angelo’s 10 greatest tracks

From the divine sensuality of Higher to the scabrous social commentary of The Charade, we explore the highlights of the late neo-soul star’s slim but stunning catalogue

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discogs truther@ColinBoardway
22 Sep 2025
Ambient dub techno or dubby ambient techno? Short Span is quickly becoming a buy on sight label for me. This new one from Conna Haraway did not miss.
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The Dare does not deserve to be up top outside this A-Z. In fact he should be in his own section below it
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PULL UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I spoke to Scott Ian of Anthrax, Randy Blythe of Lamb of God, Brann Dailor of Mastodon, Lita Ford, Joe Duplantier of Gojira, Matt Baty of Pigs x7 and Mick Box of Uriah Heep about Ozzy Osbourne. Great testaments to his brilliance, and to the power of metal theguardian.com/music/2025/j…

‘He spoke up for me when I was in prison’: Anthrax, Lamb of God, Rick Wakeman and more share...

After Osbourne’s death at 76, the heavy metal greats he inspired remember his pranks, generosity and quadruple brandies – and relive the tears at his farewell show

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Type of breakdown where I'm taking off my t shirt and mopping my brow with it 😮‍💨🚨
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16 Jul 2025
In Super Mario 3D World Bowser's Fury, crouch-walking against a switch will make Mario vibrate extremely rapidly while emitting a barrage of "ha", "hoo", and "hmm" soundbites.
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20 Jun 2025
i went to North Carolina to chat with Wednesday's Karly Hartzman about writing about death, loving her hometown, and making one of the year's best records ❤️‍🔥 theguardian.com/music/2025/j…

Arson, sex shops, livestreamed funerals: Wednesday’s Karly Hartzman on the wild stories in her...

Wednesday’s picaresque yarns are full of arson, sex shops and outcasts. At home in North Carolina, their leader explains why she likes things ‘a little bit scary’ – and what’s next after her split...

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Harry Sword@HarrySword
19 Jun 2025
ICYMI - I interviewed Bobby Weir of the Grateful Dead for The Guardian a few weeks back. He's playing Royal Albert Hall this Saturday. theguardian.com/music/2025/m…

‘LSD? Been there, done that’: the Grateful Dead’s 60 years of drugs, epic noodling and obsessive...

Forget Swifties. The Grateful Dead have the world’s most devoted following. As he heads for Britain, founder Bobby Weir talks Vegas spectaculars, bootleggers and life after Jerry Garcia

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One of the best British debuts in ages - spry, funky, expert sound design but also powerfully human... Every single track operating on such a high level 👏👏👏👏👏
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12 Jun 2025
Demdike Stare’s DDS label with a standout debut album from NZO, distilling 2-step UKG, R&B x computerised funk, adjacent to mutant jungle and footwork. RIYL SND, Rian Treanor, Beatrice Dillon, Rodney Jerkins, Groove Chronicles, Akufen… 🔥 boomkat.com/products/come-al…
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I wrote about @_jakemuir's transportive new album Campana Sonans, constructed from field recordings of church bells in England and Germany theguardian.com/music/2025/j…

Add to playlist: Jake Muir’s church bell soundscapes and the week’s best new tracks

The American found-sound artist’s new album captures all the delight and drama of European bellringing, as he manipulates field recordings into drifting 20-minute works

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I spoke to @BiffyClyro and @eisenbergsounds for this piece with songwriters digging into what made Brian Wilson such a singular genius. Thank you @davesimps0n for doing the other chats! theguardian.com/music/2025/j…

‘The joy shot out of his voice’: Ray Davies, Graham Nash and others on Brian Wilson’s songwriting...

With the innocence of a child and the vision of a god, his craft was astonishing. From Jessica Pratt to Jim James and ​Biffy Clyro’s Simon Neil, top musicians explain why he was like no other

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The albums of the year so far, as chosen by me, Alexis and Laura theguardian.com/culture/2025…

The best albums of 2025 so far

Bon Iver straddles stark indie-folk and poppy R&B while PinkPantheress makes an unarguable case for going out out as we revisit six months of the music you mustn’t miss

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Any worries about a good song of the summer are vaporised with the arrival of the new Alex G. His best ever song imo
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Remembering how Yung Lean made a song with Kreayshawn and it was deeply moving and absolutely amazing
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I met @theweeknd in New York to discuss his path to the top of pop, the "hell" of making "half-baked" The Idol, and the panic and abandonment issues he confronted in making new film Hurry Up Tomorrow. theguardian.com/music/2025/m…

‘Men run away from vulnerability’: The Weeknd on blinding success, panic attacks and why The Idol...

Abel Tesfaye is arguably the world’s biggest pop star – so why is he thinking of wrapping up the Weeknd? As he releases soul-baring film Hurry Up Tomorrow, he charts his path through drugs, heartbr...

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9 May 2025
Rp boo
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8 May 2025
There’s no way a guy from Chicago is a conduit to god
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Thanks @phinjennings for this one on his Guardian debut!
Nayfun@nayfun_evans
24 Apr 2025
Super important piece on uber-wealthy ownership of grassroots club culture and how experimental, diverse lineups are increasingly being supported by nepotism money theguardian.com/music/2025/a…
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