Emily Swingle
Owner, Bittersweet Press and Music Journalist at Freelance
Contributor at Guitar Magazine
big emo that reviews spicy tunes // @bittertweetuk // @clashmagazine // scribbles for @metalhammer @whynowworld @rocksound etc //🤠
Articles
-
1 week ago |
guitar.com | Emily Swingle
Ever since Judas Priest’s Glenn Tipton announced his Parkinson’s diagnosis in 2018, he’s taken a step back from touring. More recently, Tipton rejoined his bandmates for a few dates of the Metal Masters tour, emerging during the encore to perform the likes of Metal Gods and Living After Midnight. Tipton has continued to play a big role in the studio, but the return to the stage has been a pleasant surprise for fans.
-
1 week ago |
guitar.com | Emily Swingle
Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, Andy Soloman/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images [inset]April 11, 2025 April 11, 2025 When you purchase through affiliate links on Guitar.com, you may contribute to our site through commissions. Learn moreDonald Trump’s yoyo-ing tariffs are having an unprecedented effect on the global economy, and the guitar industry isn’t immune to this uncertainty.
-
2 weeks ago |
guitar.com | Emily Swingle
Over the last few years, Giacomo Turra has made waves on social media for his funky licks. We even interviewed him back in 2023, noting that the guitarist “has his own way of doing things” – however, new allegations suggest otherwise. YouTuber Danny Sapko recently accused Turra of stealing other people’s songs and pawning them off as his own. Sapko’s accusation came in the form of a YouTube video.
-
2 weeks ago |
guitar.com | Emily Swingle
With a 2025 schedule featuring headline sets at Reading & Leeds, Rock Am Ring and Louder Than Life, Bring Me The Horizon are no strangers to performing before large crowds. But guitarist Lee Malia has revealed his most daunting crowd to date – and it might surprise you. Malia admits that his most recent case of pre-show butterflies was caused by a pack of giddy six year-olds.
-
2 weeks ago |
guitar.com | Emily Swingle
Martin’s Junior Series has had quite a growth spurt. Junior models have previously stripped things back to keep costs low, offering high-quality Martin tones at an affordable price point – but the brand has upped the ante. With new models, upgraded electronics and upscaled designs, it’s an entirely new era for the series. Ah, they grow up so fast…The most obvious shift is the series’ scaling. The Juniors have clearly been eating their vegetables, earning themselves a 24.9” scale length.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 1K
- Tweets
- 111K
- DMs Open
- Yes
RT @offbeatorbit: Okay this was actually a very kind thing for him to say
RT @charli_xcx: “yeah i wanna dance to me me me me me. when i go to the club club club club club club” - charli xcx, songwriter of the year…
RT @ClashMagazine: The Fashion Slayer: Buffy’s Ten Best Looks. With news of a revival in the works, we enlisted Buffy fashion archivist Ev…