(Credit: Tom Ham) Music IDLES debut ‘Crawler’ tracks as they kick off UK tour Tom Taylor @TomTaylorFO Tue 18th Jan 2022 10.15 GMT IDLES have debuted songs from their latest album Crawler as they kicked off their UK tour with a riotous show at the Brixton Academy on January 16th. Since then,…
(Credit: Press) Music The Wombats kill the vibe on 'Fix Yourself, Not the World' Tyler Golsen @TylerGolsen Fri 14th Jan 2022 10.30 GMT The Wombats - 'Fix Yourself, Then the World' 3.7 Almost exactly four years after their previous LP Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life, Liverpool rockers The Wombats…
(Credit: Alamy) Music Ronnie Spector, lead singer of The Ronettes, dies aged 78 Tyler Golsen @TylerGolsen Wed 12th Jan 2022 22.27 GMT Veronica Greenfield, the legendary singer, better known as Veronica Bennett and later Ronnie Spector, has died at the age of 78. Her cause of death was cancer. Born…
(Credit: Alamy) Music The Story Behind The Song: Metallica's anti-war thrash epic 'One' Mick McStarkey Mon 10th Jan 2022 14.00 GMT ‘One’ ranks among Metallica’s most enduring pieces of work. The third and final single from their fourth album, the thrash metal classic …And Justice for All, the track is…
(Credit: Gage Skidmore) Music The song Nils Lofgren wrote for Keith Richards Eoghan Lyng Sun 9th Jan 2022 13.00 GMT Although you may not be familiar with Nils Lofgren, you are almost certainly aware of his work. He’s been a Bruce Springsteen mainstay since the 1980s having recorded as part…
(Credit: Patrick Lindenberg) Music CD sales increased for the first time since 2004 Mick McStarkey Fri 7th Jan 2022 15.15 GMT It would appear as though 2022 is clearly set to be a year of surprises. CD sales have increased for the first time in 17 years, per a report…
(Credit: Alamy) Music Thom Yorke explains why political songwriting has died Sam Kemp @SamWKemp Sat 8th Jan 2022 13.30 GMT Unlike their Britpop contemporaries, Radiohead always managed to stand a little outside the ‘Cool Britannia’ movement. While members of Oasis and Blur happily visited ten Downing Street to share a…
(Credit: Heinrich Klaffs) Music 'Bayou Country', the album that announced Creedence Clearwater Revival Tyler Golsen @TylerGolsen Wed 5th Jan 2022 06.00 GMT Even in 1969, Creedence Clearwater Revival were anachronistic. Psychedelia had only just recently fallen out of favour, and in its place came roots music from the likes of…
(Credit: Bent Rej) Music The early Beatles song that set out John Lennon's vision for peace Tyler Golsen @TylerGolsen Wed 22nd Dec 2021 08.00 GMT John Lennon’s peace advocacy wasn’t a major focus for him until after 1967. It took a few factors to really kick off, such as his…
(Credit: Alamy) Music Wanda Young of The Marvelettes has died aged 78 Tom Taylor @TomTaylorFO Tue 21st Dec 2021 10.16 GMT Wanda Young, the former lead singer of the classic R&B vocal group, The Marvelettes, has died at the age of 78. News of her death was first revealed by…