Since the 1980s, Gilles Peterson has been a pivotal figure in the club and festival scene, renowned for his genre-defying ...

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Throughout the 1990s Nick Cave and his group, The Bad Seeds, had successfully harnessed a dark and violent energy to achieve global acclaim, solidifying their unique brand of theatrically minded rock ...

Music journalist Steven Ivory recalled, “Even the Jacksons had ideas about who should produce Michael’s solo album. They felt they should do it, and told Michael as much in front of me one afternoon ...

“I wrote ‘Higher Ground’ before the accident. But something must have been telling me that something was going to happen to make me aware of a lot of things and to get myself together. This is like my ...

Portishead released their first album, “Dummy”, in 1994. At the time their music did not sound like much else out there although it did draw upon the Bristol sound popularised by The Wild Bunch and ...

Consider for a moment the unnerving prospect of creating a follow-up to one of the most passionately celebrated debut albums of the 21st century. This was the daunting task facing Australian band The ...

When discussing Richard D James it is difficult to separate myth from reality. Did he have an older brother of the same name who died at birth? We know by now that he didn’t live in the middle of ...

“I just wanted to cram everything into a record that these people had ignored which left me everything.” – Lou Reed to Joe Smith for blankonblank The era of the late Sixties usually brings to mind the ...

Talking Heads’ 1979 album ‘Fear of Music’ saw the band exploring new musical possibilities. Spurred by producer Brian Eno, the band experimented with sounds and the lyrical themes became more dark and ...

It’s not Mr. Mister’s fault that I hate them. It’s Train’s for referencing them in “Hey Soul Sister,” a song that gets stuck in my head for days on end and makes me want to put a drill through my ...

“We feel that popular music should be used to make serious statements.” – Morrissey on the BBC Whistle Test in 1985 The Smiths are considered one of the most significant acts to ...