Drugs Lists Music Here are the 25 best ’70s songs to get high to by Luke Saunders Delve into the 25 most mind-bending, beguiling, or downright beautiful ’70s songs to kick back and light up too. Purple haze, Jesus saves. As society nervously shifted towards a new…
Lists Pro Audio Check out the best electric guitars you can get your hands on by Borna Crvelin It’s been harsh time for the last few years. Thinking of getting the electric guitar of your dreams? Here are a few of our favourites. The electric guitar has had…
Features Pro Audio Remembering the Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound: an absurd feat of technological engineering by Luka Osborne It looks excessive, but there was a method in Owsley’s madness when he designed the Grateful Dead’s Wall of Sound. Those who heard it say it was the best live…
News Nike unveil wild new line of Grateful Dead-inspired shoes by Mary Ali The Grateful Dead have cemented themselves as a legendary musical force to be reckoned with. Today, Nike announced a collaboration with the band, unveiling a new furry, bear-inspired line of…
News Have you ever wanted to smell like the Grateful Dead? Well, now you can by James Peppercorn Grateful Dead fans are famous for being completely and utterly loyal to the band. They will travel across land, ocean, and sea in order to see their favourite band in…
News New Grateful Dead limited edition boxset to feature 8 albums, essays, and more by Luka Simonetti A new Grateful Dead box that includes eight classic albums is getting a limited release by Vinyl Me, Please (VMP). Spanning across fourteen vinyl records, the VMP Anthology: The Story…
Lists We’ve made a list of the 10 best music documentaries on Netflix by Riley Fitzgerald Ever feel just like being a couch potato and delving into the stories of your favourite musicians? Well, it’s your lucky day buddy. We’ve compiled a list of 10 brilliant…
News The Grateful Dead will be sharing classic live shows in a new weekly series by James Peppercorn One of the most prolific and acclaimed live bands ever, The Grateful Dead are sharing a whole load of classic live shows from their lengthy career. Having performed in excess…
Features Quantity over quality and the dangers of being labelled ‘prolific’ by Luke Saunders In modern music, it seems studio perfection is increasingly favoured over genuine alchemy. It is now common for artists to be spending anywhere between three and five years on albums….
Features 5 amazing things you didn’t know about Neal Cassady by Luke Saunders Neal Cassady is one of the most fascinating and mysterious figures in American history. An intellectual and a bigamist, a drug-taker and a spiritual visionary, a poet and the muse…
Features Pro Audio The electronic genius of Karlheinz Stockhausen by Jonathan Mendolicchio If you were to name 5 composers who changed the path of music or realised music’s potential, Karlheinz Stockhausen would be one of them. He is considered one of the…
Features Four times a band became synonymous with ‘their’ chord by Luke Saunders Occasionally an artist comes along that impacts music and imprints the collective psyche of the time in a way that can only be called unique. They encapsulate a sonic landscape…
News Vinyl A beautiful new Grateful Dead graphic novel is on the way by Claudia Schmidt A graphic novel detailing the early years of The Grateful Dead is coming out in early 2020, distributed via Z2 comics. Written by Chris Miskiewicz and illustrated by Noah Van…
