Music News Music producer Phil Spector dies while serving life sentence for murder by Jasmine Kassis Former music producer and convicted murderer Phil Spector passed away from COVID-19 at 81 years old. The Wall of Sound creator Phil Spector was diagnosed with Covid-19 nearly four weeks…
News World Andy Warhol’s most impressive marks on the music world by Kayla McNicoll The late Andy Warhol is widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century, particularly within the world of music and pop culture. Beyond…
Features The 10 most groundbreaking free jazz albums of all time by Luke Saunders Free jazz is challenging, ferocious, and often political. It can be earth-shattering and other times it can just be plain confusing. Nevertheless, it is a crucial and powerful step in…
Features The Wrecking Crew: history’s greatest session band by Luke Saunders The Wrecking Crew are behind some of the biggest hits of ’60s and ’70s having pressed thousands of records. They were the pop producing machine of the time. Even if…
Features Pro Audio How the VOX Continental shaped the sound of the hippie generation by Dan Shaw You didn’t have to be there to indulge in the technicolour dreamscape of the hippie generation: the sounds live on. The VOX Continental played its own role in creating these…
Features Why It Mattered: Led Zeppelin – ‘Led Zeppelin II’ by Luke Saunders On this day, 50 years ago, one of the most magnetic rock albums of all time was born. While their first album was cut in just three weeks, Led Zeppelin…
News Quentin Tarantino has unveiled the soundtrack for Once Upon A Time In Hollywood by Sophie Heath Quentin Tarantino is releasing his love letter to the 1960s through the soundtrack of his new film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Tarantino has curated the lengthy soundtrack down…
News Roky Erickson, psychedelic rock pioneer, passes away at 71 by Happy Roky Erickson, founder of The 13th Floor Elevators and a pioneer of psychedelic rock in the 1960s, has passed away at 71 years old. An official statement from Erickson’s management…
News Eric Clapton, Tom Petty and Brian Wilson to feature in new doco documenting LA in the ’60s by Luke Saunders Echo In The Canyon is a new documentary paying tribute to a near bygone era featuring Tom Petty, Eric Clapton, Beck, Regina Spector, and countless others. It focuses on life…
Features Pro Audio Remembering some awesome vintage instrument and gear ads from the 1960s by Happy Marketing in the music world has changed dramatically in the last 50 years. Where today you’ll find gear pedalled through a hierarchy of digital outlets and near-unfathomable systems of communication…
