Music Beau Bowen will transport you back in time with ‘A Rock ‘N’ Roll Story’ by Kayla McNicoll Aussie artist Beau Bowen, now based in London, has just released his latest single A Rock ‘N’ Roll Story. After just one spin through, it can be declared with utmost…
Arts News See Andy Warhol, John Lennon, and Yoko Ono’s friendship captured in these rare photos by Luke Saunders The 1970s were a time for the world’s most eccentric artists to shine. Andy Warhol was at the forefront of the art world, leading the pop-art visual movement in which…
News Neil Young to release a 50th anniversary reissue of ‘After the Gold Rush’ by James Peppercorn 50 glorious years after its original release, Neil Young has shared plans to release a 50th anniversary edition of his album After the Gold Rush. Originally released on September 19th,…
News The Stooges are set to release a huge 50th anniversary edition of ‘Fun House’ by Julia Lo Surdo The Stooges have just announced a huge new vinyl box set in honour of the 50th birthday of their classic 1970 album, Fun House. The vinyl set will be released…
Features A guide to Asylum Records in 5 essential albums by Luke Saunders In the psychedelic ’60s the Sunset Strip was soaked with LSD, counter culture rhetoric, and free loving ways. Iconoclasts of the movement will say it’s all a bunch of hogwash,…
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 Pro Audio It’s about time: the impact of the AMS digital delay by Claudia Schmidt The AMS DMX 15-80 was the world’s first microprocessor-controlled digital delay. It emerged in the late ’70s, preceded by analog tape delays and succeeded ultimately by pedals, and eventually, plugins….
News Kim Gordon was sent to Disney jail for smoking weed at Disneyland by Sarah Gillard Just when we thought Kim Gordon was as badass as badass can get, she’s just revealed in an interview with The Guardian that she was once sent to “Disney jail”…
Features Pro Audio From film to prog rock: 5 influential uses of the theremin by Pinky Latt The theremin, named after Russian physicist/inventor Leon Theremin, is a mysterious and singular contraption that’s proved to be the stealth hit of electronic instrumentation. It wasn’t actually meant to be…
Music Glass Skies by Shannan Stedman When listening to the collaboration of a wrangling guitar riff, a solid drumbeat, a low bass and the composition of unique synths, you’d expect to find a five-piece band underneath…
