Features Music Why it mattered: Frank Ocean’s ‘Channel Orange’ by Tom Disalvo More than a decade on from its release, we’re taking a look back at Frank Ocean’s seminal, near-mythical debut studio album, Channel Orange. When Frank Ocean dropped his debut studio…
Pro Audio Engineering the Sound: Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ by Anthony Sfirse From cutting-edge synthesisers and dense soundscapes to tape splicing, we delve into the making and recording of Dark Side of the Moon. It’s hard to think of an album more…
Features Pixies – ‘Bossanova’: Why It Mattered by James Peppercorn Following a gruelling and self-destructive tour supporting their 1989 masterpiece Doolittle, Pixies were on the brink of collapse. Nervous exhaustion from consistent gigging plus bitter in-fighting between Black Francis and…
Music LISTEN: Neil Young – ‘Vacancy’ by James Peppercorn The second release from Neil Young’s long lost album Homegrown, Vacancy, sounds like a gem beamed in straight from another universe. If you have missed Young’s classic period, this song…
News Peggy Gou pays tribute to Primal Scream producer Andrew Weatherall by James Peppercorn A month on from his untimely passing, Peggy Gou has paid tribute to the groundbreaking producer Andrew Weatherall at a recent concert. Blasting the Weatherall-produced track Loaded by Primal Scream,…
News Original version of Steve Reich’s Drumming is getting re-issued on vinyl next month by Bill Robinson Steve Reich’s classic album Drumming is set to get remastered and reissued on vinyl for the first time next month. Superior Viaduct will oversee the reissue, releasing the iconic album…
