Features News Tame Impala – ‘Currents’: Why It Mattered by Emily Elvish Currents boasts a significant legacy: it challenged the authority of guitar within rock and took disco-psych into the mainstream. If one of music’s most brilliant…
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Music ABBA – ‘Arrival’: Why It Mattered by Manning Patston Once every few years, a record shatters not just the charts, but also our expectations of what a pop record can (and should) sound like….
Features News Patti Smith – ‘Horses’: Why It Mattered by Max Mahood In the ’70s, New York was a crucible of musical style. Let’s take a look at one of the seminal albums of this time and…
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Features Nas – ‘King’s Disease’: Why It Mattered by Happy The 2020 surprise album from hip-hop legend Nas, King’s Disease, doesn’t expect change to come from those in power, it’s a message of perseverance for those…
Features Manic Street Preachers – ‘The Holy Bible’: Why It Mattered by James Peppercorn The Holy Bible from Manic Street Preachers is a document of pure truths, showing us our world’s horrors and failings in their most confronting form….
Features Pink Floyd – ‘The Wall’: Why It Mattered by Luke Saunders In 1979, Pink Floyd built The Wall. Their most magnificent project yet was expansive, philosophical, and the signpost of their demise. The Dark Side of…
Features Why It Mattered: The Allman Brothers Band – ‘The Allman Brothers Band’ by Luke Saunders On November 4th 1969, the greatest blues rock band of all time was born. The Allman Brothers Band‘s landmark debut is often described as the…
Features Why It Mattered: Prince – ‘Purple Rain’ by Luke Saunders When Prince stepped out onto the stage of a Minneapolis club in 1983 the room was sweaty, jam-packed and about to taste history. The story…
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…
