Category: Music
On side A, our baby’s first words! The vinyl-carver sparking a craze for cutting records at home
If you want to buy a bespoke, brand-new machine to cut your own vinyl records at home, there seems to be just one man who [more…]
‘It makes you feel like the hero of your own quest’: the dark, delightful magic of the dungeon synth scene
A flurry of inflatable caveman clubs have erupted into the air, a crowd of ecstatic metallers swinging them merrily as they watch a hooded dinosaur [more…]
Grace Slick on sex, drugs and Jefferson Airplane: ‘I was sober in the 80s. That was a mistake’
Rock’n’roll might not be advertised as being good for your health, but it’s worked out all right for Grace Slick. The former Jefferson Airplane singer [more…]
Kate Bush and Damon Albarn among 1,000 artists on silent AI protest album
More than 1,000 musicians, including Kate Bush, Damon Albarn and Annie Lennox, have released a silent album in protest against UK government plans to let [more…]
Roberta Flack’s performances softly burned with the fire of life itself
In the liner notes to 2023’s Lost Takes – which excavated the tapes that had served as Roberta Flack’s audition for Atlantic Records over half [more…]
No longer ‘forever’? Wu-Tang Clan hint at breakup with final world tour
After more than 30 years of music, during which they created an entire martial mythology as well as some of the greatest hip-hop records of [more…]
The UK may be waning as a pop superpower – but a new generation is being nurtured
For decades, Britain has traditionally punched massively above its weight when it comes to pop music: we’re so used to providing the world with huge [more…]
‘Liam Gallagher kissed me on the lips’: Ocean Colour Scene on making The Riverboat Song and 90s excess
Steve Cradock, guitarist I came up with the Riverboat riff during a jam in 1994. It’s just three notes – a child could have written [more…]
Immediate Family review – insightful account of the unsung heroes of west coast rock
This is a music documentary for the connoisseurs and the heads. The Immediate Family is a rock band comprised of five guys in their 70s, [more…]
Fatboy Slim: ‘I was in the same class as Keir Starmer – he’s one up on me now’
You did violin lessons with Keir Starmer when you were a child. Who was better at violin? I can’t actually remember the violin lessons. But [more…]
