Why Billie Joe Armstrong never liked Pink Floyd: “I’m too impatient”
A clash of musical styles.
From The Vault Archives: 11/2023
The poem that inspired the Fleetwood Mac song ‘Albatross’
In 1968, Peter Green released his cathartic blues masterpiece, ‘Albatross’.
A collection of The Jesus and Mary Chain frontman Jim Reid’s favourite songs
From Nirvana to Neil Diamond.
Albert Hammond Jr’s favourite song from every album by The Strokes
From ‘Someday’ to ‘Not The Same Anymore’.
The record Graham Coxon calls “‘my’ Blur album”
“Without wanting to sound overblown, it was ‘my’ Blur album.”
Kele Okereke picks his favourite love song: “It’s a perfect pop moment”
The Bloc Party frontman opts for a popular choice.
Pauline Strom: the blind recluse who emerged as a secret synth pioneer
Strom’s legacy remains nestled in obscurity.
The creepiest sound in music: what are the ‘Devil’s Intervals’?
The tritone has been deemed one of the creepiest intervals in music.
How meditation changed the musical mentality of George Harrison
How the quietest Beatle became a spiritual guru.
Geezer Butler names the band that gave Black Sabbath a “kick up the ass”
Restructuring how they thought about the band.