‘Fingertips’: the Lana Del Rey track she claimed “is not a good song”
“But it definitely explains everything.”
From The Vault Archives: 01/2024
Cambodian Space Project: The band keeping 1960s Cambodian rock alive
An inspiring story of cultural resistance.
Jackson Browne: The songwriter Bruce Springsteen calls “simply one of the best”
“He’s one of the true activist musicians I’ve ever known.”
The moment John Lennon was “more punk than anything the punks did”
Did John Lennon become the first British punk in 1969?
Noel Gallagher on the pretentiousness of Arcade Fire: “pry themselves out of their own asshole”
An examination of pretentiousness.
Why William Goldsmith hates Dave Grohl: “They dragged me through the coals”
The drummer has his say.
‘Jiving Sister Fanny’: The Rolling Stones song Mick Jagger made up on the spot
Not one of Mick Jagger’s masterpieces.
The ‘Free Fallin’ performance that saved Tom Petty from career failure
“Everyone who heard it knew it was a hit.”
‘Dangling Conversation’: The Simon and Garfunkel song Rick Rubin couldn’t live without
“I can relate it to a story I was told.”
Listen to the emotive isolated vocals on George Harrison’s ‘Isn’t It A Pity’
A sad yet powerful track.
Pink Floyd: Syd Barrett’s two favourite blues musicians
The two blues musicians that helped found Pink Floyd in 1965.