The Beach Boys song Brian Wilson thought couldn’t be topped
The sound of musical ecstasy.
From The Vault Archives: 10/2023
The musician that David Crosby called “the archetype”
“He was mysterious and extremely fucking good.”
The song Stevie Nicks called “the hardest thing in the world” to write
The biggest emotional challenge on the page.
The Oasis song Noel Gallagher said was “the best words I ever wrote”
The masterful words of Britpop’s finest.
Patti Smith’s scathing view on Paul Simon
“The way the camera follows us in slo-mo, the way we look to us all.”
The moment John Lennon kissed David Bowie following an embarrassing Aretha Franklin encounter
“We pretty much got on like a house on fire after that.”
How Tracy Chapman saved the 1990s from pop fatigue
Chapman’s hit ‘Fast Car’ solidified her status as a legend of folk rock.
