Is Karen Carpenter the most underrated drummer of all time?
A criminally overlooked artist.
From The Vault Archives: 01/2024
Neil Young once picked his best live film: “It’s dark as hell”
The Canadian singer-songwriter has a love-hate relationship with one of his tours.
The album that made George Harrison realise how “screwed up” John Lennon was
George Harriosn felt that he and John Lennon had a special bond.
When Matt Berninger of The National caused a terrorist emergency
The National’s frontman had a close shave with the TSA.
Kostas Bezos: the man who married Hawaii and Greece in the 1930s
In the 1930s, one man and his band fused the disparate sounds of Hawaii and Greece.
Syd Barrett: the guitarist Pete Townshend called “astonishing”
“We were all the beneficiaries of his talent.”
The Bob Dylan album Courtney Barnett fell in love with
An underappreciated gem in Dylan’s discography.
Noel Gallagher on the genius of Johnny Marr: “It’s mad what he does”
“I can’t do that and hold a conversation with someone.”