The ironic history of America’s first protest song
The shifting history of ‘Yankee Doodle’.
From The Vault Archives: 09/2023
Kurt Cobain’s favourite Daniel Johnston album: “The best songwriter on Earth”
“Daniel Johnston reminds me of aspects that made me love art in the first place.”
Thundercat on the greatest album of the last 25 years: “Still to this day it stands alone”
How a heavy metal masterpiece inspired Thundercat.
Idles guitarist Mark Bowen on the album that “exemplifies 21st-century rock music”
The record that should be in everyone’s collection, according to IDLES.
Conor Oberst explains the vital importance of supporting local music
“I’m super rich, don’t buy any of my records”.
Revisiting Pink Floyd’s forgotten 1969 album ‘More’
Featuring the “rumblings, squeaks and sound textures” Pink Floyd were known for.
The song Iggy Pop wrote after Josh Homme encouraged him to tap into his mythic Berlin-era
Pop escaped to Berlin with his friend David Bowie to get clean.
