‘The Rain Song’: the strangest track Led Zeppelin ever wrote
The beauty of something truly bizarre.
From The Vault Archives: 11/2024
Pete Townshend on rock and roll confusion: “Elvis only made one rock and roll album”
Not as influential on the core rock ethos.
‘Temporary Secretary’: Paul McCartney is a timeless inspiration to Arooj Aftab
It took a quirky 1980 synth single to make her a fan.
How Silver Apples harnessed World War II oscillators to create the first electronic rock record
The duo took something otherwise useless and created art…
‘TV’: the melancholic Billie Eilish track that tackles US politics with a Roe v Wade reference
“It’s a really scary world right now.”
Maria Anna Mozart: the equally talented sister erased from history
Erased by the biases of her time.