The era David Bowie thought was too bizarre to work: “I don’t know where I was at”
Not the perfect fit.
From The Vault Archives: 02/2025
‘The Man Machine’: Michael Gira’s favourite Kraftwerk album
“I just thought the songs were beautiful…”
‘We Are The Clash’: The Clash’s desperate attempt to be a band on a single song
The worst way to go out.
Why Graham Nash was against Neil Young joining his band: “I didn’t want to disturb that vocal sound”
Not the right fit at first.
‘House of Cards’: The mellow Radiohead song Thom Yorke wrote for good vibes
“Something that’s got a good feeling.”
Why REM sprinkled “indications” of their forthcoming split into their final album
“How about forever?”
‘It Ain’t Me Babe’: Bob Dylan and Joan Baez’s argument in song
“I’m not the one you want babe, I’m not the one you need.”
The songs that marked the Eagles’ “satanic country-rock period”
The disco backlash was a bleak time for popular music. The white, straight male rock fans that made up the most catered to demographic in…
The five songs Taylor Hawkins wished he’d written: “They were so esoteric”
Hawkins’ fantasy playlist.