Music Opinion Archives: 01/2025

Bob Dylan - 1960s

‘Idiot Wind’: Bob Dylan’s most scathing lyric

“You’re an idiot, babe…”

Jan 31, 2025

General - Guitar - Chords - List

‘Stairway to Heaven’ vs ‘Comfortably Numb’: Which is the definitive rock guitar solo?

The true test of musical perfection.

Jan 30, 2025

Phoebe Bridgers

‘Summer’s End’: Phoebe Bridgers’ greatest cover

“Summer’s end came faster than we wanted…”

Jan 30, 2025

Hear Me Out- 'Punk' is a redundant tag now

Hear Me Out: ‘Punk’ is a redundant tag now

Get over it.

Jan 29, 2025

David Gilmour - 2024 - Anton_Corbijn

‘The Division Bell’: the most honest album David Gilmour ever made

A triumphant record.

Jan 26, 2025

David Byrne - Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense - 1984

‘Stop Making Sense’: how one moment came to define Talking Heads

Capturing the band at their best.

Jan 25, 2025

Remember the London krautrock phase that came and went?

Remember the London krautrock phase that came and went?

An ever-distant time.

Jan 25, 2025

Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am That Is What I'm Not - 2006

‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’: Arctic Monkeys’ snapshot of Tony Blair’s Britain

A different time.

Jan 25, 2025

Hear Me Out- Glasgow is the best live music city in the world - Opinion

Hear Me Out: Glasgow is the best live music city in the world

People – and gigs – make Glasgow.

Jan 24, 2025

Hear Me Out- ‘...Like Clockwork’ is still Queens of the Stone Age’s best release

Hear Me Out: ‘…Like Clockwork’ is still Queens of the Stone Age’s best release

No question about it…

Jan 24, 2025

Who has won the most 'Best Director' Oscars Awards?

Oscars 2025: Is this the worst ‘Best Original Song’ run in the history of the Academy Awards?

The weakest year yet?

Jan 23, 2025

Lana Del Rey - 2024 - Raph PH

Self-referential serenades: How Lana Del Rey’s samples serve her sonic world

Say something once, why say it again?

Jan 22, 2025