Features Archives: 05/2021

How Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys created seminal album ‘Pet Sounds’

A piece of musical history

May 16, 2021

The 6 best songs written about disasters

Fictional and real disasters

May 15, 2021

Essential Listening: This week’s best new music

Your one-stop shop for new music.

May 15, 2021

From Chuck Berry to Elvis Presley: 5 songs by The Beatles that rip off other hits

Influence of plagiarism?

May 15, 2021

Brian Eno to share special vinyl Record Store Day release

5 Brian Eno albums to confirm his genius

Powerful stuff

May 15, 2021

"The new album is about getting through some tough times" | Bon Iver opens up about struggles with anxiety

From Arctic Monkeys to Bon Iver: The 10 best albums from 2011

A beautiful year for music.

May 15, 2021

When Todd Rundgren and Andy Partridge butted heads to make a masterpiece

How a feud between Todd Rundgren and Andy Partridge led to a masterpiece

XTC.

May 15, 2021

Odetta

Unlucky For Some: The 13 most underrated songs from 1976

Unrecognised masterpieces.

May 14, 2021

Ranking New Order’s albums in order of greatness

The iconic band’s albums ranked.

May 14, 2021

David Byrne names the five reasons to be cheerful

The time David Byrne cheered the world up.

May 14, 2021

Terry Gilliam

From Tom Waits to The Beatles: 8 songs Terry Gilliam couldn’t live without

The cartoonist of Monty Python

May 14, 2021

From Noname to Khruangbin: Kawala share their tour-bus playlist

A perfect playlist.

May 13, 2021