Features Archives: 12/2025

Brian Wilson - The Beach Boys - Musician - Producer - 1960s

Was ‘God Only Knows’ secretly the first prog-rock song?

More than just a masterpiece.

Dec 12, 2025

The Beatles - General

Five Beatles songs that sound way ahead of their time

The pioneers.

Dec 11, 2025

Far Out's Wooden Spoon Awards- The 10 worst songs of 2025

Far Out’s Wooden Spoon Awards: The 10 worst songs of 2025

Some pretty bad songs here.

Dale Maplethorpe

Dec 11, 2025

Mumfest- Brighton's charitable antidote to music industry impropriety

Mumfest: Brighton’s charitable antidote to music industry impropriety

A reminder of what live music is for.

Dec 11, 2025

Pete Shelley - Buzzcocks

‘Boredom’: How a Buzzcocks anti-guitar solo typified the punk era

Ba-dum, ba-dum…

Dec 10, 2025

Alexis Korner The forgotten pioneer who launched blues rock in Britain

Alexis Korner: The forgotten pioneer who launched blues rock in Britain

“I don’t know if he’d like this term, but the Grandfather of the British blues”.

Dec 9, 2025

SOS Deconstructing the greatest pop chorus of the 1970s

‘SOS’: Deconstructing ABBA and the greatest pop chorus of the 1970s

The best…

Dec 9, 2025

Peer review- Artists pick their top releases of 2025

Peer Review: Artists pick their top releases of 2025

Turning artists to critics.

Dec 9, 2025

The Story Behind The Song Soundgarden’s 4th of July

The Story Behind The Song: How Soundgarden created ‘4th of July’

“‘Cause I heard it in the wind…”

Dec 9, 2025

All hail the Queens- How Queen Latifah introduced feminism into hip-hop

All hail the Queens: How Queen Latifah introduced feminism into hip-hop

A turning point in hip hop.

Dale Maplethorpe

Dec 9, 2025

The Last Dinner Party - 2025 - Review - Ele Marchant -

The Last Dinner Party at Brixton Academy: If you’re still a cynic, you’ve never seen them live

Obvious star power, every time.

Dec 9, 2025

The story of ‘Daria’s lost theme song

The story of the long-lost theme song from ‘Daria’

“La la la la la…”

Dec 8, 2025