Alabama Shakes announce ‘I Must Be Dreaming’, first album in over a decade
The album arrives on August 28th.
Music Archives: 07/2026
The 1961 song Kate Bush called her all-time favourite: “Beautiful”
The simple side of pop brilliance.
‘Tainted Love’ at 45: The making of Soft Cell’s iconic hit
“I adored the sneering, curled-lip aspect of the song.”
Joe Murphy, member of British rock band Koopa, dead at 46
Murphy had suffered a cardiac arrest in 2021.
The live band Gene Simmons says is out of everybody’s league: “Nobody’s like them”
“We’d like to think that we’re unique in that way too.”
Charli XCX announces ‘Music, Fashion, Film’ listening parties in independent cinemas
The parties will take place this week.
Gig-going has become too serious: Letting my hair down in a Pitbull bald cap
“Turn my life from negative to positive”.
The 1981 Genesis song inspired by alien abduction: “No one would believe him”
“No one would believe him.”
“The glory of youth”: Lou Reed’s favourite band from New York’s 1970s scene
“It’s what everybody’s been waiting for.”
How did Birmingham become the epicentre of modern indie in the 2010s?
When one club night birthed a new musical generation.