The Big Indie Playlist: The best new releases of the week
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Music Archives: 03/2025
The artists that made Jeff Beck give up on the blues: “Don’t mess with my music”
Life-changing advice.
‘Riot Van’: Arctic Monkeys’ most embarrassing song or an inadvertent masterpiece?
A tale of delinquency.
“It was a bit ragged”: how Live Aid flirted with disaster
Preening rock stars trying to appear for the cameras…
“I don’t care too much for being down-to-earth”: How did The Smiths write great riffs?
They were tight, propulsive and versatile
