Glen Matlock on why Mose Allison was “the height of Beatnik cool”
“The playing’s great and the lyrics are fantastic.”
Music Archives: 02/2024
‘Truths and Rights’: Neneh Cherry names her favourite song of all time
Introduced to her The Slits’ Ari Up.
Slash picks his favourite songs of all time
Including selections from Metallica, The Rolling Stones and Queen.
Steely Dan’s Walter Becker on his favourite musicians: “Bob Dylan was such a great singer”
“I got a lot of inflections and stuff from various blues singers.”
The song Tom Waits wrote as an ode to his childhood best friend
“There’s more to deal with than just your fundamental street wisdom.”
The two Rolling Stones albums praised by Hunter S. Thompson
The Gonzo pioneer was a man of great taste.
Kirk Hammett recalls the moment Kurt Cobain and Axl Rose came to blows
“Axl’s like, “I’ll beat your ass. Come on. Let’s go!”
The Radiohead album Dave Grohl calls “a pivotal moment in the history of music”
The Foo Fighters frontman was blown away by the Oxford band.