Music Archives: 11/2025

George Harrison - 1970

How ‘The Concert for Bangladesh’ shaped the second half of George Harrison’s career

A renaissance.

Callum MacHattie

Nov 20, 2025

ACDC - Angus Young - Bon Scott - Malcolm Young - Colin Burgess - 1978

The best song featured on ‘Powerage’, according to Angus Young

Potent, defiant and illustrative of AC/DC’s musical talents.

Nov 20, 2025

The rhythm section- An ode to music’s overlooked heroes

The rhythm section: An ode to music’s overlooked heroes

Essential.

Nov 20, 2025

‘Birdhouse in Your Soul’ Decoding the meaning of a defining 1990s oddity

‘Birdhouse in Your Soul’: Decoding the meaning of a defining 1990s oddity

An enigmatic hit…

Nov 20, 2025

I was getting death threats The strange history of Joan Osborne’s classic One of Us

“I was getting death threats”: The strange history of Joan Osborne’s classic ‘One of Us’

Controversial.

Nov 20, 2025

Hear Me Out Deftones White Pony is the perfect winter album

Hear Me Out: Deftones’ ‘White Pony’ is the perfect winter album

Sensitive, but abrasive.

Nov 20, 2025

Five songs that were improved by their backing singers

Five songs that were improved by their backing singers

Stealing the show.

Callum MacHattie

Nov 20, 2025

“I’m so proud”: The most complete REM record, according to Michael Stipe

“There was a lot of misunderstanding about it.”

Nov 20, 2025

Patti Smith - 2024 - Richard Thompson

The artist Patti Smith called a musical prophet: “Ambition to create a new language through music”

Destined.

Nov 20, 2025

Frank Sinatra - Ray Charles - Split

‘That’s Life’: The song Frank Sinatra prevented Ray Charles from singing

What could have been.

Callum MacHattie

Nov 20, 2025

Fiona Apple

Exploring Fiona Apple’s greatest opening lyric

Heart-wrenching.

Nov 19, 2025

Temple of the Dog - Chris Cornell - 1990

The tour that helped Chris Cornell heal his soul: “It’s facing the reality”

Soothing his musical being.

Nov 19, 2025