Music Archives: 12/2024

Kiss - 1975

What are the Kiss characters?

Comic book greatness…

Dec 30, 2024

Vocalist Corey Taylor of the heavy metal band Slipknot performing at Optimus Alive Festival in Portugal.

Corey Taylor’s favourite music books: “It’s fucking brilliant”

Some intriguing selections.

Dec 30, 2024

Joan Baez - 2021

Joan Baez “not fussed” about ‘A Complete Unknown’, according to Monica Barbaro

“I lived it. I did it.”

Dec 30, 2024

Gang of Four - Band - 1980s

‘Entertainment!’: Gang of Four’s tale of a revolutionary debut album

A cutting classic.

Dec 30, 2024

Stewart Copeland - The Police - Drummer

Chasing the dragon: Stewart Copeland’s ‘Spyro’ score

An intriguing project.

Dec 30, 2024

Jamie XX - 2024 - Laura Jane Coulson

‘Antiquity’: Jamie xx names the greatest jazz album you’ve never heard

“It’s great for samples…”

Dec 30, 2024

Fleet Foxes - 2023

‘White Winter Hymnal’: the “meaningless” song that launched Fleet Foxes

Not the way they wanted…

Dec 30, 2024

Billy Joel - 1970s

How Billy Joel bit back at the Grammys in support of Frank Sinatra

In defence of Ol’ Blue Eyes.

Dec 30, 2024

Johnny Cash - Hurt - 2002

What made Johnny Cash cover ‘Hurt’?

An iconic cover.

Dec 30, 2024

Was Motown America’s first pop culture movement?

More than just a record label…

Dec 29, 2024

'Release of an Oath'- Jane Weaver on a moving psychedelic masterpiece

‘Release of an Oath’: Jane Weaver on a moving psychedelic masterpiece

“I never tire of it.”

Dec 29, 2024

Creedence Clearwater Revival (1968). L-R- Tom Fogerty, Doug Clifford, Stu Cook, and John Fogerty - Far Out Magazine

‘Fortunate Son’: Creedence Clearwater Revival’s attack on the elite

An enduring anthem.

Dec 29, 2024