Alternative Album Chart: the best new indie and alternative albums this week
The cream of the crop.
Music Archives: 06/2024
The Labour Party banned from using D:Ream song ‘Things Can Only Get Better’ during election campaign
“Our songs and politics, never again.”
Eddie Vedder couldn’t care less about his Grammy: “I don’t think it means anything”
“That’s just how I feel”
Eddie Van Halen and his issues with The Allman Brothers Band: “I found their music too cluttered”
Not the kind of music he gravitates to.
The era of Metallica that James Hetfield said “doesn’t work”: “It didn’t seem natural to me”
The opposite of their thrash roots.
The greatest songs to listen to on a motorbike, according to Josh Homme
Perfect kind of obnoxious rock.
Ozzy Osbourne’s biggest Black Sabbath regret: “Do you know what would be cool?”
Not tying up every single loose end.
Lyrically Speaking: unravelling ‘Random Rules’ by Silver Jews
In 1984, I was hospitalised for approaching perfection.
The music that first inspired Zaho De Sagazan: “I still get chills from it”
“Vibrating and sweating 50 times in a row.”
From The Beatles to Billie Holiday: A selection of songs that made a “great impression” on Kate Bush
From The Beatles to Billie Holiday.