Who was the first rock and roll band to play Carnegie Hall?
They were arguably Trojan-horsed into the building during an all-star jazz concert.
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Who was the first rap artist to appear on ‘Saturday Night Live’?
They were invited on the show by another guest artist, Blondie.
Cibo Matto’s ‘Sugar Water’: the mind-bending symmetry of a song and its video
A genuinely impressive moment.
“An impossible scene in the real past”: Vladimir Nabokov’s enlightening dream diary
Who says recounting a dream has to be dull?
“Sort of a game”: Understanding Stephen Malkmus’ unique songwriting process
“Whatever comes out comes out.”
The Story Behind The Song: ‘In Between Days’ by The Cure
“I had outgrown a lot of my musical prejudices.”
Lee Mavers vs The La’s: the righteous indignation of Britpop’s original sneering hater
A mythologised pop anti-hero and an attitudinal template for the Gallagher Bros.
The message on a marquee that changed Roy Orbison’s life: “Sold out”
“It just dawned on me that there was a little bit of love there to start with.”
University – ‘Yes’ EP review: The noisy Crewe crew are back already
When a band releases a new EP just three months after a new LP, history suggests two leading explanations. First among them is the old…
The day Woody Guthrie painted “this machine kills fascists” on his guitar
“It means just what it says too”