Author: Sam Kemp Archives: 11/2021

The Strokes to perform at Bernie Sanders Rally

Listen to Nikolai Fraiture’s thumping isolated bass for The Strokes song ‘Someday’

The sound of the ’00s.

Nov 13, 2021

Johnny Marr’s favourite Rolling Stones album

“The blueprint for a band.”

Nov 12, 2021

Grimes and Elon Musk are having a baby

Grimes launches “AI girl group” NPC with new single, ‘A Drug From God’

“Made, not born.”

Nov 12, 2021

Robert Cray backs out of Eric Clapton’s tour following anti-lockdown song with Van Morrison

“What’s wrong with this picture?”

Nov 12, 2021

Album of the Week: Damon Albarn touches the sublime with ‘The Nearer The Fountain, More Pure The Stream Flows’

An astonishing offering.

Nov 12, 2021

R.E.M. Kurt Cobain

The heartbreaking song R.E.M. wrote as a “plea” to Kurt Cobain

An avoidable tragedy?

Nov 11, 2021

Josephine Baker - the iconic jazz star who joined the French resistance.jpg

Josephine Baker: the iconic jazz star who joined the French resistance

A life well lived.

Nov 11, 2021

Chuck Palahniuk's 5 favourite songs of all time

From Dire Straits to Don Mclean: Chuck Palahniuk’s 5 favourite songs of all time

A stellar selection.

Nov 11, 2021

Fanny David bowie

The pioneering all-female rock band who won David Bowie’s heart

Trail-blazers.

Nov 11, 2021

The violent feud between Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce

A bitter rivalry.

Nov 11, 2021

Nick Cave has written and illustrated a new children’s book called ‘The Little Thing’

“What Am I?”

Nov 11, 2021

Exploring Headley Grange - Led Zeppelin's musical refuge

Exploring Headley Grange: Led Zeppelin’s musical refuge

Led Zeppelin’s fifth member?

Nov 11, 2021