Daily Newsletter, February 6, 2024

For this week's edition of the Alternative Album Chart, we have the debut from The Last Dinner Party, as well as records from J Mascis and Den Der Hale.

IDLES return with Tangk, an album that sees them take a handbrake left turn and sets them open with many new roads to travel.

Kris Kristofferson told her: "Joni! Keep something for yourself!" Ahead of her performance at tonight's Grammys, a look at how the singer's radical honesty has inspired musical stars.

The 84 best albums of the past year (or so)

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How an LA flophouse and the original Hard Rock Café played a part in creating the iconic artwork of The Doors’ Morrison Hotel album

The Yardbirds ushered in the psychedelic age of rock. Feedback had appeared on records, but Jeff Beck was finding new ways of expressing himself in his guitar playing on some of the band's biggest hits. "Shapes of Things" starts like many other songs of its time, but where it goes from there is where you can see into the future. Let's take a look at the meaning behind "Shapes of Things."

Exploring the little-known feud between jazz greats Duke Ellington and George Gershwin, arising from the Broadway opera 'Porgy and Bess' which debuted in 1935.

Art imitating life imitating art. "Wild Wild Life" was the lead single from True Stories, the soundtrack to David Byrne's pseudo-documentary about the fictitious town of Virgil, Texas. Byrne wrote the song, but the band fleshed it out. Let's look at the meaning behind "Wild Wild Life."

Last week, the Hugo Awards melted down over unexplained disqualifications. Insiders tell Esquire what really happened—and what it could mean for the future of literary awards