Daily Newsletter, June 18, 2024

Noel Gardner brings us artificial birdsong, real birdsong, a metal nail hammered up a nostril, and a big set of technoise gloomsteppers

By Ljubinko Zivkovic, Rock At Night Amsterdam Interview: Idiot Grins When somebody uses the term ‘classic’ to define a music style defined in the decades past us they often refer to either rock, roots, soul, [...]

Dallas rapper Nana Bangz new single, "Alive," delivers ferocious lyricism over engaging production that truly confirms the song's title.

Detroit’s MC5, one of the original garage punks are set to release their first new album, 'Heavy Lifting', since 1971.

The celebration of The Talking Heads and Jonathan Demme concert film Stop Making Sense, 40th anniversary continues with a new reissue.

"Once you've heard Beefheart, it's hard to wash him out"

Some albums have cool stories surrounding their making that garner attention for them. The 1966 Beatles' album Rubber Soul doesn't really fall into that category. By all counts, it was the same-old, same-old for the Fab Four when they made the record, squeezing it into their busy schedule and churning out the latest material they'd written. Instead, Rubber Soul demands your attention based on nothing other than its pure brilliance. It was an undeniable high point for The Beatles, as their songwriting, playing, and record-making all took giant leaps. Let's take a look back at the creation of this masterpiece of an album.

In his first album with The Experience, Jimi Hendrix asked, 'Are You Experienced?' What did the guitarist and songwriter mean by this?

From a brutal Japanese period epic to a controversial Netflix stalking drama and a hit video game adaptation, we pick the year's greatest programmes to stream right now.