Greatest hits compilations often get some bad press, but they can be a good entry point for a lot of newbie fans. So, which are the best?

Let me talk to you about Sogo Ishii. Have you seen August in the Water? You should. How about Angel Dust? You really should. Crazy Thunder Road? You really, really should.  Ishii’s films are often prescient, wildly heterogenous, soundtracked by essential punk infractions, industrial chug and the glassy space-holding sound of fourth world ambient. Bonus: […]

By using the combination of acoustic (‘regular’) instrumentation and electronics Jarboe is attempting to make a connection between all that is visible, obvious and invisible, mystic in the natural world.

By Ljubinko Zivkovic, Rock At Night Amsterdam Review: Prism Shores’ album – Softest Attack – Release date: April 10, 2026 How do you make your shoegaze jangle? If you are in doubt, you can ask [...]

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Phil Lynott took Thin Lizzy to the top, but his life was tragically cut short.

From Bill Haley to Nirvana, 23 songs that blasted into the rock pantheon like so many objects from outer space

Our series continues with more songs that feature unusual topics or performances that somehow were embraced by Top 40 programmers.

The Ramones complained that their band had been "robbed" by the infamous British punk group's ferocious buzzsaw sound as the Sex Pistols reigned supreme.

From synth-pop to stadium rock, post-punk to art pop, here are the defining albums that shaped each unforgettable year of the 1980s

Physical media's goal is to turn media consumption into a tactile experience, once again, in favour of curating a memory, rather than a fleeting moment.

‘In Heaven (Lady In The Radiator Song)’ from The Purple Tape (1987) The idea of Pixies, so often described as ‘Lynchian’ for their strangeness, surrealism and sexually-perverse narratives, performing an actual David Lynch song might appear, at first glance, a little too on-the-nose. But ‘In Heaven’, lip-synced in the 1977 film Eraserhead by a disturbingly […]

The 11 best songs from the year Kiss played their first show, Paul McCartney was fined for growing marijuana, and the oil crisis caused shortages of the vinyl needed to manufacture records

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Jack White, Stanley Simmons, Sevendust and more