XTC’s ‘Skylarking’ album was testing to make, but has become recognized as one of the finest albums of all time. Andy Partridge reveals the full story.
Amid the great unrest of 1968, a teenage jazz fan brought pianist Thelonious Monk to Palo Alto to play a concert. This is the story of how it happened.
Based on a childhood memory, the song became one of the most popular pop country tracks of the late 1960s.
The Australian psych mavericks have a daunting catalogue. Here’s where to get started.
The four-show run begins in Dallas on February 10, with stops in Houston, The Woodlands and Austin.
The group will also play iHeartRadio ALTer EGO and festivals in Phoenix, Austin, and San Diego.
The run spans February through May, with stops in Atlanta, Brooklyn, Asheville and Nashville.
The track is a standout from her recent album ‘Westside Whimsy.’
The Iranian-born, Toronto-based rapper twentythree is back with a new song, ‘Turn Up,’ and a music video to match.
The 2009 party anthem appeared on the group’s fifth studio album, ‘The E.N.D.’
An introduction to some of the best pop music of the 20th century, a style that was both innocent and sophisticated.
The 50th Anniversary 2LP black glitter anniversary edition of ‘One Size Fits All’ boasts a brand-new analog cut of the album, a bonus LP of highlights from the box set, and the 50th anniversary edition booklet.
The appearance of ‘One World’ showed that Martyn’s sophisticated songwriting and performance style was breaking further into the mainstream.
Thin Lizzy’s ‘Live and Dangerous’ is one of the most influential live rock albums ever made.
‘How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful’ is about as stripped down as Florence + The Machine can get, and its songs are among the band’s most hopeful.
A Man Alone was recorded over three days in March 1969 at Western Recorders in Los Angeles, Sinatra was fifty-three years old when he recorded this album.
Gentle Giant felt the punks advancing during 1976, yet they stuck to their guns and released ‘Interview,’ a sardonic concept album.
A collection of 50s singles, ‘Moanin’ In The Moonlight’ brought all of Howlin’ Wolf’s best qualities together: “a tail dragon with a voice like an angel”.
