One of Australian rock’s most recognisable vocalists, Angry Anderson has died at 79.
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Even if you’ve never heard of Horses or indeed Patti Smith, this is an album that you should listen to.
Spontaneity, lack of set lists and real-time creativity were among the hallmarks of the White Stripes’ spellbinding live shows.
Spinal Tap is back. But 41 years on, the original is still one of the sharpest and most influential comedies ever made.
Springsteen initially hated the album so much that he tossed a test pressing into a pool. But its operatic tracks about freedom and fate, triumph and tragedy, continue to resonate today.
The same artists who defined the rock genre decades ago continue to dominate its highest honours. Is there space for contemporary acts to break through?
The singer’s home reflects the rags-to-riches trajectory that epitomizes the American Dream. Yet Presley and his estate were seen as not quite refined enough to reflect true upward mobility.
All-female rock bands like The Beaches are both a breath of fresh air and also heirs to a tradition of women in rock that includes early Black female guitarists and the 1990s riot grrrl movement.
As their debut album turns 50, we look back on Kiss’s larger-than-life career – and forward to what might come next.
In 1993, Joel sang, ‘These are the last words I have to say.’ What changed?
In Redux, Waters goes from the extreme of understatement in his earlier work to the extreme of overstatement and overwriting
Over 50 years, over 50 million copies have been sold. Pink Floyd’s masterwork will continue to resonate with listeners for a while yet.
In a series of discussions with journalist Sean O'Hagan, we meet an older, reflective theologically-probing musician, drawn to the Christian qualities of mercy, atonement and forgiveness.
Like the artist himself, Brett Morgen’s film about David Bowie defies convention to create an extraordinary audiovisual tapestry of an endlessly creative life.
Joni Mitchell’s performance at Newport Folk Festival defied the ‘permissible’ ways older women ‘should’ behave.
Presley never wrote a memoir. Nor did he keep a diary. His music could have been a window into his inner life, but he didn’t even write his songs.
In May of 1972 the Rolling Stones released their 10th British studio album and first double LP, Exile on Main St. Reception was mixed, but the album is now considered a landmark.
As long as you don’t tune out the world and protect your hearing, it’s hard to overdo it.
Hits like Bat of Hell and I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t do That) characterise a career of risk-taking and genre-bending that also saw some spectacular lows.
Nevermind was a cultural phenomenon, though many critics missed its significance at the time.
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