What does hipster music mean nowadays?
February 5, 2019
Hipstermusic. Rarely has there been a term more prevalent in various aspects of popular culture. But, with the shifting of trends, how is this often referenced style defined in the modern age?
For all the opinionated talk of hipsters, most of us struggle to define…
Prog-rockers’ Goblin road to rock timelessness is as unusual as their music. The Italian group spent their career making a name for themselves, chiefly, through their memorable horror movie soundtracks. The unusual journey and subsequent influence on artists such as…
Rancid's best, most underrated, five songs
December 13, 2018
Eduard Bănulescu
In a 1990’s punk rock boom sometimes beloved for its fearlessness, and at times ridiculed for its pragmatism, no other band was as successful, or consistent in their vision as this Californian quartet. Here are five of Rancid’s best songs from…
Some bands seem destined to live forever, their music discovered and praised by every new generation. Other bands, if lucky, get a brief spell out in the sun. These are some of the bands that could have been reduced to 1960’s nostalgia, had it not been for the public…
How Weezer's cover of Africa became one of the band's biggest hits
September 23, 2018
Weezer’s cover of internet’s beloved Africa, a song originally performed by studio maestros Toto, has resulted in the alternative band’s biggest hit in years. How did it happen? And what will this ultimately mean for the esteemed pop-punk…
Nick Hornby once said he didn’t like Bob Dylan, really. They just owned “Bringing it all back home”, “Blood on the tracks”, “Highway 61 Revisited” and “Blonde on Blonde”. But, he then says, anyone that’s interested…
The Last Shadow Puppets' Excellent Influences (Part 2)
August 3, 2017
Here’s the second part of our look at the main influences on the Last Shadow Puppets, the band featuring Alex Turner and Miles Kane. Really, this list could’ve gone on forever with endless speculation and bits and pieces taken from interviews acting as a confession of…
The Last Shadow Puppets' Incredible Influences
July 27, 2017
The Last Shadow Puppets, the collaboration between Miles Kane and Arctic Monkey’s Alex Turner, produce a sound not out of place in 60’s spaghetti westerns and on early Scott Walker records.
The Last Shadow Puppets seemed to spring out as a means to distract…
A new Sisters of Mercy album is bound to generate a lot ofinterest for a certain segment of the music listening audience, but, if you’re not familiar with the band’s policy about working with record companies and handing new material over to them…