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Features5 days ago

‘Pretty Hate Machine’: How Nine Inch Nails’ Debut Album Defined A Genre

Taking industrial music into the mainstream, Nine Inch Nails’ ‘Pretty Hate Machine’ remains an uncompromising, genre-defining album.

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Features2 weeks ago

‘Colors’: Beck’s Kaleidoscopic Romp Through Modern Pop Music

A euphoric and inventive pop-blast of an album, ‘Colors’ proved that, over two decades into his career, Beck would always find new ways to surprise.

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Features2 weeks ago

Do It Again: The Beach Boys’ Top 15 Covers

As well as creating their own classics, the group had a knack for reinventing other people’s songs, as our playlist shows.

Features3 weeks ago

‘Os Mutantes’: How Their Self-Titled Album Defined The Tropicália Movement

Os Mutantes’ self-titled debut album was a glorious collision of styles that defined the Tropicália movement in 1968.

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Zappa And Beefheart March To Their Own Drum On ‘Bongo Fury’

Part-recorded live in 1975, Frank Zappa’s ‘Bongo Fury’ saw Captain Beefheart join the celebrated Mothers Of Invention on tour for a unique pairing.

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‘Clear Spot’: How Beefheart Sought To Make His Mark On The Charts

Moving away from his avant-garde work, the ‘Clear Spot’ album marked one of Captain Beefheart’s more successful forays into commercial waters.

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Features4 weeks ago

‘Welcome To The Jungle’: How The Video Made Guns N’ Roses Overnight Stars

After receiving just one play, at 4am in the morning, Guns N Roses’ ‘Welcome To The Jungle’ video caused a meltdown at MTV and made the group overnight stars.

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Features4 weeks ago

Beauty Queens: The Stories Behind Roxy Music’s Album Covers

Who were the women on the Roxy Music album covers? We reveal the full stories behind the artworks that remain iconic to this day.

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Features1 month ago

How The Band’s Self-Titled Album Solidified Their Vision

The self-titled second album by The Band honed everything from ‘Music From Big Pink’ with deft performances and an innate knack for storytelling.

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reDiscover The Beach Boys’ ‘Surfer Girl’

The album is a hidden gem from group's early period, proving they had much more than surf music up their sleeve.

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Features2 months ago

‘Ice Cream For Crow’: The Sweet Treat Of Captain Beefheart’s Final Album

After releasing ‘Ice Cream For Crow,’ Captain Beefheart retired from music-making in order to channel his creativity through painting.

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‘XO’: Elliott Smith’s Glorious, Devastating Fourth Album

Moving closer to the mainstream with ‘XO’, Elliott Smith reveled in all he could master while making his deeply personal songs resonate even further.

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‘Tattoo You’: How The Rolling Stones Made Their Mark On The 80s

Released at the start of the 80s, ‘Tattoo You’ proved The Rolling Stones weren’t giving up on their title of World’s Greatest Rock’n’Roll Band.

Features3 months ago

‘Paul’s Boutique’: How Beastie Boys’ Sleeper Hit Redefined Hip-Hop

Beastie Boys’ ‘Paul’s Boutique’ album was a slow burn at first, but its mind-boggling inventiveness is now hailed as one of the cornerstones of hip-hop.