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The Sound Of Film Musicals: How Songs Shaped Showbusiness On The Silver Screen
Film musicals, a true American art form, have celebrated freedom in the cinema, self-expression and the pursuit of dreams down life’s yellow brick road.
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Features2 months agoPunk Politics: Fighting The Power, From Sex Pistols To Anti-Flag
Ever since rearing its head in the 70s, punk politics continue to shape our way of thinking, thanks to outspoken bands unafraid of making a stand.
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Features3 months ago
The Best Album Covers: 100 Pioneering Record Designs
From indelible images to perfect portraits, the 100 greatest album covers provoke and awe just as much as the contents inside.
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Features3 months ago
Breaking Rocks: The Short Life And Strange Death Of Bobby Fuller
Fuller and his group's version of ‘I Fought The Law’ is a classic rock’n’roll record, but always risks being upstaged by the macabre circumstances of his death.
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In-Depth4 months ago
We Shall Overcome: The Power Of Protest Songs
People have been using music as a means to express dissatisfaction for as long as we know, but why is it so powerful?
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Features5 months agoProducer-Engineer Bill Price: Memories Of A Studio Maestro
John Mayall, Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Elton John, and the Sex Pistols were among those to benefit from Price's studio know-how.
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Features6 months ago
Best Political Punk Songs: 20 Essential Anti-Establishment Tirades
The best political punk songs have stood the test of time, remaining wholly relevant in an era when politics thrives on lies and confusion.
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Features6 months ago
Punk On The Front Page: Sex Pistols Start Making Headlines
In music weekly Melody Maker's August 7, 1976 edition, the Pistols and punk were the talk of the UK.
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In-Depth6 months ago
DIY Music: How Musicians Did It For Themselves
The notion of DIY music stretches back to 19th-century flutes made from bird bone, through punk anarchy and the digital revolution.
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Features7 months ago
‘Sniffin’ Glue’: First Whiff Of Punk’s Ultimate Fanzine
Launched during punk’s first wave, Mark Perry’s ‘Sniffin’ Glue’ fanzine captured the scene in its purest form and went on to shape the future of fanzines.
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Features7 months ago
Hey! Ho! Let’s Go! Ramones Debut At The Roundhouse, 4 July 1976
Ramones made their triumphant London debut in front of 2,000 fans at The Roundhouse on July 4, 1976, blitzkrieging the UK capitol with NYC punk attitude.
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In-Depth7 months ago
One Love: How Reggae Music Inspired The World
It emerged from just one island in the Caribbean, but reggae music has become a worldwide phenomenon – so pervasive that you might not even know it’s there.
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In-Depth8 months ago
What Is Art Rock? A History Of Music’s Most Progressive Minds
An evocative but nebulous term, this short history of art rock attempts to outline some of the key players and ideas from the genre.
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Features9 months ago
Search And Destroy: 11 Rare Singles From Great Lost Punks
To celebrate punk’s singularly DIY spirit, we present 11 unsung rare punk singles from short-lived bands who stuck it to the man in style.
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Features10 months ago
The Punk And The Godfather: Chuck Berry On Ramones, Sex Pistols And More
Chuck's review of new music for the punk fanzine 'Jet Lag' in 1980 read like a bridge between cultures.
