Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits (1985)
The number of world-bestriding rock bands generated by declining post-industrial British cities in the latter third of the 20th century […]
Constellations for the Lonely by the Doves (2025)
Rock music is a strange, unsettling cultural artefact in 2025. The majority of new rock albums are by bands whose
Significant Other by Limp Bizkit (2001)
The 90s were a cartoon decade, temporarily unmoored from the dramatic solemnity of human history. The Cold War had been
Lost in the Dream by the War on Drugs (2014)
Rock was still staggering along in 2014, but anybody could’ve taken its pitiful mortally wounded carcass out back and put
People Watching by Sam Fender (2025)
Did you know that Sam Fender is working class? That he’s a 24 carat Geordie Lad, the Real Deal, and
Tyrannosaurus Hives by the Hives (2004)
I’m already beginning to regret my decision to devote an entire month to the early-2000s garage rock revival. From the
Is This It? by the Strokes (2001)
The Strokes, man. Weren’t they, like, totally awesome? Didn’t they look like the real deal, like the coolest people you
Streetfighter (1994)
Haha, Streetfighter, one of the best bad movies of all time, peak mid-90s video game-to-big screen adaptation nonsense, and Jean
Timecop (1994)
In the mid-90s, with the spectacular success of the Terminator films fresh on everyone’s minds, the path to making a
The Smiths, deep dive (part II)
continued from part I The Queen is Dead (1986)Up until this point in their career, the Smiths were in danger