Author name: The Editor

Obviously, Scandinavians shouldn’t be making pop music. Yes, this narcolepsy-inducing subspecies of emotionless, inveterately level-headed neat freaks are great when […]

Muse ::rolls eyes:: Like Coldplay, condemned to all eternity to be compared with Radiohead, although personally, I always found the

About 15 years ago, on a grim and rainswept Friday night, I went to some grimy bar in a godforsaken

“Hello ChatGPT, my name is Robert Smith, could you please write me an album of Cure songs that sound vaguely

Continued from part ii. Low (1977)By the end of his two-year stint in Los Angeles, and having imbibed enough coke

Continued from part I. Pin Ups (1973)I’m hesitant to include Pin Ups in this deep dive. It’s a collection of

I grew up in the late 90s, and every weirdo rock band that my 14-year-old-self listened to – Nine Inch

Just to nail my colours to the mast; I don’t like prog rock, I find its overly long, meandering song

I’m internally conflicted about punk. Its abrasive, bile-spewing nihilism is compelling; its wilfully obstreperous lack of melody and musicianship less

The “battle of the bands” marketing gimmick had its roots in the 1960s, in the manufactured confrontation between the Beatles