May 2024

While 1984 was rich with synth-driven pop albums (think Madonna’s Like a Virgin, New Edition’s self-titled LP, and Wham!’s Make It Big), it was also...

Battered by personal bereavements, exhaustion from playing 200 gigs a year, and debilitating depression, The Cure’s Robert Smith was at a very low ebb early...

“I have heard the big music and I’ll never be the same,” sang Mike Scott on The Waterboys’ 1984 song “The Big Music” amid keening...

After the initial success of their debut single, “Walkin’ On The Sun,” Smash Mouth returned to the studio to record the follow-up to 1997’s Fush...

Where to begin when talking about the most influential score in film history? Not necessarily with the long and storied career that John Williams enjoyed...

PJ Harvey’s sophomore album was so searing that even the singer herself found it hard to listen to. “It’s not something you’d put on to...