Chastity Belt and 764-Hero play the same song, recorded 27 years apart by the two bands from the Pacific North West. (more…)

Van Morrison returns with one of his best albums for decades, looking back on his life and career on Remembering Now.

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Kim Gordon re-records her 2024 song Bye Bye and re-tools it to feature all the words “cancelled” by Trump under his second presidency.

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The word genius gets bandied around rather too much when it comes to musicians. But few would dispute that Brian Wilson was a genius.

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Rick Derringer was one of those names that I heard a lot growing up, without ever being able to place him or recognise a particular song.

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If James Brown was the godfather of soul, then Sly Stone was the wayward genius of a younger brother who followed him into the family trade.

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There’s something about Matt Berninger’s mournful, melancholic baritone that gets me every time. His voice, and his way with words, and his gift for melody.

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In the first half of the ’70s Brinsley Schwarz were the flag bearers of pub rock – the backlash to prog that led directly to punk. Bob Andrews played keyboards.

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BC Camplight opens up about his depression, his addiction and the childhood abuse that has haunted him on Two Legged Dog.

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Another month, another playlist. This one opens with an Eighties classic and takes us on a journey back to the Sixties with some garage rock nuggets, via deep funk, deep soul, deep blues, and forward through time via electro, hip-hop, a dash of punk and reggae, through to the present day.